The final round of matches in the RIBSA Under 21 International and Open events were held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Sunday the 17th of December. Four EBSA U-21 qualifiers – Bulgaria Stephen Bateman from the Kilkenny Shed won the first qualifying place as the number 1 under 21 player on the

The third round of the Irish Under 18 International and Open Snooker series was held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Saturday the 16th of December.  National Coach PJ Nolan was the TD on the day and the standard of snooker was superb on the day. Four Irish stars qualify for EBSA –

Mark Gleeson from Nenagh won two front row tickets to the Snooker Legends Final for Sunday 7th January at Goff’s.  All entrants in the RIBSA U-18 & U-21 Ranking Events 3 on Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th in Carlow were entered into the draw to win this fantastic prize. This superb prize is donated by

The Cut-Off Qualification point for RIBSA players for the 2018 European Under 18 and Under 21 Championships is next weekend the 16th and 17th of December. Four RIBSA junior players will compete in each event. Stephen Bateman wins top Under 21 player and Aaron Hill wins the top Under 18 player on the senior rankings

Sean Walsh from Douglas Snooker Club in Cork won the second RIBSA U-14 Snooker Ranking Tournament of the season in the Newbridge CYMS on Sunday the 19th of November. In the Final Sean beat Noel Gleeson from New Institute Nenagh 3 frames to 2 in a superb quality final. In the semi finals Noel beat

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) held their first Junior Snooker Developmental Day of the season on the 28th of October in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. The Stars of the Future Marie Gleeson, Aoife Gleeson, Noel Gleeson, Aaron Smith, John Fitzpatrick, Ryan McGuirk, Ronan McGuirk, David Doyle, Diarmuid Roche,

The second magical day of Irish Under 21 snooker was played this weekend on Sunday the  8th of October in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow which included a fantastic century of 113 from RIBSA Elite Squad player Aaron Hill. Second round of matches in the new qualification for the 2018 European Under 21

The second events in the RIBSA Under 18 Irish Snooker season was held today the 7th of October in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow. This involved the second round of matches in the International Tour along with the Open tour event. International Tour The International tour sees our top 10 ranked juniors playing against

Noel Gleeson from the New Institute SC in Nenagh won the first RIBSA U-14 Snooker Ranking Tournament of the season in the Newbridge CYMS on Sunday the 1st of October. Free Entry To celebrate the 2017 European Week of Sport from the 23rd to the 30th of September. The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker

The first RIBSA U-16 Snooker Ranking Tournament of the season was won by Number 1 seed Aaron Hill from the Crucible Snooker Club in Cork City. In the final it was Aaron Hill and Ryan McGuirk who were the two top seeds for the event and members of the newly formed RIBSA Elite Squad who