The fourth event in the 147 Academy 21’s tour was held on Saturday April 4th 2026 in the SBI headquarters in Carlow. A strong field comprising 16 of the country’s finest young players assembled for this competition. All matches were best of 5 frames. Play began at 10am and saw victories for James Stewart O’Reilly

The SBI 16’s Snooker National Championhip will be played Saturday the 11th of April in the SBI HQ in Carlow with all of the top players in action. It has been a fantastic season with 4 different winners this season. Who will end up the National Champion??? and follow Aaron Donnelly who won the title

The SBI 14’s Snooker National Championships will be played Saturday 25th April 2026 in the Newbridge CYMS with all of the top players in action. The TD will be PJ Nolan. It has been a fantastic season with 3 different winners this season. Who will end up the National Champion??? and follow James Stewart O

The SBI 18’s Snooker National Championships will be played Saturday 18th of April in the Newbridge CYMS with all of the top players in action. TD will be PJ Nolan. It has been a fantastic season with 2 different winners this season. Who will end up the National Champion??? and follow Jack OBrien who won

The Fourth SBI 21’s Snooker Event of the season will be played Saturday 4th April in the SBI HQ in Carlow with all of the top players in action. Action will start at 10am. Closing Time 1pm Thursday Prior to Event – After bad weather coming in, it was decided to play the Semi-final and

Snooker & Billiards Ireland are holding a Junior Snooker Fundraiser for 3 VIP tickets for the John Virgo Trophy for the afternoon session on Saturday the 11th April in Goffs. The value of this is over €450 and includes Seats in front row, Souvenir Program and Complimentary earpiece. Raffle tickets are available at just €10.00

Snooker & Billiards Ireland were delighted to welcome Fíbín Media production team to the SBI Academy of Excellence in Carlow who were filming a kids’ sports TV show for TG4 on Monday 30th March. The kids show ‘’Fonn Spóirt’’ is about all showing different sports which focuses on participation, trying something new, and showing that

Rowan Kelly from Youghal and James Brennan from Mayo will contest the SBI 14’s Snooker Event 4 final which was played on Saturday 21st of March in the SBI HQ in Carlow. All of the top players were in action in a great day of junior snooker. There was also a Plate event for all

James Stewart O Reilly from Dublin won another SBI ranking event when he won the 16’s Snooker Event 4 – The Brendan O Donoghue Cup on Sunday 22nd March in the SBI HQ in Carlow. All of the top players were in action. The TD was Conor Doyle and the referee was Declan Cummins .

James Brennan from Mayo won the SBI 14’s Snooker Event 3 which was played on Saturday 3rd January 2026 in the SBI HQ in Carlow but with the bad weather coming in, the final was played on March 21st at Event 4 in Carlow. All of the top players were in action. There was be