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Wayne wins All Ireland Billiards title

On Friday the 22nd of may wayne traveled up to drumaness snooker club to take on the Northern Ireland champion and world ranked number 11 Christian Kirk, Wayne himself been ranked world number 15 it all set up for what would be a interesting match up been played over 750 up Christian started off the

SBI hold Junior Development Day

On Saturday the 23rd of May, Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) held another National Junior Snooker & Billiards Developmental Day in the SBI HQ Academy of Excellence in Carlow. SBI hold Developmental days to introduce and encourage more juniors to play our beautiful sports. There was a mixture of current Irish Junior International players, National

2026 World Women’s Championships in China

On May 9th, 2026, Ella O’Connor, her mother Vanessa, and I began our journey to Dongguan, China, for the World Women’s Snooker Championships. As Irish Ladies National Snooker Coach, I had the privilege of accompanying and supporting Ella as she prepared to represent Ireland in both the Under-21 and Senior Women’s events. The trip involved

2026 SBI Summer Camp

Snooker & Billiards Ireland will be holding a SBI Snooker Summer Camp for all our members of any age in the SBI HQ in Carlow from the 24th – 26th of June. The SBI Summer Camps are held each year to allow our members train in a camp with our National Coach PJ Nolan who

ISHKA Irish Spring Water Irish Amateur Snooker Last 16

Fantastic weekend of top-class snooker at the Snooker & Billiards Ireland 2026 ISHKA Irish Spring Water Irish Amateur Snooker Championships in the SBI HQ Academy of Excellence in Carlow over the weekend. 15 out of the 16 qualifiers have been now decided with one final match being played this Saturday which was held back due

2026 ISHKA Spring Water Irish Amateur Snooker Championships

Snooker & Billiards Ireland would like to announce the details of the 2026 ISHKA Irish Spring Water Irish Amateur Snooker Championships ” The Ger Murray Memorial Cup ”. CLICK DRAW CLICK MATCH SCHEDULE Snooker & Billiards Ireland are delighted to have ISHKA Irish Spring Water who is one of Ireland’s largest bottled water companies. We are are

Mind Session & Training Weekend for Home Internationals

Snooker & Billiards Ireland will hold a Snooker & Billiards Training Weekend for our International Snooker & Billiard players who are playing in the 2026 Home Internationals on Saturday and Sunday the 1st and 2nd of August in the Academy in Carlow from 11am-4pm. SBI hold Camps each year to allow our players train in

2026 World Women’s Snooker C-Ships – China

Ella O’Connor from Dublin is 19 years old and our number one ranked U/21 ladies player. The SBI started its First Ladies tour season in September 2025 and will come to a season end on the 31st of May with the inaugural Irish ladies National championship. Ella is also a pool player, what attracted Ella

End of year Awards Winners

Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) would like to announce that the SBI Club of Year, Referee of Year, Coach of Year, TD of Year, Volunteer of Year, Over 21 player, Under 21 player and Billiard player of Year winners for 2025-2026 are. Coach of year – Cathal Moore Club of Year – Cavan CYMS Volunteer

SBI National Disability Championships 2026

Continuing from its first staging of SBI National Disability Championship last year in Newbridge CYMS, SBI welcomed its second staging of this event in the Snooker Academy in Carlow for the 2026 Championship. On Saturday the 9th of May, 16 players gathered from across the country to take part in this year’s National Disability Championship. Like