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Hill wins U-21 IBSF Event 1

Ireland’s top under 21 cueists were in action at the first RIBSA U-21 qualification for the 2018 IBSF World U-21 Championships and the U-21 Home Internationals on Sunday the 14th of January in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. End of the day it was young Aaron Hill from the Crucible SC in Cork who

Bulman wins IBSF U-18 Event 1

Ross Bulman from Youghal CYMS won the first RIBSA U-18 qualification ranking event for the 2018 IBSF World Under 18 Championships on Saturday the 13th of January in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. Four RIBSA stars of the future reached the semi-finals stage with Ross Bulman from Youghal CYMS, Mark Gleeson from New Institute

O Donoghue Wins DBSL Premier Cup Ranking No.4

Brendan O Donoghue from the New Institute SC in Nenagh won the fourth RIBSA Senior Snooker Ranking event ” The Premier Cup ”  sponsored by DBSL on Sunday the 7th of January in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow. CLICK FULL DRAW & RESULTS The final was streamed all over the world using the new

Farrell wins The Donegal Cup Ranking NO.4

John Farrell won the fourth RIBSA Masters Snooker Ranking event of the season ‘’ The Donegal Cup ‘’ sponsored by John Doherty from the Northwest Snooker Club in Letterkenny on Sunday the 7th of January in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow. CLICK FULL DRAW AND RESULTS The Final The top 2 seeds John Torpey from

Featured matches” The John Doherty Donegal Cup”

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association have just announced details of the featured first round matches in the fourth RIBSA Masters Snooker Ranking event of the season ” The Donegal Cup ” sponsored by John Doherty ( Northwest SC) on Sunday the 7th of January in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow Each

Featured matches” The DBSL Premier Cup”

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association have just announced details of the featured first round matches in the fourth RIBSA Senior Snooker Ranking event of the season ” The Premier Cup ”  sponsored by DBSL on Saturday the 6th of January in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow Each match will be live

Superb Junior Developmental Day Held

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association held a very successful Junior Snooker promotional and developmental day on Saturday the 30th of December in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. All junior U-21 players in Ireland were invited to attend the day with our Irish National Coach PJ Nolan and his team of

New U-18 & U-21 Structure for 2018

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association will introduce a new system for qualification for the 2018 IBSF World Under 18 and Under 21 Championships and 2018 The Home International Under 21 Team. RIBSA will hold three International Ranking tournaments plus a National Championships to qualify players for the International Events. These events are

Happy New Year Everyone

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) would like to wish all our Members, Affiliated Clubs and everyone involved in Snooker and Billiards in Ireland and around the world a Happy Christmas and New Year. We look forward to meeting everyone again in 2018 which promises to be another fantastic season of Irish

Final EBSA U-21 Tour & Open Event

The final round of matches in the RIBSA Under 21 International and Open events were held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Sunday the 17th of December. Four EBSA U-21 qualifiers – Bulgaria Stephen Bateman from the Kilkenny Shed won the first qualifying place as the number 1 under 21 player on the