St Johns CMWS Limerick Open Day

St Johns CMWS in Limerick will hold an open day on the 27th of November in Limerick city to promote the game. They hope to encourage all standard of players and provide a structured, safe, secure and economical Snooker Academy for juniors from 12 to 18yrs with the aim of instilling the love of the game

IBSF Draw – Good Luck RIBSA players

The RIBSA players competing in the 2016 IBSF World Snooker Championships in Qatar are requested to be in Dublin Airport at 3.30pm on Thursday the 17th of November. The players are reminded to bring their Irish waistcoats and bowtie along with their printed Qatar visas which was emailed to each player. PJ Nolan will have

Dowling wins Senior Ranking Event 2

Current RIBSA National Snooker Champion TJ Dowling warmed up for next weeks IBSF World Championship in Qatar winning the second RIBSA Senior Snooker Ranking event of the season ‘ The Hickson Centra Irish Open ‘ on Sunday the 13th of November in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.  In the final he beat Philip Browne 4 frames to

Farrell wins Masters Ranking Event 2

John Farrell won the Second RIBSA Masters Ranking event of the season, sponsored by Roadstone Snooker Club in Dublin on Sunday the 13th of November in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow.  In the final John beat Michael Judge 3 frames to nil to take the title. Michael Judge won the high break with a 100

RIBSA 2016 Volunteer of the Year

RIBSA President Eamon Kearns and RIBSA Secretary Tony Thorpe from the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) have just presented the 2016 RIBSA Volunteer of the year award to Brendan Devlin from Celbridge Snooker Club on Saturday the 12th of November in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.

RIBSA 2016 Club of the Year

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) have just presented the 2016 RIBSA Club of the year award to Youghal CYMS in Cork on Saturday the 12th of November in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow at the 2nd Senior Ranking event. RIBSA President Eamon Kearns and RIBSA Secretary Tony Thorpe and

RIBSA 2016 Coach of the Year

RIBSA President Eamon Kearns and RIBSA Secretary Tony Thorpe from the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) have just presented the 2016 RIBSA Coach of the year award to Declan Quinn from Edenderry Snooker Club in Co Offaly on Saturday the 12th of November in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.

RIBSA Junior Elite Squad

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) have just announced details about a RIBSA Junior Elite Squad of under 16 players for 2017 – 2018 season. RIBSA National Coach and Development Officer PJ Nolan will be in charge of this squad and the six players chosen will receive a snooker scholarship to play

2016 Celtic Challenge Presentation

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association made the presentation to the winning Celtic Challenge Irish junior team during the junior snooker development day on the 5th of November in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. RIBSA presented each player with a trophy to mark their memorable win earlier this year in the

Doyle wins Timmy Murphy Memorial

The second Timmy Murphy Memorial handicap tournament was played at Carlow on Sunday, 6th of November 2016.  After a day’s play, which saw many interesting games and several surprise results, the trophy went to current double National Champion Wayne Doyle (Q-Club Wicklow), a fitting reward for the consistently high standard of play he showed throughout