One word sums up PJ Nolan, FANTASTIC. With his encouragement, support and above all amazing coaching skills. I have been coached by PJ since i started playing snooker at the age of 10 and i soared to my victory in the 2009 European Snooker Championships in Belgium, securing my main tour spot for 2009 / 2010 Season. In 2011 i…
HOW TO BOOK As the National Irish Coach I work for the Irish Snooker Association (RIBSA) and thus all bookings go through the RIBSA organisation. However you can contact me anytime to arrange any bookings in either Ireland or perhaps a training camp for your club or national team anywhere in the World. Over the…
I have set this web site up with the aim of it becoming one of the best coaching resources on the Web. I will aim to offer you all my coaching experience and knowledge in one easy to navigate site on www.147academy.com The web site will include all my coaching material, practice routines and video…
Last week I returned to the city of Bucharest to hold another training camp in the TAC Billiard & Snooker Club. This camp was arranged again by “Real Snooker Tour” of Romania to promote the game and provide their players with more guidance to improve their game. I am impressed with the future plans of Snooker…
I had the honour to coach the Irish RIBSA Junior team to win the 2016 Celtic Challenge in the Terry Griffiths Matchroom in Llanelli, Wales on Saturday the 25th of June. The team put on a fantastic display of Snooker to win with a session to spare over a talented young Welsh team. This annual…
Last weekend my 147academy traveled to France to hold a coaching camp in the Academia de Billiard in the beautiful city of Saint Quentin in Northern France. The players who attended were Frederic Dieupart, Clement Mothurel, Juliette Proix, Jean Christophe Delphin, Raphael Pontalli, Christophe Coutant, Ahmed Bendela, Jean Marc Beauchamp, Guillaume Francant, Nicolas and Thomas Mortreux. All the…
Last weekend I held my latest National Training Camp for the Austrian Billiards & Snooker Association in the HSEBC Cue Sports Academy in the city of Vienna. This camp was mainly focused on preparing the Austrian players for the IBSF U-18 & U-21 Snooker Championships which is being held in Belgium next month. Attending this…
10 year old Noel Gleeson from the New Institute Snooker Club in Nenagh in county Tipperary won the www.147academy.com sponsored 2016 Irish Under 12 National Snooker Championship in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. The amount of talent on show on the day was incredible from players as young as 4years old. In the…
This weekend of the 21st and 22nd of May my 147academy returned to the beautiful city of Vienna in Austria to hold my latest Snooker Training Camp for the Austrian National Team. The Austrian Billiards & Snooker Association organised the camp and invited eight players from the National Rankings with Nüssle Florian, Markus Pfistermüller, Manuel…
147academy player Josh Boileau from Ireland won the 2016 EBSA European Under 21 Snooker Championship in Wroclaw Poland. Josh played fantastic snooker all week and in the final he beat Brandan Sargent from England 6 frames to 1 in front of a packed audience. Josh also won the highest break prize with a stunning 130…