WPBSA Chairman Visits Carlow

Jason Ferguson Chairman of WPBSA visited the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow to attend the IBSF World Billiards championships today. He was joined by Alan Chamberlain who is a former professional referee and a current board member of WPBSA and head of the new rules committee. Both had a meeting with the Chairman of
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IBSF World Billiards Latest

Play got underway here at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow Ireland this morning in the IBSF World Billiards Championships quarter finals at 10am. The quarter finals were played over a three hour period and no surprises so far in the Championships as Mike Russell and Matthew progressed easily through to the Semi Finals. World number
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Billy’s Magic 10 Shot

Billy Bousfield from England created magic in the 2011 World Billiards Championships today in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. The magic 10-shot was made in his match against John McIntyre from Northern Ireland. The shot has only been done a few times in major championships. To make the 10-shot you must first contact

Russell wins back to back world titles

Mike Russell showed tremendous determination to come back from 3 – 1 down in his semi final match and was in no mood to hand over his crown to Pankaj Avanti and eventually ran out a 6 games to three games winner. Earlier today, Mike defeated Sourav Kothari (India) in the semi-final match, where he
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Quarter Finals in Play in the 150 up Format

Indian Billiards superstar Pankaj Advani made short work of his last 16 game against his fellow countryman Bhaskar Balachandra in the best of 7 games format in the 150 up at the IBSF World Championships at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. Advani had his match sown up 4 – 0 in under 1 hour and
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Ladies 6 Red Championship

The ladies 6-Red national championships was held in Celbridge on 14th August. There were 5 players present. The players played each other 3 frames each in a round-robin format. 1 point was awarded per frame and the top 2 players on points at the end of the round robin competed in the final. Michelle Sherwin
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International Training Weekend

All Home International snooker team members are reminded that they are requested to attend a training day in Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Saturday the 3rd of September from 11am to 4pm. Cost for the days practice is only €5 per player. The same training routines will be done at this training day with PJ
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RIBSA Coaching Course Confirmed

PJ Nolan RIBSA National Snooker Coach will conduct the next RIBSA /Coaching Ireland Intro Level RIBSA Seminar on Sunday 4th September in the Ivy Rooms SC Carlow from 10am – 5pm. Following the seminar the coaches will receive official recognition from Coaching Ireland who govern Coaching in Ireland as Intro Level RIBSA Snooker Coaches who will then
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Successful Training Day in Carlow

The RIBSA players had a very successful training day in the Ivy Rooms in Carlow on Sunday the 14th of August. Josh Boileau was in fantastic form to win the event in scoring 492 points from the six selected routines. All the players will represent the Republic Of Ireland in the upcoming Home Internationals in Pontins from

Home International Training

All Home International team members are reminded that they are requested to attend a training day in Carlow on Sunday from 11am to 4pm. You will also be fitted for your team waistcoat on Sunday if you do not already have one. Cost for the days practice is only €5 per player. Masters 1. Mark Tuite,