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Joe Shannon is presented with the winners prize of €250 from National coach P.J. Nolan with referee Conor Doyle also in the picture
Snooker & Billiards Ireland held a very successful Junior Shoot Out in the SBI Academy of Excellence in Carlow on Sunday the 29th of June. PJ Nolan was the TD on the day and this event featured the best 32 Junior snooker players from all across Ireland. Conor Doyle was the referee in charge.
Longford’s Joe Shannon won the 2025 title in style when he beat Ben du Bois from Galway in a superb final. Joe had a fantastic event to win this National title against Ben who won the Snooker scholarship in Maynooth University for the next season.
In the semi-final, Joe beat Jack O'Brien from Limerick in a repeat of the 2025 U-18 National Championship a few weeks ago. In the other semi final Ben beat Fionn Nagle from Dungarvan to reach his first National Final.
Four separate draws were made to qualify 16 players for the knock out stage. All players were guaranteed a minimum of four matches on the day in the special format.
All matches were one frame, with a time limit of 10 minutes per match.
Prize Fund - Winner €250. Runner-Up €125. Semi-Finalists €50 each.
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