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Donegan Wins Intermediate Event 5

15 players took to the green baize on Saturday for the 5 Intermediate tournament of the season in the North West snooker club in Letterkenny.  There was a notable absence of top ranked players but players did travel from Kilkenny, Dublin, Wicklow and Sligo.  With a strong local field all of the seeded players were

Senior No.5 Ranking Event – DRAW

The Draw for the fifth RIBSA Senior Ranking event of the season on Saturday the 14th of February in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow was made today. Top seed for the event will be Rodney Goggins and it promises to be a great tournament. If the tournament is running late the T D

Day One of the Training Camps with PJ

Our National Coach PJ Nolan held his first day of the planned two day RIBSA training camp on the 11th of February for the players who will represent the Republic Of Ireland in the 2015 EBSA Under 21 & Team Snooker Championships in Malta which will be held from the 21st March to the 1st of

McAnally Wins Intermediate Billiards 5

The fifth RIBSA Intermediate Billiards Event of the season was held on Sunday 8th of February in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. The finalist were Aonghus McAnally  against Brendan Devlin and both players played great shots but Aonghus was too sharp and took the title. The Plate Winner on the day was Robert

Bulman Wins RIBSA U-16 Event 3

A superb turnout of 31 players arrived at the Douglas snooker club in cork for the third of this year’s  Under 16 national events.  All the top seeds were there hoping to improve their places in the rankings before the national championships in March. All the top seeds made it through to the last sixteen

Bulman Wins RIBSA U-21 Ranking 5

The 5th of this year’s Under 21 events was held in the Crucible Snooker Club in Cork this weekend, there was a superb entry of 23 players. The quarter final line-up saw Noel Landers advance past Shane Bates 3/0 and Dean Calanan defeated Charlie Sweeney in a very tight match 3/2.  In the bottom half

National Ladies Snooker Week

RIBSA are contacting all clubs this week in relation to promoting Ladies Snooker Week in Ireland from the 1st-8th of March. Since Fin Ruane has been appointed PR Officer for RIBSA his goal is and continues to be to help bring awareness of our sport of snooker to the Irish public. Our association works tirelessly

Sherwin makes it 5 in a row

The 5th ladies ranking event took place in Q’s snooker club on Sunday 8th Feb.  Newcomer Kim Cuthbert took on Ronda Sheldreck in her 1st match. Kim is new to the game, having only started playing a few months ago, but she proved in this match that she will be a serious contender for the future as she showed great

Q Club RETAIN All Ireland Club Championship

The Q Club Wicklow Snooker Club retained the All Ireland Club Snooker Champions in the GlenEagles Hotel in Killarney last night. In the final they beat QE1 from Belfast but Jason Watson, Keith Sheldrick, Michael Judge, Robert Murphy and Wayne Doyle were too good on the night to claim the title again. A big well

Senior No.5 Ranking Event – ENTER NOW

The fifth RIBSA Senior Ranking event of the season will be held on Saturday the 14th of February in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. You can now text your entry to 085 2428701. This is a text number only and you must include your name, club and event you want to enter. If