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

Local player Josh Boileau warmed up for this month’s European Under 21 Championship in Romania when he won the 14th staging of the Anthony Quinn Memorial Snooker Tournament in St Conleth’s CMWS, Newbridge. In the final Josh beat James Fennessey from Edenderry 4 frames to nil in a superb high quality final to take the

The Republic Of Ireland Snooker Association held a Coaching Ireland Intro level Coaching course in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Saturday 22nd February. Stephen Reddington from Dublin, Liam Brady from Dublin, Declan Quinn from Edenderry and Denis Lane from Ballybunion attended the course and were guided  how to plan a training session,

Josh Boileau from Newbridge CYMS played stunning snooker to win the 25th Anniversary of the Peter McNally Memorial Snooker Invitation in Edenderry Snooker Club on Sunday the 9th of February. In the final he beat Benny O Brien from Kilkenny 4 frames to nil with a number of good breaks. In the Semi Finals Josh

This week our National Coach PJ Nolan travelled to the National University Of Maynooth in County Kildare to hold a Coaching Camp for the Maynooth Inter Varsities Snooker and Pool team. During this camp PJ worked on correct fundamentals in the players Stance, Address Position and developing a smooth delivery in their Cue Actions. All the players received

RIBSA will hold a Intro level Coaching Ireland Coaching Course in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on  Saturday the 22nd of February. The one day course is for members who want to start coaching within their own club. The course covers the basics in coaching players to start training snooker and billiards players.

The Q Club Wicklow Snooker Club were crowned 2014 All Ireland Club Snooker Champions for the first time in the Glen Eagles Hotel in Killarney last night. In the final they beat the defending Champions Celbridge Snooker Club who were looking for a 3 in a row of All Ireland titles but they came up

This week our RIBSA National Snooker Coach PJ Nolan travelled to County Kerry to hold a Snooker Coaching Cue Zone in the Q Club in Killarney. Players aged from as young as 8 years old attended and there was a great atmosphere within the club during the Cue Zone which contains snooker and pool tables