National Billiards Short format – Murray Vs Doyle

The National Billiards Championships, preliminary rounds down to the last two, took place at Celbridge Snooker Club on Sunday, 25th March 2018. A total of 13 players contested the event, which meant that the top three seeded players were awarded byes into the quarter finals. First round Eliminations were Brendan Devlin (Celbridge) and Tommy Murphy

National Under 19 Championship – DRAW

The re-draw for the National RIBSA U-19 Snooker Championship was made today. This event will now be held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Sunday the 1st of April. This event was  postponed due to the snow two weeks ago. Play starts at 10.30am. Our National Coach PJ Nolan will be the Tournament

Goggins wins Masters Event 6 – The PrideCraft Cup

Birthday boy Rodney Goggins from Liam Mellows Wexford made his perfect start to his Masters career when he won the sixth RIBSA Masters Snooker Ranking event of the season ‘’Pridecraft Construction Cup on Sunday the 25th of March in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow. The Final  It was Rodney that took an early lead in

Motions for the 2018 AGM

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association will hold the 2018 Annual General Meeting on Saturday the 12th of May in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow at 2pm. All members are welcomed to attend and send in Motions for the AGM. All motions must be received by the Secretary on or before the

National RIBSA U-19 Championships – Postponed

The National RIBSA U-19 Snooker Championships is postponed today due to the bad weather. This event was to be held in the Newbridge CYMS on Sunday the 18th of March. RIBSA will reschedule the event and more details will be up the web site during the week. All entered players were sent a Text. PJ

EBSA 6 Reds / Teams / Singles Ladies & Masters – Romania

The European 6 Reds Snooker Championships + Teams (Ladies, Masters & Men) + Single Ladies & Masters will take place at the Mirage Hotel  in Bucharest (Romania) from the 18th to 29th June 2018. 18th to 22nd : 6 Reds Snooker 22nd : Opening Ceremony 23rd to 29th : Teams (Ladies, Masters & Men) +

WSF CHAMPIONSHIPS – MALTA 2018

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association would like to wish Tj Dowling, Philip O Connor, Noel Landers, Daniel O’ Regan and Michael Judge good luck in the first WSF championships which will be held in Malta at the ‘Dolmen Resort Hotel’ between March 18th and 24th. CLICK ALL THE MENS GROUPS  CLICK WEB SITE FOR

Sherwin wins Ladies 6red National Title

Michelle Sherwin won the 2018 RIBSA Ladies 6 reds Championship in Q’s Snooker Club on Sunday 11th of March.   Ger Murray was the TD on the day. The matches were played on a round-robin basis.  There was a tight finish at the end with Catherine Fitzsimons and Michelle Sherwin booking their places in the final

Snooker in Schools – Rhode YC

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association held another Snooker in Schools project for the Rhode Youth Club in the Edenderry Snooker Club in Co. Offaly on Wednesday the 14th of March. The RIBSA schools development program objective is to help grow the interest of our sport within schools and Youth Clubs all around

Intermediate Billiards 150 C-Ships Doheny Vs Kehoe

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association Intermediate Billiards 150 up Championship was played on Sunday the 11th of March in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. After a long day of Billiards the 2018 final will be contested by Joe Doheny and John Kehoe.  In the Semi Finals Joe beat Liam Byrne 2-1