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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

Sherwin Wins Ladies 6RED National Title

The RIBSA Ladies National 6 reds Championships took place at the Ivy rooms Carlow on Sunday 31st March.  Michelle Sherwin was the first to qualify for the final from the round robin stages. The other place in the final was decided in the last round robin match between Tanya O’Neill and Leah Brady. Tanya had

2019 Irish Senior Championships Spawell SC

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association have just announced the Draw for the 2019 RIBSA Irish Senior Snooker Championships. RIBSA also announced that a €3000 prize fund will be up for grabs for this years National Senior Championships. Play begins on Saturday the 20th April at 10am and Sunday the 21st at 10am in the

National U-21 Final Gleeson v Hill

The final of the 2019 RIBSA National Under 21 Snooker Championship will be between Mark Gleeson from Nenagh and Aaron Hill from Cork after both players played fantastic snooker in Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Sunday the 14th of April. In the first semi-final Mark Gleeson from Nenagh played Ryan McGuirk from R&R SC

147academy National U-12 Final Farrelly v O’Brien

The final of the 2019 147academy National RIBSA U-12 Snooker Championship will be between David Farrelly from Celbridge SC and Jack O Brien from Rathkeale SC after both were in great action in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Sunday the 14th of April. This event was sponsored by PJ Nolan’s www.147academy.com and there was free

Successful Coffee Mornings Held

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association held very successful coffee mornings on Saturday & Sunday the 13th and 14th of April in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow from 10am-11am. This Coffee morning was held on the weekend of National Under 18’s and Girls Under 14’s plus the National Under 21’s and Under

North-South Billiards Challenge

Another great event in the Irish North-South Challenge series. At the end of Saturday’s play, the North had a convincing, though not unassailable lead of 8 points, which they maintained for the first two of Sunday’s sessions. By taking two points out of the deficit in the next session the South kept their hopes alive going