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Larry Codd Memorial

On 8th June, the Irish billiards and snooker community come together in a rare team challenge match in billiards to celebrate Larry Codd’s life. This match will be played between 8 billiard players and 8 snooker players in two sessions of billiards. It will be held in the SBI Academy in Carlow. Larry Codd was

SBI Disability Day – 2nd March

On Saturday 2nd of March, SBI will hold a Disability Day for players with our National Snooker Coach PJ Nolan and his team of SBI Coaches including National Disability Coach Dylan Rees from 11am – 4pm. Established by SBI in 2023, with guidance from WDBS our fun open days look to help those that play

National Billiards Final Murray v Doyle

Celbridge Snooker Club was the familiar venue for the qualifiers of the National Senior Billiards Short Format Championship that took place on Sunday 25th February and was played down to the semi finals which saw familiar players in reigning champion Wayne Doyle and current No.1 Aidan Murray book their final meeting once again for finals

Ken Wins Challenge Event 3

The first ever national ranking event to be held in St John’s Limerick got underway at 10am on Saturday the 3rd of February with the quarter finals onwards finished on the 25th of February. An incredible atmosphere was created during the first days play with all players enjoying the hospitality and the snooker on show

Michael Judge Wins Golden Ticket

Congratulations to Michael Judge who beat Fergal O’Brien 4-2 in a hard fought battle in Carlow which was refereed by Neil Shanahan to secure his place back at the Crucible in May at the World Seniors Championship. Snooker, Billiards Ireland were delighted to be chosen by World Seniors Snooker to host this World Seniors Snooker

Deepest Sympathy

Snooker & Billiards Ireland sends its sincere condolences to the family of Irish International Referee Shane Corr on the passing of his father who has sadly passed away today. SBI offer their condolences to Shane and all his family and friends at this sad time. May he rest in peace RIP

Brendan Wins Event 4 Seniors

On Sunday 18th February SBI held the Senior Event 4 in the SBI HQ in Carlow. The finalists were Mark Tuite and Brendan O Donoghue with Brendan came out the winner with a scoreline 3-1. The tournament high break went to Rodney Goggins with 98 break. Due to the large entry the final this event

Referee Seminar in Trim SC

The SBI Referee’s Association will be holding an official Snooker Referee Seminar in Trim SC County Meath on Saturday the 9th of March at 11am to recruit new Snooker or Billiard Referees. Anyone interested in attending this Seminar please contact Neil or Shane below to book your place: To attend you must be a current

World Senior and Super Seniors in SBI HQ

Snooker, Billiards Ireland are delighted to be chosen by World Seniors Snooker to host a World Seniors Snooker Championship qualifier from 23rd-25th February 2024. The winner of this senior’s event will receive a place at the famous Crucible Theatre in Sheffield against the stars of the game for the 2024 LLP Solicitors World Seniors Snooker Championship from the 8th

Maynooth University Cue Zone

On Tuesday the 20th of February, our National Coach PJ Nolan visited Maynooth University Snooker Club in County Kildare for coaching session with players who will compete for the University in the upcoming Inter Varsities Snooker Championships. PJ worked on correcting fundamentals in the player’s address position to develop a smooth delivery in their Cue Actions. PJ also worked on