Good Luck RIBSA Players – EBSA Albania

RIBSA would like to wish all the Irish players and teams good luck in the 2017 (EBSA) European Billiards & Snooker Association Championships in Albania from the 31st May – 11th of June.  A RIBSA training camp weekend was held on the 13th & 14th of May with National Coach PJ Nolan to help prepare the

2017 Club of the Year – Terry Rogers SC

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) have just announced Terry Rogers SC in Dublin have won the 2017 RIBSA Club of the year after the completion of ranking events this season. Ranking points are awarded to each club who have players in the top 16 of each RIBSA category of snooker and

New Structure for U-18 & U-21 Snooker

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association will introduce a new system for qualification for the European Under 18 and Under 21 Championships, IBSF World Under 18 and Under 21 Championships and Home International Under 21 Team for the 2017 – 2018 season. This new system will see our top ranked Irish juniors playing

PJ holds Festival of Snooker

RIBSA National Coach PJ Nolan held a Festival of Snooker on the 27th & 28th of May in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow from 11am – 4pm.  The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) invited any RIBSA member to attend a training day with PJ. PJ coached all the players on

Causier wins LITEtask Irish Open

David Causier from England won the 2017 LITEtask Irish Billiards Open in association with RIBSA and the Ivy Rooms in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Saturday & Sunday 20th & 21st May. In the final David beat Rob Hall CLICK WORLD BILLIARDS WEB SITE

Russell wins LITEtask European Open

Mike Russell from England won the 2017 World Billiards LITEtask European Billiards Open in association with the Ivy Rooms & RIBSA in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Wednesday the 24th of May. The final was streamed all over the world via the ribsa web site and featured two of the best ever

RIBSA Championship Booklet

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association have produced a 40 page booklet to highlight the fantastic season of Snooker and Billiards on the National and International scene which was achieved by our members in 2016 – 2017. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE BOOKLET RIBSA would like to thank all the Players, Parents, Referees

RIBSA Camp with PJ – EBSA Albania

National Coach PJ Nolan held a RIBSA training camp weekend on the 13th & 14th of May to prepare our players and teams for the 2017 EBSA Masters & Ladies European Snooker Championships and the European Masters, Ladies and Men’s Team Snooker Championships which will be played in Albania from the 31st May – 11th

LITEtask IRISH & EUROPEAN OPEN

THE 2017 LITEtask Irish & European Billiards Open in association with RIBSA and the Ivy Rooms will be held from the 20th – 24th of May in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow Irish Billiards Open The 2017 LITEtask Irish Open will take place on Saturday & Sunday 20th & 21st May. The entry

Murray wins Pat O Sullivan Memorial

The Pat O’Sullivan Memorial handicap tournament was played at Carlow on Sunday, 14th of May 2017. After a day’s play, which saw many games decided on close margins, reigning short format champion Aidan Murray emerged the well deserved winner on the day, winning all his matches despite the significant handicap start he had to give