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2025 WDBS Irish Disability Open
The 2025 WDBS Irish Disability Snooker International Open was successfully held at the SBI National Academy in Carlow, Ireland with medals awarded across seven main classification groups.
SBI hold WDBS Coaching Day
Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) held a Coaching Day on the opening morning of the 2025 WDBS Irish Open in the Snooker and Billiards Ireland Academy of Excellence in Carlow on Friday 21st November.
2025 WDBS Irish Open
Snooker & Billiards Ireland are delighted to announce that the WDBS Irish open is returning to Carlow for the third time. Building on the great success of the previous years, SBI are looking to make the 2025 event the biggest yet.
European Disability Championships Albania
Snooker & Billiards Ireland would like to wish Ireland’s Alex Hennebry the best of luck in the 2025 European Disability Snooker Championships in Albania.
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.