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Deepest Sympathy

Snooker & Billiards Ireland sends its sincere condolences to the family of Irish International Snooker player Ernie McMullen from Newbridge on the passing of his Father Ernie who has sadly passed away this week. SBI offer their condolences to Ernie and all his family and friends at this sad time. May he rest in peace

2023 National Billiards Long-Up Championship

The 2023 National Billiards Long-up Championship qualifiers was held in Celbridge Snooker Club on Sunday 23rd April where the event featured 12 players, once the day’s play finished it was no surprise that the two serial title rivals Aidan Murray and Wayne Doyle came through to book another final showdown as well as their short

2023 SBI AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS

This weekend SBI held the qualifying rounds of the National Amateur Snooker Championships in the SBI HQ. On Saturday we started with 65 entries and the end of Sunday we are down to the last 16 who will now play in finals weekend next weekend. On Saturday 22nd April we played the top half of

North retain North-South Trophy

The annual Billiards International North-South Challenge Tournament took place at Celbridge Snooker Club, on Saturday and Sunday, 15th and 16th April 2023.  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 the consequence that

Notice for Members

Notice to all members of Snooker and Billiards Ireland who wish to receive a forwarded report no later than 7 days before the 2023 SBI AGM held on Sunday the 30th of April. The report will hold the following: 2023 AGM Agenda Motions for the 2023 AGM. The report of the 2022 Annual General Meeting Please

Goggins Wins Seniors 5

On Sunday 9th April SBI held the fifth Senior event of the season in SBI HQ where we had 24 entries in this event. After a great day’s snooker, it was Rodney who took the title when he beat Dylan Rees in the final by 3 frames to 1. There was an early meeting of

Glesson Wins Intermediate 4

On Saturday the 7th of April in the Nenagh Snooker & Social Club in county Tipperary, Mark Gleeson from Nenagh won the SBI Intermediate Event 4 of the season. In the final Mark beat Donal Foran from Galway in a final frame decider in a very good match 3-2. Mark already had good wins in

SBI to Host WDBS Irish Open

Snooker & Billiards Ireland and World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) are delighted to announce the first ranking tournament of the 2023/24 season will see the circuit head to Ireland for the first time with the staging of the WDBS Irish Open from 28-30 July. The international expansion represents a key step for WDBS as the

Jack Wins SBI U-16 Event 4

The final of the last U-16 ranking event of the season featured the No.1 and No 2 seeds after Jack O Brien and Joe Shannon reached the final of the SBI U-16 Event 4 on Saturday 1st April in the SBI HQ in Carlow. The final was played on Saturday 8th April at 10am due

Fitzpatrick Wins Challenge 4

On Saturday the 1st of April, Celbridge Snooker Club hosted the fourth event in the SBI Challenge Tour series. This was highly competitive event which saw Ivor Fitzpatrick and Pat Fitzgerald go head to head in the final on Thursday 6th April at 2:30pm due to the late finish off the semis. In a high