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2026 European Championships – Good luck

This weekend our incredible SBI young Juniors depart for the 2026 European 16’s, 18’s, 21’s and Amateur Snooker Championships. Our experienced Amateur players will then depart the following week. All the Championships will be held at the Gandia Palace Hotel, from the 1st to the 14th of March 2026 in the city of Gandia/Spain. U-16:

SBI Registered Clubs 2026

Snooker & Billiards Ireland is the official governing body for Snooker & Billiards in the Republic of Ireland. Here you can find a list of 2026 Registered Clubs in the four regions. Leinster, Munster, Dublin and Connacht. If any club would like to become a Registered Club, they should go on to the online and fill in

Steven Foster Passing Class 1

SBI would also like to congratulate Steven Foster on passing his class 1 exam at the Gerry Stokes tournament last weekend. The exam consisted of Steven having to referee a best of 5 match followed by questions with referee examiners Shane Mason and Neil Shanahan. Both examiners were very happy with Steven and his knowledge

Browne Wins Amateur 5 in style

The Amateur Tour 5 – Gerry Stokes Cup took centre stage in Carlow this past weekend, where 44 players gathered for what proved to be one of the most competitive ranking events of the season on the SBI calendar. From the opening rounds, the standard of snooker was exceptional, but one man in particular looked

Doyle wins Billiards Event 6

Today Wayne Doyle defeated 8 times Irish champion Eugene Hughes in the final of senior billiard ranking event 6, The first round seen a total of 8 matches been played, Wayne started the day in good form against Tommy Murphy with breaks of 148 the days highest break with a magnificent 258 and a string

Members Feedback Form

Dear Member, The 2025/2026 will end the weekend of our national championships this coming June. Snooker & Billiards Ireland would like to capture the important learnings from during the season, to do this we are now circulating the attached Members feedback form. The feedback can be given on your phone or PC and also on

SBI National 6 Red Championships DRAW

Snooker & Billiards Ireland would like to announce the SBI National 6 Red Championships in the SBI Academy of Excellence in Carlow on Saturday 28th February. All matches are best of 9’s The TD will be Shane Mason. CLICK DRAW CLICK SCHEDULE There will be a winner prize of €350 for the winner of 2026

Murray wins Billiards Event 5

On Sunday 15th February in the SBI Academy in Carlow,  Aidan Murray won his first ranking event of the season after beating Wayne Doyle in the final First round matches in the top half of the draw seen John Downey beat Robert mc Crum in a close match with Robert recording a 49 break in

Horgan Wins 16’s Event 3

Cathal Horgan from Youghal CYMS won his maiden SBI ranking event when he won the 16’s Snooker Event 3 – The Fergal O Brien Cup on Saturday 14th February in the SBI HQ in Carlow with all of the top players in action. The TD was PJ Nolan and the referee was Aonghus McAnally. 18

O’Driscoll Wins Ladies Event 4

A great day was had by all in Rathkeale Billiards & Snooker club on Sunday 8th of February. Rathkeale Billiards & Snooker club did a fantastic job hosting SBI ladies’ event 4. The atmosphere, hospitality, and standard of play was top class from start to finish. Huge congratulations to Margaret O Driscoll on a superb