Salzburg Training Camp

Last weekend the 15th & 16th of September my 147academy returned to the city of Salzburg in Austria to hold the latest snooker training Camp for the Austrian National Snooker Team. The Austrian Billiards & Snooker Association organised this camp and invited six players from their National Rankings with Florian Nüssle, Andreas Ploner, Oskar Charlesworth,…

Russian Junior Camp

This week my 147academy travelled to the beautiful city of Kotka to hold a Junior Snooker Training Camp for Junior players from the Academy Billiard Sport in St Petersburg Russia. The specific Developmental Snooker Training Camp was arranged to provide guidance to their six underage players who will participate in the upcoming IBSF World U-16…

Finland Training Camp

This month my 147 Academy travelled to Helsinki in Finland to hold a Snooker Developmental Training Camp on behalf of the Finland Billiards & Snooker Federation. Eighteen players were selected to avail of the Coaching and Training in the superb Cabin Street Snooker Club in Helsinki with five snooker tables in private members room. Some…

Ireland retain Home International Title

This week I had a great honour to coach and manage the Ireland Senior Snooker team to retain the prince of Wales Home International Perpetual Shield.  The team of Brendan O Donoghue, Rodney Goggins, Greg Casey and Michael Judge won the event in the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds where Ireland played England, Wales, N Ireland,…

France Coaching Camp

My 147 Academy returned this September to the spectacular city of Gérardmer in the North East of France to hold another snooker camp Gérardmer Billiard Club.  This camp was the fourth year in a row that was organised by thier President Jean-Michel Martin from the Gérardmer Billiard Club. It was a great honour to return…

Shachar Wins EBSA 6red Title

147academy player Shachar Ruberg from Israel won the 2018 EBSA European Billiards & Snooker Association 6 Red Championships in the Mirage Hotel Bucharest in Romania on Thursday the 21st of June. In the final Shachar beat Gary Thomson from Scotland 5 frames to 1 to take the title.  Shachar also wins an invitation to play…

Vienna Snooker Camp

My latest Austrian National Training Camp was held in the HSEBC Cue Sports Academy in Vienna, Austria. This camp was again organised by the Austrian Billiards & Snooker Association and ten players were invited to attend this two day camp. The Players Oskar Charlesworth, Christian Hochmayer, Philipp Koch, Richard Kornberger, Florian Nüßle, Serbest Hussein, Jérôme…

French Training Camp

Last weekend my 147academy travelled to the beautiful city of Saint Quentin in Northern France to hold another PJ Nolan training camp in the Academia de Billiard in Saint Quentin. Leading French junior Nicolas Mortreux plus lady player Juliette Proix and club member Ahmed Benseba and a real exciting young star of the future 12 year old…

Felix Frede Snooker Camp

This week top International German Snooker player Felix Frede attended a camp in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow in Ireland with World Snooker Coach PJ Nolan. Felix was training in the Star Academy in Sheffield last month with all the professionals to get valuable match practice as he will be competing in Qschool next…

Austrian Training Camp

The 147 Academy travelled last weekend to the HSEBC Cue Sports Academy in Vienna, Austria to hold a two day National Team Snooker Coaching Camp. This camp was organised by the Austrian Billiards & Snooker Association and Oskar Charlesworth, Manuel Pomwenger, Markus Pfistermüller, Serbest Hussein, Jérôme Liedtke, Mario Bodlos, Elias Kapitany and Andreas Ploner were invited to…