Snooker & Billiards Ireland

06/09/2026

On Saturday the 5th of September in the SBI HQ in Carlow. SBI were delighted to welcome SBI Chairman John Tobin and Malta Chairman Ivan Bricatt to watch the final of the SBI 14’s ranking event 1 were all our young stars of the future were action.

Pictured above is, the Winner James Brennan, R-up Callum Behan and Referees Declan McCarron and Daniel Keenan along with John Tobin & Ivan Bricatt

05/09/2026

This Saturday saw the SBI 14’s Event 1 in the SBI HQ in Carlow. The TD was Yvonne Leacy and referees were Declan McCarroll and Daniel Keenan.

It was a fantastic day of junior Snooker with so many talented players looking to qualify for the 2026 Celtic Challenge Team.

James Brennan from Mayo won the event beating Callum Behan from Dublin in the Final 3 frames to 2 in a superb match.

SBI Chairman John Tobin and Malta Chairman Ivan Bricatt were in attendance today to watch all the young stars of the future in action. Both were very impressed.

The plate final was a family affair when Gearóid Dempsey beat his brother Luke Dempsey 3 frames to 2 to take the plate title on the day.

Big thank you to TD Yvonne Leacy and referees Declan McCarroll and Daniel Keenan plus all the players on making it a fantastic day of junior snooker.

Well done to everyone.
Click Results
https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/sbi-14s-snooker-ranking-event-1/knockout

04/09/2026

https://sbireland.ie/snooker-in-schools-scoil-ghobnatan-mallow/

Snooker in Schools – Scoil Ghobnatan, Mallow
Snooker & Billiards Ireland held their first Snooker in Schools project of the new season, on Thursday the 3rd of September for students from the Scoil Ghobnatan, Mallow in county Cork. This grass roots development program main objective, is to help develop the interest of our sport within schools and to grow the game.

SBI who are the governing body of Snooker and Billiards in the Republic of Ireland were delighted to have the Scoil Ghobnatan, Mallow Primary School students avail of PJ and his SBI team coaching skills.

04/09/2026

https://sbireland.ie/snooker-in-schools-scoil-ghobnatan-mallow/

Snooker in Schools – Scoil Ghobnatan, Mallow
Snooker & Billiards Ireland held their first Snooker in Schools project of the new season, on Thursday the 3rd of September for students from the Scoil Ghobnatan, Mallow in county Cork. This grass roots development program main objective, is to help develop the interest of our sport within schools and to grow the game.

SBI who are the governing body of Snooker and Billiards in the Republic of Ireland were delighted to have the Scoil Ghobnatan, Mallow Primary School students avail of PJ and his SBI team coaching skills.

Snooker & Billiards Ireland held their first Snooker in Schools project of the new season, on Thursday the 3rd of September for students from the Scoil Ghobnatan, Mallow in county Cork. This grass roots development program main objective, is to help develop the interest of our sport within schools a...

02/09/2026

https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/sbi-14s-snooker-ranking-event-1
September 5th 2026
SBI Academy Of Excellence in Carlow.

02/09/2026

https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/sbi-senior-tour-over-40s-event-1-pride-craft-cup-20262027
SBI Senior Tour (Over 40's)- Event 1- Pride Craft Cup
September 6th 2026 in SBI HQ Carlow

01/09/2026

Great session with John Carney from Dublin in the Snooker & Billiards Ireland HQ in Carlow today ahead of the European Snooker Championships in Bulgaria next week.
I worked on his Techniques and Break Building skills. We developed a training program to practice.
Good luck and well-done John

30/08/2026

https://sbireland.ie/sbi-hold-international-camp-with-pj-3/
SBI hold International Camp with PJ
Snooker & Billiards Ireland held their final International Snooker Camp for our players playing in the 2026 European Championships in Bulgaria on Sunday 30th August. This National training day was held from 11am-4pm in the Academy in Carlow.
SBI Camps allow our players train in a camp with our National Coach PJ Nolan who is also a WPBSA Coach and Head of Coaching in the European Billiards & Snooker Association. All our SBI players below were invited to atttend plus all current SBI Qualified Coaches who are Garda vetted are also invited to attend the day to assist the training day.

Snooker & Billiards Ireland held their final International Snooker Camp for our players playing in the 2026 European Championships in Bulgaria on Sunday 30th August. This National training day was held from 11am-4pm in the Academy in Carlow. SBI Camps allow our players train in a camp with our Natio...

30/08/2026

https://sbireland.ie/james-wins-sbi-16s-event-1/

James Wins SBI 16’s Event 1
On Saturday the 29th of August the first SBI ranking event of the season was held with the SBI 16’s Ranking Event 1 ‘’ Irish Masters Cup ‘’ in the SBI HQ in Carlow. The TD is PJ Nolan, and the referees were Daniel Keenan and Conor Doyle.

James Stewart O Reilly from Dublin won the event to start the season with a bang and lifted the Irish Masters Cup in style beating Joe Shannon from Longford in a high-quality final which was refereed by Daniel Keenan who was officiating in his first ranking final. James went 2-0 up only to see the current 16’s and 21’s National Champion come back to win the next 2 frames before james won the decider to win the title.

29/08/2026

This Weekend sees the first SBI ranking event of the season with the SBI ‘’ Irish Masters Cup ‘’ 16’s Ranking Event 1 in the SBI HQ in Carlow. The TD is PJ Nolan and referee is Daniel Keenan.
Joe Shannon is number 1 seed while James Stewart O Reilly is Number 2 seed for the event.
SBI Chairman John Tobin was on hand to wish all the players good luck in the event.
It promises to be another exciting weekend with so many talented players looking to qualify for the 2026 Celtic Challenge plus Home Internationals + World & European Championships.
The Bad weather is currently knocking out our streaming and live scoring, but we are working on fixing the issue.
Live streaming at this event - https://snookeron.com/clubs/?club=95
Good luck to everyone.
Live Scoring from HQ in Carlow - http://esnooker.pl/sbi/live/en/tvnew.php
Click Knock out Draw –
https://snookerscores.net/.../sbi-16s-snooker.../knockout