SBI Hold Shaun Murphy Q&A

On Friday the 2nd of April, Snooker & Billiards Ireland were delighted to host a successful zoom Q&A with the 2005 World Snooker Champion Shaun Murphy. SBI offered 50 members a chance to ask the magician questions via Zoom to find out what makes this great snooker player tick, his thoughts on the game and

Rodney’s Memories

A couple of months ago, I was asked by PJ Nolan to create something about what it was like playing as a youngster back in 1992/93 and to include the players and the excitement of that season. That’s coming up to 30 years ago now, and at firstly I didn’t know what angle to take.

Shaun Murphy Q&A

The Magician Shaun Murphy will join Snooker & Billiards Ireland on Zoom on Friday the 2nd of April at 7pm for a Q&A with the 2005 World Champion. There will be 50 places available for SBI Members to join us with Shaun to find out what makes this great snooker player tick, his thoughts on

Jordan Brown Wins Welsh Open

Snooker & Billiards Ireland board members, players and officials would like to congratulate Northern Ireland player Jordan Brown on winning the 2021 Welsh Open live on BBC and Eurosport TV. The world No 81 from Antrim played his best ever snooker on the big stage to shock world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan 9-8 to win the

A Trip Down Memory Lane Part 1-5

Welcome to our trip down memory lane. This will highlight our incredible members in National and International events across the years. While it is impossible to cover everything, SBI have tried to cover many of the Senior, Masters, Intermediate, Ladies, Juniors and Billiards events. This document is split into 5 sections and covers fantastic achievements

RTÉ Sport 2020 Young Sportsperson

Ireland teenager Snooker sensation Aaron Hill from Cork has been nominated as one of the contenders for the RTÉ Sport 2020 Young Sportsperson of the Year. The 2020 double European Champion really shot to International fame on Eurosport TV last year in Milton Keynes when Aaron knocked out Ronnie O’Sullivan in the WST Professional European

SBI Banners

Snooker & Billiards Ireland would like to officially announce news to our members about our new SBI Banners which will be used as photo back-drops for our events going forward. This is hoped to give our Association more profile and make our photos more professional on our web site and social media platforms. More information

Munster & All Ireland Club Championships

A message from Tournament Director Connie O Sullivan. I spoke with the Glen Eagle Hotel today. We would need to be in level 2 in order to host the Munster and All Ireland Snooker Club championships, and from any information we can get, there’s no way we will be in level 2 in January, so

Volunteer Ireland Award – John Tobin

This week Volunteer Ireland officially announced the 2020 Volunteer Ireland Awardees and we are so proud to announce our very own SBI Treasurer John Tobin was one of the Leinster Region volunteer’s winners. Watch Video SBI would like to congratulate John and his family on receiving this award and it is fantastic to see him

SBI Presentation to Jim Leacy

Snooker & Billiards Ireland made a special presentation to SBI President Jim Leacy in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Snooker & Billiards both nationally and Internationally through RIBSA, HIBSF, IBSF, WBL and WCBS. Dylan Rees Chairman of Snooker & Billiards Ireland made the presentation during the SBI Committee meeting on Sunday the 6th of