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Celbridge Club of the year 2012

Celbridge Snooker Club in County Kildare was awarded the 2012 RIBSA Club of the year with a presentation to club owner Phil Martin on Saturday from Ger Murray. This is a new award to highlight the club with the most players in the top 16 of all the various RIBSA categories , Senior Snooker, Masters

Victor receives lifetime achievement award

International Billiards Legend  Victor O Gorman from Dublin was presented this weekend with a lifetime achievement award to Billiards by The Republic Of Ireland Billiards and Snooker Association at the four Nations Billiard Championship in Celbridge Snooker Club. Victor has played Billiards for over 50 years and Represented RIBSA for over 30 years in all

Four Nations Billiards Championship

The annual Billiards International Trophy Tournament took place at Celbridge Snooker Club on Saturday and Sunday, 17th and 18th November last. This year it was the turn of the Republic of Ireland to be the host nation and it was very rewarding to welcome the many visitors who travelled with the visiting teams and generated

Edenderry Billiards & Snooker Club

This week our National Coach PJ Nolan travelled to the warm and friendly atmosphere of the Edenderry & District Billiards and Snooker Club in County Offaly. PJ met up with Ger Murray and he showed him around the club which goes back to the early 1960’s where the local shoe factory had their social club which

RIBSA move up on IBSF Rankings

The IBSF have just released the latest World rankings for 2012 with our RIBSA junior players moving up to their highest ever placing of 4th behind China, Thailand and England. Our Senior players move up to 3rd in their rankings while the Masters move up to 5th. This is a tremendous achievement by our RIBSA

INTERMEDIATE BILLIARDS No. 3

Liam Byrne from Edenderry  won to-day Intermediate Billiards Event played at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow.  In the first round Liam  played John Kehoe from Wexford beating him 238-228. He then beat Corkman Lloyd Myers 431-370. His final opponent was Kevin Christie  who beat Brendan Devin 396-272 and Young Edenderry player Mark Nolan 379-358. The

Judge wins Ranking Event No.2

The final line up for the second Ranking Points Tournament (RPT) saw the return of Michael Judge after 20 years on the professional circuit against Brendan O Donoghue who also spent a short time with the professional’s.  The first frame saw Michael get off to a flying start with a break of 69 and taking

Youghal CYMS Cork

This week our National Coach PJ Nolan travelled to one of the oldest CYMS clubs in Ireland when he went to the Youghal Catholic Young Men’s Club in County Cork. PJ met up with Brendan Cooney and fellow committee members Ray Whelan, Derek Ahearn and Patrick Walsh and they showed him around the club. The

Murray wins Senior Billiards Ranking No. 2

Aidan Murray won the 2nd Senior Billiards Event held in the Ivy Rooms on 4th November.  His opponent in the final was Wayne Doyle. The second tournament of the Scratch Billiards series was played at the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Sunday, 4th of November 2012. Aidan Murray (Wicklow), having made a good start

IBSF Training Day with PJ

A training day with our National Coach PJ Nolan will be held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club on Tuesday the 13th of November from 11am to 4pm to prepare the Republic Of Ireland Snooker team for this month’s IBSF World Championship in Bulgaria. The RIBSA players that will fly the flag in the event