Snooker & Billiards Ireland – Amateur

Goggins Wins Amateur Tour Event 4

Rodney Goggins from Wexford won the Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) Event 5 on the 2023-2024 SBI Amateur Tour on Sunday the 12th of February.  In the final he beat Ross Bulman from Youghal in an excellent Final. CLICK FULL RESULTS On Sunday 11th Feb in the Snooker Academy, the Amateur event No. 4 semi-finalists

Anti-doping Testing

In line with sport Ireland guidelines and the anti-doping protocols for the SBI, we will be conducting a standard drug test in all amateur tour events. This will be a randomised test conducted by the TD and anti-doping appointed officer for the tournament. All testing will be done confidentially and results will be given within

Anti-doping Testing at SBI tournaments

In line with sport Ireland guidelines and the anti-doping protocols for the SBI, we will be conducting a standard drug test in all amateur tour events, starting with the Amateur tour event 4. This will be a randomised test conducted by the TD and anti-doping appointed officer for the tournament. All testing will be done

Munster Win 2023 Inter Provincials

This weekend SBI hosted the Inter Provincial tournament between Leinster, Munster, Connacht and Dublin Leagues. There were 8 players per team which consisted of four men, three masters’ and an U21 player. The competition was played over two days with each team playing twice on the Saturday and once on the Sunday to see who

O’Donoghue Wins Amateur Event 3

SBI held the third Amateur event of the season on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd December in the New Institute Snooker Club in Nenagh. We had 36 entries for this event and after a great first day of play we were down to the last 8 on the Sunday morning. There were a couple of

Ryan Wins Amateur Event 2

On October 14th/15th October SBI held the second amateur event of the season where it was Ryan Cronin from Cork who wins his second event of the season. We had 57 entries for this event and by the end of Saturday we were down to the last 16. There were a number of outstanding performances

Ryan Wins SBI Amateur Tour Event 1

The first SBI Amateur event of the season took place over the weekend of the 23rd and 24th September where it was Ryan Cronin from Cork was the champion. We had 56 entries for this event and by the end of Saturday we had 8 players left. There were a number of cracking matches in

SBI V NIBSA Grand Prix 2023

SBI and NIBSA organise annually a top 16 All Ireland Grand Prix Singles Championship. This event will be held this year in the Antrim Sport Club on Saturday 19th – Sunday 20th August 2023. The top 8 on the SBI and NIBSA rankings have qualified for this Championship. This event is a very prestigious event

O’ Donoghue Wins 2023 SBI Amateur Championship

Snooker & Billiards Ireland held the 2023 Irish Amateur Snooker Championships in the SBI HQ Academy of Excellence in Carlow on Saturday the 29th and Sunday 30th of April to find the 2023 Irish Champion. After a fantastic weekend of Snooker, it was Brendan O Donoghue from Nenagh who won his 6th National Amateur Title

SBI Player’s player of the Year

Snooker & Billiards Ireland presented the 2023 SBI Player’s player of the year Award to Ross Bulman from Youghal CYMS in Carlow on Sunday the 30th of April. Ross Bulman finished No.1 on the Irish Amateur Rankings this season for the first time. He won 2 ranking events plus reached the final of Championship and