Contract between IBSF and Rigour

Mr. Liu Zheng, the General Director of Chinese Billiards & Snooker Training base in Beijing in China was in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Saturday to met Jim Leacy President of the IBSF. Mr Liu was in Ireland to sign a contract between IBSF and Rigour as a recommended high tech training

PJ Coaching Tour around Austria

Last week our National Coach PJ Nolan travelled to three different cities in Austria to hold Snooker & Billiards Coaching Zones. First he was in Vienna to train the Austrian National Billiards team for the upcoming four Nations Billiards Championship in the newly opened Austrian Academy. The Austrian Association organised the two day billiards camp

242 cueists for IBSF World Championships

242 cueists from 51 countries must all be making last minute preparations as the 2013 IBSF World Snooker Championship gets closer and closer. The mega event is to begin November 27th at the awesome Daugavpils Olympic Sports Center in the picturesque city of Daugavpils, Latvia and will finish on December 8th. Of the 242 players

RIBSA Training Camp for World IBSF with PJ

This week the 5th & 6th of November RIBSA held a two day training camp for The World IBSF Snooker Championship with our National Coach PJ Nolan in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. RIBSA organised the camp to help our Republic of Ireland players  Michael Judge, Brendan O Donoghue, David Hogan,  Mark Tuite,

Ireland players for 2013 IBSF Latvia

The RIBSA Committee have just announced details of the RIBSA players and officials who will represent Ireland in the 2013 IBSF World Amateur Senior and Masters Snooker Championships. The event will be held in Daugavpils, Latvia from the 27th November to the 8th of December and it promises to be an exciting event with a total

Israel Training Camp success for PJ

Last week our National Coach PJ Nolan was invited back to Tel Aviv in Israel to train and prepare Shachar Ruberg for the 2013 Israel Senior National Snooker Championship. The 19 year old went on to win the Israel Senior Championship for the first time when he beat David Vaizman 6 frames to 5 in an

RIBSA Training Camp for Latvia

Our National Coach PJ Nolan will hold a two day RIBSA training camp in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on the 5th & 6th Of November. RIBSA have organised this two day camp to help our Republic of Ireland players prepare for the 2013 IBSF World Snooker Championship that will take place in

Jones is IBSF 6 reds Men World Champion

Duane Jones from Wales won the first ever 6Reds World Championship been played in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow, Ireland from 30th September – 6th October 2013. In the final he defeated our lrish National Champion Michael Judge  6-4. Jones played brilliant to win first three frames but after that Judge succeeded to pull

Ng On Yee is IBSF 6 reds World Champion

Ng On Yee from Hong Kong won the first edition of IBSF World 6Reds Championship today here in the Ivy Rooms Carlow in a 1 hour 8 minutes final which is one of the quickest match in Women’s category. From the starting frame, Ng On Yee did not allow her opponent Daria Sirotina (Russia) to

Team India win IBSF Women Team Title

Team India Won the 2013 IBSF World Women Team Snooker Championship in the Ivy Rooms yesterday after a stunning victory over Hong Kong from team India-1 comprises of Vidya Pillai and Arantxa Sanchis. Arantxa Sanchis played the first frame against former World champion Ng On Yee and lost badly where Ng On Yee produced a