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RIBSA Confirm IBSF Qatar Players

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association have just announced the players and officials that will travel to the 2017 IBSF World Snooker championship in Qatar from 17th November till 27th November. The 2017 event will be played at Al-Arabi Sports Club, Doha, Qatar. In the Men’s event Brendan O Donoghue, Ross Bulman and

2017 Four Nations Billiards

RIBSA would like to wish the following six Irish Billiard players good luck in Austria next month. The six players have been selected from the 2016-2017 Senior Billiards rankings to represent the Republic of Ireland in the 2017 Four Nations Billiards International which takes place on 18th-19th November in the city of Vienna in Austria.

Ireland Win ICC in Scotland

The Republic of Ireland team won the 2017 ICC International Challenge Cup in Edinburgh,Scotland over the weekend. It was the 6th edition of the popular ICC and our Irish players played fantastic snooker to beat Scotland, N Ireland and France to claim the title. Ireland team consisted of Eddie Ingle, Ernie McMullen, Brendan Cooney, Stephen

Farrell wins Masters Event 1

John Farrell from Terry Rogers SC won the The first RIBSA Masters Ranking event of the season, sponsored by Bonnar Engineering on Monday the 9th of October in Terry Rogers SC in Dublin. In the final John Farrell beat Michael Judge from Q Club Wicklow 3 frames to 1 in an exciting match. CLICK FULL

Cliff Thorburn Exhibition – Darcy Mcgees SC

Darcy Mcgees Snooker Club in Dublin will hold a free Exhibition with former World Snooker Champion Cliff Thorburn on Sunday 29th October. He will play six frames and do some trick shots. The action begins at 7.30pm

CARA National Inclusion Awards 2017

With less than 14 days left to the closing date for the National Inclusion Awards 2017, cara are greatly seeking your help in increasing awareness of the awards and encouraging people and Clubs to apply. You can help just by completing these simple steps:  Share the attached Social Media Resources across your social media platforms on Facebook and twitter. Take time to

Sherwin win Ladies Event 2

Michelle Sherwin kept her winning streak going in what was a highly entertaining competition in Celbridge snooker club on Sunday October 8th. All of the girls potted very well, especially Catherine Fitzsimons who potted some amazing long balls on her path to the final. Michelle lost only one frame in the Round-Robin stage and it

RIBSA U-21 Snooker Day 2 News

The second magical day of Irish Under 21 snooker was played this weekend on Sunday the  8th of October in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow which included a fantastic century of 113 from RIBSA Elite Squad player Aaron Hill. Second round of matches in the new qualification for the 2018 European Under 21

RIBSA U-18 Snooker Day 2 Round Up

The second events in the RIBSA Under 18 Irish Snooker season was held today the 7th of October in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow. This involved the second round of matches in the International Tour along with the Open tour event. International Tour The International tour sees our top 10 ranked juniors playing against

Josh & Brendan put on a great show

Irish Snooker players Josh Boileau and Brendan O’Donoghue were both in sparkling form in Edenderry on the Friday 6th of October. Edenderry billiards and snooker club put on the exhibition to promote snooker in the area.  They both played frames against local players to start the evening’s entertainment,  and in Josh’s first frame against Willie