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…
RIBSA held their final IBSF Snooker Training Camp on Friday the 28th of September with National Coach PJ Nolan in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. As part of ” European Week of Sport ” RIBSA had free admission to the camps to help prepare for their upcoming championships. Today Ross Bulman who will play in the World IBSF…
Our National Coach PJ Nolan held his first of two planned IBSF Snooker Training Camps on Thursday the 27th of September in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow from 11am – 4pm. As part of European Week of Sport RIBSA gave free admission to the camps to help prepare 2018 IBSF World Billiards & Snooker…
This week saw one of the top International German Snooker players Robin Otto attended a training camp in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow in Ireland with World Snooker Coach PJ Nolan. Robin has competed for Germany at many EBSA and IBSF Snooker Championships along with Qschool’s and PTC’s over the years and he wanted…
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…