Snooker & Billiards Ireland held a Billiards Training Day for our International Billiard players who are playing in the 2026 Home Internationals on Friday the 31st of July in the Academy in Carlow. National Coach Aidan Murray and National Champion Wayne Doyle attended to support the players in a session to improve their cue ball

Wayne Doyle from Dublin won the National Billiards Short Championship on Saturday the 6th of June in the SBI Academy in Carlow during SBI Finals weekend. In the final Wayne beat Aidan Murray in a great final, that was refereed by Brendan Devlin Wayne also won the high break trophy. SBI Chairman John Tobin and

The annual Billiards International North-South Challenge Tournament took place at the Reading Rooms, Bangor, Northern Ireland on Saturday and Sunday, 23rd and 24th May 2026.  The format of the event was that each team of eight was divided into two groups of four, so that each player met four opponents from his corresponding group, with

On Friday the 22nd of may wayne traveled up to drumaness snooker club to take on the Northern Ireland champion and world ranked number 11 Christian Kirk, Wayne himself been ranked world number 15 it all set up for what would be a interesting match up been played over 750 up Christian started off the

Sourav Kothari from India won the 2026 IBSF World Billiards (Timed) Championship in the Snooker & Billiards Ireland Academy of Excellence in Carlow. After an electrifying week of top class Billiards in Ireland, at the IBSF World Billiards Championship. Defending his crown he won in 2025 in style, Sourav Kothari from India once again emerged

David Causier defeated Mike Russell 8-5 at the SBI Academy in Carlow, Ireland to win the World Matchplay Championship for a sixth successive time. Results Victory on the Emerald Isle saw Causier retain World Billiards’ second biggest title for a sixth staging in a row – having previously earned glory in 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024

The IBSF is pleased to announce the groups of the 2026 IBSF World Billiards Championship which will be played from April 24 to 29, 2026, in the SBI academy in Carlow, Ireland. We thank Snooker and Billiards Ireland for hosting this prestigious event in their world class academy. CLICK – Festival of Billiards Programme 2026