2013 Championship Weekend Schedule
The 2013 RIBSA National Championship Weekend will be held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow from the 24th, 25th and 26th of May.
Action begins on Friday night at 7pm with the Q-Final of the Senior Snooker Championship. The winners will play again on Saturday at 10am in the Semi Finals with the senior final schedule later in the day at 4pm & 7pm.
Along with the Senior Championship, The Masters Snooker Semi Final and Final will be played. The Intermediate Snooker Shield Semi Final and Final. The Ladies Final, The Intermediate Billiards Final and the Senior Billiards Semi Final will be all played on the Saturday.
On the Sunday there will be more superb play in the National finals of Senior Billiards 150 up. Intermediate Billiards 150 final. Under 14 Snooker Final. Under 16 Snooker Final. Under 18 Snooker Final. Intermediate Snooker Final and the Senior Billiards 750 Final.
It promises to be an exciting weekend of Snooker with Ireland's finest cueist in action all looking to win a National title. Live Scoring and Live Streaming of one table will be available over the weekend.
All players should be aware it is full dress for all matches ie. Black Slacks, Plain Shirt, Black Shoes, Waistcoat and Bow Tie.
Here is the full line up with match times
The RIBSA Annual General Meeting was held on Saturday the 18th of May in Roadstone Clubhouse in Dublin with 36 members in attendance on the day.
There was a wide variation of members including players from Billiards, Juniors, Mastesr, Seniors were in attendance covering all the topics.
End of season reports from all the various Billiards & Snooker ranking events were read and shown on a large screen to highlight the success of the events throughout the season.
The Chairman congratulated all the winners throughout the season and thanked all the players who competed in all the events last season. The European Masters Champions Mark Tuite and Anthony Bonnar. The Home International Champions team of Brendan O Donoghue, Rodney Goggins, Johnny Williams, Greg Casey and Robert Redmond, Brendan O Donoghue and Rodney Goggins finishing 2nd and 3rd in European Championships and Mark Tuite reaching the semi finals of the World Masters were all congratulated on their International success last season.
Most of the day was used to discuss the needs to generate more players to compete in the events next season. Another meeting will be held on the 23rd of July in the Roadstone complex to discuss this topic more as RIBSA are eager to develop a system to encourage more players to compete and grow the game in Ireland.
FULL RIBSA A.G.M. AGENDA
- Presidents Welcome – Eamonn Kearns
- Chairman’s Address – Jim Leacy
- Minutes of Annual General Meeting 2012- Tony Thorpe
- Secretary’s Report – Tony Thorpe
- Treasurer’s Report – Ger Murray
- Senior Ranking Tournaments Report – Jim Leacy
- Intermediate Tournament Reports – Tony Thorpe &Jim Carrick
- Over 40’s Report – Tony Thorpe & Jim Carrick
- Billiards Reports –Brendan Devlin/Ger Murray
- Ladies Report – Michelle Sherwin
- Referees Association Report – Neil Shanahan
- Coaching Report – PJ Nolan
- Under Age Report –PJ Nolan
- Website – Ray Power
- Motions
- Elections
The elections were held with the following elected on the day.
President : Eamon Kearns - Unopposed
Chairman : Jim Leacy - Unopposed
Vice Chairman : John Doherty - Unopposed
Secretary : Tony Thorpe - Unopposed
Treasurer : Ger Murray - Unopposed
New Committee : Neil Shanhan, Jim Carrick, Connie O Sullivan, Geraldine Al Abaid, James Bateman
If anyone has any ideas on how the events should be organised next season should email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or contact any committee member before the 23rd of July.
National Doubles Championships 2013
The National Doubles Championships was held yesterday 19th May at the Ivy Rooms, Carlow. The Event attracted 16 teams from all over Ireland. With four groups of four the top two from each group progressed into the quarter-finals.
