Masters Ranking Series {1}

Mark Tuite holds on to the number one spot on the rankings after winning the first Masters event of the new season, which was played to-day Sunday 30th at the Ivy Rooms, Carlow, beating Anthony Bonnar 3-2 in a late night session.  30 players contested this first event with many of the regular players and 5 or

Superstars of Snooker

E.J. Riley in Dublin announced this week that they will hold a one-day charity snooker event in Dublin on Saturday the 3rd of November in the Tara Towers Hotel in Booterstown, Dublin 4. All funds raised will go to the Neurology Department of Temple Street Children’s Hospital.  Th event will be called The Superstars of Snooker and

McVeigh Wins Intermediate NW 1

North west Snooker Club in Letterkenny hosted the first Intermediate tournament of the season last weekend. This year the Snooker association of Ireland has decided to change the format for some of the tournaments, there will be four different formats, Seeded Groups, Open Draw, Double Elimination and Seeded draw. The new formats have created a

Dempsey Wins Intermediate SE 1

Daniel ” Steel ” Dempsey won the first Intermediate Snooker Ranking event of the RIBSA season in the South East region today in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. In the final Daniel beat last year’s Intermediate S.E. number 1 Richie Flynn from Waterford 3 frames to 1 to lift his first ever RIBSA

International Challenge Cup

Ken Doherty was on cue in wishing the International Challenge Committee all the best it the International Snooker Challenge Cup being held in Ronchin, Lille, France next week. Photo left to right Stephen Merrigan, Nigel Power, Ken Doherty, Eddie Ingle and Robert Murphy. Republic of Ireland selection that will be playing against a French selection

RIBSA 2012/13 Results

All Resullts and Draw Sheets can be found in Draws/ Results in the top menu on the site. Senior Senior No.1 – Ivy Rooms Carlow 13-14th October 2012 Intermediate  4 Regions – South Eastern – North West – South West – Eastern Masters View All Masters Events Under-21 & Under-19 Series 4 Regions – South Eastern

Seniors + U-19 Billiards {1}

The first of the Senior + U-19 Billiards events took place today at the Ivy Rooms.  Ross Doyle was the only junior to attend, which was a bit disappointing for him.  There was a good senior turn out.  That man from Wexford, Rodney Goggins, dominated the event with 2-0 win over Kevin Christie in the

RIBSA Council

To all members RIBSA are keen to have representation from all regions on the committee. To this end we are looking for volunteers to the RIBSA committee from the West, South/Southwest and North East regions. We need volunteers who are willing to help in running tournaments and promoting snooker in your region. A lot of

Ivy Rooms Doubles Tournament

The partnership of Robert Murphy and Wayne Doyle won the Doubles Tournament held today in the Ivy Rooms, Carlow. Two groups of 6 battled it out in the best of three down to the last 8.  Rodney Goggins, seeded No. 1, paired with Adrian Morrissey fromWexford got a quick exit when faced by the dynamic
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IBSF World Championships

The Republic Of Ireland Snooker team for the 2012 IBSF World Championship has been now been confirmed with Johnny Williams, Greg Casey and EBSA Nomination Brendan O Donoghue competing in the Men’s event. Mark Tuite and Brendan Cooney will fly the Irish flag in the Masters event and it promises to be an exciting championship