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RIBSA Booklet – 2018-2019 Review of the year

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association have produced a RIBSA Championship Booklet to highlight events and success within our Association during the 2018– 2019 season. It was another amazing season on and off the table and RIBSA would like to thank all the Players, Officials, Clubs, and parents in making it such a big

2019 Long Format Billiards Championships

The 2019 Long Format Republic of Ireland Billiards Championships was played down to the semi-finals in the Ivy Rooms SC on Monday 6th May. The Semi Finals will be played during the Final Weekend from the 10th – 12th of May in the Ivy Rooms SC. The Semi-Final line up will be Wayne Doyle v

Murray wins Pat O Sullivan Memorial

The annual Pat O’ Sullivan memorial billiards event took place on Sunday 5th May at the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow with Hollywood veteran Aidan Murray winning the event for the third year in succession. With only six players that entered, it was decided to be playing on a round robin system with two

2019 Intermediate National Championships

The 2019 RIBSA Snooker Intermediate National Championships was played down to the semi finals on Saturday the 4th of May in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. After a very long day the four qualifiers for Finals weekend are Number 1 seed James Fennessy, Paul Dunne, Ryan McGuirk and the defending Champion Dylan Rees. RIBSA

National Over 55’s Championships

The National Over 50’s Snooker Championship will be held in Roadstone Sports and Social Club on Sunday 12th May. The entry fee is €20.00 and if you are not a registered Ribsa player you will have to pay an extra €5 for a one day registration fee. You can contact Jim Carrick or Stephen Merrigan to enter.

RIBSA National Finals Weekend Schedule

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association have just announced the playing order for the 2019 RIBSA National Finals Weekend in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow from the 10th – 12th of May. Action starts with the first session at 5pm on Friday 10th May and the final session is scheduled for Sunday 12th

2019 Masters Championship -Semi Finalists

The 2019 RIBSA Masters Snooker Championships was played down to the semi finals stage on Sunday 28th of April in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. Rodney Goggins , Mark Tuite, Michael Judge and Tom Gleeson have qualified for Championship final Weekend from the 10th – 12th of May after superb snooker on the

IBSF World U18 / U21 Snooker – China

The IBSF have just released the official invitation letter for the IBSF World U18 Men & U21 (Women & Men) Snooker championship that will be held in Pingdu City Qingdao Shandong Province – China during the period from  4th to 13th July 2019. Please Note If any RIBSA U-18 player wishing to travel to this World Championship in

2019 Senior Championship Schedule

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association have just announced the playing schedule for this year’s Senior Snooker Championships. Action starts at 5pm on Friday 10th May in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow with four matches and the remaining four matches will start no earlier than 7pm. RIBSA will have referees for all

Last 16 Qualifiers – 2019 Senior Championships

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association Senior Snooker Championships was played Saturday the 20th April and Sunday the 21st in the Darcy McGees Spawell Snooker Club in Dublin. We now have our 16 Qualifiers after all the players qualified this weekend in the Spawell for the Last 16 on Friday 10th of May