Notice for all RIBSA Juniors

In order to encourage junior Snooker RIBSA provide Under 16 players with free entry to all the Senior Ranking events. A number of juniors did not show for the first senior event this season. RIBSA have now decided that any under 16 player who enters and fails to show will be liable for the full

Women and Girls in Sport Conference

On Wednesday the 28th of October RIBSA attended a Sports Conference for Women and Girls at Dublin Castle. This conference was hosted jointly by the Department of Justice and Equality and Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. In attendance were RIBSA Chairman Jim Leacy, National Coach PJ Nolan and National Ladies Champion Michelle Sherwin. This conference was

Dylan Wins Intermediate Event 2

Dylan Rees from Youghal won the second RIBSA National Intermediate ranking event of the season when he beat Colvin O Brien from Ballinasloe in the Ebony Snooker Club in Cork on Sunday the 25th of October. In the semi finals Dylan beat Aaron Tobin from Youghal 3-2 and Colvin beat Ross Bulman also from Youghal 3 -2. Aaron Tobin

RIBSA Day 2 Training IBSF Camps with PJ

The final training camp was held for our Irish players who will compete in the 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championships on Sunday the 25th of October in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow from 11am-4pm. Our RIBSA National Snooker Coach PJ Nolan put the players through their paces practicing key training routines to improve their Break Building Skills,

RIBSA U-21 Training Day 1

As part of winning the first Under 21 RIBSA Ranking event Josh Boileau was in the Ivy Rooms today for a training day with our National Coach PJ Nolan. He was joined by Irish International Rodney Goggins for match-play training in his preparation for the upcoming European U-21 Snooker Championship which will be held in

Adam Wins U-21 Ranking Event 2

The second RIBSA U-21 ranking event of the season was held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on the 24th of October and it was another great day of Irish junior snooker with young Adam Fitzgerald from Youghal CYMS winning the event beating Charlie Sweeney from Newbridge CYMS 3 frames to 1 in the final.

Jeong M Park Wins Ladies Intermediate 1

The first ladies Intermediate ranking event of the season took place in Newbridge CYMS on Sunday 18th October. This was the first ever RIBSA ladies Intermediate ranking event and was hailed a great success. This intermediate was well contested as Jeong Min Park faced newcomer Sandra McCann.  Joeng Min Park was very consistent and Sandra

Sherwin Wins Ladies Senior Event 1

The first RIBSA senior ladies ranking event of the new season took place in Newbridge CYMS on Sunday 18th October. There were 2 events held on the same as a senior tournament and an intermediate tournament were held for the first time and both events were hailed a big success. The senior event took on

3 New Intro Level Coaches Qualify

On Saturday the 17th of October, RIBSA held an Intro level Snooker Coaching Education Course in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow with Jason Dowling and Thomas Enright from Rathkeale in Co. Limerick and RIBSA Chairman Jim Leacy from Carlow The course was given by our National Coach PJ Nolan and was approved by

RIBSA Training IBSF Camps with PJ

Our RIBSA National Snooker Coach PJ Nolan will hold his final training camp to prepare our players for the 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championships on Sunday the 25th of October in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. The players will practiced key training routines to improve their Break Building Skills, Long Potting and Tactical game from 11am-4pm. PJ wil