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Referee Upgrades

On the 26th of July, the Referees Association held the third and final seminar in Portmarnock in County Dublin, where they upgraded two Snooker Referees. SBI are delighted to announce Aonghus McAnally from Dublin was upgraded from Class 3 to Class 2 The Referee Association would also like to congratulate Kevin Christie from Dublin on

SBI Mental & Training Camp

Last weekend Snooker & Billiards Ireland held a special Training Camp with Sports Mind Coach Liam Moggan and our National Coach PJ Nolan in the SBI HQ on Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd of July. The aim of the camp was to help prepare our players Mentally and Technically and Tactically for the 2023 HIBSF

SBI to Host WDBS Disability Irish Open

Snooker & Billiards Ireland are proud to announce that the World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) will head to Ireland for the first time from 28-30 July 2023 to hold the Irish Open. This weekend of events will be held at the Snooker and Billiards Ireland (SBI) HQ in Carlow, the Irish Open will carry

2023 WCBS Championship – Türkiye

The World Confederation of Billiards Sports (WCBS) is hosting its own championship for the first time in its history, taking place in Ankara, Türkiye from 20 – 23 of July 2023. This world-class event will be held with the support of the Turkish Billiards Federation (TBF) and will unite athletes from more than 40 countries

World IBSF U-21 C-Ships – Saudi Arabia

The 2023 World Snooker Championships (U21 Men, and U21 Women) are being held in Riyadh – Saudi Arabia during the period from 7th to 16th of July. Dungarvan SC trio of Dylan Troy, Fionn Nagle and Aaron Quinn will fly the Irish flag in the event. IBSF Vice President Jim Leacy from Ireland will also

Two new Level 1 SBI Coaches Qualify

Snooker & Billiards Ireland held a” Level 1 Coaching Ireland” Snooker Education Course in the SBI HQ Academy of Excellence in Carlow to qualify two new SBI Level 1 coaches from Laois and Wexford over the weekend. New Coaches Shane Gorman from Mountmellick and Rodney Goggins from Wexford attended this two-day Level 1 Course given

Goggins wins SBI Club Singles Championships

Rodney Goggins won the Snooker & Billiards Ireland Club Singles Snooker Championships for 2023 on Sunday the 9th of July in the SBI HQ in Carlow. This annual event is for our Registered Clubs to nominate a max of three players to play for a National Snooker Singles Title.. There were 9 players that played

SBI to host World Seniors Qualifiers

World Seniors Snooker is delighted to announce the first 4 Qualifying dates for the 2023/24 season which will see the tour visit venues in the North and South of England as well as Ireland and Jersey. All these will carry a coveted place in the 2024 LLP Solicitors World Seniors Snooker Championship which will be

SBI Level 1 Coaching Course

Snooker & Billiards Ireland have just announced the date of the level 1 Coaching Ireland Coaching Education Course which will be held in the new SBI HQ in Carlow on the 8th & 9th of July 2023. The course will be given by our National Coach PJ Nolan. Level 1 Course This two-day training course

2023 World Ability Sports Games

On behalf of EBSA Board, please see attached copy of the invitation letter and entry information pack that you may have already received about the upcoming World Ability Sports Games. Snooker Recognised Snooker was a key sport introduced by neurologist Ludwig Guttman at the National Spinal Injuries Centre and Stoke Mandeville Hospital in 1944 and