Two-in-a-row for Louise Jordan

Meath woman Louise Jordan demonstrated her skill at snooker again when she retained the Maureen Butler Cup title at the RILSA Academy Sharkx in Newbridge.

The final would see Louise take on Megan Randle from Wicklow again in a similar fashion as the 2020 encounter.

In the quarters Megan Randle from Wicklow had a close match against Stephanie Foley from Carlow taking the win two frames to nil for a place in the semis.

Annette Newman from Carlow had a good two- nil win over Valerie Maloney from Laois to meet Megan in the semis.

At the other end of the draw Louise Jordan got through to the semis with a good two-nil win over Sandra Bryan from Wexford in yet another close encounter.

Christine Carr and Joanna Ward both from Kildare fought it out to a final frame and black ball finish in which Christine won to meet Louise in the semis.

SEMI-FINALS

Megan played well to take the first frame against Annette but Annette replied well in the second to level the match. The third frame could have gone either way as both players kept it close to the final few colours with Megan taking the pink for frame and match and advance to her second Maureen Butler final in a row.

Louise negotiated a good challenge from Christine to take a two frames to nil win and once again meet Megan in the final for the second year in-a-row.

FINAL

The final saw both players playing cagey for the most part with Louise taking frame one but Megan responded well to level the match.

However, frame three would again see the colours come into play as the scores were close but Louise finished strong to take the frame and Maureen Butler Cup title for the second year-in-a-row.