Over the weekend I had the pleasure of coaching Northern Ireland’s number 1 snooker player Raymond Fry from Antrim in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. Earlier this month Raymond had won the opening ranking event of the season in NIBSA. He is a regular International and Q-School player who practices daily with N.…
My 147academy travelled to Vienna in Austria to hold a National Team Camp organised by the Austrian Billiards & Snooker Association. Eleven players from all across Austria were invited to attend this two-day PJ Nolan camp in the HSEBC Cue Sports Academy in Vienna. The Players Philipp Koch, Andreas Ploner, Mike Busse, Oskar Charlesworth, Florian…
This September my 147 Academy returned to the pearl of the Vosges in North East of France to hold another Snooker Camp in the Gérardmer Billiard Club. This camp is now in it’s fifth year which was organised by their President Jean-Michel Martin. During the year Jean-Michel Martin has been busy coaching, using my 147academy system. He…
This week I returned to Finland to hold another 147academy Snooker Training Camp in the AuraBiljardi Club in Turku Finland. This camp again focused on training four talented and up and coming Finnish Junior players Patrik Tiihonen, Eelis Lappalaisen, Tuure Lappalainen and Toni Savonen plus AuraBiljard Club owner Marko Parkkola. Talented Players Patrik Tiihonen, Eelis and Tuure…
Last week my 147academy travelled to the beautiful city of Cairo in Egypt to hold a National Snooker Training Camp organised by the Egyptian Federation of Billiards Sport. Some of the players were former or current African / Arab Champions plus former professional players who have competed on the World Snooker Tour. It is a…
On the 13th & 14th of July RIBSA held a two day training Camp Weekend in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow with our National Coach PJ Nolan to prepare our players for the upcoming World IBSF U-16 Championships in Russia and Home Internationals in Leeds. All players were invited to attend one or…
This week from the 9th – 11th of July my 147academy returned to the city of Kotka in Finland to hold a three Day Snooker Development Camp for five Russian Juniors from the Academy Billiard Sport in St Petersburg in the Finnalist Biljardi Club. Along with the Snooker Camp, Professional Pool Coach Alex Lely from the…
This week my 147 Academy travelled to Stockholm in Sweden to hold a four day Junior Snooker Developmental Training Camp on behalf of the Swedish Billiards & Snooker Association. Six promising junior players were selected to avail of this Coaching and Training in the snookerhallen Snooker Club in Stockholm. The Players were 13year-old Viktor Mahred, 18year-old Max…
This week my 147academy travelled to the beautiful city of Turku on the southwest coast of Finland to hold a snooker training camp in the amazing AuraBiljardi Club. The spectacular AuraBiljardi Club is one of the most incredible Snooker Club I have ever held a coaching camp in. The AuraBiljardi Club has nine beautiful professional…
Last week I had the honour of Coaching the Republic of Ireland Juniors to beat the Welsh Juniors in the 2019 International Celtic Challenge Cup in the Ivy Rooms SC on Saturday 22nd of June by 92 frames to 52 and retain their Junior title in style with a session to spare. This event features…