Jim Leacy is new IBSF President

Jim Leacy Chairman of RIBSA was elected President of the IBSF tonight at the AGM in Bulgaria in front of all the countries delegates. This is a fantastic honour for Jim and for our Association to have an Irishman president of the world amateur game. In the vote Jim beat Pascal Guillaume from France 26

Aidan Murray pinches third round

Billiards Scratch series, Aidan Murray pinches third round. The third tournament of the Scratch Billiards series was played at the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Sunday, 25th of November 2012. Aidan Murray (Wicklow), having made a good start to the season by getting to every final so far, advanced his position in the

Conor Harkin comes of age

The 3rd of this seasons Intermediate Snooker Tournaments took place at the North West snooker club in Letterkenny last weekend.  There was a small but talented group of players with included 3 formed Donegal champions, Anthony Bonnar, Phelim Mc Clafferty and Sean Mc Veigh.  The tournament was run on a double elimination basis, which means

Celbridge Club of the year 2012

Celbridge Snooker Club in County Kildare was awarded the 2012 RIBSA Club of the year with a presentation to club owner Phil Martin on Saturday from Ger Murray. This is a new award to highlight the club with the most players in the top 16 of all the various RIBSA categories , Senior Snooker, Masters

Victor receives lifetime achievement award

International Billiards Legend  Victor O Gorman from Dublin was presented this weekend with a lifetime achievement award to Billiards by The Republic Of Ireland Billiards and Snooker Association at the four Nations Billiard Championship in Celbridge Snooker Club. Victor has played Billiards for over 50 years and Represented RIBSA for over 30 years in all

RIBSA Junior Cue Coaching Zone

On Saturday the 17th of November our National Snooker Coach PJ Nolan held a Coaching Zone at the Under 14 and Under 16 Zone in the Newbridge CYMS Snooker Club in County Kildare. PJ was impressed with the 12 talented players in this South East Zone like under 14 stars of the future Fred Connors, Oisin Harte, James

Four Nations Billiards Championship

The annual Billiards International Trophy Tournament took place at Celbridge Snooker Club on Saturday and Sunday, 17th and 18th November last. This year it was the turn of the Republic of Ireland to be the host nation and it was very rewarding to welcome the many visitors who travelled with the visiting teams and generated

Edenderry Billiards & Snooker Club

This week our National Coach PJ Nolan travelled to the warm and friendly atmosphere of the Edenderry & District Billiards and Snooker Club in County Offaly. PJ met up with Ger Murray and he showed him around the club which goes back to the early 1960’s where the local shoe factory had their social club which

RIBSA Training Day in Carlow

On Tuesday the 13th of November the Republic Of Ireland players who will compete in the 2012 IBSF World Championships next week in Bulgaria had a coaching day with our National Coach PJ Nolan in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. Johnny Williams, Greg Casey and Brendan O Donoghue will compete in the Men’s

RIBSA move up on IBSF Rankings

The IBSF have just released the latest World rankings for 2012 with our RIBSA junior players moving up to their highest ever placing of 4th behind China, Thailand and England. Our Senior players move up to 3rd in their rankings while the Masters move up to 5th. This is a tremendous achievement by our RIBSA