Quarter-finals:
Greg Casey/David Cassidy 3 v 0 Jason Burns/Thomas Forde
John O'Sullivan/Benny O'Brien 2 v 3 Brendan O'Donoghue/Mark Walsh
Joe Corrigan/Johnny Williams 0 v 3 David Hogan/Chris Humphries
Rodney Goggins/Pa Moorehouse 3 v 2 MichaelJudge/MarkOwens
Semi-Finals:
Greg Casey/David Cassidy 1 v 3 Brendan O'Donoghue/Mark Walsh
David Hogan/Chris Humphries 3 v 1 Rodney Goggins/Pa Moorehouse
Final:
Brendan O'Donoghue/Mark Walsh 2 v 3 David Hogan/Chris Humphries
Championships Day 2 Qualifiers
The Q-Final lineup has now been decided after day two of the 2013 RIBSA Irish Snooker Championships at the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. The Irish Championship Q-Finals will be played in Carlow on Friday 24th May at 7pm.
The first player to Qualify today was Martin McCrudden when he beat Benny O Brien 4 frames to nil. Next Robert Murphy went through with a solid 4 frames to 2 over Masters No. 1 Mark Tuite.
The final two qualifiers were Brendan O Donoghue when he over powered Karl Fitzpatrick 4 frames to nil while Robert Redmond was in excellent form in beating David Cassidy 4 frames to 2 in an exciting match.
The Current highest break stands at 100 by David Hogan & Michael Judge.
The full Q-Final is listed below and it promises to be an exciting championship with eight world class snooker playing in top form with the dream of becoming the 2013 Irish Senior Champion.
As National Coach I would like to thank all the players who qualified and did not qualify in playing superb snooker all weekend. If you can make it to Carlow on Friday 24th May at 7pm to watch Ireland's top players as it promises to be a night not to be missed.
24th May
Q-Final @ 7pm ( Full Dress ) Best of 9
David Hogan Vs Johnny Williams
Rodney Goggins Vs Michael Judge
Robert Murphy Vs Martin McCrudden
Robert Redmond Vs Brendan O Donoghue
25th May
S-Final @ 10am ( Full Dress ) Best Of 11
25th May
Final @ 4pm & 7pm ( Full Dress ) Best of 15
Well done to everyone and good luck to the Q-finalists
Championships Day 1 Qualifiers
Day one of the 2013 RIBSA Irish Snooker Championships at the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow has just ended with four qualifiers from a great days play. Saturday qualifiers will join the Sunday qualifiers for the Championship Finals weekend in Carlow on Friday the 24th and Saturday 25th of May.
First to qualify was former Professional player Michael Judge when he beat Stephen Reddington 4 frames to nil in his final qualifying match. Next it was former professional and current number 1 on the RIBSA Rankings David Hogan when he beat John O Sullivan 4 frames to 2 in a high quality match.
The final two qualifiers were Johnny Williams when he beat Thomas Ahern 4 frames to 1 and Rodney Goggins beat Greg Casey 4 frames to 2 in an exciting encounter which ended at 10pm. Click full results
The Current highest break stands at 100 by David Hogan & Michael Judge.
Play starts at 10.00am in the morning featuring the rest of the players and it promises to be another day of exciting snooker in the search for the 2013 Irish Senior Champion. Well done to everyone
RIBSA Team for World U-21's
The Republic Of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association confirmed today the players and Officials who will represent Ireland in the 2013 IBSF World Under 21 Snooker Championships in China. The event will be held in Beijing from the 11th - 19th of July . For more information click on www.ibsf.info
The RIBSA U-21 Players will be Andy McCloskey, David Cassidy, Daniel O Regan and Daniel Dempsey
The Referee will be Breda Doherty
National Coach: PJ Nolan
Team Official: IBSF President : Jim Leacy
Training Camp
RIBSA will be holding a snooker training camp to prepare our players on Sunday the 16th of June in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow with our National Coach PJ Nolan. All the players are requested to attend and be guided through the days training. If anyone can not attend they should contact PJ as soon as possible
RIBSA Training Camp in Carlow
The two day RIBSA training camp for the up coming European Snooker Championship in Poland was held this week on Tuesday and Wednesday in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow with our National Coach PJ Nolan. RIBSA organised the two day camp to help our Republic of Ireland players prepare.
Star performers were Robert Murphy from Dublin and Jason Devaney from Ballina, who were in superb form during the camp where they practiced Long Potting, Safety, Match-Play and Break Building routines.
