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…
On the 3rd of February I returned to the beautiful city of Bucharest to hold another training camp in the TAC Billiard & Snooker Club. This camp was arranged again by the newly formed Real Snooker Tour of Romania to promote the game and provide the players with more guidance to improve their game to a…
This week as head of EBSA Coaching I travelled to Milan in Italy to train six coaches on behalf of the European Billiards & Snooker Association in becoming Official EBSA Snooker Coaches. This EBSA Coaching Course is only open to recognised coaches who are approved by their own National Governing Body. The Italian Federation Sport Billiard (F.I.B.I.S.)…
On Saturday the 10th of January The DBSL (Dublin Billiards & Snooker Leagues) held a free Under 18 Snooker Coaching day. Young players from all around Dublin, Leinster and Munster attended the training which was held in The D’Arcy Mcgees, Spawell Snooker Club in Templeogue, Dublin. The DBSL held the day to help promote the game in Dublin and…
Last week my 147academy had the honour of training the best of the best Polishsnooker players in the beautiful city of Warsaw in Poland. Two of the players who attended were Mateusz Baranjowski and Patryk Maslowski will represent Poland in next week’s IBSF World Snooker Championship in India. They were joined by Kasper Filipiak, Karol Lelek,…
On the 6th of October I travelled to the beautiful city of Bucharest in Romania to hold a three day snooker training camp in the fantastic new TAC Billiard & Snooker Club. The TAC club contains perfect match playing conditions to help the Romanian players to practice on International Shender tables with professional lighting and I…
On Friday the 3rd of October my 147 Academy travelled to Germany to hold a junior development Coaching day in Breakers Snooker Club in the city of Rüsselsheim. The eight players LORIS LEHMANN, FELIX FREDE, SAMUEL MURSCHALL, TJORVEN HECHT, WILLIAM FREY, SVEN GORAN MAIER, RICHARD WIENOLD and KEVIN STRELOW were selected from all across Germany and…
Last week my 147 Academy travelled to Warsaw in Poland to hold my latest coaching camp for the Polish Billiards & Snooker Association. The five day training camp was organised to improve the national teams technique, potting skills and training program. Among the players who attended the camp included the 2011 European U-21 Champion and former…
My 147academy welcomed the German National Snooker Coach Thomas Hein to the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow for a coaching session. Thomas is the head snooker Bundestrainer in Germany and during the session I outlined my plans for the upcoming PJ Nolan Coaching day on the 3rd October in Rüsselsheim. Thomas said he was very impressed…