Bulman Wins U-14 Event 3

Ross Bulman from Youghal CYMS won the 3rd RIBSA Under 14 Snooker Ranking event of the season in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Saturday the 28th of February.  In the final he beat Corey Ramsbottom from the Ivy Rooms SC Carlow 3 frmaes to 2 in a superb high quality final. Aaron

Murray Wins Senior Billiards Event 6

Aidan Murray from Wicklow wins the 6th RIBSA Senior Billiards event of the season in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club on Sunday. In the final Aidan beat Rodney Goggins from the 147club in Wexford to win his second in a row. Well done Aidan. The format was a timed event, all rounds being played to 90

Devenney Wins North West Open

The North West Open was held this Sunday the 22nd February 2015.  There was an excellent entry of 30 players taking part on the day from both sides of the border.  Some of the notable first round dropouts were Benny O Brien (seeded 8) and Ronan Whyte, all first round losers move to the Plate

Jim Leacy elected as HIBSF Chairman

At this week’s HIBSF Annual General Meeting in England on the 20th February. Jim Leacy from the Republic Of Ireland was elected as HIBSF Chairman at the AGM having received the full support of all member countries for the position. It was also announced that the 2015 Home Internationals will be held in the Northern Snooker

Draw for Cloths for Registered Clubs

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association has announced today that they will be holding a draw for two Strachan 6811 cloths. All  Clubs who Register with RIBSA before the 31st of March 2015 will be entered into this draw. If any club would like to enter this draw they must complete the club

John Doherty Interview

PJ Nolan interviews John Doherty Chairman of RIBSA on the upcoming plans for RIBSA for the rest of the season which includes a free ladies week and a ladies coaching day with our National Coach plus the reintroduction of the Inter Provincials and many more interesting events. CLICK LINK

Good Luck RIBSA players for EBSA MALTA

Good luck to all the RIBSA players and officials who have qualified and confirmed they will represent the Republic Of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association in the 2015 European U-21 and Men and Masters Team Snooker Championships in Malta The European Under-21’s and Team Championships + the 6 Red Snooker European Qualifiers will take place

Final Day of the Training Camps with PJ

The final day of the two day RIBSA training camp with National Coach PJ Nolan was held on the 16th of February for the players who will represent the Republic Of Ireland in the 2015 EBSA Under 21 & Team Snooker Championships in Malta which will be held from the 21st March to the 1st of April. RIBSA

Matic Wins Masters Ranking No.5

Alen Matic won the 5th RIBSA Masters event of the season in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. In the final he beat Q Club Wicklow player Keith Sheldreck in a dramatic final frame that went to the final black ball game only to see Alen pot the black to win the title to

Judge Wins RIBSA Senior Event No.5

Michael Judge from the QClub in Wicklow won the RIBSA Senior Ranking ‘ The RIBSA Masters ‘ in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow when he beat Rodney Goggins from the 147Club in Wexford 4 frames to 3 in a high quality final. In the Semi Finals Rodney beat Anthony Bonnar from the Northwest