Everyone involved in the World of Snooker and Billiards will be saddened to hear that International Referee Mike Billinge from England died last weekend. Mike Refereed in numerous IBSF, EBSA and Home International Championships over the years and would of been great friends with our players and referees in Ireland.  The Republic Of Ireland Billiards

Everyone involved in Irish Snooker would like to wish all the RIBSA team competing in The 2013 Home Internationals which will be held from the 3rd to the 8th of August in The Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds. The Seniors and Masters event will take place from the 3rd-5th and The Juniors will play from

RIBSA held a very successful training weekend in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow to prepare our International players for next week’s Home Internationals in Leeds which takes place from the 3rd- 8th in the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds.   On Saturday there was an open snooker tournament for match play practice and

The official RIBSA party will depart for the 2013 Home Internationals from Busaras Coach Park in Dublin at 8pm on Friday the 2nd of August . The party will sail with Irish Ferries and will arrive in Leeds Coach Station at 7.20am the following morning. Some players are making their own way in flying to

Entry for IBSF World Team & 6 Red Championships from the 29th September to 6th October 2013 in Ireland was opened today on the www.ibsf.info web site. Member Countries can now enter their player’s names and details on IBSF Entry System using the password which was emailed separately. Closing date for entries is 25th August 2013.

Irishman Brendan O Donoghue put on a stunning display of match snooker in the first round of the World Games in Cali in Columbia today but he Nenagh player lost 3 frames to 2 to top professional player Joe Perry from England. Brendan started of winning the first two frames 71-31, and 60-11 but Perry won

Jim Leacy President of the IBSF and Brendan O Donoghue led the Irish team into the Stadium at the Opening Ceremony at the World Games in Cali in Columbia. Brendan will begin at 5pm Irish time today Friday 26th against current professional player Joe Perry in the first round but I am sure Brendan will

This weekend RIBSA will be holding a RIBSA training camp to prepare our International players for the Home Internationals in Leeds. On Saturday there will be an Ivy Rooms Open Snooker tournament for the players to work on their match-play game which will feature a prize fund. To enter Ring 05991 37714. On Sunday there

Our RIBSA National Coach PJ Nolan held IBSF Snooker Coaching Cue Zones for players participating in the World Under 21 Snooker Championships in the CBSA / WBPSA Coaching Academy in Beijing last week. Players from Russia, England, India, Finland, New Zealand, Iran and Mongolia attended training on the Shender Match Table which was used for