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National U-14 Final McGuirk Vs Banum

Ryan McGuirk will play Ryan Banum in the final of the 2017 National RIBSA U-14 Snooker Championship after both players played outstanding snooker in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Saturday the 8th of April. In the semi final Ryan McGuirk beat Patrick Daly 3 frames to nil while Ryan Banum beat Joe LaCumbre

National Under 16 Final Hill v Bulman

Aaron Hill from Cork will play Ross Bulman from Youghal CYMS in the 2017 National RIBSA U-16 Snooker Championship Final after both played superb snooker in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Sunday the 26th of March. The Under 16 final will be played during RIBSA finals weekend on the 6th and 7th of

2017 Masters Championship Semi Finalists

The 2017 RIBSA Masters National Snooker Championship was held on Sunday the 9th of April in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow. The four semi finalists who qualified on the day were Michael Judge, Colm Gilcreest, Defending Champion Tom O Driscoll and John Farrell.  CLICK TO VIEW DRAW AND FULL RESULTS Tom O Driscoll holds

Billiards Long-up format – Doyle Vs Drennan

The National Billiards Long-up Championships, preliminary rounds down to the last two, took place at the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Sunday, 16th April 2017. A total of 8 players contested the event, which meant effectively that only two rounds were played, the quarter finals and the semis. The quarter finals in the top

Billiards Short format – Drennan V Murray

The National Billiards Championships, preliminary rounds down to the last two, took place at Celbridge Snooker Club on Sunday, 26th March 2017. A total of 10 players contested the event, which meant that the top four seeded players were awarded byes into the quarter finals. First round Eliminations were Brendan Devlin (Celbridge), after a tough

Intermediate 150up Final – Bateman V Kehoe

James Bateman, Kilkenny and John Kehoe, Enniscorthy will contest the final of the Intermediate Billiards 150up Championship in May Weekend 5th – 7th May after the qualifying championship was played in the Ivy Rooms SC on Sunday the 12th of March. RIBSA would like thank all the players and the Ivy Rooms SC for hosting

Ladies Intermediate Final – Sheldreck V ONeill

The ladies intermediate championships was held in Newbridge CYWMS on Sunday April 23rd.  A “round robin” format was agreed and Rhonda Sheldreck won her first 3 frames and could not be caught.  It was between Leah Brady and Tanya O’Neill to decide who would face Rhonda in the final.  Leah won the first frame with

Ladies Championship Final – Sherwin V Mill

The RIBSA senior Ladies snooker championships was played to the final in Newbridge CYWMS on Sunday April 9th.  With 4 competitors turning up, it was agreed to play a “Round Robin”  with the top 2 ladies to play in the Final on “finals weekend” First into battle were Michelle Sherwin and Paula Judge.  This was

Tournament Seeds & Byes

Over the last few months RIBSA have received comments regarding the awarding of byes in tournaments. Currently the top seeds receive the byes some people feel this is not correct and byes should be placed at random throughout the draw. RIBSA purpose to discuss this matter at the AGM on Saturday the 6th of May

RIBSA Festival of Snooker

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) have announced details of the Festival of Snooker on the 27th & 28th of May in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. This festival is open to all 2016-2017 RIBSA members and players can avail of one day or both days. Any RIBSA member are