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SBI hold European Week of Sport Cue Zone

Snooker & Billiards Ireland held a free snooker coaching Cue Zone with our National Coach PJ Nolan in the SBI Academy of Excellence in Carlow on Sunday the 25th of September. The Cue Zone was part of the 2022, European Week of Sport and it was held from 11am-4pm with PJ who is also a

International Training Day

Snooker & Billiards Irelannd have announced that our National Coach PJ Nolan will hold training camps on Saturday the 29th of October to prepare our National teams players for the 2022 IBSF World Snooker Championships which is being held in Turkey in November. PJ will hold the sessions on Break-Building, Safety, Long Potting, Tips on

2022 SBI Snooker Shootout

Snooker & Billiards Ireland have just announced the details of the 2022 National Snooker Shootout. The event is sponsored by Reevan Construction LTD and will held at the SBI HQ Academy in Carlow on Saturday 1st of October. This year will see four qualifiers played throughout the day. When players enter the event, they will

European Week of Sport Cue Zone

As part of the 2022, European Week of Sport. Snooker & Billiards Ireland will be holding a free snooker coaching Cue Zone in the SBI Academy of Excellence in Carlow on Sunday the 25th of September. The Cue Zone will be held from 11am-4pm with our National Coach PJ Nolan. All ages and levels are

Goggins Wins Amateur Tour Event 1

The first SBI Amateur event took place over the weekend of the 17th/18th September I’m the SBI academy in Carlow. The Winner was Rodney Goggins from Liam Mellows SC Wexford who beat David Cassidy from the Crucible SC in Cork. Before the start of the event TD Shane Mason asked for a minute’s silence in

Murray wins Billiards Event 1

The first SBI Billiards Event of the season took place on Sunday 11th September at the Snooker and Billiards Ireland Academy of Excellence in Carlow. The format was best 3x150s with 10 players taking part. However there were two walkovers as two players were a no show so there was only pre quarter match between

SBI TD Seminar Held

On Saturday 10th September Snooker & Billiards Ireland held a TD seminar in order to train up new tournament directors in time for the start of a new season. Committee member Shane Mason gave the seminar on behalf of SBI and was delighted to train up 5 more TD’s. Shane went through all the tasks

Deepest Sympathy

Snooker & Billiards Ireland sends its sincere condolences to the family of Irish Snooker player James Darcy from Navan on the passing of his father Joe Darcy who sadly passed away this week. SBI offer their condolences to James and all his family and friends at this sad time. May he rest in peace RIP

Membership Available 2023/24 Season

Snooker & Billiards Ireland announced the new calendar of events this week with events in all categories and age levels to suit everyone from September til May. All members need to pay their membership as it runs from September to September each year. Only players with a valid SBI membership will be able to access

Training Day Tournament Directors

Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) would like to announce details of the SBI Training day for new Tournament Directors and Referees on Saturday 10th of September in the SBI HQ in Carlow. SBI are looking for members to becoming tournament directors for our events. Shane Mason will conduct the training on training the TD’s and