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
Joe Dilworth

Rebel Snooker

Rebel Snooker Derek Kiely   GREG Casey along with fellow Crucible team mate David Cassidy will travel to Egypt in six days’ time to represent the ‘Republic of Ireland Billiards and Snooker Association ‘ (RIBSA) at the ‘International Billiards and Snooker Federation’ (IBSF) World amateur snooker championships. Casey a veteran of over 40 International snooker
Tagged under:

Masters Ranking Event 2 – DRAW

The Draw for the second RIBSA Master Ranking event of the season was made tonight. The event will be held on Sunday the 1st of November in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow. CLICK HERE DRAW & MATCH TIMES The 2015 – 2016 RIBSA Masters Snooker Ranking Series will feature 6 Ranking events and the

RIBSA Senior Ranking Event 2 – Draw

The Draw for the second RIBSA Senior Ranking event of the season was made today. The event will be held on Saturday the 31st of October in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow. CLICK DRAW AND MATCH TIMES If the tournament is running late the T D may decide to hold over the Semi –Finals

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