The 2012 Celtic Challenge was won today by a magnificent Welsh Team in the Terry Griffiths Matchroom in Wales in a fantastic display of junior snooker. In session one Ireland won it 20 frames to 16 with the Under 16’s winning 11 -7 while the Under 14’s drawing 9-9 to get the Irish off to

Brendan O Donoghue and Rodney Goggins would like to thank everyone in Ireland for the support and texts throughout the European Snooker Championship in Latvia. The overall RIBSA results were …. Mens Brendan O Donoghue – Runner Up Rodney Goggins – Semi Finalist Greg Casey – Last 16 Masters Frank Sarsfield – Q – Finalist

Irishman Brendan O Donoghue lost in the European Snooker Championship final match 7 frames to 3 here in Latvia tonight. In the final O Donoghue was beaten by Scott Donaldson from Scotland who had earlier beaten Rodney Goggins in the semi final 6 frames to 2 the day earlier. Brendan went 0-2 down, 1-4 down

Rodney Goggins from Wexford lost his Semi-Final tonight in the 2012 European Snooker Championship in Latvia when he was beaten 6 frames to 2 by number 1 seed Scott Donladson from Scotland. Goggins played his heart out and was 2 – 1 up before the 18year old Scottish champion came back to win five in

Irishman Brendan O Donoghue made a sensational comeback from 2 frames to 4 down to beat ex champion Kristjon Helgason from Iceland 5 frames to 4 in a fantastic match in the Q-Finals of the 2012 European Snooker Championship here in Latvia tonight. O Donoghue made an incredible one red clearance to win the eight

The Opening ceremony of the 2012 European Snooker Championship was held tonight here in Latvia in front of a large audience in the Daugavpils Olympic Stadium. First up tomorrow will be Kevin McMahon and Anthony Bonnar at 10am Live scoring is available on www.ebsa.tv Click Men’s players schedule Click Masters players schedule Click Ladies players

The RIBSA players travelling to Latvia next week for the European Championships had a training day with our National Coach PJ Nolan on Tuesday in the Ivy Rooms SC Carlow. Mark Tuite, Rodney Goggins and Brendan O Donoghue attended training as the other players were unable to attend due to work commitments. PJ worked on

RIBSA have just confirmed the players who will represent Ireland in the upcoming EBSA European Snooker Championships in Latvia from the 4th – 14th June. Rodney Goggins, Brendan O Donoghue and Greg Casey will fly the flag in the Mens Championship while Mark Tuite, Frank Sarsfield and Anthony Bonnar will play in the Masters Event.

At the recent Home International AGM a change was made in the number of players on the Snooker Teams. The Home Internationals from this year will contain only 4 players playing on the Senior ,Under16, Under 19 and Masters Teams A country may bring a maximum of 6 players per panel but only 4 will play. The