The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association are requesting any players or clubs who has any old RIBSA Perpetual Trophy for events in the past to please return to the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow. The cups will be reused for current events and RIBSA would like to ask all the players and clubs

RIBSA will again have four tables available to watch via a new live steaming system that will include the scoring and breaks in the match at the RIBSA Senior and Masters No.5 events this weekend. . CLICK LIVE STREAMING Each match will be then published on the RIBSA you-tube channel and it promises to be

The Crucible Snooker Club in Cork City won their first ever All Ireland Snooker Club Championships in the Gleneagles Hotel in Killarney on Saturday night the 27th of January. In the final the current Munster Club Champions faced the current Leinster Club Champions and it was the Crucible who beat the Kilkenny Shed in a

Benny O Brien from the Kilkenny Shed retained the Peter McNally Memorial Snooker tournament in the Edenderry Snooker Club on Sunday the 21st of January. In the final of this prestigious event Benny beat Keith Sheldreck from Q Club Wicklow 4 frames to 2 in a superb match.  The high break prize went to Andrew

The Crucible SC in Cork won the 2018 Macau / Gleneagles Munster Snooker Club Championships in the Gleneagles Hotel in Killarney on Sunday the 21st of January. In the final they beat Youghal CYMS in a thrilling final. Table 1 Noel Landers 0 – 3 Daniel O’Regan Table 2 Ross Bulman 2 – 2 Greg

Congratulations to CYMS Letterkenny on winning the 2018 All Ireland B Club Championship in the Gleneagles Hotel in Killarney on Sunday the 28th of January. In the final the Donegal men beat a brave New Institute SC team from Nenagh in the final 3 matches to nil. New Institute C 0 – 3 CYMS Letterkenny

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) would like to wish all our Members, Affiliated Clubs and everyone involved in Snooker and Billiards in Ireland and around the world a Happy Christmas and New Year. We look forward to meeting everyone again in 2018 which promises to be another fantastic season of Irish

The Republic of Ireland Billiards Association held a very successful coffee morning in the Ivy Rooms on Saturday the 16th of December.  All Patents, Guardians, Club Owners / Managers, Players, Referees were invited to attend and discuss how to grow the game within Ireland. A good discussion with everyone was held and RIBSA announced a

Congratulations to the Kilkenny Snooker Shed on retaining the Leinster Club Snooker Championships in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow over the weekend. The Kilkenny team was James Bateman, Stephen Bateman, Oisin Bateman, Luke Bateman, John O Sullivan, Benny O Brien and James McGuinness. In the final the Kilkenny men beat St. Patrick’s Trim