Chairman John Doherty and Council member Breda Doherty attended a one day seminar at the Garda College in Templemore Co Tipperary this week. The seminar was to explain the changes and responsi​bilities of governing bodies with the new legislation coming into law later this year with the new Child Protection Act. Also covered was the

The first of this year’s Under 21 Regional snooker tournaments took place at the North West Snooker Club in Letterkenny last weekend.  For some it was a matter of wiping the cobwebs off the cue for the first time in a couple of months, but for others who had a busy summer of international junior

This week the German National Snooker Coach Thomas Hein travelled to the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow for a coaching session with our RIBSA and EBSA head Coach PJ Nolan. Thomas is the head snooker Bundestrainer in Germany and during the session PJ outlined his plans for his upcoming training day and discussed a

Irish International Ronan Whyte from the Northwest Snooker Club made the perfect start to the season when he won the Northwest Under 16 Open in Letterkenny over the weekend. In the Under 16 final Ronan beat fellow Irish International Sean Devenney 2 frames to 1 in an exciting final. The highest break also went to

Joe McEntegart wins Leinster U-16 Provincial Open in a very close fought final against Corey Ramsbottom. The final went straight down to the black and Joe emerged the 3-2 winner. Saturday 6th September saw the first warm-up of the season for the juniors at the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow. 16 impeccably dressed and well-mannered

Everyone involved in Irish snooker will be saddened to hear of death of Noleen Joyce mother of David Joyce from Fermoy who passed away this morning. The Republic Of Ireland Billiards and Snooker Association would like to express their very deepest sympathy to David and all his family and friends at this sad time. May

The Republic of Ireland Billiards and Snooker Referee association will hold a refresher course for all referees in Crossguns Snooker club on Saturday October 4th at 13.00hrs. It is very important that all referees attend this course as the recent rule changes will be explained.  

The third RIBSA level 1 Coaching Ireland Coaching Education Course was held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow this weekend on Saturday 30th and 31st of September. The three new level 1 coaches are Declan Quinn from Edenderry, Tony Thorpe from Newbridge and David Morris from Kilkenny after they attended the course given

The New Institute Snooker Club, Nenagh will host the second ever Nenagh Open on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st September.  This event will hopefully provide an opportunity to witness some of the top snooker players from across Ireland, play in Nenagh, while also giving local talent a chance to test themselves against Ireland’s finest. The

On Saturday the 6th of September our National Snooker Coach PJ Nolan will hold a coaching day in the Northwest Snooker Club in Letterkenny from 1pm to 6pm. RIBSA Chairman John Doherty and owner of the Northwest Snooker Club said he is delighted to have professional coaching in the club. PJ will put the players