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…

Dylan Emery Camp in Carlow

This week I had the pleasure of coaching the current World IBSF U-16 Champion Dylan Emery from Wales in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. Dylan travelled to Carlow for a session to prepare for Q School in May. I was very impressed with his work rate and passion to learn all the different…

Coaching Course in Switzerland

On the 24th of January 2018, PJ Nolan who is head of EBSA Coaching travelled to Switzerland to train three coaches on behalf of the European Billiards & Snooker Association in becoming Official EBSA Snooker Coaches. Coaching Course This EBSA Coaching Course is only open to recognised coaches who are approved by their own National…

Camp in Czech Repiblic

Last week I had the pleasure to return to the city of Třebíč in the Czech Republic to hold another training camp for 14 year old Jan Matějíček.  Jan represents the Czech Republic in next month’s European Under 18 and Under 21 Snooker Championships in Bulgaria. Improvement Since Last Camp I was very impressed with…

The perfect Christmas present

If you are looking for that perfect Christmas present for any snooker or pool player you can download the PJ Nolan 147academy training PDF’s direct to your mobile phone or tablet to help you improve your training sessions for only $10.00 (Approx €9.45). After you purchase the PDF using any bank visa or debit card,…

Vienna Coaching Camp

Last weekend my 147academy travelled to Austria to hold a two day snooker training camp on behalf of the Austrian Billiards & Snooker Association in the HSEBC Cue Sports Academy in Vienna.  Eight players were selected to attend with Mario Bodlos, Oscar Charlesworth, Serbest Hussein, Jérôme Liedtke, Florian Nüßle, Philipp Koch, Elias Kapitany and Manuel…

World IBSF Qatar – Semi Finalist

147academy snooker player Florian Nüßle from Austria reached the semi-finals of the 2017 World IBSF Snooker Championships in Doha Qatar last week.  The 15 year old Austrian playing in his first World Men’s Snooker Championship broke all national records in reaching the semi-final stage losing to the eventual Champion Pankaj Advani from India 7 frames to…

Bucharest Coaching Camp

Last weekend I returned to the beautiful city of Bucharest to hold another snooker training camp for the Real Snooker Tour Association in Romania. The training camp was arranged to promote the game and provide guidance to Junior, Masters and Senior Romanian players. Florentin Ciobanu, Paul Croitoru, Iulian Zamfirescu, Alex Oprisor, Rzavan Baciu, Maxim Ene, Tudorache,…

Salzburg Austria Camp

Last weekend my 147academy travelled to Salzburg in Austria to hold a two day snooker training camp on behalf of the Austrian Billiards & Snooker Association. This camp was held in the Billiard Leistungszentrum in Salzburg and featured Andreas Ploner, Florian Nüßle, Markus Pfistermüller and Christian Hochmayer who will compete for Austria in the 2017 World…