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…
Last week I travelled to the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England to train and guide Shachar Ruberg from Israel for this year’s EBSA Mens Snooker Championship in Poland in February and WSA Qschool in May. I was very impressed with the Northern Snooker Centre facilities and the amount of club Professionals like Peter Lines, David…
Last week my 147academy I held my final training camp for the Polish National snooker team in the Masters Snooker Club in the beautiful city of Luben in Poland. This camp was to guide the Polish players with coaching and set out a training plan for the upcoming EBSA Championships which will be held in Poland in…
My 147academy met up with one of the youngest ever players, when 4 year old potting whiz-kid Adam Wynne from Boora, County Offaly in Ireland arranged a session in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. Earlier this year Adam appeared on the biggest TV show in Ireland, The Late Late show with host Ryan…
Last weekend from the 4th – 6th of September my 147 Academy travelled to the beautiful city of Gérardmer in France to hold a snooker training camp. The camp was organised by the Gérardmer Billiard Club and it was hailed a great success by all the players. Gérardmer was one of the most beautiful places I…
147academy player Brendan O Donoghue from the New Institute snooker club in Nenagh won the Republic Of Ireland Senior Snooker Championships for the second time in his career when he beat Robert Murphy from the QClub Wicklow 7 frames to 2 in a high quality final. Brendan also won the highest break prize with a stunning…
My 147academy again sponsored the 2015 RIBSA Under 12 National Snooker Championship in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. It was great to see young talented players from all around Ireland battle it out for the 2015 title. This year it was Jamie Lee Gardiner from the 147club in Antrim in Northern Ireland who claimed the…
Last weekend I was invited by World Snooker to be the lead coach on the opening two days of the WPBSA Cue Zone at the 2015 Betfred World Professional Snooker Championships in the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. The Cue Zone was again held in the Winter Gardens beside the Crucible which is also used as…
Last weekend I had the honour of coaching the RIBSA Irish team to win the 2015 EBSA Men’s Snooker Team Championship when Robert Murphy & Michael Judge won the prestigious European title in the Dolmen Hotel in Malta In the final they beat the team from Malta of Tony Drago and Brian Chini 5 frames to 3…
Last week my 147academy returned to the city of Warsaw in Poland to train the Polish National Snooker Team and prepare them for the 2015 EBSA European Under 21 and Team Championships which is being held in Malta from the 21st of March to the 2nd of April. It is a big honour to train…