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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

Ivor Wins Challenge Event 2

The second National SBI Challenge Ranking Event of the season was held in the SBI Academy in Carlow on Saturday the 11th of November. Due to the large Entry, this event was stopped at the Quarter-finals stage and was played out to its conclusion on the 25th November in the SBI HQ in Carlow with play

O’Brien Wins U-18 Event 3

Jack O Brien from St Johns SC Limerick won the third Under 18 Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) Tour event of the season in the SBI HQ on Saturday the 25th of November. In the final the top two seeds were in excellent form but end of the day it was Jack who beat Joe

Crowley Wins SBI U-21 Event 3

Snooker & Billiards Ireland held their third (SBI) Under 21 Snooker Tour Event of the season on Sunday 19th of November 2023 in the SBI HQ in Carlow. We had 13 entries in Event 3. There were 12 players in attendance on the day and play commenced at 10am. All matches were best of five

SBI Intro Level Course Qualifies New Coaches

Snooker & Billiards Ireland held a one-day Intro Level Snooker Coaching Education Course to qualify two new SBI Coaches in the SBI Academy of Excellence in Carlow. The course was approved by Sport Ireland Coaching who governs Coaching in the Republic of Ireland. This Intro Level Course was held on Saturday the 18th of November

Joe Wins Stars of Future U-16 Tour Event 3

Joe Shannon from Longford made it the perfect 13th Birthday today when he won the Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) Stars of Future Under 16 ranking event of the season on Saturday 18th of November in the Crucible SC in Cork City. Today we had players from Longford, Dublin, Cork and Galway in the third