*Update: John Murphy went out in the semi-finals to Gavin Maguire. In the final against Paul McCreery, Maguire started well winning the opener 11-8. McCreery took the second 11-7, the third 14-12 and the fourth 11-9 before closing out the match for his first victory 12-10 in the fifth. Ashley Givan beat Amanda Mogey to […]
SNOOKER: Ex-pro Michael Judge won his second Irish snooker ranking tournament of the season when he beat David Morris in the final of the Irish Masters at Celbridge Snooker Club. In a superb match, Judge raced to a 3-0 lead but was overtaken when Morris quickly reeled off the next four to take a 3-4 […]
BADMINTON: Double Olympian Scott Evans hopes to add to his collection of Irish titles when he plays in the Irish National Badminton Championships in Lisburn this weekend. Evans is in confident form after winning the men’s singles title at the Cyprus International in Nicosia last week. He had a tough match against Leinster champion Owen […]
Barry Phelan celebrates Zara Giles TENPIN BOWLING: For Dubliner Barry Phelan, last week’s Irish Ten Pin Open at Leisureplex, Sillorgn, went like a dream. The Irish champion knew he was in good form when he posted the first perfect game of 300 of the tournament and his good form continued over the four days of […]
SNOOKER: Former Irish snooker champion David Morris from Kilkenny showed a welcome return to form when he won the fourth ranking tournament of the season at the Ivy Rooms Carlow. Morris, who played on the pro tour until last season, beat Brendan O’Donoghue of Nenagh in the quarter-finals and current Irish No 1 David Hogan […]
TEN PIN BOWLING: More than 150 bowlers from 12 countries arrive in Dublin next week to celebrate both the 25th Irish Open Tenpin Bowling Championships at Leisureplex, Stillorgan and 50 years of ten pin bowling in Ireland.Thanks to a generous sponsorship deal with Storm Bowling Products, a prize fund of €17,500 is on offer with […]
BADMINTON: Ex-pro player and Olympian Tom Reidy is the new high performance director of Badminton Ireland.The appointment follows a decision by Badminton Ireland to strengthen its high performance team after a successful London Olympics where, for a second Games, time, two Irish players were in action.Reidy, originally from Adare, Co Limerick, played for the […]
SQUASH: Former world No 7 Derek Ryan took his ninth men’s singles title after a thrilling showdown with defending champion Arthur Gaskin at squash’s National Championships in Fitzwilliam LTC, Dublin.In the marathon 1 hour 43 minute final, Ryan drew first blood when he won the opening game 11-3 although every point was closely fought. In […]
BADMINTON: Leinster, boosted by the return of Scott Evans to the team, moved out of the relgation zone in the second round of matches in the English County League Division 1. The team had a winning start when they beat bottom of the table Leicestershre 8-2, but then lost 6-4 to both Yorkshire and Derbyshire. […]
Scott Evans BADMINTON: There were tears of joy from Dubliner Scott Evans when he finally won his first European badminton tour title at the Carlton Irish Open in Baldoyle last weekend.Evans, a double Olympian, made the Irish Open final in 2008 and has reached six other European circuit finals since then without ever taking a […]
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