This week I held a four day RIBSA Coaching Camp to prepare the RIBSA players for the 2014 European Billiards & Snooker Association Team and Under 21 Snooker Championships. Josh Boileau, Daniel Dempsey, Rodney Goggins, Stephen Bateman, Mark Tuite, Stephen Walsh, Tom O Driscoll, Tony Seymour and Alen Matic attend training in the Ivy Rooms in…
On the 10th of February 2014 I travelled to the beautiful city of Prague in the Czech Republic to hold a five day snooker training Cue Zone in the Billiard Centrum sports club in the Harfa Galerie Shopping Complex. The Cue Zone was arranged to promote the game and provide players with guidance of how…
Last week my 147 Academy travelled to three different cities in Austria to hold Snooker & Billiards Coaching Zones. First I was in Vienna to train the Austrian National Billiards team for the upcoming four Nations Billiards Championship in the newly opened Austrian Academy. The Austrian Association organised the two day billiards camp to improve…
This week my 147 Academy was invited back to the beautiful city of Tel Aviv in Israel to train and prepare Shachar Ruberg for the 2013 Israel Senior National Snooker Championships. The 19 year old went on to win the Israel National Senior Snooker Championship for the first time when he beat David Vaizman 6…
Last weekend the 18th – 20th of October my 147 Academy travelled to Charleroi in Belgium to hold a snooker training cue zone. The cue zone was organised by Mathieu Protin and it was held in the Charleroi Snooker Club and in Isnes with players from France and Belgium. It was hailed a great success…
Last week my 147 Academy had the honour to be invited to Beijing in China to hold IBSF Cue Zones for players participating in the World Under 21 Snooker Championships in the CBSA / WBPSA Coaching Academy. Players from Russia, England, India, Finland, New Zealand, Iran and Mongolia attended my cue zones which were held…
Last weekend the 28th – 30th of June I travelled to Verona in Italy to hold my first training camp for Italian Snooker player Francesco Bertaiola. The camp was held in the beautiful Billiardi Sala Slot Club from 10am to 6pm each day. The club contains 9 pool tables and one snooker table. In Italy the most popular…
147 Academy player Andreas Ploner from Innsbruck won the 2013 Austrian Senior Snooker Championships in the 15 Red Snooker Club in Vienna on Saturday and Sunday the 25th & 26th of May. In the final Andreas beat fellow Academy player Paul Schopf from Wells 4 frames to 3 in an exciting final to claim his second…
On the 20th and 21st April I was invited to be the lead coach at the 2013 World Snooker Cue Zone on the opening two days in the Crucible in Sheffield. The Cue Zones area showcase for the general public during their stay at major championships which is also used as a filming area by…
147 Academy Player David Hogan from Borrisokane, Co Tipperary, Ireland created his own piece of Irish Snooker history this weekend on the 13th of April when he made a 147 Break in his second round match against Martin Ruddy in ‘ The Talbot Classic ‘ the 7th RIBSA Senior Ranking Event of the Republic Of Ireland…