Vienna Training Camp

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…

Italian Camp in Milan

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…

World IBSF U-16 Finalist

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…

Ireland Training Camp

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…

Ireland IBSF Coaching Camp

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…

Robin Otto Training Camp

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…

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,…