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Rathkeale host Intermediate Billiards Championships

On Saturday & Sunday 6th – 7th April 2024, Rathkeale Snooker & Billiards club were delighted to be the host club for the staging of two National Intermediate Billiards Championships over the weekend. This was a first time that we held these two tournaments outside of SBI headquarters, On Saturday the first tournament was the

McPhee wins Super Seniors Over 55 Event 6

Roadstone SC in Dublin hosted the 6th and final ranking event of the 2023/2024 season. Play commenced at 10am with 16 players participating. 16 players took part and after a long days play the semi-finals were contested by Brian McPhee v. Simon Scott and Stephen Merrigan v. Patsy Farrell, both Brian and Stephen came through

Joe Wins Stars of Future U-16 Tour Event 6

14 year old Joe Shannon from Longford won the fifth Under 16 Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) Stars of the Future Tour event of the season. This event was the Irish Masters Cup which held in the Newbridge CYMS in Co Kiladre on Saturday the 6th of April. Semi Finals Davy Hickey 3-0 Luke Mundy

Bulman Wins Amateur Tour Event 5

SBI held the fifth Amateur Snooker Tour Event of the season on Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st March in the SBI HQ in Carlow. We had 46 entries for this event and after day one we were down to the last 4. There were no major upsets in this event, but we did have a

SBI Billiards Tour – ENTER NOW

Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) would like to announce details of the SBI Billiards Irish Tour up to the 31st of December. Players should be aware that all entries are now through the on line system and you have to enter before the closing date. You can now enter and pay for all the events

Player’s player of year Awards

Snooker & Billiards Ireland will start the process of finding the 2024 SBI Over 21 Player’s player of the year Award and the 2024 SBI Junior Player’s player of the year Award at the SBI Amateur event 5 this weekend. The award is choosen by the members and in the SBI HQ in Carlow, Members

Parking at SBI HQ

Snooker & Billiards Ireland would like to inform all members that the Car Park WILL be open for this weekend Amateur Event 5 on the weekend of 30th and 31st of March. All players and supporters attending the SBI HQ in Carlow are asked to park in the large car park beside the Car Wash.

Dragons Den

SBI were delighted to receive many entries to our SBI Dragons Den project. The entries are currently being reviewed and the short list with the top 5 submissions will be created and announced mid-April. Following that process, the top 5 ideas will be invited to come to Snooker, Billiards Ireland HQ in Carlow to present

SBI BILLIARDS RULES – UPDATE

The annual Billiards review meeting was held on the 10th March 2024 in the SBI HQ in Carlow For more Information you should contact John Kehoe.

O’Reilly Wins Challenge Event 4

The conclusion of the SBI National Challenge Event No.4 was held in the SBI Academy in Co. Laois on Sunday 24th March. Due again to a large entry, this event was stopped at the Semi-final stage on the 16 March. Top seed Ken Byrne faced Youghal player Michael J Ryan on table 8, and it was