Edenderry’s Liam Dunne won the Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) second event on the 2024-2025 SBI 16’s Snooker Tour in Hotshots SC Galway on Sunday the 17th November. This coming season PJ Nolan’s 147academy will be the title sponsor for all the SBI Junior Tours this season.
Liam won the The Brendan O Donoghue Cup and beat Max Kennedy from the host club Hot Shots SC in a great final 3 frames to 2 which was refereed by International referee Steven Foster. Liam is having a fantastic season as he has already won the first two 14 Events this year.
16 players from all over Ireland entered the event and TD Paul Keighery was very impressed with the amount of talent on show. The quality of Match-Play and potting skills was excellent from all the players.
Q-Finals
- Dermot Kelly 3-2 Wlliam Shannon
- Max Kennedy 3-0 Scott Cooke
- Liam Dunne 3-1 Oscar Ellision Gibbons
- Aaron Donnelly 3-0 Cian Hogan
Semi Final
- Max Kennedy 3-1 Dermot Kelly
- Liam Dunne 3-2 Aaron Donnelly
Final
- Liam Dunne 3-2 Max Kennedy
This season SBI will be holding four ranking events in 16’s and a National 16’s Championships.
Age Limit
The SBI Age limit will be the 31st December 2024 for all SBI junior events. All member must remember International criteria may vary for events. SBI will go down rankings to qualify players who meet that particular age deadline.
Plate Event
We also held a plate event for all first round losers and this was won by young Callum Behan from Classic SC in Dublin when he beat Evan Burke in a superb final.
Thank You
SBI would like to thank Paul Keighery from Ballinasloe for TD the event, Referee Steven Foster and to HotShots SC Galway for hosting the succesful event. Finally a big thank you to all the players on making it a great day of junior Snooker.
Well done to Liam on another title this season
SBI 16’s Tour Info
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- 16’s: a player who’s 16th birthday is on or before 31st December 2024 will not be able to enter the SBI 16’s events in the 2024 /25 season
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Dates & Venues
- Event 1: 16’s TOUR 1 – The Ken Doherty Cup – 19th October – SBI HQ Carlow – WINNER DERMOT KELLY
- Event 2: 16’s TOUR 2 – The Brendan O Donoghue Cup – 17th November – Hotshots SC Galway – WINNER LIAM DUNNE
- Event 3: 16’s TOUR 3 – The Fergal O Brien Cup – 2nd February – SBI HQ Carlow
- Event 4: 16’s TOUR 4 – The Rodney Goggins Cup – 23rd March – Newbridge CYMS
- Event 5: 16’s NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – 3rd May – SBI HQ Carlow
- Finals Weekend 16th – 18th May -Final will be played during finals weekend
Players should be aware that all entries are through the on line system and you have to enter before the closing date of Thursday at 1pm prior to each event.
How to Enter
All players will need to register for the new season by paying their SBI registration / membership or Renew their membership for the 2024-2025 season.
SBI Registration runs from 1st July to the 31st of June each season CLICK HERE TO ENTER AN EVENT
SBI Yearly Registration fee
- Junior Membership is for all Under 21’s – €20.00
How to Register
If you were a member in the last three years you simply press the renewal button – CLICK HERE and use the same email and password you created when signing up to the system. You simply choose your type of membership and click and pay.
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.
Format
Matches are played in a the best of 5 frames knock out format in roll on and off basis in the venue. The Q-Final, Semi Final and Final are the best of 5 frames
