The National RIBSA U-16 Snooker Championship will be held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Sunday the 26th of March.  You can now text your entry to RIBSA on 085 2428701. This is a text number only and you must include your name, club and event. You can also contact the club direct on

The National RIBSA U-19 Snooker Championship will be held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Saturday the 25th of March.  You can now text your entry to RIBSA on 085 2428701. This is a text number only and you must include your name, club and event. You can also contact the club direct on

Patrick Daly from Killarney won the fifth RIBSA U-14 Snooker Ranking Tournament of the season in the Newbridge CYMS in Newbridge on Sunday the 19th of February. In the final Patrick beat No.1 seed Ryan McGurik in a superb quality final. Report to follow RIBSA would like to thank Declan Quinn from Edenderry who was

Stephen Bateman from the Kilkenny Shed won the second RIBSA / IBSF U-21 Snooker Ranking event of the season in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Sunday the 19th of February. In the final Stephen beat Ross Bulman from Youghal CYMS 3 frames to 1 in a superb match. Stephen now qualifies for the

Shane Bates from Wexford was in the Ivy Rooms for a training day with our National Coach PJ Nolan on Sunday the 19th of February. Shane was guided through a new training program to prepare for the 2017 World IBSF U-21 Championships in China. As part of winning the first RIBSA / IBSF U-21 Ranking

As part of winning the first RIBSA / IBSF U-18 Ranking event Aaron Hill from Cork was in the Ivy Rooms today for a training day with our National Coach PJ Nolan. Aaron had won the first U-18 event last month and he worked with PJ on fine tuning his game even more with long

Aaron Hill won the 4th RIBSA U-16 Snooker Ranking Tournament of the season in the Ivy Rooms S.C. in Carlow on Saturday the 4th of February. In the final he beat Ross Bulman 3 frames to 0 in an excellent final which was refereed by Shane Mason. Earlier in the day all the top seeds

Noel Gleeson from Nenagh won the fourth RIBSA U-14 Snooker Ranking Tournament of the season in the Newbridge CYMS in Co Kildare on Sunday the 8th of January. 22 players entered,  21 turned up and the standard was very high indeed,  a few of the parents were at Goffs the day before and commented that

Shane Bates from Liam Mellows SC in Wexford town won the first IBSF / RIBSA U-21 Snooker Ranking event of the season in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Sunday the 8th of January. In the final Shane beat Noel Landers from Youghal CYMS 3 frames to 1 in a superb match. Shane now

Aaron Hill from Cork won the first IBSF / RIBSA U-18 Snooker Ranking event of the season in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Saturday the 7th of January. 14year Aaron Hill now qualifies to play in the World IBSF Under 18 Snooker Championship in China in July 2017.  In the final Aaron Hill