It is with great sadness to hear that a great friend, snooker man and genuinely lovely fella Pat O’Neill has passed away. Pat was just 48 years of age and was suffering and battling illness for a few years now and was still the Treasurer of the Munster Snooker Council. Anyone who ever spoke to Pat,

The Crucible Snooker Club in Cork city is proud to present the inaugural Don O’Donoghue Memorial Snooker Tournament. The tournament will be held from the 14th – 16th February in the Crucible Club. A guaranteed minimum winner’s prize is €1000.00 to the winner. The entry fee is €50.00 per player and the event is Limited

The 2019 Connacht Snooker Classic will be held in the North West Snooker Club in Letterkenny. This event will be held on Sunday 17th February. Action begins at 10am. The Entry fee: Entry fee €20.00 juniors €10.00 and reg fee is €5.00 Al Entries to 096 70895 and the Closing date is Friday 15th Feb 6pm Draw

Darren Flaherty from Century SC in Ballina beat Hughie O Donnell from Tuam SC 3-0 in the 2018 Western Close held in Eglinton SC Galway yesterday , Hughie won the highest break of the day with a superb 81 break. Full report to follow

Jason Devaney from Ballina won the Connacht Snooker Association Close in the Century Snooker Club in Ballina on Sunday the 21st October. This event was sponsored by Albany Ballina. Jason had three centuries in the event and beat Gareth Kirwin 3 frames to 1 in a superb final.

Thank you very much for all the players, ref’s, officials and friends, of Ribsa and the Legends Tour, who sponsored and supported the 12 hour snooker marathon in aid of Wexford Mental Health Association. A total figure on the 12 hour snooker charity marathon raised in aid of Wexford Mental Health Association was €2, 260

The Leinster Billiards & Snooker Association would like to announce that a meeting to re-establish the Leinster billiards and snooker association will be held in Newbridge CYMS on Tuesday September 25th at 8.00pm. All clubs in the Leinster area are invited to send delegates to this meeting.

The Leinster Billiards & Snooker Association would like to inform all the Leinster Clubs qualified for the 2018 All-Ireland Club Championship that the fundraising draw tickets must be returned to Ger Murray before 2pm on Sunday 21st January. The Draw will take place in Edenderry SC at 2pm during the Peter McNally Memorial Snooker Tournament. 

The Leinster Billiards & Snooker Association would like to announce that Eamonn Kent from Co Carlow has won the 1st prize in the Leinster draw of a weekend for 2 at the All-Ireland Club Championships at the Gleneagle Hotel Killarney (ticket sold by James Bateman). 2nd prize of €100 cash went to John Joe Dempsey from Monasterevan (ticket