The Final of the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association Billiards long up format Championships was held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Saturday the 12th of May. In the final was the defending Champion Wayne Doyle from Dublin playing Aidan Murray from Wicklow in a 750 match. The Referee in

John Kehoe from Wexford won the 2018 RIBSA Intermediate Billiards 150 up Championships in the Ivy Rooms Snooker in Carlow. In the final he beat Joe Doheny 3 frames to 1 in a great match and the Referee was Shane Mason.   Presentations RIBSA Chairman Jim Leacy and RIBSA President Eamon Kearns presented all the

The Pat O’Sullivan Memorial handicap tournament was played at Carlow on Sunday, 6th of May 2018. After a day’s play, which saw many games decided on close margins, reigning short format champion Aidan Murray emerged the well deserved winner on the day, winning all his matches despite the significant handicap start he had to give

The annual Billiards International North-South Challenge Tournament took place at Celbridge Snooker Club, on Saturday and Sunday, 21st and 22nd April 2018.  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 the consequence that

The 2018 Annual North-South Billiards Challenge will take place Celbridge Snooker Club on Saturday and Sunday the 21st and 22nd of April. The Irish team is Aidan Murray, Joe Doheny, Aonghus McNally, Lloyd Myers, Wayne Doyle, Larry Drennan, Robert McCrum and John Kehoe.  The team Manager is Brendan Devlin The event promises to be an

The National Billiards Long-up Championships, preliminary rounds down to the last four, took place at Celbridge Snooker Club on Sunday, 8th April 2018. A total of 10 players contested the event, which meant effectively that only two rounds were played, the last 16 (two matches) and the four quarter finals. The two eliminations after the

The National Billiards Championships, preliminary rounds down to the last two, took place at Celbridge Snooker Club on Sunday, 25th March 2018. A total of 13 players contested the event, which meant that the top three seeded players were awarded byes into the quarter finals. First round Eliminations were Brendan Devlin (Celbridge) and Tommy Murphy

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association Intermediate Billiards 150 up Championship was played on Sunday the 11th of March in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. After a long day of Billiards the 2018 final will be contested by Joe Doheny and John Kehoe.  In the Semi Finals Joe beat Liam Byrne 2-1

The sixth tournament of the Senior Billiards series was played at Celbridge Snooker Club on Sunday, 18th of February 2018, the format being 90 minutes timed (all rounds). Current No 1 in the National Rankings, Aidan Murray, emphasised why he holds that position by sweeping through all rounds relatively unchallenged by his opponents, taking each

The 2018 RIBSA Billiards Long Up Billiards Championships will be held on Sunday the 8th of April in Celbridge Snooker club in Co Kildare. This event will be played down to the final with the final scheduled for RIBSA finals weekend from the 11th – 13th of May Entry fee is €20 for seniors, €10