RIBSA Membership Card Launched

The Republic Of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association will introduce new Membership cards this season for all its members. Each card will have your RIBSA number and you can enter any event by texting your membership number and your name to 085 242 8701 before the closing date of any RIBSA event. If any Member

Thorpe wins Vinnie Sheridan 6 Reds

The 4th staging of the Vinnie Sheridan Memorial 6 Reds Tournament took place at St Conleth’s CYMS, Newbridge on Sunday 27th Oct. Play commenced at 11am with 24 players going to post. After a long days play the 2012 winner Charlie Sweeney again reached the final where he was opposed by Martin Thorpe whom he

Follow the World Billiards C-Ships

You can follow all the action from the 2013 World Billiards Championship which is taking place in the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds between 18th and 30th October. Ger Murray is the Head Referee, Brendan Devlin is a Referee and the RIBSA players in action are Aidan Murray, Wayne Doyle, Ross Doyle, Derek O Neill and Mark Nolan

Power wins Masters Ranking Event 2

Nigel Power from Celbridge SC won the second RIBSA Masters Ranking event of the season in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Sunday the 20th of October. There was 38 entries today making the Masters series this year one of the most exciting events on the RIBSA Calendar. The final was between Tom Gleeson

Sherwin wins Ladies Ranking Event 1

The 1st ladies ranking event of the season was held in Celbridge Snooker Club on Sunday 20th October. There were a fantastic 9 entries in the competition. Two of these were complete newcomers,14yr old Emirjeta Doda from Dublin and 13 year old Emily Bolger also from Dublin. We also welcomed the return of Irish ladies

Bates & Goldrick win S/E U-14 & U19 Event 2

The second round of South East Nationwide Under 19 and Under 14 Ranking Events were held on Saturday the 19th of November in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. It was a great day for Shane Bates from 147 Wexford when he won the Under 19 event beating Stephen Bateman from Kilkenny 3 frames to

RIBSA Training Camp for Latvia

Our National Coach PJ Nolan will hold a two day RIBSA training camp in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on the 5th & 6th Of November. RIBSA have organised this two day camp to help our Republic of Ireland players prepare for the 2013 IBSF World Snooker Championship that will take place in

Goggins Wins Premier Tour Event 1

Wexford’s Rodney Goggins won the first ever Premier Tour event at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow on Sunday October 13. Rodney was in superb form all day and found himself up against the equally impressive David Hogan in the semi-finals. This was a high quality match and could have gone either way but Rodney found

Jones is IBSF 6 reds Men World Champion

Duane Jones from Wales won the first ever 6Reds World Championship been played in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow, Ireland from 30th September – 6th October 2013. In the final he defeated our lrish National Champion Michael Judge  6-4. Jones played brilliant to win first three frames but after that Judge succeeded to pull

Ng On Yee is IBSF 6 reds World Champion

Ng On Yee from Hong Kong won the first edition of IBSF World 6Reds Championship today here in the Ivy Rooms Carlow in a 1 hour 8 minutes final which is one of the quickest match in Women’s category. From the starting frame, Ng On Yee did not allow her opponent Daria Sirotina (Russia) to