2013 RIBSA AGM Held

The RIBSA Annual General Meeting was held on Saturday the 18th of May in Roadstone Clubhouse in Dublin with 36 members in attendance on the day. There was a wide variation of members including players from Billiards, Juniors, Mastesr, Seniors were in attendance covering all the topics. End of season reports from all the various Billiards

RIBSA Training Camp with PJ

Our National Coach PJ Nolan will hold a two day RIBSA training camp in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on the 7th and 8th of May. The players will train from 11am – 4pm. RIBSA have organised this two day camp to help our Republic of Ireland players prepare for next month’s European

PJ leads the WPBSA Cue Zone in Sheffield

Last weekend our National Coach PJ Nolan was invited to be the lead coach at the World Snooker Cue Zone on the opening two days in the Crucible in Sheffield. The Cue Zones area showcase for the general public during their stay at major championships which is also used as a filming area by BBC

New Institute SC Nenagh Cue Zone

This week our National Coach PJ Nolan held a Snooker Coaching Zone in The New Institute Snooker Club in Nenagh County Tipperary. Among the players whom attended varied from former Irish Junior International Players to new up and coming Juniors to experienced club players who represented their club in Killarney this year. Patsy Farrell is

PTC Snooker Grand Finals – Galway

Draw and session times: Last 32: Tuesday March 12 – 10.00 am: Martin Gould v Tom Ford, Barry Hawkins v Li Hang, Neil Robertson v Jamie Burnett, Stephen Maguire v Joe Swail. 7.30 pm: Mark Allen v Mark Davis, Mark Selby v Jack Lisowski. Wednesday March 13 – 10.00 am: Rod Lawler v Cao Yupeng,

CORK SNOOKER LEAGUE FINAL

THE ‘Cork Billiards and Snooker Association’ (CBSA) Garry McCasrthy trophies sponsored division one final was postponed last week and will be played this evening at Douglas snooker club at 8pm between Youghal CYMS ‘A’ and the defending champions the Crucible. With the ‘Orme Shield’ competition just finished nine days ago, it was a good decision to

Two Spanish Coaches train to be EBSA Coaches

This week two Spanish Snooker Coaches travelled to the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Ireland which is the EBSA Centre of Excellence to receive training from PJ Nolan in becoming qualified European Snooker Association Coaches. The EBSA Coaching Course is only open to recognised coaches who are approved by their own National Governing Body. The

Edenderry SC Coaching Clinic

This week our National Coach PJ Nolan held a Snooker Coaching Clinic in Edenderry Snooker Club in County Offaly. Leading Irish Junior Billiard player Mark Nolan and former Junior International Snooker player Shane Lawlor were among the players who attended the clinic. The snooker room in Edenderry contains four snooker tables and the club has

Ken Doherty Lucky Break

Calling all junior snooker players in Ireland Ken Doherty and loosehorse tv productions are holding a search for four talented snooker players that will appear on Setanta Ireland TV later in the year. The auditions are being held on the 2nd Of March in Douglas Snooker Club in Cork and on the 9th of March

PTC Final in Galway

Nine of the World’s top ten ranked snooker stars are among the 32 players who have qualified to contest the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals in Galway in March, World Snooker have confirmed. World number one and Masters champion Mark Selby, World number two Mark Williams, World champion John Higgins, potting sensation Judd Trump, Asia’s