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Boileau wins Anthony Quinn Memorial

Local player Josh Boileau warmed up for this month’s European Under 21 Championship in Romania when he won the 14th staging of the Anthony Quinn Memorial Snooker Tournament in St Conleth’s CMWS, Newbridge. In the final Josh beat James Fennessey from Edenderry 4 frames to nil in a superb high quality final to take the

Murphy Wins Premier Tour Event 5

Robert Murphy from Q Club Wicklow won the 5th RIBSA Ranking event of the season on the Premier Tour in Carlow today in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club. In the final Robert beat Martin McCrudden from Celbridge SC 4 frames to 3 in a superb final to claim the winner’s cheque. In the final Robert

Bateman wins RIBSA Open N0.5 in Style

16 year old Stephen Bateman from Kilkenny SC won his first Senior title when he won the RIBSA Handicap Open NO.5 in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Saturday 22nd of February. The event was played in groups with two players from each group qualifying for the knock outs stages. All Group matches

Coaching Course Qualifies Four Coaches

The Republic Of Ireland Snooker Association held a Coaching Ireland Intro level Coaching course in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Saturday 22nd February. Stephen Reddington from Dublin, Liam Brady from Dublin, Declan Quinn from Edenderry and Denis Lane from Ballybunion attended the course and were guided  how to plan a training session,

Gilchirst makes 1000 Break and wins Irish Open

History was created in the game of Billiards in Ireland today when Peter Gilchirst hit his career’s second 1000+ break against Northern Ireland’s cueist Chritian Kirk. But like so many other great moments of sports after achieving a goal all steam runs out, so was the case with Peter when he missed a pot in

Boileau wins Peter McNally Memorial

Josh Boileau from Newbridge CYMS played stunning snooker to win the 25th Anniversary of the Peter McNally Memorial Snooker Invitation in Edenderry Snooker Club on Sunday the 9th of February. In the final he beat Benny O Brien from Kilkenny 4 frames to nil with a number of good breaks. In the Semi Finals Josh

Gleeson wins Masters Ranking No.6

Tom Gleeson from the New Institute Snooker Club in Nenagh won the 6th RIBSA Masters event of the season when he beat Tom O Driscoll three frames to nil in the final. Dylan Rees had the highest break in the event with a 91 break and Mark Tuite won the plate event. CLICK FULL RESULTS

Maynooth University Cue Zone with PJ

This week our National Coach PJ Nolan travelled to the National University Of Maynooth in County Kildare to hold a Coaching Camp for the Maynooth Inter Varsities Snooker and Pool team. During this camp PJ worked on correct fundamentals in the players Stance, Address Position and developing a smooth delivery in their Cue Actions. All the players received

RIBSA Intro Level Coaching Course

RIBSA will hold a Intro level Coaching Ireland Coaching Course in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on  Saturday the 22nd of February. The one day course is for members who want to start coaching within their own club. The course covers the basics in coaching players to start training snooker and billiards players.

Q Club win 2014 All Ireland Club Championship

The Q Club Wicklow Snooker Club were crowned 2014 All Ireland Club Snooker Champions for the first time in the Glen Eagles Hotel in Killarney last night. In the final they beat the defending Champions Celbridge Snooker Club who were looking for a 3 in a row of All Ireland titles but they came up