SBI International Training Day 2 Held

On Saturday 29th of October in the SBI HQ in Carlow, Snooker & Billiards Ireland held the final training camp with PJ Nolan to prepare our players for the 2022 IBSF World Snooker Championships which is being held in Turkey next week. During the training camp our National Coach PJ Nolan held sessions on Break-Building,

Dowling wins Timmy Murphy Memorial

The annual Timmy Murphy Billiards Memorial took place on Sunday 30th October at Celbridge Snooker Club which witnessed Jason Dowling from Rathkeale in Co. Limerick retain the trophy that he won last year in convincing fashion. Nine players took part in this special event in memory of the popular billiards player from Cork which now

Sport Ireland Coaching Meeting

On Friday the 28th of October, Snooker & Billiards Ireland had a meeting with Deirdre Morrissey who is the PA to Director at Sport Ireland Coaching in the SBI HQ in Carlow. Our National Snooker Coach & Development officer PJ Nolan met with Deirdre to discuss our current Syllabus of the SBI Coaching Program plus

O’ Connell wins U-18 Event 1

The first SBI U-18 Ranking Event of the season took place on Sunday 23rd October at the Snooker and Billiards Ireland Academy of Excellence in Carlow. Nine players took part and the day ended with James O’ Connell as the worthy winner to get the U-18 tour well and truly up and running. There was

Kelly Wins Intermediate Event 1

John Paul Kelly from Waterford won the first Snooker & Billiards Ireland Intermediate Tour event of the season in the SBI HQ in Carlow. There were 38 entries in the event and due to the late night on Saturday 8th November the final was played on Sunday 23rd  of October in the HQ Carlow. In

SBI International Training Day 1 Held

Snooker & Billiards Irelannd held the first of two snooker training camps on Saturday 22nd of October in the SBI HQ in Carlow. The aim of the camp was to prepare our National players for the 2022 IBSF World Snooker Championships which is being held in Turkey in November. Our National Coach PJ Nolan held

Bulman WINS AMATEUR EVENT 2

Ross Bulman won his maiden irish Amateur title when he won second SBI Amateur event  over the weekend of the 15th/16th October in the SBI academy in Carlow. We had 45 entries in this event which started at 10am on Saturday morning and after a busy day we were down to the last 8 which

Doyle Wins Victor O’ Gorman Classic

The second billiards ranking event of the season took place on Sunday 9th October in Celbridge Snooker Club which was also introduced a trophy for the event known as the Victor O’ Gorman classic. Fittingly it was Victor’s practicing partner and fellow Dun Laoighaire man Wayne Doyle who had the honour of winning the first

Goggins Wins Seniors Event 1

On Sunday 9th October SBI held the first Senior event of the season in SBI HQ. In this event we had 30 entries. After a long day we got it down to the final where Frank Sarsfield and Rodney Goggins battled it out on Thursday 13th October in the HQ in Carlow where Rodney Goggins

Intro Level Coaching Course

Snooker & Billiards Ireland will be holding a Intro Level Coaching Ireland Coaching Course in the SBI HQ in Carlow on Saturday the 12th of November. The course will start at 10am and finish at 6pm on the day. The Course will be given by National Coach PJ Nolan (Role of Coaches + Playing Techniques)