This week The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association held a Summer Snooker Coaching Camp in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow with our National Coach PJ Nolan on Tuesday 4th and Wednesday the 5th of August. A number of players attended the camp including International players John O Sullivan, Shane Gorman, Tom

On Monday the 3rd of August our National Coach PJ Nolan visited the AOH Snooker Club in Cork City where he held a free RIBSA Snooker Coaching Session in the Club. The AOH club has had a great tradition of Billiards over the years and this was down to the great Timmy Murphy who unfortunately passed

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) announced today the annual Volunteer Award, Club of Year Award and Referee of the Year award winners for 2014-2015. The winner of the RIBSA Volunteer award goes to James Bateman from Kilkenny. The winner of the RIBSA Referee award goes to Brendan Devlin. The winner of

Our National Coach PJ Nolan will hold a two day summer camp in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on the 4th and 5th of August. All the players will practice various routines to improve their Cue Ball Control, Potting, Safety, Long Potting and Match-Play. Each day the training will be held from11am – 4pm. The

The  2015  Donegal Snooker Championship was played last Thursday night in Donegal town snooker club between Aidan Devenney North west snooker club Letterkenny and defending champion Johnnie Connors CYMS Letterkenny. After the first two frames were shared  Aidan seemed to settle the better and anytime he was giving a chance scored a few points and played some better safety to go

The 2015 Friendship Cup was held over the weekend in the atmospheric Youghal CYMS Clubhouse overlooking beautiful Youghal harbour. The competition commenced on Friday afternoon with teams from Newbridge CYMS, Roadstone and the home club vying to lift the Cup on Saturday night. After some excellent play in the groups Roadstone defeated Newbridge 3 –

The Republic Of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association produced the 2015 Championship and Season Review Booklet for all our members to download. The booklet covers all the major news from the season with photos and stories on the season. CLICK HERE

The 2015 Annual General Meeting of the Republic Of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association was held today during the Irish Snooker Championship weekend in the Ivy Rooms Snooker in Carlow. A new Chairman was elected after Jim Leacy from Carlow beat John Doherty from Letterkenny 26 votes to 12 in the election for RIBSA Chairman. Outgoing President

On Saturday the 23rd of May the RIBSA AGM will be held and the position for Chairman will be up for election and you will find below a message from Jim Leacy. Jim Leacy proposed RIBSA Development Plan 2015 onwards. 1 We need to find ways to increase participation 2 RIBSA need to concentrate on

A Vision for the Future of RIBSA: Next Season and Beyond. I believe that many changes need to be made to secure the future of Snooker and Billiards in Ireland over the next year and beyond.  We are all aware of the decline in the numbers playing in Senior and Masters events. However, this year