Brendan reaches World Q-Finals – Well Done

Irishman Brendan O Donoghue run ended in the Q Finals of the Men’s World IBSF Snooker Championship in Doha Qatar yesterday. The Nenagh man was beaten 6-5 by Amir Sarkhosh from Iran. Brendan fought back from 2-5 down but lost the decider.  He gave it 100% commitment and he should be very proud of himself. WELL

Goggins wins Senior Event 3 – Presidents Cup

Rodney Goggins from the Liam Mellows SC in Wexford won the RIBSA Senior Ranking Event 3 ” The Presidents Cup ” sponsored by Eamon Kearns on Sunday the 26th of November in the Ivy Rooms SC. In the final the Wexford man beat Ryan Cronin from the Crucible SC in Cork 4 frames to nil

Bagley wins Snooker Legends Irish qualifier (2)

Jonathan Bagley from England won the Snooker Legends Irish Masters qualifier in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on the 25th -26th November. In the final Jonathan beat Gary Fitness also from England in a high quality final. Jonathan Bagley now qualifies to play in Goffs against a Legend of the game in January

Brendan into World Q-Finals – Qatar

Brendan O Donoghue remains the only Irish man still standing in the IBSF Snooker Championships here in Doha Qatar.  Brendan won his last 16 match last night against Steve Misfud (Australia) 5-4 to set up a shootout with Amir Sarkhosh from Iran in the Q Final of the Men’s Championships. Unfortunately Brian McPhee and John Farrell were

World IBSF Championships – All Irish Qualify for Knock Outs

All the Republic of Ireland players, Brendan O Donoghue, Ross Bulman, Karl Fitzpatrick, John Farrell, Brian McPhee and Anthony Bonnar qualified for the knock out stages of the 2017 IBSF World Snooker Championship in Qatar. All players are playing in the Al-Arabi Sports Club, Doha, with the event running from the 18th November till 27th

Live Scoring & Streaming – Qatar

Republic of Ireland players are at present playing in the 2017 IBSF World Snooker championship in Qatar from 18th November till 27th November in the Al-Arabi Sports Club, Doha, Qatar. In the Men’s event Brendan O Donoghue, Ross Bulman and Karl Fitzpatrick will compete while John Farrell, Brian McPhee and Anthony Bonnar will compete in

Walsh win Under 14 event 2

Sean Walsh from Douglas Snooker Club in Cork won the second RIBSA U-14 Snooker Ranking Tournament of the season in the Newbridge CYMS on Sunday the 19th of November. In the Final Sean beat Noel Gleeson from New Institute Nenagh 3 frames to 2 in a superb quality final. In the semi finals Noel beat

Successful Ladies Developmental Day held

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association held a successful Ladies Snooker Developmental day on the 19th of November in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow with our RIBSA National Coach PJ Nolan. All ladies of any standard or age were invited to attend the day with PJ to learn the skills of the

Two new Intro Level Coaches

On Saturday the 18th of October, RIBSA held an Intro level Snooker Coaching Education Course in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow with Robert Malynn from Shannonbridge, County Offaly and Paddy Hanafin from Thurles County Tipperary. The course was given by our National Coach PJ Nolan and was approved by Sport Ireland Coaching who

Torpey wins Ivy Rooms Classic – Masters No3

John Torpey won his maiden ranking event when he won the third RIBSA Masters Ranking event of the season, sponsored by the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Sunday the 12th of November in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow. In the final he beat John O Sullivan 3 frames to 1 in a great