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Disability Day Event 1
The event on Sunday 5th of October was split into 2 sections and produced two well deserved winners in Dan Kelly and newcomer to the tour Darragh Mar.
2025 Sport Ability Day
On Saturday the 6th of September, Snooker & Billiards Ireland attended the 2025 ‘Sport Ability Day’ in the Sport Ireland Campus in Blanchardstown, Dublin.
Disability Training Day
On Saturday 9th August, SBI snooker coach Shane Gorman & national disability coach Dylan Rees held a disability training day for Ireland’s disability players in the SBI Academy (Laois/Carlow).
SBI will hold A Disability Day
On Saturday Snooker & Billiards Ireland will hold a Disability Promotion Day for players with SBI Snooker Coach Shane Gorman and National Disability Coach Dylan Rees from 11am – 4pm on Saturday the 9th of August in the SBI Academy in Carlow.
Disability Champions Honoured
A fabulous day was had by all at Leinster house in Dublin on Friday the 30th of May with our SBI members who recently performed at the World Snooker Disability Championships in Bangkok Thailand.
Disability National Championships 2025
On Saturday the 19th April, SBI held their first National Disability Snooker Championships in the recently refurbished Newbridge CYMS. We had 18 players participating in 4 categories based around the WDBS system providing us with 4 National Champions.
SBI National Disability Snooker Championship 2025
Snooker & billiards Ireland are delighted to announce that the historic first staging of the Irish National Disability Snooker Championships will take place on the 19th April in Newbridge cyms
Rees wins World Title in Thailand
Team Ireland performed brilliantly through out the first ever staging of the world snooker disability championships in Bangkok. Thailand last week. SBI had a team of 6 players players Alex Henerbrey, Fran Coyle, Niall Pollitt, Aiden Pollitt, Colvin O’Brien and Dylan Rees. The team was managed and SBI coach Shane Gorman.
New World Champion Dylan Rees
SBI had a team of six player’s Irish players competing in the first ever world snooker disability championships in Bangkok Thailand last week with Alex Henerbrey, Fran Coyle, Niall Pollitt, Aiden Pollitt, Colvin O’Brien and Dylan Rees along with team manager/coach Shane Gorman.
World Snooker Disability Championships
SBI have a team of 6 players in Thailand for the first ever world snooker disability championships in Bangkok. Thailand. 70 players from 16 country’s will fight it out for their respective titles.Irish players competing are Alex Henerbrey, Fran Coyle, Niall pollitt, Aiden Pollitt, Colvin O’Brien and Dylan Rees along with team manager/coach Shane Gorman.The historic first staging of a World Championship comes 10 years on from the foundation of World Disability Billiards & Snooker (WDBS) and will…
World Disability Snooker Championship 2025
World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) is delighted to announce that the historic first staging of the World Disability Snooker Championship will take place from 23 February – 2 March 2025 in Thailand.
WDBS 2024 Irish Disability Snooker Open
Last weekend saw 38 players from all around the world compete over six competitions in the WDBS 2024 Irish Disability Snooker Open in the SBI HQ in Carlow. This event is the last World Disability Billiards & Snooker (WDBS) ranking event of the year.