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O’Brien Wins SBI National Shoot Out

Colvin O’Brien from Carlow won the 2025 SBI National Snooker & Billiards Ireland Shoot Out in the SBI Academy of Excellence in Carlow on Saturday the 20th of December 2025. In the final he beat Billy Kelly from Nenagh to claim the title in style. Billy Kelly was incredible on the day to reach his

Ant-Doping Seminar

SBI are pleased to advise all players and and parents attending the developement day on the 28th December of some important information. SBI will hold an Education Session on Ant-Doping as part of the programme of activities on the day. Jim Leacy SBI President and WCBS Clean Sport Educator will deliver the seminar at 11am

Morris Wins Amateur Tour President’s Cup Event 3

The third instalment of the men’s ranking points tournament took place last weekend at the National Training Academy. The two day event started on Saturday at 10am with 47 entries.  By the end of the day’s play the field was whittled down to 8 surviving participants. A great day’s play on the Saturday with some

New Referee Declan McCarroll

Snooker & Billiards Ireland would like to congratulate Declan McCarroll on becoming a Grade 3 Snooker Referee. During the latest SBI Amateur Event over the weekend, Neil Shanahan SBI Referee Examiner put Declan through the steps in good refereeing and went through the rules of the game. Declan was excelent and he refereed the Amateur

New Referee Declan Cummins

Snooker & Billiards Ireland would like to congratulate Declan Cummins from Dublin on becoming a Grade 3 Snooker Referee. SBI Referee Examiners Neil Shanahan and Shane Mason had trained Declan over the last few months. Declan was excelent and he refereed the National Shoot Out Final between Colvin O’Brien and Billy Kelly on Saturday. Anyone

New International Age Cut-Off Dates

Dear Member Country On behalf of EBSA Board, in advance of the formal invitation letter being sent to all countries, please see attached important information about the Cut-Off Dates for the upcoming Junior Championships in Spain in 2026: U16s Championships U18s Championships U21s Championships The change of cut-off date to 31st August each year not

Streaming & Live Scoring

Snooker & Billiards Ireland are delighted to announce that we have installed 7 SnookerON Cameras in the Snooker & Billiards Ireland Academy in Carlow. The eighth and final camera will be installed in January 2026. We will then have all 8 tables streamed at our Events. This will be fantastic for player development to watch

Jack to play in World Snooker Shoot Out

Congratulations to Ireland’s 17year old Jack O Brien who have been invited to the 2025 World Snooker Shoot Out in England. Jack in the current U-18 National SBI Champion. Jack was nominated this week by the WPBSA as one of the Eight amateur players nominated by the WPBSA to compete at the Shoot Out, to

SBI Statement Update – Seniors Event 3

Due to system error.  Unfortunately SBI in conjunction with the players group had no choice but to redraw the seniors event 3 for the third time. As we transfer from one system to another we continue to have glitches that are frustrating.  Please note that we are doing our very best to minimise any further

O’Sullivan Win Century Tour Event 1

On the weekend of 27th – 28th of September John O Sullivan from the Kilkenny Shed won the SBI Taom Century Series-Event 1 in Celbridge SC County Kildare. In the semi-finals John beat Kevin O Brien from Dublin 3-2 and Colvin beat Dara Martin from Celbridge 3-0 in the other semi-final. Due to the large