Senior Ranking Event No. 1

The first Senior Ranking Tournament took place in the Ivy Rooms, Carlow this weekend 13th & 14th October. This tournament was run in 16 groups with the top 2 qualifying for the last 32 knockout stage, each grooup match was 2 frames. 79 players entered, 11 of them juniors with 6 no shows. After a long
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Successful RIBSA Training Camp

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association held a training camp with leading professional player Fergal O Brien and World Snooker Coach PJ Nolan in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Saturday to prepare the players for the 2012 Home Internationals. The Home Internationals is being held in Pontins North Wales from
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Home Internationals Training Weekend

On the weekend of Saturday and Sunday the 1st & 2nd of September RIBSA will be holding a training camp in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow to prepare our teams for this year’s Home Internationals which will be played from the 7th – 14th of September. This year leading Irish professional snooker player
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Goggins Wins Senior Ranking No.6

Rodney Goggins from the 147 Snooker Club in Wexford won the RIBSA Senior ranking event No.6 in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Sunday. In the final Brendan beat Brendan O Donoghue from Nenagh 5 frames to 1 in an exciting final. In the Semi finals Rodney beat Joe Delaney from Celbridge 4-3 and
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Mark Tuite wins Series 5 of the Masters

Twenty Six players started of the series five Masters Ranking event at the Ivy Rooms on Sunday Feb 26th and as ever the games were very competitive and very tight. Early Indications were that this was going to prove to be another week where some of the big guns would fall. Currently ranked number 1
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Myers Wins Intermediate Billiards

Lloyd Myers won the third RIBSA Intermediate ranking event of the season was played in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow on Sunday. In the final he beat James Bateman 400-316 in a great final In the semi finals James Bateman beat Brendan Devlin and Lloyd Myers beat Liam Byrne. Q-Final Robert McCrum 325-400 Brendan
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Cassidy Wins Under 19 Event 2

The second RIBSA under 19 ranking event of the season was held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Saturday 26th November. David Cassidy from Cork won the final with breaks of 46, 32, 55 and 30 in the beating clubmate Ryan Cronin from Cork who had 68, 38 and 46 in an superb final 3 frames
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Murray Wins Sen Billiards Event 3

The third tournament of the Senior Scratch Billiards series was played at the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Sunday, 13th of November 2011. Aidan Murray (Wicklow) beat Wayne Doyle (Dun Laoghaire) in a superb final. Billiards Scratch series, Aidan Murray makes it two in a row. The third tournament of the Scratch Billiards
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Kehoe Wins Intermediate Billiards Event 1

John Kehoe from Enniscorthy in County Wexford won the first Intermediate Billiards Ranking event of the new season in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow. In the Final John beat Liam Byrne from Edenderry SC 400-380 in a high quality final. Group A : Liam Byrne, Robert McCrum and  A McAnally. Group B:  John Kehoe,
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Goggins Wins Senior Event 1 RIBSA Classic

Rodney Goggins from the 147 SC Wexford won the RIBSA Classic and the first ranking event of the new season in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow over the weekend. In the final he beat John Sutton from Celbridge SC 5 frames to 3 in an exciting final. John Sutton beat Vincent Muldoon 4
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