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3 New Intro Level Coaches Qualify

On Saturday the 17th of October, RIBSA held an Intro level Snooker Coaching Education Course in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow with Jason Dowling and Thomas Enright from Rathkeale in Co. Limerick and RIBSA Chairman Jim Leacy from Carlow The course was given by our National Coach PJ Nolan and was approved by

Magnificent Morris Wins Nenagh Invitational

There were a total of thirty eight entries for the 2015 renewal of the Nenagh Invitational sponsored by The Great National Abbey Court Hotel, Nenagh. The tournament was played on Saturday and Sunday in the New Institute Snooker Club. There was a high quality entry list from across the Irish snooker scene, which included current

2015 World Billiards Championship

The 2015 LITEtask World Billiards Championship in Association with Northern Snooker Centre are pleased to confirm that the 2015 Championship will take place at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England between the 17th – 28th October and will be sponsored by LITEtask Ltd. The Republic Of Ireland team will be Aidan Murray, Wayne Doyle and

Under 21 Ranking Event 2 – Enter Now

The second RIBSA under 21 Snooker Ranking event of the season will be held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Saturday the 24th of October. It promises to be another exciting event after Josh Boileau won event 1. The winner of Event 2 will receive a place at the European under 21 Championship in

Under 21 Ranking Event 2 – Enter Now

The second RIBSA under 21 Snooker Ranking event of the season will be held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Saturday the 24th of October. It promises to be another exciting event after Josh Boileau won event 1. The winner of Event 2 will receive a place at the European under 21 Championship in

Murray Wins SENIOR Billiards Event 2

The second tournament of the Senior Billiards series was played at The Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Sunday, 11th of October 2015, the format being 400up with a 90 minute time limit. Aidan Murray (Ivy Rooms) having opened his season in emphatic style by taking the season’s first tournament, continued in this vein by

Irish Ladies Snooker – NEW FORMAT

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association will introduced a new format of promoting women in sport for the new season. All RIBSA Ladies tournaments will have free entry into all events. RIBSA is the only official ladies snooker association in Ireland and the goal for the season is to promote and grow the

Casey wins Cork Close Championship

GREG Casey is the 2015 ‘Cork Close Individual Snooker Champion’ making it two victories in three years as he played brilliant snooker to win the shield back at Shooters snooker club in Blackpool last Saturday evening. The event started at 10am with the very best ‘Rebel Cue-men’ on the premises for what was a great

Boileau Wins Under 21 Ranking Event 1

Josh Boileau from Sallins won the first RIBSA Under 21 Snooker Ranking event of the season in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Sunday the 4th of October. In the final he beat Aaron Tobin from Youghal CYMS 3 frames to 1 in an exciting final. Stephen Bateman from the Kilkenny Shed and Ross

Cathal Gordon wins National Intermediate 1

Celbridge Snooker Club played host to the first National Intermediate tournament of the season with 59 players entered. The event was organised by the Leinster Association under RIBSA rules. Players to impress in the early rounds were Richie Toal (Mullingar), Hughie O’Donnell (Tuam) and Brendan Thomas ( Roadstone). However in the top half of the