Irish Blackball Association

Irish Blackball Association (irishpool.ie)

Welcome to the Irish Blackball Association (aka Southern Ireland Pool Federation (SIPF)).This site contains information on all the players, leagues and tours of all Blackball events taking part throughout Ireland.

Please feel free to have a look through the site, sign the guestbook and register yourself as a member in order to keep up to date will all the latest news and to receive emails when new material is posted to the website. Please keep an eye on the blog section, as this is where all information regarding upcoming tournaments and general news will be posted.

To view the Blackball Rules, please click here!!

Contact Us: info@irishpool.ie

Latest News

Blackball 2010 Tour - Online Registration

Players can now register online for the upcoming Blackball Events by clicking here.

Event 2 Closing Date: Sunday 14th March

Click here to make sure that your name is on the list, if not please register

To view the rankings after event 1, please click here

There is now a new ranking system in place, so if you think the rankings look wrong, please read below. Because this is the second year of the tour, the rankings for the main tour and seniors tour are now a combination of this year and last years performance. The reason for this is the keep the seedings fair throughout the events.

After event 1, you rankings points are made up of your performance from event1 2010, and event2-event5 2009. After this years event 2, your ranking points are made up of your performance from event1-even2 2010 and event3-event5 2009. This is the fairest way of doing the rankings.

Slaughtered Lamb 7-Man Championships 2010:

The Slaughtered Lamb pub, Swords are hosting a brand new 7-man pool competition starting February 2010. For more information, please view the tournaments and blog section of the website.

Blackball Tour:

The 2009 tour for this year has now come to a close. We would like to thank all who was involved in setting up the events and all the players who took part. Please view the Irish Blackball Tour section of the website for rankings,results and photos from the events.

We are pleased to announce a brand new venue and dates for the 2010 Irish Blackball Tour. With 7 dates and a fantastic new venue in Swords (Kettles Coutry House Hotel), Dublin, 2010 promises to be an exciting season for Irish Blackball. For more information on dates and the hotel, please visit the Irish Blackball Tour section of the website.

Superleague:

The fixtures, results, tables and upcoming tournaments for the Superleague and the Cup can now be viewed from the Superleague section of the website.

Dublin's only 9Ball Pool League:

The PoolKnightShack has now changed venue to the Richmond Road. This venue was due to open in November 2009, but will be opening soon, breaking the way to various new competitions. One of these competitions is Dublin's only American 9Ball league and is now open for players for registration for the next league starting in November. Read More

Blackball 3Man Team Event: