DBSL would like to wish a huge congratulations to Sean King, of Roadstone D, on winning the 2026 Dublin Individual Championships which was held this weekend in Roadstone and Pioneers Snooker Club on the 21st/22nd March 2026.
Sean’s road to victory began Saturday morning, in fine form, in the Roadstone Venue where he beat youngster Max Smith 3-0 in his first round match and compiled a break of 64 in frame 1. Sean then went on to face the tough George Murphy where he narrowly won 3-2 in this high quality Last 16 match, Sean making a 58 break along the way. Sean came through his quarter final match against Paul Smith with no hiccups, winning it 3-0 to book his place in the Sunday Semi Final.
Sean, once again, was in fine form heading into the Semi Final, meeting one of Roadstone A’s fearless Brendan Murphy. Brendan couldn’t find the same form he had on the Saturday and Sean won the match 3-0 to set up a clash in the Final against Kevin O’Brien, from Pioneers Blue.
In the Final showdown, Sean started strongly, potting some nice opening balls and playing tight safety, and quickly raced off to a 1-0 lead over his opponent. Kevin battled hard in the second frame and hit back to level the match 1-1. The third frame saw some very solid and consistent match play with neither player giving an inch to the other in the safety department. Sean managed to create a small lead and, after another round of safety on the colours, Sean got his chance and took the brown and blue to take a 2-1 lead. Kevin struggled to contain Sean in the fourth frame and fell behind a few points early in the frame. After a final bit of to-ing and fro-ing, Sean sealed the deal by potting the yellow and green for a 3-1 win, taking the match and title.
Kevin’s run to the final began in Round 1, where he came back from a 2-0 deficit against Glenn Foley, of Glenalbyn Red, to narrowly win the match 3-2. He then faced the chess master Daniel Brcko in the last 16 which was, yet again, a narrow 3-2 win for Kevin.
The Quarter Final saw Kevin beat the reigning champion Peter Conroy 3-0, compiling a break of 65 in frame 1.
On Sunday morning, Kevin had a tough Semi Final against Andrew Harvey, but eventually Kevin came out the winner beating Andrew 3-1 to book his place against Sean.
DBSL would like to thank both Roadstone Snooker Club and Pioneers Snooker Club for once again hosting this great event, including Niall Lawless, Kevin O’Brien, Brendan Murphy, and Stephen Merrigan for showing a great deal of hospitality to all the players throughout the event. They would also like to thank Niall Lawless and Kevin O’Brien for helping co-ordinate the latter parts of the Sunday event in Pioneers, Niall also reffing a semi final. A special mention and thanks goes out to Brian “The Rocket” O’Rourke for doing a fantastic job reffing the Final.
Highest Break of the tournament was 65, compiled by Kevin O’Brien.
DBSL would especially like to thank First Aid Systems Ltd for kindly sponsoring the event once again, which has hugely helped support not only this great tournament but also the growth of Snooker in Dublin.
Winner: Sean King
Winner: Sean King presented with Trophy by Niall Lawless
Winner and Runner Up: Sean King and Kevin O’Brien with Ref Brian O’Rourke
Semi Finalists: Sean King, Brendan Murphy, Andrew Harvey, Kevin O’Brien
Full details of the event below.
Draw
| Pre-Lims | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +37 | Michael Kearns | 0 | v | 3 | Brian O'Rourke | +35 |
| +72 | Stephen Byrne | 1 | v | 3 | Paul Smith | +17 |
| Round 1 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +47 | Peter Conroy | 3 | v | 1 | Brian O’Rourke | +35 |
| +82 | Niall Kelly | 2 | v | 3 | Jack Sheridan | +35 |
| +25 | Conor Harkin | 1 | v | 3 | Daniel Brcko | +65 |
| +28 | Kevin O'Brien | 3 | v | 2 | Glenn Foley | +70 |
| +68 | Andrew Harvey | 3 | v | 1 | Joey Kenny | +37 |
| +45 | Niall Lawless | 3 | v | 1 | Jo Jo Whelan | +25 |
| +18 | Paddy Brady | 1 | v | 3 | Mark Dunne | +50 |
| +06 | Ivor Fitzpatrick | 0 | v | 3 | Tony O'Connor | +55 |
| +05 | Daniel Merrigan | 1 | v | 3 | Paul Smith | +17 |
| +34 | Aidan Phelan | 3 | v | 0 | Clayton Cregan | +28 |
| +20 | Kristian Hayes | 2 | v | 3 | George Murphy | +29 |
| +23 | Sean King | 3 | v | 0 | Max Smith | +65 |
| +28 | Brendan Murphy | 3 | v | 0 | Lenny Malone | +60 |
| +38 | John Maher | 3 | v | 2 | Dehna Bennett | +45 |
| +70 | Paddy Smullen | 0 | v | 3 | Shane Merrigan | +40 |
| +40 | Dave Goddard | 2 | v | 3 | Robert Moynihan | +18 |
| Last 16 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +47 | Peter Conroy | 3 | v | 1 | Jack Sheridan | +35 |
| +65 | Daniel Brcko | 2 | v | 3 | Kevin O'Brien | +28 |
| +68 | Andrew Harvey | 3 | v | 1 | Niall Lawless | +45 |
| +50 | Mark Dunne | 2 | v | 3 | Tony O'Connor | +55 |
| +17 | Paul Smith | 3 | v | 0 | Aidan Phelan | +34 |
| +29 | George Murphy | 2 | v | 3 | Sean King | +23 |
| +28 | Brendan Murphy | 3 | v | 0 | John Maher | +38 |
| +40 | Shane Merrigan | 0 | v | 3 | Robert Moynihan | +18 |
| Quarter Finals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +47 | Peter Conroy | 0 | v | 3 | Kevin O'Brien | +28 |
| +68 | Andrew Harvey | 3 | v | 0 | Tony O'Connor | +55 |
| +17 | Paul Smith | 0 | v | 3 | Sean King | +23 |
| +28 | Brendan Murphy | 3 | v | 0 | Robert Moynihan | +18 |
| Semi Finals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +28 | Kevin O'Brien | 3 | v | 1 | Andrew Harvey | +68 |
| +23 | Sean King | 3 | v | 0 | Brendan Murphy | +28 |
| Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +28 | Kevin O'Brien | 1 | v | 3 | Sean King | +23 |
HIGH BREAKS
| Player | Break |
|---|---|
| Kevin O'Brien | 65 |
| George Murphy | 64 |
| Sean King | 64 |
| Sean King | 58 |
| Robert Moynihan | 57 |
| George Murphy | 51 |
| Brendan Murphy | 50 |
Event details
Venue: Roadstone and Pioneers
Entrance Fee: 20 Euro entry fee includes table charges
Format: All matches are best of 5
Handicaps: DBSL handicaps used
Time: 09:30am start
Dress code: Full Dress Code Last 8 – Polo Shirt and Trousers – Pre Semi Final
