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Murray wins Billiards Event 4

Celbridge Snooker Club was the venue for the fourth SBI Billiards Ranking Event of the season took place on Sunday 19th February and the format was the best of 3x150s that saw top seed Aidan Murray win his third ranking event of four this season against Jason Dowling. Six of the seven players took part

Ernie Wins Super Seniors Event 3

Ernie McMullen won the third Super Seniors event of the season playing some wonderful Snooker which was played in the delightful CYMS Newbridge club in Co. Kildare. If there was a milk cart race, I think Ernie would have won that too. (Am I showing my age?). In the first round, Ernie beat Eugene Hughes

O DONOGHUE WINS AMATEUR EVENT 4

Current National Champion Brendan O Donoghue from Nenagh won the Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) 4th Amateur event on the SBI Amateur Tour on Saturday & Sunday the 11th / 12th of February in the SBI HQ in Carlow. In the final Brendan beat Greg Casey from Cork in a great final which was live

New Referee Examiner Shane Mason

At the recent All Ireland Club Championships in the Glen Eagle Hotel in Killarney the Referee Association upgraded a number of Referees. We are delighted to announce Shane Mason has now become an International Referee Examiner. The Referee Association congratulate Shane on his successful examination and we look forward to him officiating at our events

RILSA Referee Seminars Held

As part of the agreement with SBI and RILSA to support and advance the development of the game in particular in relation to Ladies Snooker two referees seminars were held. On Tuesday 10th January and Tuesday 31st January from 7.30pm – 9.30pm the SBI referee’s association held seminars with the members of RILSA in Sharkx

Alex Wins SBI U-21 Event 3

Number  1 seed Alex Currid from Liam Mellows in Wexford won the third Snooker & Billiards Ireland under 21 National Snooker Ranking event of the season in the SBI Academy of Excellence in Carlow on Sunday the 5th of February. This event featured players from Wexford, Cork, Meath, Waterford and Tipperary and in the final

Aaron Wins SBI U-14 Event 3

Aaron Donnelly from Newbridge CYMS won his biggest title to date when he won the third Snooker & Billiards Ireland under 14 National Snooker Ranking event of the season. This event was played in the SBI Academy of Excellence on Saturday the 4th of February and featured players from Galway, Longford, Newbridge, Edenderry and Dublin.

Updated SBI Calendar of Events April 2nd 2023

Snooker & Billiards Ireland have now produced anupdated SBI calendar of events for the coming season with competitive Snooker & Billiards events to June in the Republic of Ireland. (SBI) are now delighted to announce the full calendar for 2022-2023 season but please remember all dates and events are subject to change so keep watching

New Class 2 Referees John & Pat

At the recent All Ireland Club Championships in the Glen Eagle Hotel in Killarney the Referee Association upgraded a number of Referees. We are delighted to announce John Tobin and Pat Mooney have passed their Class 2 examination to qualify as an official SBI Referees. The Referee Association congratulate John and Pat on their successful

New Class 3 Referee Maurice Walsh

At the recent All Ireland Club Championships in the Glen Eagle Hotel in Killarney the Referee Association upgraded a number of Referees. We are delighted to announce Maurice Walsh from Cork passed his Class 3 examination to qualify as an official SBI Referee. The Referee Association congratulate Maurice on his successful examination and we look