Boileau Wins U-19 National Championship

16 year old Josh Boileau from Newbridge CYMS won the National Under 19 Snooker Championship in the Douglas Snooker Club in Cork City on Saturday. In the final he beat the Irish number 1 Ryan Cronin from Cork 3 frames to 1 in a superb final. The standard was very high with a number of

Fitzpatrick Wins National U-21 Championship

Karl Fitzpatrick from Carlow won the 2012 National Under 21 Championship in Douglas Snooker Club in Cork today. In the final he beat Ryan Cronin three frames to nil in a superb quality final in front of a large crowd in the club in Cork to win the National title and the Number 1 spot

Ken is the Milltown Master

The annual snooker finals night in Milltown Golf Club took place last Friday 23rd of March, led by chairman of snooker Roger Coleman. The handicap singles title was won by Ken Taylor, defeating younger brother Steven in the final. Ken is a registered RIBSA Coach and the club snooker championship was also won by Ken

Home Internationals 2012

At the recent Home International AGM a change was made in the number of players on the Snooker Teams. The Home Internationals from this year will contain only 4 players playing on the Senior ,Under16, Under 19 and Masters Teams A country may bring a maximum of 6 players per panel but only 4 will play. The

Chairman Notice

Dear Player As you may be aware World Snooker have just announce the qualifying criteria for the 2012-2013 Professional tour. THE NGB’s in the UK and Ireland will no longer be able to nominate players direct to the tour. Instead they have been allocated 2 places each within the Q school. RIBSA will nominate the

Hughes win Senior Billiards 6

Eugene Hughes wins the 6th event of the season beating Aidan Murray 350 – 238.  Eugene holds on to his No. 1 place on the rankings with 10 points between himself and Aidan and one event to play before the Championships. The sixth tournament of the Scratch Billiards series was played at the Ivy Rooms Snooker

Five new RIBSA coaches Qualify

The latest RIBSA / Coaching Ireland Snooker Coaching Seminar was held last weekend in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. Five new coaches from all around Ireland qualified as Intro level RIBSA snooker coaches who will teach the basics skills in their local clubs or schools. PJ Nolan the National Coach conducted the one

Intermediate Billiards

The 7th and final event of the season before the National Championships was held in Carlow on Sunday 11th. Aonghus McAnally took the honours beating Lloyd Myers in the final.  The over-all winner coming out on top of the ranking is John Kehoe from Enniscorthy taking home the Perpetual Shield.  Liam Byrne came second.  Mark
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Mark Tuite Hits 131 Break

Mark Tuite and Albert Hogan playing for Ireland Masters 1 team drew with Denmark last night in a fantastic snooker match with Mark winning his match 3-1 and Albert Hogan losing 1-3 to tie the overall match one match each. In the European championship today in Bulgaria. Mark Tuite produced a stunning performance in their
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Irish Senior Team off to a flyer

The Irish Senior team won their opening match in the European team snooker championship here in Sofia, Bulgaria today. The first match for the Republic of Ireland team was up against Denmark when Team Captain Rodney Goggins won his match 3-0, Greg Casey won his match 3-1 and the Gentle Breeze John Sutton won his
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