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Walsh win Under 14 event 2

Sean Walsh from Douglas Snooker Club in Cork won the second RIBSA U-14 Snooker Ranking Tournament of the season in the Newbridge CYMS on Sunday the 19th of November. In the Final Sean beat Noel Gleeson from New Institute Nenagh 3 frames to 2 in a superb quality final. In the semi finals Noel beat

Successful Ladies Developmental Day held

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association held a successful Ladies Snooker Developmental day on the 19th of November in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow with our RIBSA National Coach PJ Nolan. All ladies of any standard or age were invited to attend the day with PJ to learn the skills of the

Torpey wins Ivy Rooms Classic – Masters No3

John Torpey won his maiden ranking event when he won the third RIBSA Masters Ranking event of the season, sponsored by the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Sunday the 12th of November in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow. In the final he beat John O Sullivan 3 frames to 1 in a great

Free Entry Irish Masters – Michael Judge

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association announced a few weeks ago that the number 1 player on the RIBSA Masters rankings after two events will receive a free entry into the Snooker Legends World Senior Irish Masters. Michael Judge from Q Club Wicklow will now be awarded this entry for the Irish Masters

Myers wins Timmy Murphy Memorial Cup

The Timmy Murphy Memorial handicap tournament was played at Carlow on Sunday, 5th of November 2017.  After a day’s play, which saw many interesting games and several surprise results, the trophy went to Lloyd Myers (AOH Cork), a fitting reward for the consistently high standard of play he showed throughout the day and a fitting

Snooker Legends Irish Masters No. 2 Qualifier Carlow

The Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow will hold a qualifier for the Irish Masters from the 24th -26th November. Do not miss your chance to qualify to play in Goffs against a Legend of the game in January 2018. CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES 17th NOVEMBER Following on from the first World Seniors Championship, under the

Colvin wins Intermediate Event 2 – Darcy McGees

Colvin O Brien from the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow won the first RIBSA Snooker Intermediate ranking event of the season on Saturday the 4th of November in Darcy McGees Snooker Club, Spawell in Dublin. In the final Colvin beat Fionn Comerford from Spawell SC 3 frames to 2 in an excellent final. In the semi-finals

Morris wins Nenagh Open

Davy Morris from the Kilkenny Shed Snooker Club pictured here with Ray Lynch from Abbey Court Hotel Sponsor and Chairman of the New Institute Brendan O’Donoghue after he  won the 2017 Nenagh Snooker Open. In the final Davy beat Ryan Cronin from the Crucible SC 5 frames to 3 in a superb final. It’s Davy’s

Forde win Munster Intermediate

David Forde from AOH Cork won the first Munster Council Intermediate tournament of the season in Douglas Snooker Club in Cork on the 30th of October. In the final he beat fast improving young Sean Walsh from Crucible SC 3 frames to 1 in an exciting final. Former World Champion Cliff Thorburn attended the event

World Billiards: Live Streaming

World Billiards Limited has announced that the long format event at the 2017 LITEtask World Billiards Championship will be streamed from the quarter-finals stage onwards in the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds in England. Commentary will be provided by highly-respected commentator and Snooker Scene editor Clive Everton, who is also a billiards aficionado and a former