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2018 Irish Senior Championships – ENTER NOW
The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association have just announced details of the 2018 RIBSA Irish Senior Snooker Championships. This year the guaranteed prize fund will be €2, 600.00 and it promises to be an exciting finale to the season.
National RIBSA U-21 Final Hill Vs Bateman
The 2018 RIBSA National Under 21 Snooker Championship final will be between Aaron Hill from Crucible SC and Stephen Bateman from the Kilkenny Shed after both players played fantastic snooker on the day in the Ivy Rooms on Sunday the 22nd of April.
National RIBSA U-18 Final Hill Vs Devenney
The 2018 National RIBSA U-18 Snooker Championship final will be between Aaron Hill from Crucible SC and Sean Devenney from Northwest SC in Letterkenny after both players played fantastic snooker on the day in the Ivy Rooms on Saturday the 21st of April.
Aoife wins U-14 Girls 147academy Championships
11 year old Aoife Gleeson from the New Institute SC in Nengah won the first ever RIBSA Under 14 Girls Irish National Snooker Championship sponsored by The 147 Academy of PJ Nolan on Saturday the 21st of April in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.
Elite Squad – Ross Bulman session with PJ
The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association launched the RIBSA Junior Elite Squad at the start of the season for Ross Bulman from Youghal, Aaron Hill from Cork, Noel Gleeson from Nenagh, Ryan McGuirk from Meath and Patrick Daly from Killarney to receive a RIBSA snooker scholarship to play in all RIBSA events free of charge for the 2017-2018 season.
2018 North Vs South Billiards
The 2018 Annual North-South Billiards Challenge will take place Celbridge Snooker Club on Saturday and Sunday the 21st and 22nd of April.
Intermediate National Championship Semi Finalists
Aaron Holland, Dylan Rees, Alan O’Connor and defending champion Brendan Thomas have qualified for the semi finals stages in the Republic of Ireland Intermediate Snooker Championships after a long day of snooker on Saturday the 14th of April in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow.
RIBSA Confirm Players EBSA Championships – Romania
RIBSA have just confirmed the Republic of Ireland players for the 2018 European 6 Reds Snooker Championships + Teams (Ladies, Masters & Men) + Single Ladies & Masters which will take place at the Mirage Hotel in Bucharest (Romania) from the 18th to 29th June 2018.
Landers wins IBSF U-21 Event 3 Final
Noel Landers won the third RIBSA qualification event for the 2018 IBSF World Under 21’s and the U-21 Home Internationals when he beat his club mate Ross Bulman 3 frames to 1 in Youghal CYMS after the event was not finished on Sunday the 8th of April in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.
Ladies National Championships Finalists Confirmed
The Official Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Ladies Association held their National Championships on Sunday the 8th of April in Q’s Snooker Club in Dublin. Eamon Kearns was the TD on the day.
National Championships Long-up Semi Finalists Confirmed
The National Billiards Long-up Championships, preliminary rounds down to the last four, took place at Celbridge Snooker Club on Sunday, 8th April 2018. A total of 10 players contested the event, which meant effectively that only two rounds were played, the last 16 (two matches) and the four quarter finals.
Three Training Camps in June with PJ
RIBSA will hold three training Camps in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow with our National Coach PJ Nolan on Sunday 3rd June and Saturday / Sunday the 9th & 10th of June from 11am-4pm each day.