I had the honour as Head of EBSA Coaching to hold a Coaching Course for the European Billiards & Snooker Association in Budapest Hungary to train five new coaches on behalf of the Hungarian Snooker Association. This EBSA Coaching Course is only open to recognised coaches who are approved by their own National Governing Body…
My 147academy is delighted to have the Qboard in my 147academy base in Carlow in the Republic of Ireland for players to practice on during lessons. The QBoard is a fantastic one pocket practice table which works on getting a player to come in on line and pot a straight red. During a very competitive…
Well done to 147academy student Rodney Goggins from Wexford on his fantastic run at the 2019 Seniors Irish Masters on the 5th and 6th of January. This event was held in the most famous venue of them and the home of Irish Snooker, Goffs in Co. Kildare. First match of the event Rodney played Irish…
I would like to wish my 147academy students and dear friends from all around the world a Wonderful Christmas and New Year. I would like to thank The Republic of Ireland and European Billiards & Snooker Association for their continued support. I would also like to thank many International Players, Associations and Clubs in Ireland…
This week I had the pleasure of welcoming back 17 year old Dylan Emery from Wales for another Coaching session in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. Dylan travelled to my 147academy base in Ireland for another session to prepare for the 2019 European U-18 & U-21 Snooker Championships that will be held in…
The HSEBC Cue Sports Academy in Vienna, Austria was the venue for my latest Austrian National Snooker Training Camp organised by the Austrian Billiards & Snooker Association with nine selected players invited to attend this two day PJ Nolan camp. The Players Manuel Pomwenger, Oskar Charlesworth, Andreas Ploner, Florian Nüßle, Jérôme Liedtke, Tajmeet Grover, Florian…
This week I had the pleasure of holding a five day Snooker Coaching Camp for Mustafa Ansari from Sydney, Australia in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. Mustafa travelled all the way from Australia to Carlow for intensive coaching to improve his fundamentals and learn how to play all the different shots, drills plus…
My latest Austrian National Snooker Training Camp was held this weekend in the HSEBC Cue Sports Academy in Vienna, Austria. This camp was again organised by the Austrian Billiards & Snooker Association with eight players invited to attend this two day PJ Nolan camp. Oskar Charlesworth, Philipp Koch, Florian Nüßle, Jérôme Liedtke, Tajmeet Grover, Florian…
This week my 147academy travelled back to the beautiful city of Milan in Italy to hold another snooker training camp in the Ambrosian Snooker Academy in Milan. Davide Coltro who is an EBSA Coach and the main developer of the sport of snooker within F.I.B.I.S. in Italy organised the camp. New Training Program This three…
On Sunday 7th of October Ireland’s 16 year old Aaron Hill from Cork brave run to become the 2018 IBSF World Under 16 Snooker Champion in St. Petersburg, Russia ended with the Corkman losing the final 4 frames to 3 to Ben Mertens from Belgium. The final started off with the young Corkman winning the opening…