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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Following the Coaching Ireland level 1 Education Course in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club last October. Eric Morley from Mayo, Tony Thorpe from Newbridge, Ger Murray from Edenderry, Declan Quinn from Edenderry, Jim Leacy from Carlow, Adrian McMahon from Laois and Jim Carrick from Newbridge were presented with their certificate at the RIBSA AGM on Saturday the
RIBSRA Chairman Ger Murray from the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association presented the 2017 RIBSA Referee of the year award to Paddy Hanafin from Thurles in County Tipperary on Sunday the 7th of May during RIBSA finals Weekend in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.