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2015 Intermediate Snooker Championship

The final of the 2015 National RIBSA Intermediate Snooker Championships will be between Johnny Farrell from Dublin and Frank Sarsfield from Limerick .The event was held on Saturday 25th April at the Ivy Rooms, Carlow. All the matches were the best of 5 frames up to the final. The final will be played during RIBSA Championship

Republic Win North V South Billiards

The Republic Of Ireland team won the Annual North V South Billiards International which was played in N. Ireland this weekend featuring our top billiards players. This event is a very popular event on the calendar and it was another exciting event with only two points difference in the end of play. Well done !!!

World Snooker Cue Zone

Last weekend our National Coach PJ Nolan was invited by World Snooker to be the lead coach on the opening two days of the WPBSA Cue Zone at the Winter Gardens during the 2015 Betfred World Professional Snooker Championships in the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. World Snooker are responsible for delivering Cue Zones at all

Two Day EBSA Training Camps with PJ

Our National Coach PJ Nolan will be holding a two day training camp to prepare our RIBSA players in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow from 11am – 4pm on Sunday the 26th of April and on Tuesday the 5th of May for The EBSA Snooker Championships that will be held from the 2nd – 13th of June in Prague,

Irish Senior Championships – DRAW

The Draw has been made for the 2015 Irish Senior Snooker Championships 128 Stage which will be played in the Ivy Rooms SC Carlow on Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd of May. All matches are the best of 7 Frames. The top half of the draw will be played on Saturday and the bottom half

Sharkx, Newbridge wins Draw for Cloths

Sharkx of Newbridge won draw for the two Strachan 6811 cloths after the Draw was done at the Senior ranking Event on 18th of April in the Ivy Rooms at the weekend. The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association had entered all 2015 Register Clubs into this draw and it was Sharkx who came out the winner.  If

Gorman Wins Masters No.7

Shane Gorman continued his good from playing in Malta at the European Team Championships last month when he won the Masters Ranking Event 7 in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. In the final he beat Adrian Morrissey from Wexford who had an outstanding event himself but Gorman won the event on a black

O Donoghue wins Senior Ranking 7

There were 44 entries to the seventh point’s tournament of the 2014/15 season.  All of the seeds moved into the Last 16 with the exception of Mark Owens who lost out to Douglas Hogan.  This was Douglas’s first tournament this year and he lost out by a single frame in the next round to John

Newbridge CYMS Coaching with PJ

On Tuesday 14th of April Newbridge CYMS Snooker Club in Co Kildare were the latest club to avail of a free RIBSA Snooker Coaching Session with our National Coach PJ Nolan. RIBSA Secretary Tony Thorpe who is a member of the club and the Newbridge CYMS Committee who are working very hard developing junior snooker in the

Sherwin retains 6reds Title

The 2015 National ladies 6 reds championship took place in Newbridge CYMS on Sunday 12th April.  Everyone played each other 2 frames in a round-robin format, with 1 point being awarded per frame and the top 4 on points qualifying for a semi-final place.  Most of the frames were very tight and there was a