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Ladies’ Events Update
Donegal Pool Association is proud to have one of the largest ladies groups in Ireland. In order to choose the ladies that will represent Donegal at the All-Ireland Festival of Pool each year we now have a schedule of Qualifiers for the ladies, and will also be running a ladies…
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DPA Ranking Events
September 7, 2024 As anyone who was there could tell you, our first ranking event was not the raging success we always hope and strive for. There was some miscommunication within the executive committee, and we all take responsibility for that. For the confusion and disappointment to the members, we…
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AGM 14/6/2024
Annual General Meeting Minutes. Held at the CYMS club 14/6/2024 8pm. David Moore opened meeting. Treasurer’s report was read out by Mark McCarron detailed report given, this is available to view if requested to the committee as it wasn’t felt it was sensible to put all our finances online. Secretary’s report:…
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Donegal County Championships 5 April – 7 April, 2024 Radisson Hotel, Letterkenny
Well folks, the 2024 Donegal County Championships are just around the corner. This year sees their return on Friday the 5th to Sunday the 7th of April. Here is some information and a few things to be aware of. The county championships this year will see a change of venue…
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Updating Rankings
This past weekend saw the penultimate men’s qualifier and final ladies qualifier of the season. Updated ranking are available here – or as always, via the link on the home page.
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Ranking Event #6
Rory Buchanan was in fine form on Saturday and marched through the field, only dropping 11 frames along the way to his 5-0 victory over Marc McCarron in the final. Marc was also in fine form, overcoming 3 previous ranking-event finalists on his way to his first qualifier final. There…
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More Improvements
In response to our members’ requests for electronic payments, Donegal Pool has added a new feature to the website, and have activated the payment protocol when players register for events on CueScore. From the website homepage, click on the fee payments link. You’ll be able to click on the event…
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2023..A Year In Review
Tina Reaney, Secretary Well what a year 2023 has been for our club and it’s members! As a committee we are constantly pushing to improve our club and the services it offers. We saw the replacement of all the tables at the club, the exhibition night, club leagues, the king…
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Chris “The Magician” Melling Visits Donegal
On December 21st, Donegal Pool Association and CYMS-Letterkenny were fortunate enough to be able to host Chris Melling for an exhibition event. After suffering through quite an ordeal – involving a cancelled flight and a bus – he was detoured to Teac Bhillie’s for a meal, and arrived in Letterkenny…
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Updated Rankings
Our fifth ranking event took place on December 28th. It was the first time we used CueScore to help keep track of the event, and it was met with a nice bit of positive feedback. Joe “Fish” Gallagher won the event in a deciding frame against Gareth Kirwan. Our current…