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SBI Senior Billiards Championships

Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) would like to announce they will hold two National Senior Billiards Championships in the Celbridge SC in November. Sunday the 14th of November – Senior Long Up Format National Championships – Celbridge SC Sunday the 21st of November – Senior 150 Up Format National Championships – Celbridge SC The final

SBI Amateur Snooker Championship Update

The Snooker & Billiards Ireland Board had a meeting today on the 27th of November and announced an important update for the 2021 Irish Amateur Snooker Championships. This year the championship will be played in four qualifiers in the regions in Dublin, Leinster, Munster and Connacht to qualify players for the final stages. PLEASE NOTE

SBI – Press Release – 8th Nov 2021

The National Governing Body for Snooker and Billiards in Ireland are proud to announce that their brand new premises the ‘Snooker & Billiards Ireland Head Quarters and National Academy’ is nearing completion in Carlow as the new state of the art facility will give Irish Snooker and Billiards it first very own premises with four

McAnally joins World Billiards Board

Snooker & Billiards Ireland are delighted to announce that Aonghus McAnally has joined its Board of Directors in World Billiards (WBL). Aonghus is currently a board member of Snooker & Billiards Ireland and also a Class 1 Billiard referee. Aonghus has also won National Billiards and Snooker Titles in the past and his appointed is

Amateur Snooker Championship Draws Dublin & Leinster

The draws for the Dublin and Leinster Regions for the 2021 Irish Amateur Snooker Championships have been made today. Snooker & Billiards Ireland announced all matches will be best of 7 frames. Action begins in Roadstone and Pioneers SC at 11am. The top half of the draw will be played in Roadstone SC and the

WADA Prohibited List 2022

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recently published the 2022 Prohibited List (attached). The latest edition of the list comes into effect on January 1st 2022. Please use the Summary of Major Modifications and Explanatory Notes document (attached) to familiarise yourself with the changes. It is important that you notify the relevant athletes, teams, medical and support personnel in your organisation

Crowley is National U-16 Champion

Leone Crowley from Cork City won the 2021 Irish National Under 16 title in style today with a 3 frames to 2 victory over Aaron Smith from Potters SC Drogheda. The Championship was played in Newbridge CYMS on Saturday the 30th of October. This championship was open to players who were Under 16 on 31st

Flaherty wins 2020 Intermediate Title

The only National championship that was played before the pandemic was the 2020 Intermediate 150up championship and as the first lockdown took place the final was postponed but eventually it was finally played and Rathkeale’s Anthony O ‘ Flaherty won his first intermediate 150up title and 5th overall as he won the long up format

Myers wins Intermediate 150up Title

Lloyd Myers completed the Irish intermediate billiards double when he won the National Intermediate Billiards 150up championship on Sunday 24th October at Celbridge Snooker Club as Lloyd Myers claimed a remarkable double to add the 150up title along with his long-up title he won the previous Sunday in the Intermediate grade. In the final he

Myers retains Intermediate long up Title

The 2021 National Intermediate Billiards Long-up Championship took place on Sunday 17th October in Celbridge Snooker Club and after a long days play Cork’s Lloyd Myers retained his title having won the last in 2019 that took place before the covid pandemic and his third overall. In the final he defeated Rathkeale’s Anthony O’Flaherty who