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2023 IBSF World Masters Championships Qatar

The 2023 IBSF World Snooker Masters Snooker Championships will be held in Doha, Qatar during the period from the 16th until the 24th of November 2023. Click Live Scoring & Streaming Ireland have a very strong line up of players playing this year and SBI would like to wish the players and Officials good luck

Murray wins Billiards Event 3

The 3rd Billiards Ranking Event of the season made a welcome return to the AOH Club in Cork on Sunday 12th November that saw nine players took part and finished with Aidan Murray coming out on top for the second time this season after winning the first event in Newbridge on the 8th October. The

4 Nations Billiards International

The annual four nations billiards international will be taking place in Vienna, Austria on the weekend of the 18th and 19th of November. The Republic of Ireland team will be well represented with six players. They include: John Kehoe – Captain Aidan Murray Jason Dowling Joe Doheny Aonghus McAnally Larry Drennan Brendan Devlin and Kevin

WADA Publishes 2024 Prohibited List

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) published the 2024 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List), which was approved by WADA’s Executive Committee (ExCo) during its meeting on 22 September 2023 and enters into force on 1 January 2024. WADA has also published: the 2024 Summary of Major Modifications and Explanatory Notes as compared to the 2023 List; and the 2024 Monitoring Program,

2023 IBSF World Championships Qatar

The 2023 IBSF World Snooker (Men, Women & Masters) and English Billiards Championships that will be held in Doha, Qatar during the period from the 5th until the 24th of November 2023. Click Live Scoring & Streaming Ireland have a very strong line up of players playing this year and SBI would like to wish

O’Brien Wins U-18 Event 2

Jack O Brien from St Johns SC Limerick won the second Under 18 Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) Tour event of the season in the SBI HQ on Sunday the 5th of November. In the final he beat Jamie McCarthy from Crucible SC in a great final 3-1. The first game of the day was

Joe Wins SBI U-14 EVENT 1

12 yr old Joe Shannon from Longford who is having a great season won the first Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) Under 14 ranking event of the season on Saturday 4th of November in the SBI Academy of Excellence in Carlow. The top seed for this event was Joe Shannon and we had players from

Presentation to Rodney

International Referee Neil Shanahan made a special presentation to Rodney Goggins on becoming the first Irish Referee that has won an IBSF World Title to qualify as Class 3 EBSA Snooker International Referee on Monday the 30th of October in SBI Academy of Excellence HQ in Carlow. The photo is of the World Championships trophy

National Snooker & Billiards Development Day Held

On Saturday the 4th of November 2023 in the SBI HQ Academy of Excellence in Carlow, Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) held a very successful National Snooker & Billiards Junior Developmental Day from 11am to 4pm with PJ Nolan our National Coach and his fellow SBI Qualified coaches. Pro Superstar Irish Professional Snooker Star Aaron

McMullen wins Super Seniors Event 2

Another fabulous over 55’s tournament was held in the wonderful CYMS Club in Newbridge Co. Kildare on Sunday the 5th of November which was won by Ernie McMullen. First up for Ernie was Jim Carrick in an all CYMS derby & Ernie prevailed 3-1. Next up for Ernie was Anthony Flanaghan where Ernie won 3-1 &