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Gavin Wins National Challenge Championship

Gavin Dolan from Celbridge won the National Challenge Championship on Saturday the 6th of June in the SBI Academy in Carlow during SBI Finals weekend. In the final Gavin beat Patrick Kinsella from Cavan in a high quality final 3 frames to 2 on the final black to take the title. Gavin Dolan beat Paul

North regain North-South Trophy.

The annual Billiards International North-South Challenge Tournament took place at the Reading Rooms, Bangor, Northern Ireland on Saturday and Sunday, 23rd and 24th May 2026.  The format of the event was that each team of eight was divided into two groups of four, so that each player met four opponents from his corresponding group, with

Clancy Homes Junior Shoot Out

SBI are delighted to announce details of the Clancy Homes Junior Shoot Out in the SBI Academy of Excellence in Carlow on Sunday the 30th of May. PJ Nolan will be the TD on the day. Joe Shannon won the 2025 Junior Shoot last year in the SBI HQ. WHO WILL WIN THE 2026 TITLE!!!!

2026 Celtic Challenge in MatchRoom in Llanelli Wales

Snooker & Billiards Ireland have just announced the teams of the 2026 Celtic Junior Challenge. This year the event will be held on Saturday the 4th of July in the MatchRoom in Llanelli ,Wales. The top four Under 14 and the top four Under 16 players after each National Championships will qualify to represent Ireland

2026 SBI Finals Weekend

Snooker & Billiards Ireland have confirmed the details for the 2026 Snooker & Billiards Ireland Finals Weekend on the 5th – 7th of June in the Snooker & Billiards Ireland HQ in Carlow. 14 National Champions will be crowned over the weekend and it promises to be very exciting weekend of action. Live Streaming will

Aaron Hill Elite Squad Launch

Snooker & Billiards Ireland will offically announce the 2026 Aaaron Hill Elite Squad for 12 talented young stars on Saturday 30th May at 9.45am in the SBI Academy in Carlow. The players will recieve a polo shirt and hoddie plus a new Elite Squad Training Booklet. SBI are delighted to see so much talent and

2026 AGM Reports & Link

The AGM of Snooker Billiards Ireland will take place at the HQ.on Sunday next 31st May at 11am. All members are welcome Any SBI member who requires a copy of the AGM reports and accounts in advance of the AGM should email info@sbireland.ie requesting a copy of same. The secretary will then forward you the

Wayne wins All Ireland Billiards title

On Friday the 22nd of may wayne traveled up to drumaness snooker club to take on the Northern Ireland champion and world ranked number 11 Christian Kirk, Wayne himself been ranked world number 15 it all set up for what would be a interesting match up been played over 750 up Christian started off the

SBI hold Junior Development Day

On Saturday the 23rd of May, Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) held another National Junior Snooker & Billiards Developmental Day in the SBI HQ Academy of Excellence in Carlow. SBI hold Developmental days to introduce and encourage more juniors to play our beautiful sports. There was a mixture of current Irish Junior International players, National

2026 World Women’s Championships in China

On May 9th, 2026, Ella O’Connor, her mother Vanessa, and I began our journey to Dongguan, China, for the World Women’s Snooker Championships. As Irish Ladies National Snooker Coach, I had the privilege of accompanying and supporting Ella as she prepared to represent Ireland in both the Under-21 and Senior Women’s events. The trip involved