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Deepest Sympathy – Noleen Joyce
Everyone involved in Irish snooker will be saddened to hear of death of Noleen Joyce mother of David Joyce from Fermoy who passed away this morning. The Republic Of Ireland Billiards and Snooker Association would like to express their very deepest sympathy to David and all his family and friends at this sad time.
Referee association will hold a refresher Course
The Republic of Ireland Billiards and Snooker Referee association will hold a refresher course for all referees in Crossguns Snooker club on Saturday October 4th at 13.00hrs. It is very important that all referees attend this course as the recent rule changes will be explained.
New Level 1 RIBSA Snooker Coaches
The third RIBSA level 1 Coaching Ireland Coaching Education Course was held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow this weekend on Saturday 30th and 31st of September.
New Institute gearing up for Nenagh Open
The New Institute Snooker Club, Nenagh will host the second ever Nenagh Open on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st September. This event will hopefully provide an opportunity to witness some of the top snooker players from across Ireland, play in Nenagh, while also giving local talent a chance to test themselves against Ireland’s finest. The 2013 renewal saw the New Institute’s David Hogan defeat former professional Michael Judge, from the Q Club in Wicklow in the final.
Northwest SC Coaching Day 6th September
On Saturday the 6th of September our National Snooker Coach PJ Nolan will hold a coaching day in the Northwest Snooker Club in Letterkenny from 1pm to 6pm.
TJ Dowling wins Fermoy Cross Invitation
This year sees the second running of the Fermoy Cross invitation. Following on from the success of last years tournament we hope that this years tournament will be bigger and better. It is great to see nearly all of the players who competed last year returning to Fermoy and also some new faces.
Mental Health Awareness In Sport Workshop
On Wednesday the 27th of August our RIBSA Chairman John Doherty and our RIBSA Children’s officer PJ Nolan attended a workshop on Mental Health Awareness in Sport in the County Hotel in Newry, Northern Ireland.
Intro Course Qualifies 4 RIBSA Coaches
On Saturday the 23rd of August, The Republic Of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association held a Coaching Ireland Intro level course in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club. Philip Browne from Dublin, James Geraghty from Celbridge, Eric Morley from Mayo and Charlie Turbitt from Westmeath attended the course and they were guided in how to plan a training session, how to monitor players techniques plus how to design training routines.
Newbridge CYMS – RIBSA Summer Camp
This week The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association held a summer snooker coaching camp in the Newbridge CYMS Snooker Club with our National Coach PJ Nolan. All the players were put through their paces with a number of cue ball training exercises and PJ worked on fine tuning their playing technqique.
Summer Snooker Camp with PJ
This week PJ Nolan from the 147academy held a two day summer camp in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow and all the students hailed it a great success. There were two star juniors in attendance from cue sports in Ireland with top International Snooker player Andrew Doherty from Dublin and International Pool player Adam Maher from Wexford who recently reached the World 8 ball junior final.
2014 Legends Cup – Ireland Vs England
We are excited to announce that first staging of The Irish Legends Cup is coming Goffs in Co Kildare and will take place between Sunday 28th and Tuesday 30th December 2014… and its IRELAND v ENGLAND!
RIBSA ” Intro Level Course ”
RIBSA have now six confirmed coaches for the Intro level Coaching Ireland Course in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Saturday the 23rd of August. This one day course is for members who want to start coaching within their own club. The couse covers the basics in coaching players to start training snooker and billiards players. The cost is €25.00 including soup and sandwich.