The event on Sunday 5th of October was split into 2 sections and produced two well deserved winners in Dan Kelly and newcomer to the tour Darragh Mar. Darragh ! a fantastic prospect for Irish snooker reigned supreme all day navigating his way to the final unbeaten.  His calmness and potting skills were evident in

On Saturday the 6th of September, Snooker & Billiards Ireland attended the 2025 ‘Sport Ability Day’ in the Sport Ireland Campus in Blanchardstown, Dublin. This was a joint initiative of the four Dublin local authorities in partnership with Active Cities Dublin, aimed at promoting inclusive sport and physical activity opportunities for people with disabilities. SBI snooker

Snooker & Billiards Ireland are delighted to announce that the WDBS Irish open is returning to Carlow for the third time.  Building on the great success of the previous years, SBI are looking to make the 2025 event the biggest yet. If you are interested in being a part of this incredible competition. Please contact

On Saturday 9th August, SBI snooker coach Shane Gorman & national disability coach Dylan Rees held a disability training day for Ireland’s disability players in the SBI Academy (Laois/Carlow). A total of 10 players participated in the days training & coaching which included individual coaching from Shane on players technique including bridge hand, stance &

On Saturday Snooker & Billiards Ireland will hold a Disability Promotion Day for players with SBI Snooker Coach Shane Gorman and National Disability Coach Dylan Rees from 11am – 4pm on Saturday the 9th of August in the SBI Academy in Carlow. Players from all around Ireland are invited to attend where Shane will hold

A fabulous day was had by all at Leinster house in Dublin on Friday the 30th of May with our SBI members who recently performed at the World Snooker Disability Championships in Bangkok Thailand. TD Barry Heneghan, Councilor Kevin Breen, Sport Ireland director of disability sports Geraldine Mctavish, players Fran coyle, Aiden Pollitt, Niall Pollitt

On Saturday the 19th April, SBI held their first National Disability Snooker Championships in the recently refurbished Newbridge CYMS. We had 18 players participating in 4 categories based around the WDBS system providing us with 4 National Champions. In Group 3+4, we had 6 players playing out of two groups of 3. Alex Henerbrey topped

Snooker & billiards Ireland are delighted to announce that the historic first staging of the Irish National Disability Snooker Championships will take place on the 19th April in Newbridge cyms the landmark event will see Irelands top players that play with a disability or impairment battle it out for the title.  The competition will consist

Team Ireland performed brilliantly through out the first ever staging of the world snooker disability championships in Bangkok. Thailand last week. SBI had a team of 6 players players Alex Henerbrey, Fran Coyle, Niall Pollitt, Aiden Pollitt, Colvin O’Brien and Dylan Rees. The team was managed and SBI coach Shane Gorman. This historic first staging