New Junior Tournament Rules

Snooker & Billiards Ireland are bringing in new rules regarding our SBI Junior events for the 2026 – 2027 Season.

• All events will now start at 9.45am
• There will be a maximum of 10min breaks between matches
• There will be a maximum of 3min breaks between frames.

Players will receive a warning first, next time, they would lose frame (s)

• Max 3 Miss Rule – This will be 2 Put Backs
• Players needing more than 3 Snookers on the Colours will have to concede frame.
• The latest start time for a ranking final will be 6pm

If SBI cannot complete a junior event within this set of rules on the day, we will have no choice in bringing in the following rules.

1. Keep all matches best of 5 but all deciding frames in all matches, will be a best of 3 re-spot black

Or change all matches to the best of 3 frames including final.