Robert Murphy from Q Club Wicklow won the 5th RIBSA Ranking event of the season on the Premier Tour in Carlow today in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club. In the final Robert beat Martin McCrudden from Celbridge SC 4 frames to 3 in a superb final to claim the winner’s cheque. In the final Robert
16 year old Stephen Bateman from Kilkenny SC won his first Senior title when he won the RIBSA Handicap Open NO.5 in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Saturday 22nd of February. The event was played in groups with two players from each group qualifying for the knock outs stages. All Group matches
The Republic Of Ireland Snooker Association held a Coaching Ireland Intro level Coaching course in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Saturday 22nd February. Stephen Reddington from Dublin, Liam Brady from Dublin, Declan Quinn from Edenderry and Denis Lane from Ballybunion attended the course and were guided how to plan a training session,
RIBSA held the final day of a four day Coaching Camp with our National Coach PJ Nolan to prepare our players for the 2014 European Billiards & Snooker Association (EBSA) Team and Under 21 Championship Snooker Championships. Stephen Bateman, Mark Tuite, Stephen Walsh, Tom O Driscoll, Tony Seymour and Alen Matic attend training today in the Ivy
Wednesday the 19th of February in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club the third day of a four day RIBSA Training Camp was held in preparation for our players for the 2014 EBSA Team and Under 21 Championship Snooker Championships which is being held from the 18th to the 29th of March in Romania. Today the players were put
On Tuesday the 18th of February RIBSA held the second day of a four day Snooker Training Camp to prepare Rodney Goggins, Josh Boileau, Daniel Dempsey and Stephen Bateman for the 2014 EBSA Team and Under 21 Championship Snooker Championships with our National Coach PJ Nolan. PJ put the players through their paces working on their techniques
History was created in the game of Billiards in Ireland today when Peter Gilchirst hit his career’s second 1000+ break against Northern Ireland’s cueist Chritian Kirk. But like so many other great moments of sports after achieving a goal all steam runs out, so was the case with Peter when he missed a pot in
On Monday 17th of February RIBSA held the first day of a four day Snooker Training Camp to prepare our players for the 2014 EBSA Team and Under 21 Championship Snooker Championships with our National Coach PJ Nolan. Today Irish Under 21 Number 1 and Number 2 players Josh Boileau and Daniel Dempsey attend training
Josh Boileau from Newbridge CYMS played stunning snooker to win the 25th Anniversary of the Peter McNally Memorial Snooker Invitation in Edenderry Snooker Club on Sunday the 9th of February. In the final he beat Benny O Brien from Kilkenny 4 frames to nil with a number of good breaks. In the Semi Finals Josh
Tom Gleeson from the New Institute Snooker Club in Nenagh won the 6th RIBSA Masters event of the season when he beat Tom O Driscoll three frames to nil in the final. Dylan Rees had the highest break in the event with a 91 break and Mark Tuite won the plate event. CLICK FULL RESULTS