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SBI Academy Hoildays

Snooker and Billiards Ireland would like to announce the SBI HQ Academy of Excellence in Graigcullen Carlow will be closed for Summer Holidays from Monday 8th July – Monday 15th July 2024. The academy will be re -open Tuesday the 16th of July at 12noon. Opening Times The SBI Academy is open for our Members

SUPER SENIORS CELTIC CHALLENGE 2024

Snooker & Billiards Ireland are delighted to announce details of the 2024 Super Seniors Celtic Challenge against Wales which will be held in the SBI HQ in Carlow on July 6th Action will start at 10am on the morning and play will be held throughout the day to find the winner for 2024. SBI Secretary

Wales Win Celtic Challenge 2024

The Republic of Ireland National Under 14 and Under 16 Snooker teams played the 2024 Celtic Challenge in the Terry Griffiths Matchroom in Llanelli, Wales on Saturday the 29th June. This year saw four Irish players making their international debut and it is a new area of Irish Junior Snooker with players from Longford, Galway,

SBI Hold Summer Camp

Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) held a Snooker Summer Camp this week for our members in the SBI HQ in Carlow on the 25th – 27th of June. SBI Summer Camps are held each year to allow our members to train with our National Coach PJ Nolan who is also a WPBSA Coach and Head

Deepest Sympathy

Snooker & Billiards Ireland sends its sincere condolences to the family of Davy Morris from Kilkenny on the passing of his Grandmother who has sadly passed away over the weekend. SBI offer their condolences to Davy and all his family and friends at this sad time. May she rest in peace RIP  

Dylan Wins WDBS Major Title

Ireland’s Dylan Rees from Dungarvan SC won the WDBS Champion of Champions Final on Saturday at the Landywood Snooker Club in England on Saturday the 22nd of June 2024. In the final Dylan beat the reigning champion Mike Gillespie from England 6 frames to 2 to win his biggest title yet on the WDBS tour.

Celtic Junior Team Camp Held

On Saturday the 22nd of June from 11am-4pm in the SBI HQ in Carlow, SBI held a special team training day with our National Coach PJ Nolan and Pro Snooker player Aaron Hill to help prepare our players for the 2024 Celtic Junior Challenge which be held in Wales on Saturday the 29th of June in

IBSF World Under 17 & 21 Championships

On behalf of the IBSF Board of Executives and the Billiards and Snooker Federation of India(BSFI), I have the pleasure of inviting SBI to send your players to take part in the World under 17 & under 21 (Men), and World Under 21 Women Snooker Championships. Ireland Players Confirmed Clayton Cregan – Classic SC Dylan

Chris Henry Course Success for PJ

Last weekend our SBI National Snooker Coach PJ Nolan travelled to Bruges in Belgium to attend a Level 1 Chris Henry Sports – Neuroscience based Snooker Coaching Course on the 15th & 16th of June. Snooker Coaches from Belgium, France and Ireland attended this specific two-day Coaching Course in SnookerPalace in Bruges. Top Professional Coach

Dragons Den Winner 2024

In Snooker & Billiards Ireland we place a huge emphasis on junior game development of Irish snooker for 2024 and beyond.  As part of our strategy for this we decided to tap into the huge level of knowledge and experience within our snooker community, and scale the best ideas that came forward. Earlier this year