Friday, 06 October 2023 / Published in Referees

Referee Seminar in SBI HQ Carlow

The SBI Referee’s Association will be holding an official Snooker Referee Seminar in the SBI Academy of Excellence in Carlow on Bank Holiday Monday the 30th of October at 11am to recruit new Snooker or Billiard Referees and train Level 4 referees to qualify as Level 3 International level.

Anyone interested in attending this Seminar please contact Neil or Shane below to book your place: To attend you must be a current paid member of SBI. If not Click here to become a member and pay membership. CLICK

Neil Shanahan Secretary 0863578481
Shane Mason 085 1661918

All Referees must keep their yearly SBI membership up to date to keep your Accreditation active otherwise you lose your Accreditation. You must also attend a child protection safeguarding course and be Garda Vetted every year by SBI.

The following link is to the profiles of all the Current SBI Qualified Referees.

CLICK HERE

Would you like to be trained to become a qualified SBI Referee?

Snooker & Billiards Ireland hold training courses throughout the season for our members. A candidate must attend 6 hours tuition with a Tutor or Examiner. These 6 hours may be broken down to 3 X 2 hour seminars on Rules of Snooker, Positioning and Match Preparation.

When 6 hours are completed the Candidate is given an oral exam and asked to referee a match minimum of 5 Frames. If the Candidate is successful they are awarded a class 3 Snooker Referee and is also registered with EBSA (European Billiards and Snooker Association)