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SBI Challenge Snooker Tour

This season Snooker & Billiards Ireland will be holding four Challenge Snooker ranking events during the season plus a National Challenge Snooker Championships. This Challenge Tour is open to all genders and abilities of players who have never repersented SBI/RIBSA in an International event over 16 years of age.  The defending Challenge Champion is Gavin

SBI Super Seniors Snooker Tour

This season Snooker & Billiards Ireland will be holding five Super Seniors (Over 55’s) Snooker ranking events during the season plus a National Super Seniors Snooker Championships. This Super Senior Tour is open to all genders and abilities of players over 55 years of age.  The defending Super Seniors Champion is Mark Tuite from Killarney.

SBI Seniors Snooker Tour

This season Snooker & Billiards Ireland will be holding five Seniors (Over 40’s) Snooker ranking events during the season plus a National Seniors Snooker Championships. This Senior Tour is open to all genders and abilities of players over 40 years of age.  The defending Seniors Champion is Brendan O Donoghue from Nenagh SBI Chairman John

SBI Amateur Snooker Tour

This season Snooker & Billiards Ireland will be holding five Amateur Snooker ranking events during the season plus a National Amateur Snooker Championships. This Amateur Tour is open to all ages, genders and abilities.  The winners of each ranking event and championship will follow in the footsteps of all our great players throughout the years.

2026 European Week of Sport – Play Snooker

As part of the 2026 European Week of Sport. Snooker & Billiards Ireland will hold free Snooker & Billiards Developmental Days on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th of September from 12 noon-4pm in the SBI HQ Academy of Excellence in Carlow. SBI will hold the Developmental days to introduce and encourage more to play our

SBI 18’s National Snooker Tour 1 Enter Now

This season Snooker & Billiards Ireland will be holding four 18’s Snooker ranking events and a National 18’s Snooker Championships. National Coach PJ Nolan said ‘’ It promises to be another exciting year of junior snooker with so many young talented Junior players looking to qualify for the World and European Snooker Championships. He wished

Aonghus Referees EBSA 6red Final

Irishman Aonghus McAnally from Dublin was selected to refereed the final of the 2026 European 6red Snooker Championships in the Ramada Sofia City Centre Hotel in Bulgaria today. The final featured Aaron Busuttil from Malta Vs Alexander Widau from Germany. The final was watched all over the world and after two very dominating Semi Final

Disability European C-Ships Bulgaria

The 2026 European Disabilty Snooker Championships are being held in the Ramada Sofia City Centre Hotel.  Snooker & Billiards Ireland have 9 players playing in the Championships here in Bulgaria the 20th to the 24th September 2026. SBI DISABILITY PLAYERS Group 4.  Alex Henerbrey Group 6.  Shea Fell, Jack Ryan, Niall Pollitt and Aiden Pollitt Group

New European Qualified Coaches

During the 2026 European Snooker Championships in the Ramada Sofia City Centre Hotel in Bulgaria, Head of EBSA Coaching PJ Nolan held a EBSA Coaching Course on behalf of the European Billiards & Snooker Association to train nine Official EBSA Snooker Coaches from the 17th – 19th of September. The EBSA Coaching Course is a three-day intensive

John Referees EBSA Super Seniors Final

Irishman John Tobin from Trim was selected to refereed the final of the 2026 European Super Snooker Seniors Team Championships in the Ramada Sofia City Centre Hotel in Bulgaria today. The final featured Wales A against Wales B. The final was watched all over the world and in the end of the day it was