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
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• Chairman’s Address – Jim Leacy
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• Minutes of Annual General Meeting 2012- Tony Thorpe
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• Secretary’s Report – Tony Thorpe
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• Treasurer’s Report – Ger Murray
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• Senior Ranking Tournaments Report – Jim Leacy
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• Intermediate Tournament Reports – Tony Thorpe &Jim Carrick
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• Over 40’s Report – Tony Thorpe & Jim Carrick
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• Billiards Reports –Brendan Devlin/Ger Murray
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• Ladies Report – Michelle Sherwin
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• Referees Association Report – Neil Shanahan
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• Coaching Report – PJ Nolan
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• Under Age Report –PJ Nolan
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• Website – Ray Power
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• Motions
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• 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. 

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.

Click full results

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 

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