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SBI Junior Development Day Held

Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) held a free National Junior Snooker Developmental Day in the SBI HQ Academy of Excellence in Carlow on Sunday the 27th of February from 11am to 4pm with our National Coach PJ Nolan. The day was hailed a huge success with junior players travelling from Wexford, Limerick, Dundalk, Carlow and

Fitzpatrick wins Intermediate Tour Event 1

The first Snooker & Billiards Ireland Intermediate Tour event of the season was won by Ivor Fitzpatrick from Dublin who swept through the field, dropping only one single frame in the whole day, when he beat Mark Gleeson in a high standard final played in Celbridge Snooker Club on Saturday 26th of February. This event was

Intro Level Course Qualifies 8 Coaches

On Saturday the 26th of February, Snooker & Billiards Ireland held a one-day Intro Level Snooker Coaching Education Course to qualify eight new SBI Coaches in the SBI HQ in Carlow. Alan McDonagh from Galway, Cathal Moore from Rathkeale, David McArdle from Dundalk, Jessie Hegarty from Cork, John McCarthy from Waterford, John O’Sullivan from Kilkenny,

Referee Seminar in Cue Club Killarney

The SBI Referee’s Association are holding a Snooker Referees Seminar in The Cue Club Killarney on Saturday 26th February at 11am to recruit new snooker referees. Any interested in attending this Seminar please contact: Ger Murray Chairman 0858782974 Neil Shanahan Secretary 0863578481 The following link is to the profiles of all the SBI Qualified Referees and

Junior Snooker Development Day – 27th February

Snooker & Billiards Ireland have will hold their second National Junior snooker developmental day of the year on Sunday the 27th of February in the SBI HQ in Carlow from 11am to 4pm. Each season SBI hold Junior Developmental days to encourage more juniors to play our beautiful sport. In the past players from all

Ronan Wins U-16 Event 1

Ronan McGuirk won the Snooker & Billiards Ireland first Junior U-16 Ranking event of the season in the HQ Academy of Excellence in Carlow on Saturday 19th of February. In the final Ronan beat Jack O Brien from St Johns SC in a great final 3 frames to 1. The TD for the event was

Deepest Sympathy

Snooker & Billiards Ireland sends its sincere condolences to the family of our treasurer John Tobin on the passing of his brother Maurice last week. SBI offer their condolences to all his family and friends at this sad time. May he rest in peace RIP RIP.IE

Deepest Sympathy

Snooker & Billiards Ireland sends its sincere condolences to the family of Irish player Adrian Dunleavey from Galway who has sadly passed away last night. Adrian was a leading player in the Connacht area for many years and competed on the National tour over the years. SBI offer their condolences to all his family and

Registered Clubs 2022

Snooker & Billiards Ireland is the official governing body for Snooker & Billiards in the Republic of Ireland. Here you can find a list of 2022 Registered Clubs in the four regions. Leinster, Munster, Dublin and Connacht. If any club would like to become a Registered Club, they should go on to the online payment

Flynn Wins Challenge Event 1

Last Sunday the first challenge tour event was held in the Crucible club in Cork. A decent entry of 18 players, some of these new faces which was great to see. The first real shock was the defeat of 4th seed, Robbie Donavan by his Fermoy club mate Liam Hayes by a score line of