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Dublin Region 2 – Pioneers SC

The Dublin Region of the 2021 Irish Amateur Snooker Championship was split in to two venues in Pioneers SC and Roadstone SC this year. In the Pioneers SC in Dublin on 4th Dec. 2021, there were 9 players scheduled to play thereby requiring a preliminary round between Brian O’Rourke and Kevin O’Brien which not only

SBI Award Winners 2021

Snooker & Billiards Ireland are proud to announce the SBI award winners for 2021. Each winner was selected in helping to promote the game all over Ireland. SBI Club of Year – Newbridge CYMS SBI Referee of Year – John Kehoe SBI Coach of Year – Kevin McMahon SBI Volunteer of Year – Richie McAuley

SBI Press Release – 27th Nov 2021

The National Governing Body for Snooker and Billiards in Ireland are proud to announce an update on their new Snooker & Billiards Ireland National Academy HQ in Carlow. The new state of the art facility will give Irish Snooker and Billiards it first very own premises with four Star match tables and four Shender match

2021 SBI Amateur Snooker Championship

Snooker & Billiards Ireland have just announced the details of the 2021 Irish Amateur Snooker Championships. This year the championship will be played in four qualifiers in the four regions in Dublin, Leinster, Munster and Connacht to qualify 16 players for the final stages. This championship is open to all ages, genders and abilities to

Murray wins National 150up title

Aidan Murray won his fourth national billiards 150up title on Sunday 28th November in Celbridge Snooker Club adding to the tiltes he won in 2013, 2017 and 2018. The 150up championship was played the previous Sunday on the 21st November and the final the following Sunday which Aidan fought off the stern challenge of Joe

Dowling wins Timmy Murphy Memorial

The sixth annual Timmy Murphy Memorial took place on Sunday 28th November in Celbridge Snooker Club with 8 players taking part and the event included a handicap system. The quarter finals saw Aonghus McAnally overcome debutante Annette Newman who became the first woman to play in this special event. Liam Byrne, Jason Dowling and Brendan

SBI Shootout – Postponed

Snooker & Billiards Ireland have just announced that the 2021 National Snooker Shootout is postponed due to circumstances out of our control in preparing the SBI HQ & Academy in Carlow. This event was planned for Saturday 27th of November and all players who entered will have their entry fee refunded to their bank accounts

McKeever Wins Over 55’s Championship

This year’s SBI over 55’s National Championships were played on Sunday November 21st in St. Conleth’s CYMS in Newbridge. Play commenced at 12 pm with 13 players participating. In his opening comments TD Tony Thorpe remarked that this event is the very first Super Senior Tournament to be held in R.O.I. Plans are in place

New level 1 SBI Coaches Qualify

Snooker & Billiards Ireland held a” Level 1 Coaching Ireland” Snooker Education Course in the new SBI HQ Academy of Excellence in Carlow on the 20th  & 21st of November to qualify three new SBI Level 1 coaches from Dungarvan, Ballinasloe and Cappoquin. New Qualified Coaches Dylan Rees from Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, Paul Keighery from

2021 SBI Shootout – Postponed

Snooker & Billiards Ireland have just announced that the 2021 National Snooker Shootout is postponed due to circumstances out of our control in preparing the SBI HQ & Academy in Carlow. This event was planned for Saturday 27th of November and all players who entered will have their entry fee refunded to their bank accounts