David Causier from England successfully defended his World Matchplay Billiards Championship title when he defeated Sourav Kothari from India 8-2 in the final of the 2024 World Matchplay Billiards Championship in the Snooker & Billiards Ireland Academy in Carlow. The final was refereed by International Referee John Kehoe from Wexford. This World Matchplay was again

Snooker & Billiards Ireland will host the Sammin Engineering Irish Billiards Open and the Macau Casino World Match-play Billiards Championship in the SBI HQ in Carlow The double-header in Carlow begins on Friday 12th April and runs until the 19th and if you are around Carlow, come in and watch the worlds best players in

The Annual North-South Billiards Challenge will be taking place at the Reading Rooms in Bangor, Northern Ireland on the weekend of the 27th/28th April. Brendan Devlin will be tournament director and this is the team that will represent the Republic of Ireland 8-man team. Aidan Murray Larry Drennan Jason Dowling Anthony O’ Flaherty John Kehoe

On Saturday & Sunday 6th – 7th April 2024, Rathkeale Snooker & Billiards club were delighted to be the host club for the staging of two National Intermediate Billiards Championships over the weekend. This was a first time that we held these two tournaments outside of SBI headquarters, On Saturday the first tournament was the

Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) would like to announce details of the SBI Billiards Irish Tour up to the 31st of December. Players should be aware that all entries are now through the on line system and you have to enter before the closing date. You can now enter and pay for all the events

The annual Billiards review meeting was held on the 10th March 2024 in the SBI HQ in Carlow For more Information you should contact John Kehoe.

The Snooker and Billiards Ireland Academy of Excellence was the venue for the qualifiers of the National Senior Billiards long-up championship that took place on Sunday 10th March with 12 players competing for a place on finals weekend in May. The day’s play ended with the familiar pairing in the form of National Champion Wayne

On 8th June, the Irish billiards and snooker community come together in a rare team challenge match in billiards to celebrate Larry Codd’s life. This match will be played between 8 billiard players and 8 snooker players in two sessions of billiards. It will be held in the SBI Academy in Carlow. Larry Codd was

Celbridge Snooker Club was the familiar venue for the qualifiers of the National Senior Billiards Short Format Championship that took place on Sunday 25th February and was played down to the semi finals which saw familiar players in reigning champion Wayne Doyle and current No.1 Aidan Murray book their final meeting once again for finals

The Pat O’Sullivan Memorial handicap tournament was played at Celbridge Snooker Club on Sunday, 11th of February 2024. After a day’s play, which saw many games decided on close margins, John Kehoe emerged the well deserved winner on the day, despite the significant handicap start he had to give his early round opponents. Play got