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Federation of Irish Sport
Snooker & Billiards Ireland are delighted to announce renewing of our Membership Subscription for 2021 with the Federation of Irish Sport.
Judge is back on the Pro Tour
Congratulations to Michael Judge on qualifying in event 2 of WST QSchool in England over the weekend. The former pro from Dublin had outstanding event dropping only 4 frames on his way to regaining his pro status with victories over S Isaenko 4-0, A Clenshaw 4-1, J Mulholland 4-0, S Vahedi 4-3, R McGuigan 4-0 and K Johal 4-0.
Reopening Snooker & Billiards Events
Snooker & Billiards Ireland have produced a Roadmap for Reopening Snooker & Billiards in Ireland in conjunction with Sport Ireland and facilitate a safe and controlled reopening of billiard & snooker events.
Roadmap for Reopening Clubs in Ireland
Snooker & Billiards Ireland have produced a Roadmap for Reopening Snooker & Billiards Clubs in Ireland in conjunction with Sport Ireland and facilitate a safe and controlled reopening of our clubs.
SBI Announce EGM
Snooker & Billiards Ireland would like to officially announce to our members that SBI will hold their EGM in Knightsbrook Hotel and Golf Resort, Dublin Road, Iffernock, Trim, Co. Meath on Saturday the 17th of July at 11am.
Postponed Elections
Snooker & Billiards Ireland will hold their AGM on the 22nd of May 2021 and we encourage all members to attend the online AGM via Zoom at 12 noon.
2021 ROKiT World Seniors Championship
The 2021 ROKiT World Seniors Snooker Championship gets underway on Thursday 6th of May live from the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Irishmen Ken Doherty, Patsy Fagan and Michael Judge will fly the Irish flag with Northern Ireland Champion Patrick Wallace join Hendry, White and many other legends of the game.
Philip Nominated for Q School Spot
Snooker & Billiards Ireland are delighted to announce that Philip O Connor who plays out of Darcy McGees SC in Dublin has been nominated for the WST free place in the 2021 Q School. WST awarded a free place to all Home Nation Countries and Philip qualified as our leading player on the SBI Senior Rankings at No.5 and will attend this event in England starting on the 27th of May representing SBI.
PJ appointed to new WPBSA Coaching Panel
SBI are very happy to announce our National Coach PJ Nolan has been invited be part of the New WPBSA International Expert Coaching Advisory Panel.
What is your SQ?
This week our SBI National Coach PJ Nolan was honoured to be named as an ambassador of the Snooker Quotient (SQ) which was launched officially on the 28th of April. This project by Terry Griffiths (in Wales) and Wayne Griffiths (in Hong Kong) is designed to allow all players to train locally, compare and compete globally through the system.
Irish snooker starting on long road back to glory days
On the day the 2021 World Championships begins in the Crucible in Sheffield. RTE Sport Journalist Peter Branigan has written an article called ‘’Irish snooker starting on long road back to glory days’’
2021 QSchool Details
WST have today announced details of the 2021 QSchool which takes place in England starting on the 27th of May. The entry fee is £1,000 and there will be three events played to qualify players for a 2year pro ticket. The closing date for entries is the 6th of May at 12noon.