Crowley wins 147academy U-12 C/Ships

The 147academy Under 12 RIBSA National Snooker Championship was held on the 7th of May in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.  It was great to see young talented Irish junior players battle it out for my 2017 title. This year it was Leone Crowley from Shooters Snooker Club in Cork who claimed the 147academy National Irish title with…

Romania Coaching Zone

My 147academy returned to the beautiful city of Bucharest this week to hold another training camp arranged by the Real Snooker Tour of Romania in the newly opened Century Snooker Club. This camp was to promote the game and provide the players with more guidance to improve their game to a higher level. The 14 players…

Whizkid Ross wins 4 Titles

What an unbelievable weekend for my 147acdemy student 15 year old Ross Bulman from Youghal CYMS when he won four under Age Irish Titles during RIBSA Finals Weekend in the Ivy Rooms on the 6th and 7th of May.  Ross won the Irish Under 16, Under 18, Under 19 and Under 21 National Titles. In…

Austrian Camp in Vienna

The 8th & 9th of April my 147academy returned to Vienna in Austria to hold my latest Camp for the Austrian National Team. The Austrian Billiards & Snooker Association organised the camp and invited eight players from the National Rankings with Andreas Ploner, Manuel Pomwenger, Elias Kapitany, Serbest Hussein, Oskar Charlesworth, Jérôme Liedtke, Alexander Trinkl, Philipp Koch and Patrick Stift all…

Shachar Training Camp

Last week my 147 Academy travelled to the city of Tel Aviv in Israel to hold another snooker training camp for Israeli Champion Shachar Ruberg.  This camp was aimed to prepare Shachar on his new Star Table for the 2017 EBSA European Snooker Championship in Cyprus next month. During this camp Shachar practiced various routines…

Austrian Training Camp

My 147 Academy travelled this weekend to the HSEBC Cue Sports Academy in Vienna, Austria to hold a two day Coaching Camp, This camp was aimed at preparing the Austrian National Team players for the upcoming EBSA European Under 18, Under 21 and Men’s Snooker Championships which is being held in Cyprus later next month.  The…

Junior Snooker Development Day

Last week I held the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) second junior snooker development day of the season on Sunday the 29th of January in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.  All junior player from all around Ireland were invited to attend and I was delighted to see so many talented…

Coaching In Milan Italy

Last week I travelled to the beautiful Ambrosian Snooker Academy in Milan, Italy to hold another coaching camp for Davide Coltro from the Italian Federation Sport Billiard (F.I.B.I.S.) who are the National Governing Body in Italy.  I coached the 25 players on improving their Stance, Address Position and developing a smooth delivery in their Cue…

Irish Junior Development Day

Last weekend I led the first Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) junior snooker development day on the 5th of November in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.  All junior player from all around Ireland were invited to attend the day and receive guidance from myself and my team of RIBSA Coaches…

Coaching Camp in Milan

My 147academy travelled to Italy this week to hold a coaching camp in the Davide Coltro Ambrosian Snooker Academy in the amazing city of Milan. During the camp I worked on developing a solid playing technique in the players Stance, Cue Action, Grip, and Address Position. All the players attended training from 10am – 6pm each…