John Referees EBSA Seniors Final

Irishman John Tobin from Trim refereed the final of the 2023 European Snooker Seniors Over 40 Championships in the Flamingo Grand Hotel in Albena in Bulgaria today. The final featured Darren Morgan from Wales against Gary Milne from England. The final was wayched all over the world and in the end of the day it

Tobin Selected to Referee Final EBSA Seniors C-Ships

Snooker & Billiards Ireland are delighted to announce that Irishman John Tobin from Trim has been selected to referee the final of the 2023 European Snooker Seniors Championships in the Flamingo Grand Hotel in Albena in Bulgaria. It has been a great year for the Meath man as he was also named 2023 SBI Referee

SBI TD of the Year

Snooker & Billiards Ireland presented the 2023 SBI TD of the year Award to Shane Mason from Dublin in the SBI HQ in Carlow on Sunday the 30th of April. SBI President Jim Leacy and SBI Chairman Dylan Rees made the presentation before the SBI Annual General Meeting. Aonghus McAnally announced the presentation in front

SBI Referee of the Year

Snooker & Billiards Ireland presented the 2023 SBI Referee of the year Award to John Tobin from St Patrick SC in Trim in the SBI HQ in Carlow on Sunday the 30th of April. SBI President Jim Leacy and SBI Chairman Dylan Rees made the presentation before the SBI Annual General Meeting. Aonghus McAnally announced

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