World No.1 David Causier from England defeated Peter Gilchrist from Singapore to win the 2025 Irish Open in the Snooker & Billiards Ireland HQ in Carlow, Ireland on Sunday 6th of April. WBL Aonghus McAnally and SBI President Jim Leacy presented the prizes and thanked all the players for making it a fantastic event. The

The World Matchplay Championship (level 6 World Ranking Event) returns to the SBI Academy in Carlow, Ireland, and is preceded by the Irish Open and then the World Ranking Event. This state of the art facility is one of the finest in Europe having opened in 2021. We are extremely grateful for the support of

The National Billiards Long-up Championship qualifiers took place once more at the Snooker and Billiards Ireland Academy of Excellence in Carlow on Sunday 16th March continuing on from the previous day’s National 100up Championship qualifiers in a big weekend of Billiards at the business end of the season. The end result of the day’s play

It was finally time for the championships to take place at the weekend when the National Billiards 100up Championship took place at the Snooker and Billiards Ireland Academy of Excellence in Carlow on Saturday 15th March with 13 players competing. Last 16 games saw John Kehoe defeat Ciaran Doyle 3-0 as did Eugene Hughes against

Cyms Newbridge made a welcome return as host venue for the 5th billiards ranking event of the season that took place on Sunday 2nd March and it witnessed a welcome return of Wayne Doyle who won his 3rd event this season after suffering a work accident back in mid January but has recovered well to

The Pat O’Sullivan Memorial handicap tournament was played at Celbridge Snooker Club on Sunday, 9th of February 2025. Although fewer in numbers than previous years, the event was non the less enjoyable, all games being well contested and additionally, the shorter day meant an earlier start home for those who had distances to travel. Play

Celbridge Snooker Club was once again the setting for the 4th billiards ranking event of the season that took place on Sunday 19th January with 11 players taking part and the format was best of 5x100up which was an open draw. 8-time Irish Billiards Champion Eugene Hughes rolled back the years to win the event

England picked up the trophy for the 23rd occasion in it’s 25th year history with a solid performance over the two days accumulating 55 points from a possible 72. Having a 14-point lead going into day two, England didn’t have it all their own way after a 4-2 loss to Austria in the morning session,

Celbridge Snooker Club was once more the setting for the 3rd Billiards Ranking Event of the season that took place on Sunday 17th November which saw 11 players taking part. The format was 90 minutes and ended with the reigning National Long-up Champion Aidan Murray deservedly win the event playing solid billiards throughout the day.

The Paddy Murray Memorial handicap billiards tournament took place at Edenderry Snooker Club on Sunday, 3rd of November 2024.  After a day’s play, which saw many interesting games, the trophy went to Joe Doheny (Borris-in-Ossory), a fitting reward for the consistently high standard of play he showed throughout the day. Play started at 11.00am, all