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

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

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

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 given

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

The Republic of Billiards & Snooker Association would like to congratulate Barry Stone from Dublin who made his RIBSA National Refereeing debut today. Barry officiated at the RIBSA Masters Ranking Event 3 in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow on Sunday the 1st of December. The Referee Association had trained Barry over the last few

The Republic of Billiards & Snooker Association would like to congratulate Natasha McAuley from Dublin who made her RIBSA National Refereeing debut yesterday. Natasha officiated at the RIBSA Intermediate Ranking Event 1 in the Darcy McGees SC in the Spawell Complex in Dublin on Saturday the 28th of September. The Referee Association had trained Natasha

Dear Players, Officials, Many of you will be aware that the WPBSA has undertaken a review of the Official Rules of Snooker & English Billiards and I am writing to bring you up to date. This review was deemed necessary due to the globalisation of our sport and to bring the rules up to date

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association are after holding a series of Snooker Referee Seminars for anybody interested in becoming a RIBSA Snooker Referee in Darcy McGees Snooker Club, Templeogue in Dublin. RIBSA would like to congratulate two new Class 3 Referees Natasha McAuley and Benedek Goz for training so hard and to

Any body interested in becoming a Snooker Referee, or even if you want to learn the rules of the game, is welcome to attend a seminar on Saturday June 8th at 11am in Darcy McGees Snooker Club, Templeogue, Dublin (beside the Spawell roundabout) Places are limited, so early booking is advisable. You can book through