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Good Luck Team Ireland

Snooker & Billiards Ireland would like to wish all our players and officials 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. U-16 Players: Jack O Brien, Joe Shannon,

2023 Club Registration

Snooker & Billiards Ireland would like to remind Clubs of the details of the 2023 Club Registration fees. The fees are the following. 1 – 4 Snooker Table €25.00 5 or more tables €45.00 Snooker & Billiards Ireland is the official governing body for Snooker & Billiards in the Republic of Ireland. If any club

Deepest Sympathy

Everyone involved in Irish and World Snooker & Billiards will be saddened to hear that Dick Brennan from (Dun Laoghaire) in Dublin passed away yesterday.  Snooker & Billiards Ireland would like to offer their very deepest sympathy to his family and friends at this sad time. Dick was a true legend in Irish Snooker &

Max Wins SBI U-14 Event 4

Current Irish U-14 Champion Max Kennedy from Galway won the fourth Snooker & Billiards Ireland under 14 National Snooker Ranking event of the season. This event was played in the SBI Academy of Excellence on Saturday the 25th of February and featured players from Galway, Longford, Newbridge, Edenderry, Kerry and Dublin. In the semi-finals, Max Kennedy

O’Connell wins U-18 Event 3

On Sunday 19th of February SBI held the third Under 21 event of the season was played in SBI HQ. The No.1 seed James O’ Connell from Cork made it three in a row to take the title when he beat Joe Shannon from Longford in a great final 3 frames to 0 in a

Murray wins Billiards Event 4

Celbridge Snooker Club was the venue for the fourth SBI Billiards Ranking Event of the season took place on Sunday 19th February and the format was the best of 3x150s that saw top seed Aidan Murray win his third ranking event of four this season against Jason Dowling. Six of the seven players took part

Ernie Wins Super Seniors Event 3

Ernie McMullen won the third Super Seniors event of the season playing some wonderful Snooker which was played in the delightful CYMS Newbridge club in Co. Kildare. If there was a milk cart race, I think Ernie would have won that too. (Am I showing my age?). In the first round, Ernie beat Eugene Hughes

O DONOGHUE WINS AMATEUR EVENT 4

Current National Champion Brendan O Donoghue from Nenagh won the Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) 4th Amateur event on the SBI Amateur Tour on Saturday & Sunday the 11th / 12th of February in the SBI HQ in Carlow. In the final Brendan beat Greg Casey from Cork in a great final which was live

New Referee Examiner Shane Mason

At the recent All Ireland Club Championships in the Glen Eagle Hotel in Killarney the Referee Association upgraded a number of Referees. We are delighted to announce Shane Mason has now become an International Referee Examiner. The Referee Association congratulate Shane on his successful examination and we look forward to him officiating at our events

RILSA Referee Seminars Held

As part of the agreement with SBI and RILSA to support and advance the development of the game in particular in relation to Ladies Snooker two referees seminars were held. On Tuesday 10th January and Tuesday 31st January from 7.30pm – 9.30pm the SBI referee’s association held seminars with the members of RILSA in Sharkx