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2015 Friendship Cup @ Youghal CYMS
The 2015 Friendship Cup was held over the weekend in the atmospheric Youghal CYMS Clubhouse overlooking beautiful Youghal harbour. The competition commenced on Friday afternoon with teams from Newbridge CYMS, Roadstone and the home club vying to lift the Cup on Saturday night. After some excellent play in the groups Roadstone defeated Newbridge 3 – 2 in the 1st semi and Youghal “B” overcame Youghal “A” by a similar score in the 2nd.
2015 RIBSA Championship & Season Booklet
The Republic Of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association produced the 2015 Championship and Season Review Booklet for all our members to download. The booklet covers all the major news from the season with photos and stories on the season.
2015 RIBSA AGM Held – New Chairman
The 2015 Annual General Meeting of the Republic Of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association was held today during the Irish Snooker Championship weekend in the Ivy Rooms Snooker in Carlow. A new Chairman was elected after Jim Leacy from Carlow beat John Doherty from Letterkenny 26 votes to 12 in the election for RIBSA Chairman.
Message – Jim Leacy – AGM
On Saturday the 23rd of May the RIBSA AGM will be held and the position for Chairman will be up for election and you will find below a message from Jim Leacy.
Message – John Doherty Chairman RIBSA
A Vision for the Future of RIBSA: Next Season and Beyond.
Thank You from Rodney – 24hrs Marathon
Rodney Goggins would like to thank everybody involved in the 24 hour snooker marathon in aid of the Collective Sensory Group. A brilliant effort from everyone involved. Thank you so much, bear in mind this will read almost like an album sleeve. Thanks very much to the girls of Collective Sensory Group, made my life so easy, they provided everything with posters, cards, buckets, even the t shirt and volunteer’s to do bucket run’s.
World Snooker Cue Zone
Last weekend our National Coach PJ Nolan was invited by World Snooker to be the lead coach on the opening two days of the WPBSA Cue Zone at the Winter Gardens during the 2015 Betfred World Professional Snooker Championships in the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
Irish Senior Championships – DRAW
The Draw has been made for the 2015 Irish Senior Snooker Championships 128 Stage which will be played in the Ivy Rooms SC Carlow on Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd of May. All matches are the best of 7 Frames. The top half of the draw will be played on Saturday and the bottom half will be played on the Sunday.
Sharkx, Newbridge wins Draw for Cloths
Sharkx of Newbridge won draw for the two Strachan 6811 cloths after the Draw was done at the Senior ranking Event on 18th of April in the Ivy Rooms at the weekend. The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association had entered all 2015 Register Clubs into this draw and it was Sharkx who came out the winner.
Newbridge CYMS Coaching with PJ
On Tuesday 14th of April Newbridge CYMS Snooker Club in Co Kildare were the latest club to avail of a free RIBSA Snooker Coaching Session with our National Coach PJ Nolan.
Famous Kilkenny Shed Coaching with PJ
On Wednesday the 8th of April our National Coach PJ Nolan visited probably the most famous and most successful Snooker Shed in the world when he held a free RIBSA Snooker Coaching Session in the Kilkenny Snooker Shed.
Dowling Wins Ivy Rooms Easter Open
TJ Dowling from Terry Rogers SC Dublin won the 2015 Ivy Rooms Easter Open when he beat Benny O Brien from Kilkenny 3 frames to 1.