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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

N Ireland win North v South Billiards

The annual Billiards International North-South Challenge Tournament took place at the Premier Snooker Club, Glengormley on Saturday and Sunday, 22nd and 23rd April 2017.  The format of the event was that each team of eight was divided into two groups of four, so that each player met four opponents from his corresponding group, with the

O DONOGHUE WINS EASTER OPEN

Brendan O Donoghue from Nenagh won the 2017 Ivy Rooms Easter Handicap Open on Monday the 17th of April. In the final Brendan beat TJ Dowling 3 frames to 2 in an exciting match. Brendan also won the high break prize with a 126 break. Brendan won €500.00 and The Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in

2017 Irish Senior Championships

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association have just announced details of the prize fund for the 2017 Irish Senior Snooker Championships. This year the guaranteed prize fund is €3, 500.00 and the beak down is the following: The Champion – €1,000 Runner up – €500.00 Semi Finalists – €250.00each Q- Finalists – €150 each Last

North – South Billiards Challenge 2017

The 2017 Annual North-South Billiards Challenge will take place at Glengormley Northern Ireland on Saturday and Sunday the 22nd and 23rd of April. The Irish team is Joe Doheny, Wayne Doyle, Robert McCrum, Ross Doyle, John Kehoe, Larry Drennan, Aidan Murray and Aonghus McNally. The team Manager is Brendan Devlin The event promises to be

Bulman wins IBSF Under 21 – No3

Ross Bulman from Youghal CYMS won the third RIBSA / IBSF U-21 Snooker Ranking event of the season in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Sunday the 2nd of April. This season the winner of each of the three Under 21 Events plus the National U-21 Champion will receive a place at the World

RIBSA U-18 IBSF Training Day 2

Noel Landers from Youghal CYMS was in the Ivy Rooms for a training day with our National Coach PJ Nolan on Saturday the 1st of April. Noel was guided through a new training program to prepare for the 2017 World IBSF U-18 Championships in China. As part of winning the second RIBSA / IBSF U-18