Dear Player As you may be aware World Snooker have just announce the qualifying criteria for the 2012-2013 Professional tour. THE NGB’s in the UK and Ireland will no longer be able to nominate players direct to the tour. Instead they have been allocated 2 places each within the Q school. RIBSA will nominate the

Everyone involved within the Snooker Family would like to send their condolences to the family of Declan Waters from Wexford who died this week. Declan represented the 147 Snooker Club in Wexford in many RIBSA events over the years. The Republic Of Ireland Billiards and Snooker Association send their deepest Sympathies to the Waters Family

The 2011 Home Internationals will take place in Prestatyn, Wales from the 9th to 15th of September alongside the famous Pontins Pro Am and we are currently trying to finalise the squads. Every year Ireland is one of the best represented countries at the event with nearly 80 players and supporters travelling last year. Senior

Welcome to our new online presence here at www.ribsa.ie. RIBSA has had a web site for over 10 years now and we have always tried to use the site to bring you our members the most up to date information about the sport of snooker in Ireland. With this new site we hope to improve

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) would like to inform all their members that they have set up their own RIBSA YouTube Channel to promote the game and our members. RIBSA will be adding videos each month to build up the page. CLICK HERE Search: RIBSA Billiards & Snooker on YouTube