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2023 EBSA U18 Snooker Championships

The European EBSA U18 Snooker Championships began this morning in the Dolmen Hotel in Malta. SBI have 5 players playing in the event and you can follow all the results below. James O Connell, Aaron Smith, Joe Shannon, Jack O Brien and Ronan McGuirk will compete in the event. Live Scoring and streaming is available

2023 EBSA U16 Snooker Championships

The European EBSA U16 Snooker Championships began this morning in the Dolmen Hotel in Malta. SBI have 5 players playing in the event and you can follow all the results below. Joe Shannon, Jack O Brien, Aaron Donnelly, Davy Hickey and Max Kennedy will compete in the event. Live Scoring and streaming is available –

SBI hold final EBSA Training Day

The final Snooker & Billiards Ireland International training camp to prepare our players for the 2023 EBSA Snooker Championships in Malta was held with our National Coach PJ Nolan on Saturday 4th of March. The training was held from 11am -4pm on Break-Building, Long Potting, Cue Ball Control. Technique and Cue tip checks were done

EBSA International Training Day 4th March

Snooker & Billiards Irelannd have announced that our National Coach PJ Nolan will hold the final amateur training camp on Saturday 4th of March from 11am -4pm to prepare our players for the 2023 EBSA Snooker Championships which is being held in Malta in March. All the players below are invited to the training day.

Irish Open & World Matchplay Championship

The World Matchplay Championship (level 6 World Ranking Event) returns to the SBI Academy in Carlow, Ireland, and is preceded by the Irish Open, a level 3 World Ranking Event. This state of the art facility is one of the finest in Europe having opened in 2021. We are extremely grateful for the support of

2023 European Snooker Championships

Snooker & Billiards Ireland would like to wish all our players the best of luck in the 2023 European Snooker Championships in Malta from 6th to 18th March. There will be 4 separate events this year with the European U-16, U-18, U-21, Men’s Singles Snooker Championships. The competition will start on Monday 6th March with

Intro Level Coaching Course – 1st April

Snooker & Billiards Ireland will be holding a Intro Level Coaching Ireland Coaching Course in the SBI HQ in Carlow on Saturday the 1st of April. The course will start at 10am and finish at 6pm on the day. The Course will be given by National Coach PJ Nolan (Role of Coaches + Playing Techniques)

SBI Billiards Tour Events – 5th March

Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) would like to announce details of the next Billiards event on the SBI Billiards Tour is event 4 on Sunday 5th March in the SBI HQ ENTER NOW National Championships: – SBI HQ Carlow – 5TH MARCH Full Billiards Tour Info Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) would like to announce

Nolan wins SBI Challenge Event 3

On Sunday the 26th of February, CYMS Newbridge was the venue for the third event in the SBI Challenge Tour series. This was a change from the original scheduled location, which was not available due to on-going alterations work at the Crucible Club in Cork. Play started at 10am, with a total participation of 21

Joe wins U-16 Event 3

No 2 seed Joe Shannon from Longford won the SBI U-16 Event 3 on Sunday 24 February in the SBI HQ in Carlow Joe beat Jack O Brien 3-0 in a top class quality final. Joe played steady snooker with some good potting and safety to win the title. In the semi-finals Joe beat Max