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RIBSA Volunteer of the Year
The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association announced the 2016-2017 RIBSA Volunteer of the year award to John Doherty from the Northwest Snooker Club in Letterkenny, Co Donegal on Sunday the 7th of May during RIBSA finals Weekend in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.
RIBSA Coach of the Year
RIBSA President Eamon Kearns from the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association presented the 2017 RIBSA Coach of the year award to Brendan Cooney from Youghal CYMS in Co Cork on Sunday the 7th of May during RIBSA finals Weekend in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.
RIBSA Championships Finals Weekend
The biggest weekend of the season for Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association was held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow from the 5th – 7th of May
2017 RIBSA AGM HELD
The 2017 Annual General Meeting of the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association was held on Saturday the 6th of May during the Irish Snooker Championship finals weekend in the Ivy Rooms Snooker in Carlow.
RIBSA CHAIRMAN NOTICE 2017 AGM
LETTER FROM RIBSA CHAIRMAN & NOTICE OF THE 2017 AGM
Tournament Seeds & Byes
Over the last few months RIBSA have received comments regarding the awarding of byes in tournaments. Currently the top seeds receive the byes some people feel this is not correct and byes should be placed at random throughout the draw. RIBSA purpose to discuss this matter at the AGM on Saturday the 6th of May at 2pm in the Ivy Rooms Carlow. We would welcome submissions from members prior to this date.
RIBSA Festival of Snooker
The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) have announced details of the Festival of Snooker on the 27th & 28th of May in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.
O DONOGHUE WINS EASTER OPEN
Brendan O Donoghue from Nenagh won the 2017 Ivy Rooms Easter Handicap Open on Monday the 17th of April. In the final Brendan beat TJ Dowling 3 frames to 2 in an exciting match. Brendan also won the high break prize with a 126 break. Brendan won €500.00 and The Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow would like to thank all the players who entered the event.
2017 Anthony Quinn Memorial
This year’s Final was contested by Keith Sheldreck from Q Club and Dan Dempsey from Newbridge. As usual a large crowd were present to witness the match.
Free Snooker Technique booklets
National Coach PJ Nolan and the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association have produced a new range of free Snooker Technique booklets to help our members improve their games.
O Reilly wins U-17 Leinster Open
Keith O Reilly from Newbridge CYMS won the Leinster Under 17 Snooker Open Championship on Sunday the 12th of February in the Edenderry Snooker Club in Co Offaly. In the final Keith beat Ryan McGuirk 3 frames to 1 to take the title.
Q Club Wicklow win All Ireland Club Title
Congratulations to the Qclub Wicklow on winning the 2017 All Ireland Snooker Club Championship in the Gleneagles Hotel in Killarney on Sunday night. In the final the Qclub Wicklow beat Terry Rogers SC in Dublin 3 matches to 1 in a high quality final. The Qclub have now won the club title three times in the last four years.