Joe Shannon from Longford made it the perfect 13th Birthday today when he won the Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) Stars of Future Under 16 ranking event of the season on Saturday 18th of November in the Crucible SC in Cork City.
Today we had players from Longford, Dublin, Cork and Galway in the third U-16 SBI ranking event of the season. The TD was David Joyce and Referee on the day was Maurice Walsh and both were very impressed with the young talent on show.
The Under 16 Tour is played in Groups and Oscar Ellision Gibbons and Lorcan O’Curraoin won thier groups with Max Kennedy and Joe Shannon coming in 2nd place to qualify for the Stars Semi Finals with good performances. The other players went into a plate event.
- Semi Finals
In the Semi Finals we had two excellent matches with Joe beating Oscar in a very good match 3-0 and Lorcain beat Max in another great match 3-1.
- The final
The final was another superb match with Joe playing great Snooker to beat Lorcain 3-0 to claim the Rodney Goggins Cup in Style which was refereed by International Referee Maurice Walsh from Cork.
- Skills event
A Skills event was held and it was Lorcain O’Curraoin in first place, with Joe Shannon in second place while Max Kennedy was in third place.
- Plate Event
A plate event was also held and it was Aaron Donnelly who won it when he beat Cathal Horgan 2-1 in a good final.
- Thank You
SBI would like to thank all the players for attending this event. We hope everyone enjoyed the great day of Junior U-16 Snooker. SBI would like to thank David Joyce and the Crucible SC Cork for hosting the event and to Maurice Walsh on referreing.
Players should be aware that entries are now open for Event 4 through the on line system and you have to enter before the closing date of Thursday 2pm prior to the event.
Finally, Congratulations to Joe on winning the Rodney Goggins Perpetual Cup.
Full Tour Info
Players should be aware that all entries are now through the on line system and you have to enter before the closing date.
Rebranding the Ranking Tournaments
- The Ken Doherty Cup
- The Irish Grand Prix
- The Rodney Goggins Cup
- The Fergal O’Brien Cup
- The Irish Masters
- The Brendan O’Donoghue Cup
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.
- 30th September – SBI STARS OF THE FUTURE EVENT 1 – KEN DOHERTY CUP – SBI HQ – WINNER Max Kennedy
- 28th October – SBI STARS OF THE FUTURE EVENT 2 – THE IRISH GRAND PRIX – SBI HQ – WINNER Lorcán Ó Curraoin
- 18th November – SBI STARS OF THE FUTURE EVENT 3 – THE RODNEY GOGGINS CUP – Crucible SC Cork – WINNER Joe Shannon
- 3rd February – SBI STARS OF THE FUTURE EVENT 4 – THE FERGAL O BRIEN CUP – SBI HQ
- 2nd March – SBI STARS OF THE FUTURE EVENT 5 – THE BRENDAN O DONOGHUE CUP – Hot Shots SC Galway
- 6th April – SBI STARS OF THE FUTURE EVENT 6 – THE IRISH MASTERS – Newbridge CYMS Co. Kildare
- 27th April – SBI UNDER 16 NATIONAL SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP – DERMOT DALTON CUP– SBI HQ
- 4th May – SBI UNDER 14 NATIONAL SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP – DERMOT DALTON CUP– SBI HQ
Important Notice for Junior players
Snooker & Billiards Ireland SBI were recently notified by EBSA of their intention to move the age qualification date for all junior events effective from next (2023-2024) season. This decision was subsequently adopted by IBSF meaning that we will have to accept this change and move to different qualification windows for all international junior events.
For the forthcoming season, instead of the player age at 31/12/23 being the age qualification cut-off date, both EBSA & IBSF have now moved this to (31/08/24), 2024 being the year that their relevant events are being held.
U-16’s: a player who’s 16th birthday is on or before 31st August 2024 will not be able to enter the SBI under 16s events in the 2023 /24 season.
Please contact SBI on info@sbireland.ie , if you have questions or need help understanding the impact for you based on your date of birth.
Closing Dates
The closing date for all SBI Stars of Future events will 1pm on the Thursday before the event. The draw for Groups will be made at 9.30am on the morning of the event in the venue by the TD.
Play will start at 10am at all events this season on the Stars of the Future Tour
Tournament Entry Fees
The cost of entry will be the following:
- Under 16 – €10.00
All players will need to register for the new season. SBI Registration runs from September to September each season.
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.
SBI Registration
- Under 18’s – €16.00
How it will work
There will be a group that will play a round robin format of 2 frames per match. 1pt for a 1-1 draw and 2pts for a 2-0 win.
Venues
We will bring the tour to 3 different venues and 3 events will be held in Carlow, other enues are Hot Shots in Galway, Crucible SC in Cork & Newbridge CYMS for this year. The national championships for both age groups will be held in Carlow.
Celtic Challenge, Home Internationals & Europeans
Each age group will still have their own ranking points to qualify for the International Team
Dress Code
- SBI POLO SHIRTS ARE ALLOWED
- Dark Shoes (no runners)
- Dark one coloured trousers (no jeans)
- One coloured shirt buttoned at the wrist
- 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.
More Information
Tommy O Donoghue is running of this tour, any questions, concerns, or clarifications, please reach out to him on odonoghue.tommy147@gmail.com
