The Republic Of Ireland three Referees Ger Murray, Paddy English and Neil Shanahan performed excellent in the 2012 IBSF World Championship in Bulgaria. Ger Murray has on hand to monitor the Referees as an IBSF Examiner. Neil Shanahan was Assistant head Referee for the championship and Paddy English refereed at his first world Championship. They were

Mark Tuite from the Republic Of Ireland was within touching distance of reaching the IBSF World Championship final here in Bulgaria today when he played Glen Wilkinson from Australia in the semi final. The Killarney man started off on fire and had breaks of 56 and 85 to build up a 2 nil lead. back

The IBSF have just released the latest World rankings for 2012 with our RIBSA junior players moving up to their highest ever placing of 4th behind China, Thailand and England. Our Senior players move up to 3rd in their rankings while the Masters move up to 5th. This is a tremendous achievement by our RIBSA

A training day with our National Coach PJ Nolan will be held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club on Tuesday the 13th of November from 11am to 4pm to prepare the Republic Of Ireland Snooker team for this month’s IBSF World Championship in Bulgaria. The RIBSA players that will fly the flag in the event

RIBSA have been asked to send two international players to the Dubai Open which will take place in the Dubai Snooker club from the 4th to 10th of November. The event is been hosted to prepare the UAE players for the upcoming World Championships in Sofia and thus they are looking for us to send

Ken Doherty was on cue in wishing the International Challenge Committee all the best it the International Snooker Challenge Cup being held in Ronchin, Lille, France next week. Photo left to right Stephen Merrigan, Nigel Power, Ken Doherty, Eddie Ingle and Robert Murphy. Republic of Ireland selection that will be playing against a French selection

The Republic Of Ireland Snooker team for the 2012 IBSF World Championship has been now been confirmed with Johnny Williams, Greg Casey and EBSA Nomination Brendan O Donoghue competing in the Men’s event. Mark Tuite and Brendan Cooney will fly the Irish flag in the Masters event and it promises to be an exciting championship