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World IBSF U-16 Snooker Championships

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association under 16 players are currently playing in the 2018 IBSF World Under 16 Snooker Championships in St. Petersburg, Russia from the 30th September till 6th October. The Luggage for the entire team went missing until today but our players had a fantastic days play with all the

ACBS Asian Tour – Finalist

Ireland’s Brendan O Donoghue fantastic run came to an end in the final of the new exciting ACBS Asian snooker tour in Qatar which was played from the 26-29 September 2018. Brendan beat former World Champion Pankaj Advani from India in the semi final but the Nenagh man was beaten by Mohammad Bilal (Pakistan) 6-1.

U.A.E. to Host 2019 WSF Championships

The World Snooker Federation (WSF) announced today that the 2019 WSF Championships will be hosted by the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E). The Championships will run from 28 March – 7 April 2019 and be staged at the spectacular Dubai World Trade Centre, a stunning purpose-built complex for events and exhibitions. The event has been organised with the

2018 Sport Capital Programme

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association would like to inform clubs of the 2018 Sport Capital Programme. The deadline for making an application is 5pm on Friday 19th October. Organisation must be registered on www.sportscapitalprogramme.ie by 5pm Friday 5th October The workshops will be given by staff in the Sports Capital section and will cover common

Travel Information – IBSF U-16’s Russia

On Saturday the 29th of September the RIBSA U-16 juniors and supporters will leave for the World Under 16 Championships in St Petersburg Russia. INFO ON THE RIBSA U-16 PLAYERS The Meeting Point will be 5.30am in Terminal 1 on Saturday Morning 29th of September. The ski tube for all the cues will be in

Sherwin wins RIBSA Ladies Event 1

Michelle Sherwin won the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association first Ladies ranking event on Sunday the 23rd of September in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club Carlow. In the final Michelle beat Cathy Hunt from Wexford 3 frames to nil in a superb match. RIBSA would like to thank all the girls for entering and Event

Doyle wins Billiards Event 1

The first RIBSA billiards ranking event of the season took place on Sunday 23rd September in Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.This was an open draw and the best of 3-150up stage. Early eliminations were Tommy Denniffe (Kilkenny Shed), Robert McCrum (Celbridge) and Aonghus McAnally (Portmarnock). John Kehoe (Ballindaggin) who had a convincing win over

RIBSA Billiards Event 2 – ENTER NOW

The second RIBSA Billiards Ranking Event of the new season will be held on Sunday the 7th of October in Celbridge Snooker Club in Kildare You can now text your entry to RIBSA on 085 2428701. This is a text number only and you must include your name, club and name of event you wish to

Morris Wins Senior Event 1 – Letterkenny

Davy Morris from the Kilkenny Shed won the first RIBSA Senior Snooker Ranking event of the season ” The Barracks Classic”  on Sunday the 23rd of September in the Northwest Snooker Club in Letterkenny County Donegal. There was 51 entries in the event and the standard was very high all weekend. In the final Davy Morris

Leinster Billiards & Snooker Meeting

The Leinster Billiards & Snooker Association would like to announce that a meeting to re-establish the Leinster billiards and snooker association will be held in Newbridge CYMS on Tuesday September 25th at 8.00pm. All clubs in the Leinster area are invited to send delegates to this meeting.