242 cueists for IBSF World Championships

242 cueists from 51 countries must all be making last minute preparations as the 2013 IBSF World Snooker Championship gets closer and closer. The mega event is to begin November 27th at the awesome Daugavpils Olympic Sports Center in the picturesque city of Daugavpils, Latvia and will finish on December 8th. Of the 242 players

Doyle Wins Senior Billiards event 3

The third tournament of the Senior Billiards series was played at Celbridge Snooker Club on Sunday, 10th of November 2013. Wayne Doyle (Dun Laoghaire), having been to every final of the season so far, more than justified his No 1 position in the rankings by taking the event’s honours in a scintillating display of high

Crucible SC Cue Zone with PJ

Last week our National Coach PJ Nolan held a Snooker Cue Zone in the Crucible Snooker Club in Cork City. Among the players whom attended varied from Current Irish Junior International to the new up and coming Juniors who will represent their club in the Munster Championships in Killarney this year. The Crucible was recently

McCrudden Wins Premier Tour N0.2

The 2nd event of the Premier Tour “The RIBSA Irish Open” was played today Sunday 10th November 2013 at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. The highlight of the early rounds was last 32 match between current no. 1 on the rankings Rodney Goggins and Martin McCrudden. Playing solidly Rodney won the first two frames, but

Flynn Wins National Handicap Open 3

Richie Flynn from Waterford played superb snooker today when he won the third RIBSA National Open Handicap event of the season in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. In the final Richie beat local player Colvin O Brien 3 frames to 1 in an exciting final. This was the third event of the season

Crucible SC Club of the year 2013

The Crucible Snooker Club in County Cork have been crowned the 2013 RIBSA Club of the year with a presentation to club owner Jimmy Hussey from our National Coach PJ Nolan this week. This award is to highlight the club with the most players in the top 16 of all the various RIBSA categories ,

RIBSA Training Camp for World IBSF with PJ

This week the 5th & 6th of November RIBSA held a two day training camp for The World IBSF Snooker Championship with our National Coach PJ Nolan in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. RIBSA organised the camp to help our Republic of Ireland players  Michael Judge, Brendan O Donoghue, David Hogan,  Mark Tuite,

2013 Four Nations Billiards Championship

The 4 Nations Billiards Championship will take place in Vienna on the 16th & 17th of November with a strong RIBSA Team representing Ireland of Aidan Murray, Larry Drennan, Joe Doheny, Timmy Murphy, Aonghus McAnally, Robert McCrum, John Kehoe and the team Manager will be Brendan Devlin.   It promises to be an exciting event

Ireland players for 2013 IBSF Latvia

The RIBSA Committee have just announced details of the RIBSA players and officials who will represent Ireland in the 2013 IBSF World Amateur Senior and Masters Snooker Championships. The event will be held in Daugavpils, Latvia from the 27th November to the 8th of December and it promises to be an exciting event with a total

Tuite Wins Masters Ranking Event 3

Mark Tuite from the Cue Club Killarney is back with a bang when he won the third RIBSA Masters Event of the Season with a 3-1 win over Dylan Rees from Waterford in a close fought final on Sunday in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. John McBride from Cavan had the high break