Gorman wins on Day 2 against Israel

Irishman Shane Gorman playing in his first IBSF Championship recorded a splendid 3 frames to 1 victory over Vgal Pagiiari from Israel to end another superb days play for the Irish team at the 2013 IBSF World Snooker Championship here in Daugavpils Latvia. Shane found himself one frame down but came back strong to win

Opening Ceremony 2013 IBSF World Championships

The Opening Ceremony of the 2013 IBSF World Amateur Snooker Championships was held tonight. This event is being held in Daugavpils, Latvia from the 27th November to the 8th of December and it promises to be an exciting event with a total of 240 Players playing in the Mens, Masters and Ladies will playing. RIBSA Senior Players

Contract between IBSF and Rigour

Mr. Liu Zheng, the General Director of Chinese Billiards & Snooker Training base in Beijing in China was in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Saturday to met Jim Leacy President of the IBSF. Mr Liu was in Ireland to sign a contract between IBSF and Rigour as a recommended high tech training

Bernard Burke RIP

Everyone involved in Irish snooker will be saddened to hear that Bernard Burke from Celbridge Snooker Club died this morning. The Republic Of Ireland Billiards and Snooker Association and all snooker followers would like to express their very deepest sympathy to his family and friends at this sad time. May he rest in Peace RIP

Clubs Practice Night in Ivy Rooms

Last night in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow four teams were putting in early practice for the Leinster and Munster Club Snooker Championships. Kilkenny, Waterford, 147 Wexford and New Institute Nenagh organised a training night to help the teams prepare for their upcoming Club Championships. It was a great night of play with

Sherwin wins Ladies Event 2

The second RIBSA ranking event of the year was held in Breakers,Gorey on Sunday 17th Nov. There were 7 entries. Q-final 1 seen Claire Mill taking on 14 year old newcomer Emirjeta Doda. Emirjeta was solid and showed why she will be a force to be reckoned with in the future, by pulling off some

PJ Coaching Tour around Austria

Last week our National Coach PJ Nolan travelled to three different cities in Austria to hold Snooker & Billiards Coaching Zones. First he was in Vienna to train the Austrian National Billiards team for the upcoming four Nations Billiards Championship in the newly opened Austrian Academy. The Austrian Association organised the two day billiards camp

The 2013 Four Nations Billiards Results

England won the Nations Billiards Championship last weekend in Vienna and the event was hailed a great success featuring teams from Ireland, England and Northern Ireland and Host country Austria. The full Tournaments points were England 60pts, Republic Of Ireland 35pts, Northern Ireland 32pts and Austria with 17pts. This year’s event was played in the newly

RIBSA Honour Mark & Anthony on their European Win

This week RIBSA made a special presentation to Mark Tuite & Anthony Bonnar on their magnificent win after they won the (EBSA) European Team Championships in Serbia earlier this year. The framed presentation awards contained a copy of the official Match Sheets from the European Final along with Photos of their memorable win. Jim Leacy Chairman

Gleeson wins Masters Ranking Event 4

Tom Gleeson from Nenagh won the fourth RIBSA Masters Ranking event of the season in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow today. In the final he beat current No.1 Nigel Power from Celbridge 3 frames to 0 in a magnificent performance on the day. Tom also made the highest break of the tournament when