The 2021 National Intermediate Billiards Long-up Championship took place on Sunday 17th October in Celbridge Snooker Club and after a long days play Cork’s Lloyd Myers retained his title having won the last in 2019 that took place before the covid pandemic and his third overall. In the final he defeated Rathkeale’s Anthony O’Flaherty who

Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) would like to announce they will hold both National Intermediate Billiards Championships in Celbridge Snooker Club this year. The Long Up will be held on the 17th of October and the 150up format will be held on the 24th of October. Sunday the 17th October – Intermediate Long Up National

Brendan Devlin our Billiards Secretary for many years has written a little piece about Irish Billiards. SBI hope everyone enjoys it and it brings back many memories of rolling back the years with all the great Irish Champions we have had the pleasure to watch down the years to the present day. If anyone has

The game of Billiards in Ireland, although not nearly as popular as the game of Snooker, nonetheless, has its own core of keen and dedicated players. Also, while operating on a much smaller scale than its Snooker counterpart, Billiards enjoys a very active season every year with a full calendar of both National and International

The sixth RIBSA Billiards ranking event of the season took place on Sunday 8th March in Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow with billiards veteran Aidan Murray winning his 3rd ranking event of the season taking top spot in the rankings going into the 150up championship on 22nd March. Ten players entered and the format

The fifth RIBSA billiards ranking event of the season took place on Sunday 23rd February in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow with reigning national senior long-up champion Aidan Murray taking his second consecutive win of the season having won the previous ranking event last December in Celbridge. 10 players entered and the format

The fourth RIBSA Billiards ranking event of the season took place on Sunday 8th December in Celbridge snooker club which saw reigning national senior long-up billiards champion Aidan Murray win his first event of the season having lost the last two finals to the reigning national senior 150up champion Wayne Doyle. The format was 3×150

One of the biggest billiards international team events of the calendar took place on Saturday and Sunday 23rd and 24th November as Celbridge hosted the 4 nations billiards international for the first time since 2012. England, Austria, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland once again competed for the prestigious international prize. The Saturday first

The third RIBSA Billiards ranking event of the season took place on Sunday 10th November at the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. 13 players took part with the end result coming as no surprise that Wayne Doyle maintained his perfect start to the season  and firmly establish his place at the top of the