This weekend Irish referee Shane Mason passed his Class 2 Referee exam during the RIBSA Championship in the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. Shane is fast becoming one of the leading Irish referees and he was congratulated by Referee examiner Neil Shanahan today.

Preparations are well under way for the upcoming Irish Senior Championships plus Finals Weekend in the Ivy Rooms Snooker in Carlow with eight tables being recovered to ensure the best possible playing conditions for the players. The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association announced details last week of the prize fund for this year’s

Nominations for officer’s positions of the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association must be emailed to info@ribsa.ie. This change in procedure was a motion voted on and passed at last year’s AGM. RIBSA must receive the email with the nomination from a RIBSA member and seconding from a different member by the 23rd of

Congratulations to Andrew Doherty on winning the 2016 Northwest Snooker Open beating young Ronan Whyte 2-0 in the final at the Northwest Snooker Club in Letterkeny County Donegal on Sunday the 20th of March. In the semi-final Ronan played Johnnie Connors (who won the intermediate the day before) and he produced a brilliant display and ran

Brendan O Donoghue from the New Institute Snooker Club in Nenagh retained the Munster Close in Youghal CYMS on Saturday the 19th of March. In the final Brendan beat Tom O’Driscoll from the Hawks Nest SC in Waterford 3 frames to nil. This event featured players from all around Munster and it was a great

RIBSA held the fund raising draw for the TV in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Saturday the 12th of March. The winning ticket was drawn by our New European Champion Josh Boileau and the winner was Anthony Bonnar from Letterkenny.

National Coach PJ Nolan and the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association have produced a new range of free Snooker Training booklets to help our members practice. These booklet will be available to all our members only at the RIBSA National Training Camps with PJ. Professional Standard Junior Players Break Building Long Potting Ladies Snooker

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association have produced a free Sport Psychology booklet for our members. The booklet was written by our National Coach PJ Nolan. This booklet will be available to all our members at the National Training Camps with PJ Nolan The booklet covers Goal Setting, Mental Approach, Relaxation, and Key

Congratulations to birthday boy Charlie Sweeney from Newbridge CYMS who won the 2016 Anthony Quinn memorial on Sunday when he beat John O’Sullivan from the Kilkenny Shed 4-3 in a thrilling final. The two players served up a great final and what a fantastic finish to the Anthony Quinn watched by a crowd of over 40 people. Charlie Sweeney

The New Institute Nenagh A team of Mark Walsh (Captain), Brendan O`Donoghue, David Hogan, Tony Seymour, Tom Gleeson and Andy McCloskey returned to the Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney for the second weekend in succession, to compete in the 2016 All Ireland Club Snooker Championship. The team were high on confidence after winning a historic third