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Doyle wins Billiards Event 2

The Snooker & Billiards Ireland Academy of Excellence in Carlow was the venue for second billiards ranking event of the season that took place on Sunday 22nd October which also featured only the second annual Victor O’ Gorman Classic and in a fitting way Victor’s clubmate Wayne Doyle won the trophy once again for the

Crowley Wins SBI U-21 Event 2

Snooker & Billiards Ireland held their second (SBI) Under 21 Snooker Tour Event of the season on Saturday 21st of October 2023 in the SBI HQ in Carlow and the Number 1 seed was Noel Gleeson from Nenagh after he won event 1. As part of European Week of Sport SBI had set the entry

Ryan Wins Amateur Event 2

On October 14th/15th October SBI held the second amateur event of the season where it was Ryan Cronin from Cork who wins his second event of the season. We had 57 entries for this event and by the end of Saturday we were down to the last 16. There were a number of outstanding performances

Doran Wins Challenge Event 1

Adrian Doran from Liam Mellows SC Wexford won the first National Challenge Ranking event of the season in the SBI Academy of Excellence in Carlow on Sunday 8th of October. In the final Adrian beat Number 1 seed Pat Fitzgerald from Dungarvan in a good final that was refereed by International Referee John Tobin. SBI

Joe Wins SBI U-18 EVENT 1

12 yr old Joe Shannon from Longford won the first Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) Under 18 ranking event of the season on Saturday 7th of October in the SBI Academy of Excellence in Carlow. The two top seeds for this event were number 1 Joe Shannon and No.2 seed David Farrelly. We had players

Murray wins Billiards Event 1

The first Billiards Ranking Event of the season took place at Newbridge Cyms on Sunday 8th October, 13 players took part and at the end of day’s play Aidan Murray got some measure of revenge when he defeated recently crowned Double National Billiards Champion Wayne Doyle. There were pre quarter wins for Larry Drennan, Eugene

Referee Seminar in SBI HQ Carlow

The SBI Referee’s Association will be holding an official Snooker Referee Seminar in the SBI Academy of Excellence in Carlow on Bank Holiday Monday the 30th of October at 11am to recruit new Snooker or Billiard Referees and train Level 4 referees to qualify as Level 3 International level. Anyone interested in attending this Seminar

Max Wins Stars of Future Tour Event 1

Max Kennedy from Hot Shots SC Galway won the first Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) Stars of the Future Tour Event of the season in the SBI HQ on Saturday the 30th of September. In the final 14-year-old Max Kennedy from Hot Shots SC Galway beat Joe Shannon from Longford in a high quality final

Ryan Wins SBI Amateur Tour Event 1

The first SBI Amateur event of the season took place over the weekend of the 23rd and 24th September where it was Ryan Cronin from Cork was the champion. We had 56 entries for this event and by the end of Saturday we had 8 players left. There were a number of cracking matches in

Double Delight for Doyle win Billiards Titles

Wayne Doyle from Dun Laoighaire in Co. Dublin completed a remarkable double of winning the Irish Billiards titles in both the short format of best of 7x150s and the long up format featuring 750up / 3.5 hrs time limit. The finals were played on two consecutive Thursdays on the 14th and 21st September at the