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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 on the 16th & 17th of July to qualify two new SBI Level 1 coaches from Trim in Meath and Bantry in Cork New Coaches Jessie Hegarty from Cork, John Tobin from Trim

IBSF World 6 Reds & Teams Snooker Billiards Championships – Malaysia

Dear Member The IBSF have just announced the official invitation letter for the IBSF World Snooker Championships (6 reds Men & Women – teams Men & masters) and the World 150 up English Billiards, which will be held in Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia from 26th September to 9th October 2022. Full details on the event below and if any SBI Member is interested in playing in this event, please

SBI Holding a Fundraising Golf Classic

Dear Member, SBI are holding a fundraising golf classic and we are hoping our member clubs and members will get behind the venture and make it a huge success. We have ambitious plans for the association, raising standards for all within our membership and beyond, in order to help fulfil these ambitions we are looking

Ireland Win Super Seniors Celtic Challenge

An international team of 8 players from Wales travelled to the SBI Centre of excellence in Carlow to compete against Team Ireland in the first ever Super Senior Celtic Challenge on Saturday July 9. All players were delighted with the facilities and the high standard of the tables. The SBI team got off to a

Super Senior Celtic Challenge

SBI are delighted to announce that they will welcome a team from Wales to compete in the first ever Super Senior (over 55’s) Celtic Challenge at the SBI Academy and Centre of Excellence in Carlow. The event will take place on Saturday July 9th with play starting at 10 am. A great day of top

Fry Wins SBI/NIBSA Grand Prix

On Saturday 2nd July and Sunday 3rd July the SBI/NIBSA Grand Prix was held in the SBI HQ in Carlow. This event saw the top 8 players from the NIBSA ranking list compete against the top 8 players from SBI ranking list. It was a seeded draw where the no. 1 player from SBI played

Wales Win Celtic Challenge 2022

The Republic of Ireland National Under 14 and Under 16 Snooker and U-18 teams played the 2022 Celtic Challenge in the Terry Griffiths Matchroom in Llanelli, Wales on Saturday the 2nd of July 2022. This year saw 7 Irish players making their international debut and it is a new area of Irish Junior Snooker with

Training Camp for Celtic Challenge

Snooker & Billiards Ireland held an International junior snooker training camp with our National Coach PJ Nolan on Sunday 26th June in SBI HQ from 11am – 4pm. This camp was to prepare our players for the 2022 Celtic Junior Challenge which will be played on Saturday the 2nd of July in Terry Griffiths Matchroom

SBI Hold Successful 2022 AGM

Snooker & Billiards Ireland held their annual AGM in the SBI HQ in Carlow on Saturday the 25th of July from 12 noon to 3.45pm. SBI Chairman Dylan Rees welcomed all the members to the AGM in our new home of Irish Snooker This was followed by SBI President Jim Leacy who gave his opening

2022 All Ireland Grand Prix Draw

Snooker & Billiards Ireland will host the 2022 All Ireland Grand Prix in the SBI HQ Academy of Excellence in Carlow on the 2nd – 3rd of July. This event will feature the top 8 SBI and NIBSA ranked snooker players. All matches are knock out and best of 7 frames. This event is played