Brendan O Donoghue won the National Seniors Championship on Sunday the 7th of June in the SBI Academy in Carlow during SBI Finals weekend. In the final Brendan beat beat John O Sullivan from Kilkenny Shed in a high quality final 5 frames to 3 to take the title. Brendan O Donoghue won the High break prize with a 136.
The SBI Masters Senior (Over 40’s ) National Snooker Championships was played on May 10th in SBI HQ Carlow with all of the top players in action. Dylan Rees from Dungarvan was the current National Seniors Champion.
Information on Seniors Snooker
This season will be holding five ranking events and a National Championships this year on the SBI Seniors Tour
Dates
- Event 1 – September 7th – SBI HQ Carlow – WINNER BRENDAN O DONOGHUE
- Event 2 – November 16th – SBI HQ Carlow – WINNER BRENDAN O DONOGHUE
- Event 3 – December 7th – SBI HQ Carlow – WINNER BRENDAN O DONOGHUE
- Event 4 – March 1st – SBI HQ Carlow – WINNER BRENDAN O DONOGHUE
- Event 5 – April 5th – SBI HQ Carlow – WINNER FRANK SARSFIELD
- National Championships – May 10th – SBI HQ Carlow – WINNER BRENDAN O DONOGHUE
Start time for matches will 10.00am. The Entry Fees for all events is set at €25.00 each.
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.
Draws & Match Times
Following the closing date all draws will be displayed on the web site
It promises to be another exciting year of senior snooker with so many players looking to qualify for the Home Internationals, World and European Snooker Championships in 2026.
Closing Dates
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 2025-2026 season.
SBI Registration runs from 1st August to the 31st of August each season
SBI Yearly Registration fee
Over 21 Membership – €40.00
How to Register
Snooker and Billiards Ireland have changed how we pay yearly membership subs and also how to enter competitions. In association with WPBSA, all membership types can now be paid through website Snookerscores.net.
Snookerscores.net is a widely used website by multiple governing bodies in Europe and the rest of the world. https://crm.sbireland.ie/
As a player you will be able to see all your results including high breaks and frame scores in order to monitor your performance. To use this website each player and club will need to create a profile on the snookerscores.net.
You must use this profile to log into the system, pay fees and pay competition entry. You will be redirected to this website when you try to log into the membership portal on Snooker and Billiards Ireland webpage.
Remember you will only be allowed to enter an event if have logged in as a member using a valid username and password in the system.
Live Streaming
We will be streaming 8tables in the SBI HQ in Carlow for all events
https://snookeron.com/clubs/?club=95
Live Scoring
