The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) have just announced details about a RIBSA Junior Elite Squad of under 16 players for 2017 – 2018 season. RIBSA National Coach and Development Officer PJ Nolan will be in charge of this squad and the six players chosen will receive a snooker scholarship to play

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association made the presentation to the winning Celtic Challenge Irish junior team during the junior snooker development day on the 5th of November in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. RIBSA presented each player with a trophy to mark their memorable win earlier this year in the

Ross Bulman from Youghal CYMS won the first RIBSA U-16 Snooker Ranking Tournament of the season in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Saturday the 22nd of October. In the final Ross beat Aaron Goldrick from Cavan 3 frames to 0 in an exciting attacking snooker final.   In the Semi Finals Ross

Ryan McGuirk from Navan won the second RIBSA U-14 Snooker Ranking Tournament in the Newbridge CYMS in Newbridge on Sunday the 2nd of October. In the final Joe beat Joe La Cumbre from Portarlington SC 3 frames to 2 in a superb final. This season all the RIBSA Under 14 events will be held in

Stephen Bateman from the Kilkenny Shed won the second RIBSA U-21 Snooker Ranking event of the season today in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Sunday the 2nd of October.  In the final Stephen beat Andrew Doherty from The Willows 3 frames to 2 in a great final. Stephen now receives a place at

As part of winning the first RIBSA U-21 Ranking event Adam Fitzgerald was in the Ivy Rooms for a training day with PJ on Sunday the 2nd of October. RIBSA Chairman Jim Leacy came in the watch the training session and wish all the players good luck in the U-21 ranking event. Each winner of

As part of winning the first RIBSA U-18 Ranking event Ross Bulman was in the Ivy Rooms today for a training day. Ross reached the Q-Final of last week’s Senior Ranking Event and he worked with PJ on fine tuning his game even more. Each winner of a RIBSA junior U-18 & U-21 event this

14 year old Aaron Hill from the Crucible Snooker Club in Cork won the second RIBSA U-18 Snooker Ranking event of the season in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Saturday the 1st of October.   In the final Aaron beat Mark Gleeson from New Institute Snooker Club in Nenagh 3 frames to 1

Noel Gleeson from the New Institute in Nenagh won the first RIBSA U-14 Snooker Ranking Tournament of the season in the Newbridge CYMS in Newbridge on Sunday the 11th of September.  In the final Noel beat Ryan McGuirk from Navan 3 frames to nil and RIBSA would like to thank Tournament Director Declan Quinn and

Adam Fitzgerald from Youghal CYMS won the first RIBSA U-21 Snooker Ranking event of the season in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Sunday the 11th of September. In the final Adam beat his team mate Noel Landers from Youghal CYMS 3 frames to 0 in a superb match. The high break was won with a