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Sutton wins the Summer Open

John Sutton beat Brendan O’Donoghue 3-2 in the final of the first Ivy Rooms Summer Open in Carlow on Saturday. For the time of year the event still attracted a quality field with three ex Irish Champions in attendance including O’Donoghue, TJ Dowling and three time champion and current professional David Morris. However it was Sutton

Snooker World Cup

It was 1979 when the first Snooker World Cup was introduced and Ireland in the mid eighty’s was the team to beat as the North and South joined together with the formidable team of Alex Higgins, Dennis Taylor and Eugene Hughes (Pictured). The trio won the event three times in all before the event stopped

World Under-21 Preview

The 2011 World Under-21 Snooker Championships get underway on Tuesday in the city of Montreal, Canada and RIBSA will have four players aiming to bring home the title. Vincent Muldoon, Jason Devaney, Greg Casey and David Cassidy will travel out on Monday with National Irish Coach PJ Nolan for the 12 day event being held

World Billiards Preview

The 2011 IBSF World Billiards Championships will be held in the Ivy Rooms, Carlow from the 23rd of August to the 1st of September and will see the World’s top billiard cueists battle it out for the title. The likes of Pankaj Advani, Geet Setti, Peter Gilcrest and Mike Russell are all expected to attend
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Ireland win North South Challenge

Ireland’s Under-14’s and Under-16’s captured the North South Challenge on Sunday the 3rd of July after a superb display against their Northern Ireland counterparts. They might have been a little deflated after losing out to Wales the day before in the Celtic Challenge but Ireland’s youngsters certainly made up for it with a fine display

Wales capture Celtic Challenge Title

Wales captured the 2011 Celtic Challenge by 100 frames to 80 after a long days play for all the juniors involved on July 2nd in the Ivy Rooms. The Welsh juniors were just too strong for our youngsters on the day and although after the second session we had tied level the 3rd and 4th
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World Under-21’s

RIBSA have four players competing in the World Under-21 in Montreal, Canada from the 12th to 23rd of July and you can catch up with all the news and results right here. Irish National Coach PJ Nolan travelled with the youngsters as the and PJ will keep up us to date with all the results,
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Muldoon victorious in Northwest

Vincent Muldoon returned to winning ways in The North West Snooker Club, Letterkenny today when he won the first of this season’s Under 21 Ranking tournaments. He won his first match over Daniel Dempsey 3/0 but had to come from a frame down to beat Daniel O Regan 3/1 in the Quarter finals. David Cassidy proved

Senior Events

About the Senior Ranking Events   This Seasons Events   RIBSA’s main flagship events are the Senior Ranking Events which this year will be spread back around the country with tournaments held in several clubs.   We run seven ranking events each year plus the National Championships each year. RIBSA will be announcing the venue’s

Mark Tuite is the new Masters Champion

Killarney’s Mark Tuite was crowned the 2011 National Masters Champion on Sunday the 22nd of May after a long weekends play which saw him have to overcome some of the countries best players to take the title. Mark had to over come two ex-Irish Champions in Tom Gleeson and Joe Delaney to reach the final