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

The SBI Academy in Carlow (Snooker & Billiards Ireland HQ) once again plays host to the Macau Casino World Matchplay Billiards Championship, our second level 6 event of the season, which is taking place in April. We are also pleased to confirm that both Macau Casino and Sammin Engineering have continued their sponsorship of the

Today Wayne Doyle defeated 8 times Irish champion Eugene Hughes in the final of senior billiard ranking event 6, The first round seen a total of 8 matches been played, Wayne started the day in good form against Tommy Murphy with breaks of 148 the days highest break with a magnificent 258 and a string

On Sunday 15th February in the SBI Academy in Carlow,  Aidan Murray won his first ranking event of the season after beating Wayne Doyle in the final First round matches in the top half of the draw seen John Downey beat Robert mc Crum in a close match with Robert recording a 49 break in

The Sixth SBI Billiards Event of the season will be played Sunday the 22nd February in Newbridge CYMS with all of the top players in action. Action will start at 10am. Entry is now open to enter – CLICK HERE Information on Billards This season will be holding six ranking events and two National Championships. Dates

The Timmy Murphy Memorial handicap tournament was played at Celbridge Snooker Club on Sunday, 11th of January 2026. After a day’s play, which saw many interesting games and several surprise results, the trophy went to Wayne Doyle (Dun Laoghaire), a fitting reward for the consistently high standard of play with which he dominated the day.

Snooker & Billiards Ireland are delighted to host the 2026 IBSF World Billiards Championships in the SBI Academy in Carlow from the 24th – 29th April. On behalf of the IBSF Executive and Snooker & Billiards Ireland SBI, I have the pleasure of inviting you to send your players to participate in the 2026 IBSF

SBI had another great weekend of billiards at the Four Nations International event captained by Jason Dowling at the superb Coach Club Royal in Hillsborough Our thanks go to Kenny Campbell and his colleagues at the club for their preparations for the event and for the excellent playing conditions and for looking after us so

The Paddy Murray Memorial handicap billiards tournament took place at Edenderry Snooker Club on Sunday, 2nd of November 2025.  After a day’s play, which saw many interesting and closely contested games, the trophy went to Eugene Hughes (Carlow), a fitting reward for the consistently high standard of play he showed throughout the day. Play started