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Deepest Sympathy

Snooker & Billiards Ireland sends its sincere condolences to the family of International player Karl Fittzpatrick on the passing of his father who sadly passed away this week. SBI offer their deepest condolences to his family and friends at this sad time. May he rest in peace RIP RIP.IE

18’s Snooker Tour Event 4 – ENTER NOW

The fourth and fonal SBI 18’s Snooker Event of the season will be played Saturday 14th of March in the SBI HQ Carlow with all of the top players in action. The action starts at 10am. Action will start at 10am. Entry is now open to enter until 1pm on the Thursday prior to the

SBI Club Membership 2026

Snooker & Billiards Ireland is the official governing body for Snooker & Billiards in the Republic of Ireland. All Registered Clubs in the four regions. Leinster, Munster, Dublin and Connacht can now pay their SBI registration for 2026. If any club would like to become a Registered Club, they should click on the link below and

All Ireland Club Championships – Good Luck

All eyes will be focused on Killarney this weekend with the Gleneagles All Ireland Snooker A and B Club Championships which will be held in the Gleneagles Hotel in Killarney. The best club sides from the Republic of Ireland will play against the best from Northern Ireland to find the 2026 Club Champions. More Information

Kelly Wins Super Senior 4

On Sunday 4th Jan 2026, the 4th tournament of the Super Senior’s calendar year was hosted by Newbridge CYMS. 17 players competed in this event with many closely fought contests.Top seed for this tournament was Brendan Thomas. In the last 32 matches, there was comfortable wins for both Kevin McMahon & John Carney. Into the last

Doyle wins Timmy Murphy Memorial Title

The Timmy Murphy Memorial handicap tournament was played at Celbridge Snooker Club on Sunday, 11th of January 2026. After a day’s play, which saw many interesting games and several surprise results, the trophy went to Wayne Doyle (Dun Laoghaire), a fitting reward for the consistently high standard of play with which he dominated the day.

O’Donoghue Wins Amateur 4 Douglas Jewellers Cup

The fourth instalment of the amateur tour took place last weekend at the Academy of Excellence in Carlow with a good strong entry of 56 entries. An improvement of 26 entries from last year’s event. It proved to be one of the exciting tournaments for a while. Everyone looking for a warm up for Killarney.

WADA Publishes 2026 Prohibited List

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) published the 2026 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List), which was approved by WADA’s Executive Committee (ExCo) during its meeting and enters into force on 1 January 2026. Download 2026 List The List is one of the eight International Standards that are mandatory for all Signatories of the World Anti-Doping Code (Code). It designates what substances

Snooker in Schools – O’Connells Secondary Dublin

Snooker & Billiards Ireland held another Snooker in Schools project, on Wednesday the 7th of January 2026 for students from O’Connells Secondary School North Richmond Street in Dublin. This grass roots development program main objective, is to help develop the interest of our sport within schools and to grow the game. SBI who are the

21’s Snooker Tour Event 3 Semi & Finalist

The third SBI 21’s Snooker Ranking Event of the season was played on Sunday 4th January 2026 in the SBI Academy of Excellence in Carlow. The TD was Conor Doyle and Referee was Declan McCarroll. After a long day play and bad weather coming in, it was decided to play the Semi-final and final of