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Dermot Wins 18’s Event 3
Dermot Kelly from Co Mayo won the third SBI 18’s Snooker Event of the season on Saturday January 31st in the SBI HQ Carlow with all of the top players in action. TD was PJ Nolan and the referee was Declan Cummins from Dublin. The high quality action started at 10.30am after the launch of Clancy Homes sponsoring Junior Snooker for the next 3 years.
EBSA International Camp 7th Feb
Snooker & Billiards Ireland will hold an International Training Camp for our players playing in the 2026 EBSA Championships in Spain on Saturday 7th February from 11am-4pm in the SBI Academy in Carlow.
Clancy Homes Sponsor Junior Snooker
Snooker & Billiards Ireland are delighted to announce Clancy Homes will be the main sponsor of Junior Snooker in Ireland for the next 3 years. SBI partnership with Clancy Homes in aimed at encouraging more junior players to play our beautiful sport.
Deepest Sympathy
Snooker & Billiards Ireland sends its sincere condolences to the family of International player Karl Fittzpatrick on the passing of his father who sadly passed away this week.
All Ireland Club Championships – Good Luck
All eyes will be focused on Killarney this weekend with the Gleneagles All Ireland Snooker A and B Club Championships which will be held in the Gleneagles Hotel in Killarney.
Kelly Wins Super Senior 4
On Sunday 4th Jan 2026, the 4th tournament of the Super Senior’s calendar year was hosted by Newbridge CYMS. 17 players competed in this event with many closely fought contests.Top seed for this tournament was Brendan Thomas. In the last 32 matches, there was comfortable wins for both Kevin McMahon & John Carney. Into the last 16, Kevin McMahon faced off against Brendan Thomas and this turned into a very tightly contested match.
Doyle wins Timmy Murphy Memorial Title
The Timmy Murphy Memorial handicap tournament was played at Celbridge Snooker Club on Sunday, 11th of January 2026. After a day’s play, which saw many interesting games and several surprise results, the trophy went to Wayne Doyle (Dun Laoghaire), a fitting reward for the consistently high standard of play with which he dominated the day. In the opening round, Wayne set down a marker, scoring a magnificent 248 break, a new record for this and many other national tournaments
O’Donoghue Wins Amateur 4 Douglas Jewellers Cup
The fourth instalment of the amateur tour took place last weekend at the Academy of Excellence in Carlow with a good strong entry of 56 entries. An improvement of 26 entries from last year’s event. It proved to be one of the exciting tournaments for a while. Everyone looking for a warm up for Killarney. Delved with star attraction matches from the get go. Top seeds had to be on it. On Saturday (the first day of the event), it was a case of where to look at the eight match tables?
WADA Publishes 2026 Prohibited List
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) published the 2026 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List), which was approved by WADA’s Executive Committee (ExCo) during its meeting and enters into force on 1 January 2026.
Snooker in Schools – O’Connells Secondary Dublin
Snooker & Billiards Ireland held another Snooker in Schools project, on Wednesday the 7th of January 2026 for students from O’Connells Secondary School North Richmond Street in Dublin. This grass roots development program main objective, is to help develop the interest of our sport within schools and to grow the game.
21’s Snooker Tour Event 3 Semi & Finalist
The third SBI 21’s Snooker Ranking Event of the season was played on Sunday 4th January 2026 in the SBI Academy of Excellence in Carlow. The TD was Conor Doyle and Referee was Declan McCarroll.
2026 European Snooker Championship
On behalf of the EBSA Board of Directors and the Real Federaciòn Española de Billar (RFEB), I have pleasure to inform you of the details of the 2026 European Snooker Championship and U16, U18, U21 Snooker Championships that will be held at the Gandia Palace Hotel, from the 1st to the 14th of March 2026 in the city of Gandia/Spain.