Hot Shots Snooker Club in Galway was the new venue for the fourth SBI Billiards Ranking Event of the season that took place on Sunday 7th January and the format was best of 3x100s in an open draw. 11 players participated and the day finished with Aidan Murray with the spoils and to maintain his

We had another great weekend of billiards at the Four Nations International event at the superb HSEB-Heeres-Snooker and English Billiards Club in Vienna. Our thanks go to Patrick Stegmeier and his colleagues at the club for their preparations for the event and for the excellent playing conditions and for looking after us so well during

The Timmy Murphy Memorial handicap tournament was played at Celbridge Snooker Club on Sunday, 26th of November 2023.  After a day’s play, which saw many interesting games and several surprise results, the trophy went to Ross Doyle (Dun Laoghaire), a fitting reward for the consistently high standard of play he showed throughout the day. Play

The 3rd Billiards Ranking Event of the season made a welcome return to the AOH Club in Cork on Sunday 12th November that saw nine players took part and finished with Aidan Murray coming out on top for the second time this season after winning the first event in Newbridge on the 8th October. The

The annual four nations billiards international will be taking place in Vienna, Austria on the weekend of the 18th and 19th of November. The Republic of Ireland team will be well represented with six players. They include: John Kehoe – Captain Aidan Murray Jason Dowling Joe Doheny Aonghus McAnally Larry Drennan Brendan Devlin and Kevin

The Paddy Murray Memorial handicap billiards tournament took place at Edenderry Snooker Club on Sunday, 29th of October 2023.  After a day’s play, which saw many interesting games and several surprise results, the trophy went to Annette Newman (Carlow), a fitting reward for the consistently high standard of play she showed throughout the day. Play

The Snooker & Billiards Ireland Academy of Excellence in Carlow was the venue for second billiards ranking event of the season that took place on Sunday 22nd October which also featured only the second annual Victor O’ Gorman Classic and in a fitting way Victor’s clubmate Wayne Doyle won the trophy once again for the

The first Billiards Ranking Event of the season took place at Newbridge Cyms on Sunday 8th October, 13 players took part and at the end of day’s play Aidan Murray got some measure of revenge when he defeated recently crowned Double National Billiards Champion Wayne Doyle. There were pre quarter wins for Larry Drennan, Eugene

Wayne Doyle from Dun Laoighaire in Co. Dublin completed a remarkable double of winning the Irish Billiards titles in both the short format of best of 7x150s and the long up format featuring 750up / 3.5 hrs time limit. The finals were played on two consecutive Thursdays on the 14th and 21st September at the