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Billy’s Magic 10 Shot

Billy Bousfield from England created magic in the 2011 World Billiards Championships today in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. The magic 10-shot was made in his match against John McIntyre from Northern Ireland. The shot has only been done a few times in major championships. To make the 10-shot you must first contact

Russell wins back to back world titles

Mike Russell showed tremendous determination to come back from 3 – 1 down in his semi final match and was in no mood to hand over his crown to Pankaj Avanti and eventually ran out a 6 games to three games winner. Earlier today, Mike defeated Sourav Kothari (India) in the semi-final match, where he
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Quarter Finals in Play in the 150 up Format

Indian Billiards superstar Pankaj Advani made short work of his last 16 game against his fellow countryman Bhaskar Balachandra in the best of 7 games format in the 150 up at the IBSF World Championships at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. Advani had his match sown up 4 – 0 in under 1 hour and
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Ladies 6 Red Championship

The ladies 6-Red national championships was held in Celbridge on 14th August. There were 5 players present. The players played each other 3 frames each in a round-robin format. 1 point was awarded per frame and the top 2 players on points at the end of the round robin competed in the final. Michelle Sherwin
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Successful Training Day in Carlow

The RIBSA players had a very successful training day in the Ivy Rooms in Carlow on Sunday the 14th of August. Josh Boileau was in fantastic form to win the event in scoring 492 points from the six selected routines. All the players will represent the Republic Of Ireland in the upcoming Home Internationals in Pontins from

Home International Training

All Home International team members are reminded that they are requested to attend a training day in Carlow on Sunday from 11am to 4pm. You will also be fitted for your team waistcoat on Sunday if you do not already have one. Cost for the days practice is only €5 per player. Masters 1. Mark Tuite,

Fancy a Wildcard for German Masters?

Just another bit of interesting news on the PTC event scheduled for Killarney this October. The organisers have confirmed that similar to the other European versions of the PTC Series there will be an additional tournament for all the amateur players who enter the event. The additional side tournament will take place over the weekend

Hogan on a Lucky Streak

David Hogan had a bit of good fortune as the second qualifying event of the season gets up and running in Sheffield. The Shanghai Masters Qualifiers got underway yesterday in the Academy and Hogan was unfortunately drawn in the preliminary round. That was where his bad luck ended however as he was drawn against Lucky
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O’Brien wins 2nd Summer Open

The summer looks like it might have finally arrived in Ireland today but it was Benny O’Brien who won the second Summer Open in Carlow. The Kilkenny man ran out as last man standing after a long days play in the Ivy Rooms with a 3-1 victory over Carlow’s own Karl Fitzpatrick. The open series
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All Irish Out In Last 16

The last 16 round was played last night in the World Under 21 Snooker Championships here in Montreal Canada with bad results for all our three RIBSA players Vincent Muldoon, Greg Casey and David Cassidy. Vincent Muldoon was beaten 5 frames to 4 by Declan Brennan from Northern Ireland in a high quality match. Muldoon
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