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Murray wins Billiards Event 3
Celbridge Snooker Club was once more the setting for the 3rd Billiards Ranking Event of the season that took place on Sunday 17th November which saw 11 players taking part. The format was 90 minutes and ended with the reigning National Long-up Champion Aidan Murray deservedly win the event playing solid billiards throughout the day.
2024 Inter Provincial Series Postponed
Snooker & Billiards Ireland announced details of the 2024 Inter Provincial Series on the 7th & 8th of December in the SBI Academy of Excellence in Carlow. The TD will be Shane Mason.
Doheny wins Paddy Murray Memorial
The Paddy Murray Memorial handicap billiards tournament took place at Edenderry Snooker Club on Sunday, 3rd of November 2024. After a day’s play, which saw many interesting games, the trophy went to Joe Doheny (Borris-in-Ossory), a fitting reward for the consistently high standard of play he showed throughout the day.
Snooker in Schools – Coláiste na Toirbhite
Snooker & Billiards Ireland held their final Snooker in Schools project for 2024, on Tuesday the 12th of November for students from Coláiste na Toirbhite – Presentation College in Athenry Galway.
Halnon Wins 21’s Event 2
Adam Halnon from Gorey in Wexford won his maiden Junior ranking title when he won the second Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) 21’s Ranking event of the season on Saturday the 9th November in the SBI HQ Carlow. Today we had 22 entries from all over Ireland and the future is looking good for Irish Snooker.
Liam Wins 14’s Event 2
No.1 seed Liam Dunne from Edenderry SC won the second Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) Under 14 Ranking event of the season on Saturday the 9th of November in the SBI HQ Carlow.
Sarsfield Wins Super Seniors Event 2
The second SBI Super Seniors tour event of the season took place on Sunday 27 October in the in Roadstone Snooker Club in Dublin.
Gleeson Wins Century Tour Event 2
The second SBI Challenge tour event of the season took place on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd November in Celbridge Snooker Club. We had a fantastic 43 entries for this event and by the end on of day one we had 4 players remaining.
2024 IBSF World Seniors C-ships Qatar
The 2024 IBSF World Seniors Snooker Championships will be held from the 4th – 9th November and will feature 4 Irish players this year in Doha, Qatar. Tommy O Donoghue, John O Sullivan, Jay Chopra and Michael Dalton will be flying the Irish flag in the event.
Jim Leacy re-elected IBSF Vice-President
Snooker and Billiards Ireland are pleased to announce that our President Mr. Jim Leacy has been re-elected unopposed as Vice-President of the International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Mr Leacy was elected at the recent IBSF AGM held in Doha Qatar during the 2024 IBSF World Championships.
Jamie Wins 18’s Event 1
Jamie McCarthy from Cork won his maiden Snooker & Billiards Ireland junior ranking title when he won the (SBI) 18’s Ranking event one on Saturday the 26th October in the SBI HQ Carlow.
2024 IBSF World Championships Qatar
The IBSF Executive and the Qatar Billiard Sports Federation (QBSF) announced the details for the 2024 IBSF World Snooker Championships, which will feature Men’s, Women’s, and Masters events. This year, the Men’s World Snooker Championship will be organized in two stages: