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Morris wins Presidents Cup

David Morris from KIlkenny won this the 4th Ranking Event of the RIBSA Season ‘ The Presidents Cup’ in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow over the weekend.  David beat Robert Murphy from the Q Club in Wickow 5 frames to 3 in a superb final. David also took home the high break prize with a

Intermediate Billiards No. 5

MARK NOLAN from Edenderry wins the 5th round of the Intermediate Billiards played in the Ivy Rooms to-day 13th January. Mark beat Andy Kehoe from Wexford 400-375 and Aonghus McAnally 400-395 before beating Robert McCrum 400-340 in the final. The next outing is the Pat O’Sullivan on the 19th January  Please note change of venue

Two day camp for RIBSA players

The 2013 European Under 21and Team Championship will be held in Sebria in March this year and RIBSA will be holding a two day snooker training camp to prepare our players on the 20th and 21st of February in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow with our National Coach PJ Nolan. The RIBSA Teams

Under 21 RIBSA Cue School (2)

The second RIBSA Under 21 Cue School will be held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on the 19th of January. 20 players have qualified from the four region rankings. This is the second in a series of three events along with the National Championships that RIBSA will organise to qualify players for

Q Club win Leinster Team Championships

The Q Club Wicklow “A” won The Leinster Club Team Championship in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow on Sunday to qualify for the All Ireland Club Championship in Killarney. Team Captain Jason Watson, Robert Murphy, Keith Sheldrick, Wayne Doyle, Stephen Hegarty and Mick Judge beat Newbridge CYMS in an exciting final 3 matches to 2 to

EBSA Cut off Dates

The (EBSA) European Billiards & Snooker Association have just announced the 2013 European U21 & Teams championships will be played in SERBIA in the City of BOR from the 18th to the 28th March. The Opening ceremony for the Under 21’s event will be the 18th March and The Under 21 Championship will be held

2013 World Championships of PYRAMID

RIBSA have received an invitation from the EBSA to select an Irish Snooker player to participate in the 2013 World Championships of PYRAMID (Russian Billiards) which will take place in KEMEROVO (Russia) from the 6th to the 9th February 2013 RIBSA were asked to select ‘your’ top Snooker player to represent the country in the

2013 EBSA – Serbia

The (EBSA) European Billiards & Snooker Association have just announced the 2013 European U21 & Teams championships will be played in SERBIA in the City of BOR from the 18th to the 28th March. The Opening ceremony for the Under 21’s event will be the 18th March at 10am and The Under 21 Championship will

Tobin wins U-19 Cue School Event 1

Aaron Tobin from Youghal CYMS won the first RIBSA Under 19 Cue School in the Newbridge CYMS Snooker Club in Newbridge on the 29th of December. The best 20 players in the Republic of Ireland have qualified from the four region rankings to play in four groups to qualify for the knock out stages with them all having

Masters Ranking Series Event No. 4

Frank Sarsfield wins the 4th Master’s Event played in Carlow to-day Sunday 16th December. Frank beat Mark Tuite 3-1 in the final making it his second win of the season and goes into the new year top of the ranking with 460 points, Mark coming a close second on 43opts. On the way to the