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Northwest SC to hold World Seniors Qualifier
The Northwest Snooker Club in Letterkenny Co. Donegal will hold a qualifier for the World Seniors European Masters from the 20th -22nd July.
Final RIBSA Training Day held
The Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow was the venue for their final training day with our National Coach PJ Nolan on Sunday the 10th of June with our International RIBSA players. The RIBSA camp was held in the the Ivy Rooms in Carlow for the following International events.
Good Luck World U-18 & U-21- China
The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association would like to wish our Irish junior players good luck in the 2018 IBSF World Under 18 & Under 21 Snooker Championships in China from the 3rd – 11th of July.
RIBSA Hold Training Camp
RIBSA National Coach PJ Nolan held another training Camp on Saturday the 9th of June in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow to prepare our players for the EBSA Championship in Romania, Celtic Challenge players and World IBSF China players.
Ivy Rooms host Successful first Camp
The first of the three RIBSA Snooker training camps at Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow was held on Sunday 3rd June with our National Coach PJ Nolan from 11am-4pm.
Fairview Hold Successful Camp
Fairview Snooker Club in Dublin held a successful one day training Camp on Saturday 2nd of June from 11am-4pm with our National Coach PJ Nolan . This camp was held to prepare our players for the up coming European Masters and Team Championships and World IBSF Junior Championships in China.
Good Luck – Celtic Challenge Wales
The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association would like to wish our RIBSA juniors good luck in the 2018 Celtic Challenge in Wales from the 29th June to 1st July.
RIBSA Booklet – Review of the year
The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association have produced a RIBSA Championship Booklet to highlight events and success within our Association during the 2017– 2018 season.
Goggins wins National Masters Championships
Rodney Goggins from Liam Mellows SC Wexford won the 2018 RIBSA National Masters Snooker Championship with a 5 frames to 1 victory over John Farrell from Fairview SC Dublin.
Gilchrest wins European Billiards Open
Peter Gilchrest from Singapore is the new 2018 European Billiards Open Champion after he won the title in style in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Wednesday the 23rd of May. In the past five days Peter has won the Irish Open & European Open Billiards titles to cap off his great trip to Ireland.
Gilchrest wins 2018 Irish Billiards Open
Peter Gilchrest from Singapore won the 2018 Irish Billiards Open in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow from Sunday 19th May. In the final Peter beat David Causier from England 811-375
Deepest Sympathy
Everyone involved in Irish snooker will be saddened to hear Danny McGough from Killarney passed away this morning. The Republic Of Ireland Billiards and Snooker Association would like to offer their very deepest sympathy to all his family at this sad time.