RIBSA will be having a fund raising draw for two VIP tickets to watch the Legends Cup on the Monday night session on the 29th of December in Goffs County Kildare. The tickets have been given to RIBSA by Fergal O Brien and the Draw will take place in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club on

The RIBSA EGM to discuss and vote on the motions listed below was held at 6pm during Senior Ranking Event 1 at the North West SC in Letterkenny on Saturday the 11th of October. The meeting was attended by 29 members. Both items were discussed with contributions from many in attendance. The votes were as

Live Streaming is available on one table at the first RIBSA Senior Ranking Points Event 1 of the season in the Northwest Snooker Club in Letterkenny in Co Donegal today and it is Local player Johnny Connors who holds the current high break with a 103 break. It promises to be a great event and

The players who will repersent the Republic Of Ireland in the 2014 World Men and Masters IBSF Snooker Championships in Bangalore, India in November will have a two day training camp with our National Coach PJ Nolan on the 15th and 16th of October in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow from 11am –

RIBSA would like to advise their members that an EGM will be held in Letterkenny on Saturday the 11th of October to discuss and vote on the following Proposals. The start time is 6pm and all members are requested to attend. Everyone attending the meeting must have their 2014/15 membership paid to attend the EGM

The Ivy Rooms Handicap Open was held yesterday, Saturday 4th October. With only a fair entry the competition went on all day until 8pm. Cathal Gordon from Galway emerged the victor after beating veteran John O’Sullivan 2-1 in the final Full Results: After Round Robin: Pre-Quarters Philip Browne 2 v 1 Richie Flynn John O’Sullivan

Last week our National Coach PJ Nolan travelled to Warsaw in Poland to hold a coaching camp on behalf of the Polish Billiards & Snooker Association. The players who attended the training included the 2011 European U-21 Champion and former Professional player Kasper Filipiak and 2014 IBSF World U-21 Semi Finalist Mateusz Baranjowski. They were

The New Institute Snooker  Club, Nenagh played host to the 2014 Nenagh Open last weekend,  which was sponsored by The Abbey Court Hotel Nenagh ( part of The Great National Hotel Group). There were a total of twenty nine entries for the event. This was the second ever staging of the event and the defending

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