Rodney Goggins from Wexford won the Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) Event 5 on the 2023-2024 SBI Amateur Tour on Sunday the 12th of February. In the final he beat Ross Bulman from Youghal in an excellent Final.
On Sunday 11th Feb in the Snooker Academy, the Amateur event No. 4 semi-finalists were, Ross Bulman v Noel Landers and Rodney Goggins v Michael Judge.
In the Corkonian match, Ross took an early 3-0 lead, before Noel responded with a 72 break in taking frame 3. Noel also secured frame 4, before Ross closed out the match to win 4-2.
In the other semi, Rodney was in superb form and produced excellent match play Snooker to take a 3-0 lead against Michael. In frame 4 , Rodney secured the match with an 82 break to take victory 4-0.
The final itself was a very high quality affair. Rodney took the opening 2 frames with breaks of 72 & 84, before Ross responded with a 76 to take frame 3. Rodney regained his 2 frame advantage by securing frame 4, before Ross took frame 5 with a break of 67. Frame 6 became a scrappy affair, never the less Rodney secured a break of 38 and other smaller breaks added to secured him the required frame to win the match 4-2 .
SBI would like to thank TD Shane Mason (Sat) & TD & Ref Steven Foster (Sat) Shane Gorman (Sun) for their contributions
You can now enter and pay for all the events for the season at the same time by clicking HERE and choosing which events you want to enter.
This Amateur Tour is open to all ages, genders and abilities and will feature some of the best players in the country. Five ranking events are planned. This is followed with Irish Amateur Championship to find the 2024 champion to follow in the footsteps of the legends from our sport.
The defending Champion is Brendan O Donoghue from Nenagh who won the title in 2023.
- Event 1: AMATEUR EVENT 1 – 23rd – 24th September – SBI HQ Carlow – WINNER RYAN CRONIN
- Event 2: AMATEUR EVENT 2 – 14th – 15th October – SBI HQ Carlow – WINNER RYAN CRONIN
- Event 3: AMATEUR EVENT 3 – 2nd – 3rd December – Nenagh SC Co Tipperary – WINNER BRENADN O DONOGHUE
- Event 4: AMATEUR EVENT 4 – 10th – 11th February – SBI HQ Carlow – WINNER RODNEY GOGGINS
- Event 5: AMATEUR EVENT 5 – 30th – 31st March – SBI HQ Carlow
- Irish Amateur National Championships: 128 Stages 11th – 12th May – SBI HQ Carlow
- Final Weekend 18th – 19th May – SBI HQ Carlow
REGARDING RANKINGS – IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT PLAYERS ONLY USE ONE EMAIL ADDRESS ON THE SYSTEM AS THE RANKINGS ARE AUTOMATICALY DONE THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND WILL NOT WORK IF YOU USE TWO EMAILS
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Players will have to first pay SBI registration / membership or Renewal their membership and register for the new season. When you register, you will be asked to create a username and password. You will only be allowed to enter an event if log in and use this username and password.
You can reset your own password and there is also a support form on the system for members to complete and I.T. will follow up to resolve any major issues.
Prize Fund
Players are asked to note that the prize fund for all SBI tournaments for the coming season will be a guaranteed 70% of the entry fee pot with 30% of the pot going towards officiating and club hosting costs. SBI will top up prize funds when required on a case-by-case basis.
Closing Dates
The closing date for all SBI events will 1pm on the Thursday before the event. The Draw will be done automatically on the system with match times and displayed on the web site.
Tournament Entry Fees
The cost of entry will be the following:
- Over 21’s– €35.00
- Under 21 – €10.00
- Under 16’s – €1.00
- Ladies – €1.00
All players will need to register for the new season. SBI Registration runs from September to September each season.
SBI Registration
- Over 21 – €25.00
- Under 21’s – €20.00
- Under 18’s – €16.00
- One Day/Event – €10.00
Only SBI members can access the online system and enter to play in SBI tournaments but one-day registration is available at €10.00 if you are not already a SBI members, remember this expires 24hrs after the event.
Format
All matches are the best of 5 frames
Dress Code
- SBI POLO SHIRTS ARE ALLOWED
- Dark Shoes (no runners)
- Dark one coloured trousers (no jeans)
- One coloured shirt buttoned at the wrist and waistcoat
- Waistcoats must be worn for all matches in National Championships.
- National Waistcoats are not permissible
- Bowties are also required for the SBI Championships for all matches.