All the players trained from 11am - 4pm and PJ worked on videoing the players on his academy practice routines while working on their mind fitness on the psychology of the game in order to help prepare for the Championships in Poland which will be held from the 27th May - 6th June.
Click here to view Robert Murphy training
Click here to view Jason Devaney training
Click here to view John Sutton training
Click here to view Mark Tuite training
RIBSA would like to wish all the players and officials the best of luck in
Poland.
Each player received a DVD of his action during the lesson and sports psychology booklet and audio to help with their mind fitness.
RIBSA would like to thank Marion Leacy and the Ivy Rooms for the use of the tables for the day.
BOOK YOUR OWN LESSON WITH PJ
If any player or club would like to like to book a coaching session with PJ Nolan who is one of the world's leading coaches they should email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for his next available date.
The cost of holding a RIBSA session is €20.00 per hour coaching time plus €15.00 per hour travel time from Carlow plus tolls and parking.
If you would like to travel to the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow you can avail of a 2hr session for €55.00 which includes Lights, DVD of the lesson and Technique profile.
U/21 National Championship 2013
This week our National Coach PJ Nolan was coaching in Austria on the 4th and 5th of May to prepare the Austrian National players for the 2013 European Championship (27th May - 6th June ) which will be held in Poland a
nd the 2013 IBSF World Under 21 Championship ( 11th - 19th July ) in China.
This two day cue zone was held in the beautiful city of Salzburg which was organised by the Austrian Billiards & Snooker Association.
In attendance was Paul Schopf, Andreas Ploner, Richard Kornberger, Ebrahim Baghi who are training for the upcoming European Championships.
They were joined by Andreas Ploner, Dominik Scherübl and Markus Pfistermüller who are training for the World Under 21's along with Manuel Pomwenger and Vladislav Arion for this training zone.
During this cue zone PJ focused mainly on the players cue ball control and their match-play snooker where he held mini tournaments in helping them to develop a good tactical game.
The players also practiced some of his Break Building and Long Potting training routines. Each player received a DVD of their coaching action plus the key points needed to improve more.
Click here to view a video of some of the action from the Cue Zone
PJ said that this was the best cue zone he held so far as the quality was very high and he really feels the Austrian players confidence is improving as they are getting more experience in playing and training properly.
As usual the ABSA Sport Director Christian Fock and local coach Guenther Echhartwere on hand to assist PJ throughout the weekend. PJ would like to thank the Austrian Association and PJ really believes the standard is improving throughout Austria and he is look forward to holding another cue zone in a few months to monitor the players improvement.
If any RIBSA player or club would like to like to book a coaching session with PJ Nolan who is one of the world's leading coaches they should email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for his next available date.
The cost of holding a RIBSA session is €20.00 per hour coaching time plus €15.00 per hour travel time from Carlow plus tolls and parking.
If you would like to travel to the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow you can avail of a 2hr session for €55.00 which includes Lights, DVD of the lesson and Technique profile.
2013 RIBSA Doubles Championships
The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association National Doubles Snooker Championship will be held on Sunday the 19th of May in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. The entry fee is €40.00 per team. The Championship will be played in Groups of playing 3 frames with 1 point per frame won. The Knockout will be the best of 5 to semi-final and the Semi-Final & Final is the best of 7 frames.
The Closing date for Entries is before 4pm Friday 17th and Play commences @ 10:30am on the 19th of May
RULES FOR 2013 NATIONAL DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS
1. One Senior International {from the last 10 years} per team.
2. Players do not have to play for the same club.
3. Proper snooker attire to be worn.
4. Each side shall open alternate frames and the order of play shall be determined at the start of each frame and must be maintained throughout that frame.
5. Players may change the order of play at the commencement of each new frame.
6. If a foul is made and a request to play again is made, the player who made the foul plays the next shot and the order of play is unchanged.
7. If a foul is called for playing out of turn, the offender’s partner will lose a turn, whether or not the offender is asked to play again.
8. When a frame ends in a tie and a re-spotted black is necessary, the pair who played the first stroke has the choice of which player will make that stroke. The order of play must then continue as in the frame.
9. Partners may confer during a frame but not whilst one is striker and is at the table.
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