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All Ireland Club Champions – The Crucible SC

The Crucible Snooker Club in Cork City won their second Macau Sporting Premier All Ireland Snooker Club Championships in the Gleneagles Hotel in Killarney on Saturday night the 25th of January 2020. In the final the Munster Club Runner Up last weekend faced St Johns SC Limerick who reached their first All-Ireland Championship but it

New Institute 2020 Macau Sporting Club Munster Champions 

New Institute Snooker Club Nenagh are the 2020 Macau Sporting Club Munster Champions after overcoming The Crucible Club Cork ‘A’ in the final by 3 matches to 2. Mark Walsh made a fantastic clearance under pressure from the green to bring the cup back to Nenagh after Brendan O Donoghue, Paudie Kelly and Aaron Hill David Cassidy had leveled the match

Letter from Minister of State for Tourism and Sport

Please read a letter from the Minister of State for Tourism and Sport in Ireland Brendan Griffin that the Irish Government are ensuring that everything possible is being done to support those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Few would have imagined when we rang in the New Year just over three months ago that we

Billiards Player Profiles

The game of Billiards in Ireland, although not nearly as popular as the game of Snooker, nonetheless, has its own core of keen and dedicated players. Also, while operating on a much smaller scale than its Snooker counterpart, Billiards enjoys a very active season every year with a full calendar of both National and International

Registered Clubs 2021

Snooker & Billiards Ireland is the official governing body for Snooker & Billiards in the Republic of Ireland. Here you can find a list of 2021 Registered Clubs in the four regions. Leinster, Munster, Dublin and Connacht. If any club would like to become a Registered Club, they should go on to the online payment

RIBSA ON LINE PAYMENT SYSTEM

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association have introduced a new on line payment system for Entering Events, Paying your Player or Club membership. You can now pay securely online via this new on line RIBSA online registration system. Players must first pay their yearly membership and register for the season. When they register,

European Championship – Moscow Cancelled

On behalf of the Board of Directors, I am writing to provide an update on the EBSA Masters, Ladies and Team Championships that are due to take place in Moscow in June. Given the ever-changing situation across the many European countries in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, and the uncertainty about when things will return

RIBSA Events Postponed

RIBSA have decided that all RIBSA events will be postponed until at least the end of March with immediate effect. This includes Senior, Intermediate, Challenge, Masters, All under age, Ladies and Billiards events.  We have taken this step to help protect our members and their families from catching the corona virus. RIBSA will keep monitoring the

Aaron Hill European U-21 Champion – Portugal

Republic of Ireland junior Aaron Hill beat Hayden Staniland from England 5 frames to 2 to win in the European U-21 Championships in Albufeira / Portugal at the Salgados Palace Hotel in the Algarve. The incredible Irish junior Hill created the double here in Portugal after winning the European Under 18 last week but the
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2020 European U-21 – Good luck Team Ireland

The EBSA and the Federaçao Portuguesa de Bilhar (FPB), will organise The European Individual Snooker U21 Championships in Albufeira / Portugal at the Salgados Palace Hotel in the Algarve. Click here for all the news on the European U-21 Championship for latest live scores Click on RIBSA players name for schedule / breaks / groups