HIBSF Billiard Team Announced

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association have just announced the RIBSA Billiard Team for the 2016 Home Internationals in the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds in August. 1:  Wayne Doyle 2:  John Kehoe 3:  Robert McCrum Team Manager will be Brendan Devlin The Billiards Home Internationals will be held on the 11th &

RIBSA Announce Home International Teams

The Republic Of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association have just announced the RIBSA Snooker Teams for the 2016 Home Internationals in the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds in August. The Home Internationals will be held from the 5th – 12th of August. The Seniors & Masters events will be held from the 6th – 8th and

Ireland win 2016 Celtic Challenge

The RIBSA Junior team won the 2016 Celtic Challenge in the Terry Griffiths Matchroom in Llanelli, Wales after a fantastic display of Snooker that saw the Irish juniors win with a session to spare over a talented young Welsh team on Saturday the 25th of June. This annual event features the best Irish and Welsh

RIBSA Summer Snooker Camp

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association will be holding another RIBSA summer Camp in the Ivy Rooms on the 20th, 21st and 22nd of July with our National Coach PJ Nolan. This Camp is open to all players and anyone wishing to attend must contact the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club direct to book a

Update IBSF U-18 & U-21 – Belgium

On behalf of the IBSF Board of Directors and the Belgian Billiards & Snooker Association (BBSA), I have the pleasure in inviting you to send your players to take part in the IBSF World under 18 and under21 Snooker Championships (Women and Men) You should enter your player names into the IBSF web site using

2016 Celtic Challenge Camp with PJ

On Saturday the 18th and Sunday the 19th of June, RIBSA held a Junior Snooker Training Camp for the upcoming Celtic Challenge in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club with our National Coach PJ Nolan to help our players prepare for this year’s event which takes place in Wales on Saturday the 25th of June. The Under 16 Team : Ross

RIBSA Summer Snooker Camp with PJ

Our National Coach PJ Nolan held a two day RIBSA Summer Coaching Camp in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on the 14th and 15th of June. All the players practiced various routines to improve their Cue Ball Control, Potting, Safety, Long Potting and Match-Play. Each day training was held from 11am – 4pm. The

Sherwin reaches EBSA Ladies S/Final

RIBSA ladies National Champion Michelle Sherwin lost in the Semi Final of the European Ladies Singles Snooker Championships in the beautiful city of Vilnius, Lithuania today. Michelle’s run ended today when she was beaten by Daria Sirotina from Russia 4 frames to nil. Michelle did superb in her return to major Ladies Snooker Championships and

Thomas reaches EBSA Masters Final

61 year old Brendan Thomas from Ireland reached the final of the 2016 European Masters Singles Championship in Vilnius, Lithuania today. Brendan became only the fourth Irishman ever to reach the European final in the history of the event. RIBSA players have won the European Masters Title on three occasions with Eugene Hughes in 2000,

EBSA Masters Team Runner Up

The Irish No.1 Masters team of Nigel Power & Peter Donegan were beaten by England in the 2016 European Masters Team Championships Final in Vilnius, Lithuania. In the first frame Donegan played Aidan Owens and he was very unlucky to lose it on the black when 20 ahead on the brown. The momentum really swung to the