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RIBSA 2016 Coach of the Year

RIBSA President Eamon Kearns and RIBSA Secretary Tony Thorpe from the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) have just presented the 2016 RIBSA Coach of the year award to Declan Quinn from Edenderry Snooker Club in Co Offaly on Saturday the 12th of November in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.

RIBSA Junior Elite Squad

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) have just announced details about a RIBSA Junior Elite Squad of under 16 players for 2017 – 2018 season. RIBSA National Coach and Development Officer PJ Nolan will be in charge of this squad and the six players chosen will receive a snooker scholarship to play

2016 Celtic Challenge Presentation

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association made the presentation to the winning Celtic Challenge Irish junior team during the junior snooker development day on the 5th of November in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. RIBSA presented each player with a trophy to mark their memorable win earlier this year in the

Doyle wins Timmy Murphy Memorial

The second Timmy Murphy Memorial handicap tournament was played at Carlow on Sunday, 6th of November 2016.  After a day’s play, which saw many interesting games and several surprise results, the trophy went to current double National Champion Wayne Doyle (Q-Club Wicklow), a fitting reward for the consistently high standard of play he showed throughout

1st Junior Development Day Held

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) held their first junior snooker development day on the 5th of November in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. All junior player from all around Ireland were invited to attend the day with our Irish National Coach PJ Nolan and his team of RIBSA Coaches

World Disability Billiards and Snooker

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) and the World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) have been in discussion over the last few month about the possibility of holding a World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) tournament in Ireland in 2017 / 2018. RIBSA have been finding out if there is sufficient demand

A night with Josh Boileau

Newbridge CYMS will hold a special night with Ireland’s newest Professional Snooker player Josh Boileau on the 10th of November at 7.00pm. Josh won his pro ticket after winning the 2016 European U-21 Title in Poland. Everyone is invited to attend the night Tickets are available from €10 to €25. For more information contact 085

Senior Ranking Event 2 – FINAL

Current National Champion TJ Dowling will play Philip Browne in the second RIBSA Senior Snooker Ranking event of the season ‘ The Hickson Centra Irish Open ‘ on Sunday the 13th of November in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.  In the semi-finals on Sunday morning Philip Browne reached his first Senior Ranking Final when beat Robert Murphy

Final RIBSA Camp for IBSF Qatar Held

Our RIBSA National Snooker Coach PJ Nolan put Jason Devaney, TJ Dowling, Tom O Driscoll, Shane Gorman and Paula Judge through their paces at the final RIBSA training camp to help them prepare for the 2016 IBSF World Snooker Championships on Sunday the 23rd of October in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow from 11am-4pm.

Ladies Snooker Development Day Held

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) who are the governing body of Ladies Snooker in Ireland held their first Ladies Development day of the season on the 23rd of October in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. Irish National Coach PJ Nolan and Ladies National Coach Michelle Sherwin coached the skills