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Women and Girls in Sport Conference
On Wednesday the 28th of October RIBSA attended a Sports Conference for Women and Girls at Dublin Castle. This conference was hosted jointly by the Department of Justice and Equality and Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport.
Dylan Wins Intermediate Event 2
Dylan Rees from Youghal won the second RIBSA National Intermediate ranking event of the season when he beat Colvin O Brien from Ballinasloe in the Ebony Snooker Club in Cork on Sunday the 25th of October.
RIBSA Day 2 Training IBSF Camps with PJ
The final training camp was held for our Irish players who will compete in the 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championships on Sunday the 25th of October in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow from 11am-4pm.
RIBSA U-21 Training Day 1
As part of winning the first Under 21 RIBSA Ranking event Josh Boileau was in the Ivy Rooms today for a training day with our National Coach PJ Nolan. He was joined by Irish International Rodney Goggins for match-play training in his preparation for the upcoming European U-21 Snooker Championship which will be held in Poland in February 2016.
Adam Wins U-21 Ranking Event 2
The second RIBSA U-21 ranking event of the season was held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on the 24th of October and it was another great day of Irish junior snooker with young Adam Fitzgerald from Youghal CYMS winning the event beating Charlie Sweeney from Newbridge CYMS 3 frames to 1 in the final.
Jeong M Park Wins Ladies Intermediate 1
The first ladies Intermediate ranking event of the season took place in Newbridge CYMS on Sunday 18th October. This was the first ever RIBSA ladies Intermediate ranking event and was hailed a great success.
Sherwin Wins Ladies Senior Event 1
The first RIBSA senior ladies ranking event of the new season took place in Newbridge CYMS on Sunday 18th October. There were 2 events held on the same as a senior tournament and an intermediate tournament were held for the first time and both events were hailed a big success.
3 New Intro Level Coaches Qualify
On Saturday the 17th of October, RIBSA held an Intro level Snooker Coaching Education Course in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow with Jason Dowling and Thomas Enright from Rathkeale in Co. Limerick and RIBSA Chairman Jim Leacy from Carlow
RIBSA Training IBSF Camps with PJ
Our RIBSA National Snooker Coach PJ Nolan will hold his final training camp to prepare our players for the 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championships on Sunday the 25th of October in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.
Magnificent Morris Wins Nenagh Invitational
There were a total of thirty eight entries for the 2015 renewal of the Nenagh Invitational sponsored by The Great National Abbey Court Hotel, Nenagh. The tournament was played on Saturday and Sunday in the New Institute Snooker Club. There was a high quality entry list from across the Irish snooker scene, which included current world number 59 Davy Morris, 2015 Irish Championship winner Brendan O`Donoghue, last season’s Irish no.1 Rodney Goggins, as well as 2015 European Men`s Team Championship…
2015 World Billiards Championship
The 2015 LITEtask World Billiards Championship in Association with Northern Snooker Centre are pleased to confirm that the 2015 Championship will take place at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England between the 17th – 28th October and will be sponsored by LITEtask Ltd.
Under 21 Ranking Event 2 – Enter Now
The second RIBSA under 21 Snooker Ranking event of the season will be held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Saturday the 24th of October. It promises to be another exciting event after Josh Boileau won event 1.