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IBSF World U-21 – UAE Day 2

The day two of the World Under 21 Snooker Championships in Al Fujairah – UAE was a rest day for four of our players with only Josh Boileau in action. Josh had lost yesterday and was up against one of the title favourites Yan Bingtao from China. The Newbridge man played great snooker to win

IBSF World U-21 – UAE Day 1

The opening day of the World Under 21 Snooker Championships in Al Fujairah – UAE had wins for two of the five RIBSA players David Cassidy and Stephen Bateman. David Cassidy who reached the Semi Final in this year’s European U-21’s had a good win over Ming Wa Man from Hong Kong winning 4 frames

2014 U-12 147academy Championship

The first ever RIBSA Under 12 National Snooker Championship final will be between Corey Ramsbottom from Carlow and Dean Roche from Youghal after both players played excellent snooker to reach the national final. The Championship will be sponsored by The 147 Academy of PJ Nolan and it was played in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club

Up Coming RIBSA Training Camps with PJ

RIBSA have Confirmed the following Snooker Coaching / Training Camps to prepare our players for International Events. All Camps will be between 11am – 4pm in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. The players will be videoed and received a DVD’s of their game to study at home. May – Celtic Challenge Team Training

RIBSA Intermediate No.6 Cancelled

The RIBSA Council have decided to postpone the 5th Intermediate Ranking event scheduled for the 5th of February due to foreseen circumstancees. RIBSA apologies to all the players.

N Ireland retain North-South Challenge Trophy.

The annual Billiards International North-South Challenge Tournament took place at Celbridge Snooker Club on Saturday and Sunday, 3rd and 4th May last. The format of the series, which was changed in 2009 to a system where each team of eight was divided into two groups of four, has now become standard for the series. This

Irish Senior Championship – Last 16 Line Up

Day two of the 2014 Irish Snooker Championships in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow came to an end with another eight players qualifying for the last 16 which will be played during RIBSA Championship weekend on the 23rd, 24th and 25th of May Today’s eight qualifiers were David Hogan, Ger Delaney, Martin McCrudden, Rodney

Irish Championship – 5th Session

Day two of the 2014 Irish Snooker Championships here in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow saw 11 year old Luke Bateman from Kilkenny winning his first round match today against Anthony Cullen and will face David Hogan in round 2. Later today we will see seeded players like Martin McCrudden, Jason Devaney and Brendan

Irish Championship – 4th Session

Day two of the 2014 Irish Snooker Championships here in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow started at 10am and Rodney Goggins was on fire in his first round match against Mark Nolan. Goggins made a 120 break but it could of been a lot better as he missed the difficult brown on a possible

Irish Championship – 3rd Session

Day one of the 2014 Irish Snooker Championships in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow came to an end with eight fantastic players qualifying for the last 16 which will be played during RIBSA Championship weekend on the 23rd, 24th and 25th of May The magnificent eight are Colm Gilcreest, Ryan Cronin, Josh Boileau, TJ