RIBSA Confirm IBSF Qatar Players

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association have just announced the players and officials that will travel to the 2017 IBSF World Snooker championship in Qatar from 17th November till 27th November. The 2017 event will be played at Al-Arabi Sports Club, Doha, Qatar. In the Men’s event Brendan O Donoghue, Ross Bulman and

Ireland Win ICC in Scotland

The Republic of Ireland team won the 2017 ICC International Challenge Cup in Edinburgh,Scotland over the weekend. It was the 6th edition of the popular ICC and our Irish players played fantastic snooker to beat Scotland, N Ireland and France to claim the title. Ireland team consisted of Eddie Ingle, Ernie McMullen, Brendan Cooney, Stephen

IBSF World Billiards Championships

The 2017 IBSF World Billiards Championship 150up & Long Up formats will be held in Qatar Billiards & Snooker Federation in Doha, Qatar from 9th – 15th November 2017. I have the pleasure of inviting you to send your players to participate in Please enter your player’s names and details into the IBSF web site

2017 IBSF World Snooker – Qatar

The Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation will now be hosting the 2017 IBSF World Snooker championship (Men, Women and Masters) from 17th November till 27th November 2017 at Al-Arabi Sports Club, Doha, Qatar. First of all, IBSF would like to thank Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation for their agreement to host these championships in Doha

RIBSA Juniors win Title

The Republic of Ireland Juniors defeated the Northern Ireland Juniors by 63 frames to 37 frames to win the 2017 Irish Junior Challenge in the Ivy Rooms on Saturday the 2nd of September. The RIBSA Under 21’s won 31 to 19 and the RIBSA Under 16’s won 32 to 18. The RIBSA juniors won 4

IBSF World U-16’s – Russia

The IBSF Under 16 World Open Snooker Championships will be held in Russia from the 1st – 8th of October. Entries for RIBSA players will be based on last seasons Under 16 Rankings. RIBSA want to clarify their position, if any players wishes to play, RIBSA are only paying the entry fees into the event.

Home Internationals – U-16’s 2nd

The Republic of Ireland Under 16’s played outstanding snooker again today in the 2017 Junior Home Internationals Snooker Championships in the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds to stay unbeaten and earn second place. After the results earlier in the day Ross Bulman, Aaron Hill, Aaron Goldrick and Ryan McGuirk needed to win 10-2 against England

Home Internationals Day 3

Day 3 was another successful day for our RIBSA Senior & Masters teams at the 2017 Home Internationals Snooker Championships in the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds. The Republic Of Ireland Seniors Michael Judge, TJ Dowling, Robert Murphy and John Farrell remain unbeaten and they had a fantastic victory over the Defending Champions Scotland in

2017 Home Internationals Referees

RIBSA Referees Ger Murray, Pat Mooney and John Kehoe from Ireland are in action this week in the 2017 Home Internationals in the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds from the 11th – 17th of August All three will be refereeing the Men’s, Masters and Junior Snooker Championships involving the best English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish,

Well Done – World Team & 6 Reds Egypt

Well done to the RIBSA players in the IBSF World Team & 6 Reds Championships in Hurghada, Egypt last week in reaching the Semi Finals and Q-Finals in the World Team Championships. Mens Team Championships RIBSA players Rodney Goggins and Mark Walsh reached the Semi Finals of the Mens Team Championships with fantastic performances all week