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U-18 Snooker Season begins in Style

The first RIBSA events of the Under 18 Irish Snooker season were held today the 16th of September in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow The first round of matches in the International Tour were held along with the Open tour.  This new International tour sees our top 10 ranked Irish juniors playing against each

RIBSA Junior Elite Squad Launched

Jim Leacy Chairman of the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association launched the RIBSA Junior Elite Squad on Saturday the 16th of September in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. Ross Bulman from Youghal, Aaron Hill from Cork, Noel Gleeson from Nenagh, Ryan McGuirk from Cavan and Patrick Daly from Killarney will receive

Murray wins Billiard event 1

The first tournament of the Senior Billiards series was played at The Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Sunday, 10th of September 2017, the format being best of three games of 150up. Aidan Murray (Ivy Rooms) opened his season in emphatic style with clean-sweep 2-0 victories in his early matches and a 2-1 win in
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Sherwin wins Ladies event 1

Michelle got the new season off to a good start by winning the first tournament. The final was a high quality affair with both Michelle and Paula Judge both playing well. Paula won the first frame with a good clearance, but Michelle soon equalised and went on to take the third frame on the pink.

2017 IBSF World Snooker – Qatar

The Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation will now be hosting the 2017 IBSF World Snooker championship (Men, Women and Masters) from 17th November till 27th November 2017 at Al-Arabi Sports Club, Doha, Qatar. First of all, IBSF would like to thank Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation for their agreement to host these championships in Doha

RIBSA Intermediate No.1 – Postponed

RIBSA have announce the first Intermediate ranking event in the Northwest SC in Letterkenny is postponed and will be rescheduled at our next committee meeting on the 23rd during the 1st Senior Ranking event. Tournament Info The first RIBSA Snooker Intermediate ranking event of the season will be held on Saturday the 9th of September in the

RIBSA Juniors win Title

The Republic of Ireland Juniors defeated the Northern Ireland Juniors by 63 frames to 37 frames to win the 2017 Irish Junior Challenge in the Ivy Rooms on Saturday the 2nd of September. The RIBSA Under 21’s won 31 to 19 and the RIBSA Under 16’s won 32 to 18. The RIBSA juniors won 4

IBSF World U-16’s – Russia

The IBSF Under 16 World Open Snooker Championships will be held in Russia from the 1st – 8th of October. Entries for RIBSA players will be based on last seasons Under 16 Rankings. RIBSA want to clarify their position, if any players wishes to play, RIBSA are only paying the entry fees into the event.

Fundraising in memory of Noel Blake

On Sunday the 29th of October, there will be a Fundraising night held in aid of the Haematology day ward in Tallaght hospital in Roadstone Social Club, Kingswood, Dublin 22 at 8pm . We hope you can all take the time to come and contribute to this great cause. On October 21st 2016, The Blake

Bulman wins Club Singles Championship

Ross Bulman from Youghal CYMS won the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association National Club Singles Championship for 2017 in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club on Saturday the 26th of August. In the final Ross had breaks of 79 and 46 to beat John Farrell from Terry Rogers SC in a superb final 3