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Daly wins RIBSA Under 14 No.5

Patrick Daly from Killarney won the fifth RIBSA U-14 Snooker Ranking Tournament of the season in the Newbridge CYMS in Newbridge on Sunday the 19th of February. In the final Patrick beat No.1 seed Ryan McGurik in a superb quality final. Report to follow RIBSA would like to thank Declan Quinn from Edenderry who was

Bateman wins IBSF Under 21 Event 2

Stephen Bateman from the Kilkenny Shed won the second RIBSA / IBSF U-21 Snooker Ranking event of the season in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Sunday the 19th of February. In the final Stephen beat Ross Bulman from Youghal CYMS 3 frames to 1 in a superb match. Stephen now qualifies for the

RIBSA U-21 IBSF Training Day 1

Shane Bates from Wexford was in the Ivy Rooms for a training day with our National Coach PJ Nolan on Sunday the 19th of February. Shane was guided through a new training program to prepare for the 2017 World IBSF U-21 Championships in China. As part of winning the first RIBSA / IBSF U-21 Ranking

RIBSA U-18 Training Day 1

As part of winning the first RIBSA / IBSF U-18 Ranking event Aaron Hill from Cork was in the Ivy Rooms today for a training day with our National Coach PJ Nolan. Aaron had won the first U-18 event last month and he worked with PJ on fine tuning his game even more with long

Snooker in Schools – Colaiste Ailigh

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association continued their Snooker in Schools project on Thursday the 16th of February in Letterkenny, County Donegal. This grass roots RIBSA development programs main objective is to help develop the interest of our sport within schools and to grow the game. Colaiste Ailigh – Leitir Ceanainn Secondary School

RIBSA Men qualify for 2017 Euros

Congratulations to the RIBSA players Michael Judge, Brendan O Donoghue, TJ Dowling, John Farrell and Philip Browne who have qualified for the 2017 the European Billiards & Snooker Association Mens Snooker Championships in Cyprus from the 12th – 19th of March. The winner of this European Championship will qualify for the Pro Main Tour for

RIBSA Juniors qualify for 2017 Euros

Congratulations to the 8 RIBSA junior players who have just qualified for the 2017 the European Billiards & Snooker Association Under 18 and Under 21 Snooker Championships in Cyprus from the 5th – 12th of March. Four players for the Under 18s Championships (players must be under 18 on 31st December 2016) and four players

Sheldreck wins RIBSA Masters No.5

Keith Sheldreck from the QClub Wicklow won the fifth RIBSA Masters Ranking event of the season which was by Sponsored by Executive Pensions Nigel Power on Sunday the 12th of February in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow. In the final Keith beat Tony Corrigan 3 frames to 2 in a great quality final. In the semi

O Reilly wins U-17 Leinster Open

Keith O Reilly from Newbridge CYMS won the Leinster Under 17 Snooker Open Championship on Sunday the 12th of February in the Edenderry Snooker Club in Co Offaly. In the final Keith beat Ryan McGuirk 3 frames to 1 to take the title. Q-FINAL Mark Gleeson 3 Vs 0 Ronan McGuirk Aaron Smith 1 Vs

Doyle wins Senior Billiards 5

The fifth tournament of the Senior Billiards series was played at Celbridge Snooker Club on Sunday, 5th of February 2017, the format being 400up with a 90 minute time limit. Wayne Doyle (Q-Club Wicklow), perhaps smarting from his semi final defeat in the previous tournament, was clearly in no humour to tolerate anything like a