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Doyle wins Victor O’Gorman Memorial

Sunday the 11th of October saw the Victor O’Gorman memorial been played for the 5th year and once again Wayne Doyle who used to practice a lot with Victor won the event for the 5th time in a row. First round matches seen Wayne Doyle beating Joe doheny with some timely breaks, next up was

Sport Ireland Coaching Meeting

On Tuesday the 6th of October, Snooker & Billiards Ireland had a meeting with Craig McCourtney who is the Coach Education Development Officer in charge of our NGB within Sport Ireland. In the SBI HQ in Carlow, our National Snooker Coach & Development officer PJ Nolan met again with Craig to check on the update

Darren wins Pat O’Sullivan Memorial Title

The Pat O’Sullivan Memorial handicap tournament was played at Celbridge Snooker Club on Sunday, 4th of October 2026. Although fewer in numbers than previous years, the event was none the less very enjoyable, all games being well contested and additionally, the shorter day meant an earlier start home for those who had distances to travel.

SBI 18’s Event 1 Finalists

On Saturday the 3rd of October the SBI 18’s Event 1 was held in Youghal CYMS. The TD is Brendan Cooney. It was a fantastic day of junior Snooker with so many talented players looking to qualify for the 2026 Europeans Championships. After a long days play, We are down to the final with Dermot

Well Done Rodney

Congratulations to Ireland’s Rodney Goggins who was playing in the Snooker 900 in the Crucible Sports Club Reading in the United Kingdom this week. Rodney was up against world class opponents including the 1997 World Champion Ken Doherty, Mark Davis, Barry Pinches, Robert Milkins and Patrick Wallace. The Wexford man played outstanding Snooker with three

Snooker in Schools – Scoil Mhuire Blarney

Snooker & Billiards Ireland held their second Snooker in Schools project of the new season, on Wednesday the 30th of September for students from the Scoil Mhuire gan Smál Blarney in county Cork. This grass roots development program main objective, is to help develop the interest of our sport within schools and to grow the

New SBI Referee

On Saturday 26th of September, Ina Velioulin from Dublin became the newest class 3 referee after having completed 3 Seminars and an extensive exam with Shane Mason. Today she refereed first Taom Amateur Ranking Event of the season in the SBI HQ in Carlow and was excellent. Shane Mason and Neil Shanahan were honoured to

Celbridge SC win Club Draw

Snooker & Billiards Ireland held a Club draw for all registered clubs on Saturday 26th of September at first Taom Amateur Ranking Event of the season in the SBI HQ in Carlow for a bed cloth. The name of the winning club that was picked out by SBI Secretary Leslie Carroll was Celbridge Snooker Club

Dylan Wins Gold at Europeans

Snooker & Billiards Ireland would like to extend huge congratulations to Dylan Rees on making Irish snooker history by becoming the first player from Ireland to be crowned European Disability Snooker Champion in Sofia, Bulgaria. Dylan defeated Nikolay Hristov 3–0 in the Group 7 final to add the European title to an already remarkable list

Well Done Team Ireland – EBSA 2026

Well done to all the players and officials from Snooker & Billiards Ireland on a fantastic European Snooker Championship in Sofia Bulgaria. There were 11 medals won for SBI at this 206 European Billiards and Snooker Association Championships. 1. Paula Judge winning Bronze in the Women’s Singles Championship 2. Paudie Kelly winning Bronze in the