On Saturday the 27th of July, RIBSA held a special Mind Fitness Training session and a Snooker Training Camp to prepare our players for the 2019 Home Internationals in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow from 11am – 4pm. Rodney Goggins, Mark Tuite, Tom O Driscoll, Shane Gorman, Dylan Rees, John O Sullivan, Ross
RIBSA and NIBSA have joined together to organise a top 16 All Ireland Grand Prix Singles Championship. If any RIBSA Top 8 Senior player is interested in playing in this event they must contact Raymond Fry from the NIBSA Association to enter the event. This event will be held this year in the 147club in
Good luck to the RIBSA Juniors in the IBSF Under 16 World Snooker Championships which will be held in Russia from the 17th – 24th August. RIBSA confirmed the five RIBSA players who will be playing in this World Snooker Championships. Below you will find the confirmed players from the U-16 rankings Jack Newman –
The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association held a draw for a set of Snooker Balls for all current Registered Clubs on Saturday 13th of July during the International Training Camp in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow. Rathkeale Snooker Club in Limerick won the draw when players from R&R SC, Edenderry SC, Liam
On the 13th & 14th of July RIBSA held a two day training Camp Weekend in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow with our National Coach PJ Nolan to prepare our players for the upcoming World IBSF U-16 Championships in Russia and Home Internationals in Leeds. All players were invited to attend one or
The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association would like to inform the players that the Liam Mellows Invitational has been postponed to later in the season. The event was to be held on Sunday 18th August. All the players have been contacted by Rodney Goggins and a new date will be decided soon.
Congratulations to Ireland’s Brendan O Donoghue, Mark Walsh and Tony Seymour from Nenagh on becoming World Snooker Coaches last weekend. Well done to everyone who completed the latest WPBSA World Snooker Level 1 Coaching course in the SWSA South West Snooker Academy.
Former Professional and Irish Snooker Champion Michael Judge from Dublin won @rokit UK Seniors Snooker Championship Qualifier 2 in Northampton this week. In the event the Irish Champion had stunning victories over a number of top-class opponents including former Professionals to claim the title. It has been a great start for our RIBSA Players on this
RIBSA would like to remind all the players / officials traveling to the 2019 Home Internationals in Leeds to print off their boarding cards and to meet in Dublin airport at least 3hrs before your departure time due to this been the busiest time in Airport. Some players are travelling from Cork Airport and they
The latest RIBSA ”Level 1 Coaching Ireland ” Snooker Education Course was held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on the 6th & 7th of July and qualified Colm McDonagh from Sligo. The two-day Level 1 Course was given by National Coach PJ Nolan on the (Role of Coaches + Playing Techniques +