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Deepest Sympathy

Snooker & Billiards Ireland sends its sincere condolences to the family of International player and Coach Tony Seymour from Nenagh on the passing of his father who has sadly passed away. SBI offer their deepest condolences to Tony and all his family and friends at this sad time. May he rest in peace RIP

Munster Win 2023 Inter Provincials

This weekend SBI hosted the Inter Provincial tournament between Leinster, Munster, Connacht and Dublin Leagues. There were 8 players per team which consisted of four men, three masters’ and an U21 player. The competition was played over two days with each team playing twice on the Saturday and once on the Sunday to see who

2024 EBSA U16, U18, U21, Men Snooker Championships

On behalf of the EBSA Board of Directors, LAMBADA TRAVEL & DMC and the Bilijar Snooker Savez (BIH), I have pleasure in inviting you to send players to take part in the U16, U18, U21, and Men Snooker Championships that will be held at the Hills Hotel in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) , from the

England retain 4 Nations Trophy

We had another great weekend of billiards at the Four Nations International event at the superb HSEB-Heeres-Snooker and English Billiards Club in Vienna. Our thanks go to Patrick Stegmeier and his colleagues at the club for their preparations for the event and for the excellent playing conditions and for looking after us so well during

SBI Snooker & Billiards Development Day – 30th Dec

Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) have just announced they will hold a free National Snooker & Billiards Junior Developmental Day on Saturday the 30th of December in the SBI HQ Academy of Excellence in Carlow from 11am to 4pm with PJ Nolan our National Coach and his fellow SBI Qualified coaches. Tables SBI will use

Crowley to play in World Snooker BetVictor Shoot Out

Congratulations to Ireland’s Leone Crowley from Cork who have been invited to the 2023 World Snooker BetVictor Shoot Out in England. Leone was nominated this week by the WPBSA as one of the Eight amateur players have been nominated by the WPBSA to compete at the BetVictor Shoot Out, to take place live on Eurosport

O’Donoghue Wins Amateur Event 3

SBI held the third Amateur event of the season on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd December in the New Institute Snooker Club in Nenagh. We had 36 entries for this event and after a great first day of play we were down to the last 8 on the Sunday morning. There were a couple of

Goggins wins Seniors Event 2 in Dungarvan SC

On Sunday 12th of November, SBI held the second Senior (Over 40’s) event of the season in SBI HQ in Carlow where we had 27 entries in this event. After a long day we got it down to the final where Rodney Goggins from Wexford has made it to the final once again where he

Ross wins Timmy Murphy Memorial

The Timmy Murphy Memorial handicap tournament was played at Celbridge Snooker Club on Sunday, 26th of November 2023.  After a day’s play, which saw many interesting games and several surprise results, the trophy went to Ross Doyle (Dun Laoghaire), a fitting reward for the consistently high standard of play he showed throughout the day. Play

Tommy wins Intermediate Event 2

On Sunday 19th November the second Intermediate event of the season was held in Roadstone Snooker Club. This event was scheduled to be held in Celbridge but due to flooding issues beyond their control SBI decided to move this event to Roadstone. SBI would like to thank everyone in Roadstone for holding this event at