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Dermot Wins 18’s Event 3

Dermot Kelly from Co Mayo won the third SBI 18’s Snooker Event of the season on Saturday January 31st in the SBI HQ Carlow with all of the top players in action. TD was PJ Nolan and the referee was Declan Cummins from Dublin. The high quality action started at 10.30am after the launch of

EBSA International Camp 7th Feb

Snooker & Billiards Ireland will hold an International Training Camp for our players playing in the 2026 EBSA Championships in Spain on Saturday 7th February from 11am-4pm in the SBI Academy in Carlow. SBI Camps are held to allow our players train in a camp with our National Coach PJ Nolan who is also a

Clancy Homes Sponsor Junior Snooker

Snooker & Billiards Ireland are delighted to announce Clancy Homes will be the main sponsor of Junior Snooker in Ireland for the next 3 years. SBI partnership with Clancy Homes in aimed at encouraging more junior players to play our beautiful sport. The official launch will take place at the SBI 18’s ranking event on

Deepest Sympathy

Snooker & Billiards Ireland sends its sincere condolences to the family of International player Karl Fittzpatrick on the passing of his father who sadly passed away this week. SBI offer their deepest condolences to his family and friends at this sad time. May he rest in peace RIP RIP.IE

All Ireland Club Championships – Good Luck

All eyes will be focused on Killarney this weekend with the Gleneagles All Ireland Snooker A and B Club Championships which will be held in the Gleneagles Hotel in Killarney. The best club sides from the Republic of Ireland will play against the best from Northern Ireland to find the 2026 Club Champions. More Information

Kelly Wins Super Senior 4

On Sunday 4th Jan 2026, the 4th tournament of the Super Senior’s calendar year was hosted by Newbridge CYMS. 17 players competed in this event with many closely fought contests.Top seed for this tournament was Brendan Thomas. In the last 32 matches, there was comfortable wins for both Kevin McMahon & John Carney. Into the last

Doyle wins Timmy Murphy Memorial Title

The Timmy Murphy Memorial handicap tournament was played at Celbridge Snooker Club on Sunday, 11th of January 2026. After a day’s play, which saw many interesting games and several surprise results, the trophy went to Wayne Doyle (Dun Laoghaire), a fitting reward for the consistently high standard of play with which he dominated the day.

O’Donoghue Wins Amateur 4 Douglas Jewellers Cup

The fourth instalment of the amateur tour took place last weekend at the Academy of Excellence in Carlow with a good strong entry of 56 entries. An improvement of 26 entries from last year’s event. It proved to be one of the exciting tournaments for a while. Everyone looking for a warm up for Killarney.

WADA Publishes 2026 Prohibited List

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) published the 2026 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List), which was approved by WADA’s Executive Committee (ExCo) during its meeting and enters into force on 1 January 2026. Download 2026 List The List is one of the eight International Standards that are mandatory for all Signatories of the World Anti-Doping Code (Code). It designates what substances

Snooker in Schools – O’Connells Secondary Dublin

Snooker & Billiards Ireland held another Snooker in Schools project, on Wednesday the 7th of January 2026 for students from O’Connells Secondary School North Richmond Street in Dublin. This grass roots development program main objective, is to help develop the interest of our sport within schools and to grow the game. SBI who are the