Deepest Sympathy

Everyone involved in Irish, European and World Snooker will be saddened to hear that Eugene O’Connor from Wales has sadly passed away this morning. Snooker & Billiards Ireland would like to offer their very deepest sympathy to Stella and his family and friends at this sad time. Eugene O’Connor would have been well known to

2021 Referees AGM Held

The AGM of SBI Referees Association was held on Thursday the 6th of May on Zoom. Fifteen people attended the AGM. There was a motion to increase committee to 7 and this was unanimously passed. The following Committee were elected Ger Murray Chairman Neil Shanahan Secretary Shane Corr Treasurer Shane Mason Committee Brendan Devlin Committee Aonghus

Neil appointed to EBSA Referee Committee

Snooker & Billiards Ireland are delighted to announce Neil Shanahan has been selected to be part of the EBSA Referee Sub-committee. All selected Referees below, have wide range of knowledge and experience and will contribute to the development of referee matters throughout Europe. Chairman: Peter Thomas – Wales Wiktoria Jedruszek – Poland Vadim Krivda –

Referees 2021 AGM

The AGM of SBI Referees Association will take place via Zoom on 6th May 2021 at 7pm. All S&BI referees are invited to attend the AGM. Please email Referee secretary Neil Shanahan before the 6th May if you would like attend with your email address so we can invite you to the Zoom Meeting. nshanahan0@gmail.com

SBI Referee Application Form

Would you like to be trained to become a qualified SBI Referee?. Snooker & Billiards Ireland hold training courses throughout the season for our members. A candidate must attend 6 hours tuition with a Tutor or Examiner. These 6 hours may be broken down to 3 X 2 hour seminars on Rules of Snooker, Positioning

WPBSA New Rule Book

Dear Referees The Referees Association would like to announce they have ordered a supply of new rule books from WST which includes all updated snooker rule changes from 2019. We recommend all our official SBI referees to hold a copy of this book. The cost is €10.00 including postage. Only current registered Referees can avail

Referee of the Year Award Neil Shanahan

RIBSA President Jim Leacy and RIBSA Chairman Dylan Rees along with Ger Murray from the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) have just presented the 2020 RIBSA Referee of the year award to Neil Shanahan from Celbridge on Saturday the 26th of September in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. This award

How to become a Qualified Referee?

Snooker & Billiards Ireland organise training referee seminars by the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Referees Association throughout the season. If you would like to attend a seminar, please fill in the form below and Neil Shanahan from the Referee Committee below will contact you to arrange the seminar. CLICK TO DOWNLOAD FORM A

Qualified SBI Referees

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Referees Association How to become a referee? A candidate must attend 6 hours tuition with a Tutor or Examiner. These 6 hours may be broken down to 3 X 2 hour seminars on Rules of Snooker, Positioning and Match Preparation. When 6 hours are completed The Candidate is

New Referee Steven Foster

The Republic of Billiards & Snooker Association would like to congratulate Steven Foster from Roscrea in Co Tipperary who made his RIBSA National Refereeing debut today. Steven officiated at the RIBSA Senior Ranking Event 3 in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow on Saturday the 14th of December. The Referee Association had trained Steven over the