Young Noel Landers from the Republic of Ireland continued his fantastic form on Day 5 in the last 16 of the 2017 World IBSF Under 21 Snooker Championships here in Beijing China.  Noel Landers beat Dylan Emery from Wales coming back from 2-4 down to win 5 frames to 4 to reach his first major

Day 4 the last 32 of the 2017 World IBSF Under 21 Snooker Championships was played here in Beijing China tonight.  Noel Landers from Ireland played against No.6 seed Jed Mann from England in a best of 9 frame match. The Youghal cue man won 5 frames to nil in a superb performance with breaks

Day 3 was the final day of group matches in the 2017 World IBSF Under 21 Snooker Championships here in Beijing China.  Only Noel Landers has qualified for the Knock out stages later on tonight. Shane Bates, Aaron Holland, Darragh Cusack and Ronan Whyte are all knocked out. Today Ronan Whyte played his final match

Day 2 was a very busy and a hard day for our Irish players in the 2017 World IBSF Under 21 Snooker Championships here in Beijing China.  All five Irish players Shane Bates, Aaron Holland, Noel Landers, Darragh Cusack and Ronan Whyte were in action, playing a total of seven matches in trying to qualify

Day 3 was the first day of the knock out matches in the 2017 World IBSF Under 18 Snooker Championships here in Beijing China. Noel Landers qualified with two good wins from his three match and he faced one of the tournament favourites Xuan Tu from China tonight in the last 24. First frame his

Day 2 was the final day of the round robin matches in the 2017 World IBSF Under 18 Snooker Championships here in Beijing China. All three Irish players Noel Landers, Darragh Cusack and Ronan Whyte were trying to win to qualify but it was only the Youghal man Noel Landers who qualifies for the last

The opening Ceremony of the 2017 World IBSF Under 18 Snooker Championships was held in the Tian Tan Hotel in the amazing city of Beijing China tonight the 7th of July.   The world’s finest U-18’s juniors will battle it out for the world title from the 8th -12th and from the 12th – 16th the

RIBSA would like to remind everyone playing in the 2017 IBSF World Under 18 & World U-21 Snooker Championships in China to meet in Dublin Airport Terminal 2 at 7pm on Wednesday 5th July. Players also remember to bring their Irish Waistcoat and bowties, black pants and white and black shirts. The Players passports and

Michael Judge from the Republic of Ireland has been selected by IBSF to compete in the World Games snooker event next month in Poland.  Michael was selected because of his finishing position in the World Championships in Qatar. The Snooker event is a straight Knock out for 16 selected players. Good luck Michael The World

The IBSF World Team & 6 Reds Championships will be held from the 2nd – 10th of August in Hurghada, Egypt. RIBSA have confirmed Rodney Goggins, Tom O Driscoll, Dyan Rees and Mark Walsh will repersent RIBSA in the Championships. Full Info on the event below.  CLICK ADVICE – Department Foreign affairs On behalf of the IBSF