New Referee Examiner Shane Mason

At the recent All Ireland Club Championships in the Glen Eagle Hotel in Killarney the Referee Association upgraded a number of Referees. We are delighted to announce Shane Mason has now become an International Referee Examiner. The Referee Association congratulate Shane on his successful examination and we look forward to him officiating at our events

RILSA Referee Seminars Held

As part of the agreement with SBI and RILSA to support and advance the development of the game in particular in relation to Ladies Snooker two referees seminars were held. On Tuesday 10th January and Tuesday 31st January from 7.30pm – 9.30pm the SBI referee’s association held seminars with the members of RILSA in Sharkx

New Class 2 Referees John & Pat

At the recent All Ireland Club Championships in the Glen Eagle Hotel in Killarney the Referee Association upgraded a number of Referees. We are delighted to announce John Tobin and Pat Mooney have passed their Class 2 examination to qualify as an official SBI Referees. The Referee Association congratulate John and Pat on their successful

New Class 3 Referee Maurice Walsh

At the recent All Ireland Club Championships in the Glen Eagle Hotel in Killarney the Referee Association upgraded a number of Referees. We are delighted to announce Maurice Walsh from Cork passed his Class 3 examination to qualify as an official SBI Referee. The Referee Association congratulate Maurice on his successful examination and we look

SBI Officials at 2022 Home Internationals

Snooker & Billiards Ireland have a full team of officials at the 2022 Home Internationals in the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds this week. SBI have four referees in action with Pat Mooney, John Kehoe, Paddy Hanafin and Aonghus McAnally.  Shane Mason is the HIBSF Tournament Director and Jim Leacy is the HIBSF Chairman. The

Referee of Year – Steven Foster

Snooker & Billiards Ireland have presented the 2022 SBI Referee of the year Award to Steven Foster. Shane Mason presented his award during finals weekend in the SBI HQ in Carlow on Saturday 21st of May. The other Award winners were; SBI Volunteer of the year award – Connie O Sullivan SBI Coach of the year award – Paul Keighery

Referee Seminar Held in Killarney

SBI held a Referee Seminar and Examinations in Cue Club Killarney Saturday 26th February. Shane Sexton from Limerick, Eamon Ryan from Cue Club Killarney, Jason Dowling from Limerick, and Gerry Russell from Cork a ttended this Seminar. Connie O’Sullivans wife Patricia opened the club for us and helped with photos during the day. Thanks to

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

SBI Awards Presented

On Sunday the 19th of December, SBI presented Coach, Referee, Club, Volunteer of year awards. SBI also presented an award to congratulate our European Champions Mark Tuite & Frank Sarsfied. Each winner was selected in helping to promote the game all over Ireland. SBI Club of Year – Newbridge CYMS ( Ger Murray Accepted on

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