New Institute gearing up for Nenagh Open

The New Institute Snooker Club, Nenagh will host the second ever Nenagh Open on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st September.  This event will hopefully provide an opportunity to witness some of the top snooker players from across Ireland, play in Nenagh, while also giving local talent a chance to test themselves against Ireland’s finest. The

Northwest SC Coaching Day 6th September

On Saturday the 6th of September our National Snooker Coach PJ Nolan will hold a coaching day in the Northwest Snooker Club in Letterkenny from 1pm to 6pm. RIBSA Chairman John Doherty and owner of the Northwest Snooker Club said he is delighted to have professional coaching in the club. PJ will put the players

2014 IBSF World Snooker Championships India.

Billiards & Snooker Federation of India is hosting 2014 IBSF World Snooker Championships (Men, Women and Masters) at Kanteerva Indoor Stadium, Bangalore, Karnataka scheduled from 18th to 29th November 2014. Entry for these Championships has started and Member Countries can now enter their player’s names and details on IBSF Entry System using the password. Closing

TJ Dowling wins Fermoy Cross Invitation

This year sees the second running of the Fermoy Cross invitation. Following on from the success of last years tournament we hope that this years tournament will be bigger and better. It is great to see nearly all of the players who competed last year returning to Fermoy and also some new faces. This years

Mental Health Awareness In Sport Workshop

On Wednesday the 27th of August our RIBSA Chairman John Doherty and our RIBSA Children’s officer PJ Nolan attended a workshop on Mental Health Awareness in Sport in the County Hotel in Newry, Northern Ireland. The course was presented by the Chief Executive of Aware Siobhan Doherty with a number of NGB’s from Northern Ireland

Intro Course Qualifies 4 RIBSA Coaches

On Saturday the 23rd of August, The Republic Of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association held a Coaching Ireland Intro level course in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club. Philip Browne from Dublin, James Geraghty from Celbridge, Eric Morley from Mayo and Charlie Turbitt from Westmeath attended the course and they were guided in how to plan

Good luck team Ireland Billiards

Good luck to the two RIBSA Billiards teams who are playing the Home Internationals here in the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds this weekend. Ireland 1 of Wayne Doyle, Larry Drennan and Joe Doheny and Ireland 2 of Lloyd Myers, John Kehoe and Derek O Neill will be up against England, Jersey and Scotland. Full

Well Done Team Ireland

Well done Team Ireland who played awesome snooker this weekend in the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds at the 2014 Home Internationals Snooker Championships. Masters players Mark Tuite, Frank Sarsfield, Tom O Driscoll and Stephen Walsh along with Senior players Michael Judge, Robert Murphy, Rodney Goggins and Keith Sheldreck gave it everything with a number

Well done Irish Home Internationals Juniors

The Irish Under 16 Team & Under 19 Teams lost both their matches in the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds at the 2014 Home Internationals tonight. This morning the Under 19 team lost 4 frames to 8 to Northern Ireland and the Under 16 team lost to Wales  9 frames to 3 Wales. The Under

Day 2 Irish U-16 lose to England 3-9

The Irish Under 16 Team lost their first match tonight when they lost 3 frames to 9 to England in the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds at the 2014 Home Internationals tonight. Charlie Sweeney lost 1-2, Fergal Quinn lost 1-2 despite a superb 64 break, Jason O Hagan lost 0-3 and Darragh Cusack lost 1-2