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Paula reached Seniors Irish Open Final

Ireland’s Paula Judge from Dublin reached the final of the 2025 Irish Women’s Snooker Seniors Open in the Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) HQ in Carlow on Friday 28th November. In the final Paula faced World No. 1 senior Tessa Davidson from England  and the Referee was Shane Gorman from Ireland in the best of

2025 WDBS Irish Disability Open

The 2025 WDBS Irish Disability Snooker International Open was successfully held at the SBI National Academy in Carlow, Ireland with medals awarded across seven main classification groups. View tournament information via WPBSA SnookerScores Held at the Snooker & Billiards Ireland National Academy for the third successive year, the world ranking event attracted a record entry

Irish Women’s Snooker Open -DRAWS / STREAMING

Snooker & Billiards Ireland are delighted to announce details for the first ever Irish Women’s Snooker Open which will take place at the Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) HQ in Carlow on 28-30 November 2025. WATCH LIVE – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rttQFfACSlo BREAKS – https://snookerscores.net/events/2025-irish-womens-open/breaks This will feature the World’s best lady players and it will be great

England retain 4 Nations Trophy

SBI had another great weekend of billiards at the Four Nations International event captained by Jason Dowling at the superb Coach Club Royal in Hillsborough Our thanks go to Kenny Campbell and his colleagues at the club for their preparations for the event and for the excellent playing conditions and for looking after us so

Dermot Wins 18’s Tour Event 2

Dermot Kelly from Mayo won the second SBI 18’s Snooker Event of the season on Sunday 23rd November in Newbridge CYMS. The event featured all of the top players. TD was Conor Doyle. In the final Dermot beat Denny Bookle from Wexford 3 frames to 0 in an exciting match. No.1 seed Joe Shannon missed

SBI hold WDBS Coaching Day

Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) held a Coaching Day on the opening morning of the 2025 WDBS Irish Open in the Snooker and Billiards Ireland Academy of Excellence in Carlow on Friday 21st  November. National Coach PJ Nolan, and SBI Coach Shane Gorman were on hand to assist all the players from around Ireland, Wales

2025 WDBS Irish Open

Snooker & Billiards Ireland are delighted to announce that the WDBS Irish open is returning to Carlow for the third time.  Building on the great success of the previous years, SBI are looking to make the 2025 event the biggest yet. CLICK FULL INFORMATION, RESULTS, BREAKS SCHEDULE If you are interested in being a part

Sherwin Wins Ladies Tour Event 3

The 3rd ladies ranking event took place in SBI headquarters in Carlow on Sunday 9th November.  Margaret O’Driscoll and Sandra Bryan were absent on the day as they were representing Ireland in pool at an international event. At the time of writing this report the ladies were doing fantastic, only sitting behind England in 1st

SBI National Shoot Out -DRAW

SBI are delighted to announce the draw of the National Snooker & Billiards Ireland Snooker Shoot Out in the SBI Academy of Excellence in Carlow on Saturday the 20th of December 2025. Shane Mason will be the TD on the day. All players who enter, will be placed in the four events. The four events

Paula Wins Ladies Tour Event 2

The 2nd SBI ladies ranking event took place in CYMS on 26th November.  SBI welcomed back former players Margaret O’Driscoll, Sandra Bryan, Tanya O’Neill and Paula Judge.  Ella O’Connor.  The ladies split into 2 groups and played a 2 frame round-robin set, with the number 1 on points playing number 4 and the number 2