2013 RIBSA AGM Held

The RIBSA Annual General Meeting was held on Saturday the 18th of May in Roadstone Clubhouse in Dublin with 36 members in attendance on the day. There was a wide variation of members including players from Billiards, Juniors, Mastesr, Seniors were in attendance covering all the topics.

End of season reports from all the various Billiards & Snooker ranking events were read and shown on a large screen to highlight the success of the events throughout the season.

The Chairman congratulated all the winners throughout the season and thanked all the players who competed in all the events last season. The European Masters Champions Mark Tuite and Anthony Bonnar. The Home International Champions team of Brendan O Donoghue, Rodney Goggins, Johnny Williams, Greg Casey and Robert Redmond, Brendan O Donoghue and Rodney Goggins finishing 2nd and 3rd in European Championships and Mark Tuite reaching the semi finals of the World Masters were all congratulated on their International success last season.

Most of the day was used to discuss the needs to generate more players to compete in the events next season. Another meeting will be held on the 23rd of July in the Roadstone complex to discuss this topic more as RIBSA are eager to develop a system to encourage more players to compete and grow the game in Ireland.

FULL RIBSA A.G.M. AGENDA

• Presidents Welcome – Eamonn Kearns
• Chairman’s Address – Jim Leacy
• Minutes of Annual General Meeting 2012- Tony Thorpe
• Secretary’s Report – Tony Thorpe
• Treasurer’s Report – Ger Murray
• Senior Ranking Tournaments Report – Jim Leacy
• Intermediate Tournament Reports – Tony Thorpe &Jim Carrick
• Over 40’s Report – Tony Thorpe & Jim Carrick
• Billiards Reports –Brendan Devlin/Ger Murray
• Ladies Report – Michelle Sherwin
• Referees Association Report – Neil Shanahan
• Coaching Report – PJ Nolan
• Under Age Report –PJ Nolan
• Website – Ray Power
• Motions
• Elections

The elections were held with the following elected on the day.

President : Eamon Kearns – Unopposed

Chairman : Jim Leacy – Unopposed

Vice Chairman : John Doherty – Unopposed

Secretary :  Tony Thorpe – Unopposed

Treasurer :  Ger Murray – Unopposed

New Committee : Neil Shanhan, Jim Carrick, Connie O Sullivan, Geraldine Al Abaid, James Bateman

If anyone has any ideas on how the events should be organised next season should email info@ribsa.ie or contact any committee member before the 23rd of July.