TJ Dowling from Terry Rogers SC Dublin won the 2015 Ivy Rooms Easter Open when he beat Benny O Brien from Kilkenny 3 frames to 1. TJ also had the highest break with a 79 break. Adrian Morrissey and young Jordan McCarty reached the semi-finals. The Ivy Rooms SC would like to thank all the

The team from Ulster team won the Inter Provincials ‘ Friendship Cup ‘ in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. The event featured teams from Leinster, Connacht, DBSL, Munster and Ulster and each team consisted of five players who are chosen by each region for the event. Our National coach PJ Nolan was the

The Anthony Quinn Memorial Tournament for 2015 was again hosted by St. Conleth’s CYMS in Newbridge on Friday 27th, Saturday 28thand Sunday 29th March. Anthony Quinn lives long in the memory of us all and it’s a credit to the clubs committee for all they do in organising this event to a very high standard.

The final of this years championship took place in the Midlands premier venue St.Mary’s Snooker Club Mullingar,it was to be another war on the green baize as Richie Toal was trying to win the event for a court time while O’Connor was training to win his fifth in the events history since 1981. Only 9 people in the

The New Institute Snooker Club, Nenagh, hosted the 2015 Munster Close Snooker Championship on Saturday last. There were a total of twenty entries for Munster`s premier snooker event. There were a total of five entries from Nenagh. These were Brendan O`Donoghue, Tony Seymour, Patsy Farrell, Thomas Forde and Jason Burns. Report written by Niall Farrell Play

On Friday 13th of March The Northest Snooker Club in Letterkenny, Co Donegal were the latest club to avail of a free RIBSA Snooker Coaching Session with our National Coach PJ Nolan. Club owner and RIBSA Chairman John Doherty is working hard developing a team of juniors in Letterkenny with regular coaching every friday night and his

On Tuesday the 10th of March, Celbridge Snooker Club in county Kildare were the second club to avail of a free 2 hour RIBSA Snooker Coaching Session with PJ Nolan. This season the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association are offering every registered RIBSA club a free coaching session with our National Coach to help

The North West Open was held this Sunday the 22nd February 2015.  There was an excellent entry of 30 players taking part on the day from both sides of the border.  Some of the notable first round dropouts were Benny O Brien (seeded 8) and Ronan Whyte, all first round losers move to the Plate

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association has announced today that they will be holding a draw for two Strachan 6811 cloths. All  Clubs who Register with RIBSA before the 31st of March 2015 will be entered into this draw. If any club would like to enter this draw they must complete the club

RIBSA are contacting all clubs this week in relation to promoting Ladies Snooker Week in Ireland from the 1st-8th of March. Since Fin Ruane has been appointed PR Officer for RIBSA his goal is and continues to be to help bring awareness of our sport of snooker to the Irish public. Our association works tirelessly