Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan of Thailand won the 2nd edition of IBSF World Women 6Reds Championship and retained the title in Asia that was won by Ng On Yee last year. Today Siripaporn defeated Anastasia Nechaeva to claim her maiden world title. Her accurate potting helped her climbing high and gained 2-0 lead. However, third frame slipped

The 2014 RIBSA National Doubles Championship was held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Sunday and it was Nenagh men Brendan O Donoghue & Mark Walsh claiming the title. In the final the Munster men beat Dublin duo Philip Browne and Paul McGrane 3 frames to 1. In the semi Finals Philip

The Republic Of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association held their biggest ever Championship finals weekend in the history of the Association when 13 players were crowned National Snooker & Billiards Champions  in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. Live Streaming was available on three table this year and the action began on Friday 23rd

During the Annual General Meeting of the Republic Of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association today in Carlow. The 2013 RIBSA Volunteer of year award was presented to Marian Leacy from Ivy Rooms Snooker in Carlow for all her work behind the scenes with RIBSA. President Eamon Kearns was on hand to present the crystal award

The Annual General Meeting of the Republic Of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association was held today during the Irish Championship weekend in the Ivy Rooms Snooker in Carlow. A new Chairman John Doherty from Letterkenny was elected unopposed after Jim Leacy had stepped down from the position. Jim will stay on Council as Vice Chairman.

RIBSA have Confirmed the following Snooker Coaching / Training Camps to prepare our players for International Events. All Camps will be between 11am – 4pm in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. The players will be videoed and received a DVD’s of their game to study at home. May – Celtic Challenge Team Training

The 2014 Finbarr Ruane Snr Memorial Cup in honour of the two term president of RIBSA and long time patron of Irish and world Amateur snooker took place in CrossGuns yesterday and it was Martin McCrudden who came through a top field of 32 players to claim the Memorial Cup. Joining McCrudden in a strong

This weekend our RIBSA National Coach PJ Nolan held a two day Coaching Zone in The Northwest  Snooker Club in Letterkenny, Donegal. The Northwest Snooker Club owner John Doherty organised the coaching weekend to help promote the standard of play within his club and within the North West region. PJ was really impressed with the

National Coach PJ Nolan held a Coaching Zone in one of the newest registered RIBSA clubs in Ireland, The Ballyforan Snooker Club in Co Roscommon. On the night of 5th of March, eight members from the club were in attendance for training with PJ to learn tips on how to improve their game. World Snooker Official

David Hogan from Borrisokane retained the Munster Close Snooker Championship in the New Institute Snooker Club in Nenagh over the Weekend. In the Final David beat Ryan Cronin from the Crucible Snooker Club in Cork who will be representing Ireland in this month European Under 21 Championship in Romania. Brendan O Donoghue won the highest