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…
147 Academy player Dominik Scherübl from Austria won his biggest titles to date when he won his first senior ranking event in Austria when he won the grand prix in Gerasdorf. 17 year old Dominik lives in Stasshof, Austria and plays out of the 15 reds Snooker club in Vienna was in fantastic form all the way…
This weekend the 22nd and 23rd February my 147 Academy was invited to Belgium to hold a coaching clinic in The Sandrine Vlamynck Snooker Room in Chatelet. The club is near the Belgium, French border and was named in memory of former lady number one French snooker player Sandrine Vlamynck who tragically died last year. In…
My 147 Academy welcomed German Snooker Tour player Carl Rosenberger from Munich Bavaria who travelled to Ireland to attend a two day snooker training camp with me in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. Carl competed in the recent IBSF World Championships in Sofia Bulgaria last November and he wanted to train and improve his…
On Tuesday the 13th of November I held a coaching day in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow for the Republic Of Ireland players who will compete in the 2012 IBSF World Championships next week in Bulgaria. Johnny Williams, Greg Casey and Brendan O Donoghue will compete in the Men’s Championship and Mark Tuite…
My 147 Academy was invited to India this month to hold two coaching workshops in the magical cities of Mumbai and Pune. Twenty-one players in total attended a two week training course to improve their game which was organised by fellow World Snooker Coach Derek Sippy and the Billiards & Snooker Association of Maharashtra. The snooker…
Last weekend my 147 Academy travelled to the beautiful city of Salzburg in Austria to train the Austrian Billiards national team. The Austrian Billiards & Snooker Association organised the camp to improve their player’s technique and potting skills. This was the first time I had trained a billiard team but I realised the main objective…