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Final EBSA U-18 Tour & Open Event

The third round of the Irish Under 18 International and Open Snooker series was held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Saturday the 16th of December.  National Coach PJ Nolan was the TD on the day and the standard of snooker was superb on the day. Four Irish stars qualify for EBSA –

Successful Coffee Morning Held

The Republic of Ireland Billiards Association held a very successful coffee morning in the Ivy Rooms on Saturday the 16th of December.  All Patents, Guardians, Club Owners / Managers, Players, Referees were invited to attend and discuss how to grow the game within Ireland. A good discussion with everyone was held and RIBSA announced a

2018 European U18, U21 Men Snooker Sofia Bulgaria

The EBSA Board of Directors and the Bulgarian Snooker Federation (BSF) have pleasure in inviting you to send players to take part in: The 2018 European Individual Snooker U18, U21 & Men Championships will be held in Sofia Bulgaria from the 2nd – 16th of February 2018 All NGB’S will find on the www.ebsa.tv website

GLEESON WINS RAFFLE FOR LEGENDS TICKETS

Mark Gleeson from Nenagh won two front row tickets to the Snooker Legends Final for Sunday 7th January at Goff’s.  All entrants in the RIBSA U-18 & U-21 Ranking Events 3 on Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th in Carlow were entered into the draw to win this fantastic prize. This superb prize is donated by

Kilkenny win Leinster Club Championship

Congratulations to the Kilkenny Snooker Shed on retaining the Leinster Club Snooker Championships in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow over the weekend. The Kilkenny team was James Bateman, Stephen Bateman, Oisin Bateman, Luke Bateman, John O Sullivan, Benny O Brien and James McGuinness. In the final the Kilkenny men beat St. Patrick’s Trim

Northwest win Connacht Club Championships

Congratulations to the Northwest Snooker Club in Letterkenny on winning the Connacht Club Snooker Championships in the Northwest Snooker Club in Letterkenny, Donegal over the weekend. The Northwest team consisted of Aidan Devenney, Sean Devenney, John Connors, Aman Goel, Bernard McGuinness and Roy Duffy.

International Tours Player Notice

The Cut-Off Qualification point for RIBSA players for the 2018 European Under 18 and Under 21 Championships is next weekend the 16th and 17th of December. Four RIBSA junior players will compete in each event. Stephen Bateman wins top Under 21 player and Aaron Hill wins the top Under 18 player on the senior rankings

Doyle wins Billiards Event 4

The fourth tournament of the Senior Billiards series was played at Celbridge Snooker Club on Sunday, 3rd of December 2017, the format being best of three games of 150up. Wayne Doyle (Dun Laoghaire), having put an uncustomary shaky start to the season behind him, sailed through the day to take the title without dropping a

Sherwin wins Ladies Event 3

The third ladies ranking event took place in Q’s on Sunday 3rd December.  Michelle Sherwin was the first to make the final, her opponent was decided in the match between Ronda Sheldreck and Catherine Fitzsimons, with Catherine making it through by winning the deciding frame on the pink ball. Ronda played excellent today, especially noted

Hill wins Intermediate No.3 Shooters SC

SHOOTERS Snooker Club in Cork City was the venue for the RIBSA Intermediate event 2 where 20 players took to the tables on Saturday the 2nd of December in the series on its trip around Ireland. Aaron Hill also progressed through to the last eight with a good competitive 3 – 1 win over Mark