This week my 147academy welcomed Italian International Pool player Davy Piergiovanni from Rome for a two-day Snooker Training Camp in my new home base, the new SBI Academy of Excellence in Carlow. Davy has represented F.I.B.I. S. the Italy Federation at many European Pool Championships over the years and he travelled this week to get…
This week I had the pleasure of coaching my first International student in my new home base, the new SBI Academy of Excellence in Carlow when I held a three-day snooker training camp for highly rated 16-year-old Velian Dimitrov from Bulgaria. Velian travelled to Ireland from the 1st-3rd of February to prepare for the WSF…
For the first time in almost two years I held my first official Snooker Coaching lesson in Carlow in the Republic Of Ireland. On the 5th of January 2022 I had the pleasure of training Ireland’s Ross Bulman from Youghal in the new Snooker & Billiards Ireland HQ in Carlow. This HQ will be my…
As Head of EBSA European Billiards & Snooker Coaching, I had the honour of holding 10 days of free Cue Zones at the Albufeira’s Vidamar Hotel Resort in the Algarve during the 2021 European Snooker Championships in Portugal. Free Cue Zones EBSA conducted free cue zones from 2nd – 15th of October for players who attended this…
In my role as Head of EBSA Coaching I travelled to Portugal to hold an EBSA Coaching Course during the 2021 European U-18 and U-21 Championships from the 4th– 7th of October on behalf of the European Billiards & Snooker Association to train six Official EBSA Snooker Coaches. The successful course was held in the…
Last week I had the great honour to coach and manage the Ireland National Snooker players and teams in the 2021 EBSA European Snooker Championships at the beautiful Albufeira’s Vidamar Hotel Resort in the Algarve in Portugal. Snooker & Billiards Ireland sent a total of 16 players to compete in the Under 18, Under 21,…
In my role as the Irish National Snooker Coach, I had the pleasure of being invited to a meeting in Carlow College with the Minister for Sport, Jack Chambers TD on Monday the 20th of September. Today’s visit to Carlow, coincided with the announcement of the Irish Government COVID-19 restrictions being lifted to allow Indoor…
In my role as Head of EBSA Coaching I travelled to Malta to hold an EBSA Coaching Course from the 3rd – 5th of September 2021, to train eight Maltese coaches on behalf of the European Billiards & Snooker Association in becoming Official EBSA Snooker Coaches. The successful course was held in the incredible Malta…
I am delighted to announce the new home base of the PJ Nolan 147academy will be in the new SBI National Centre of Excellence and Headquarters for Snooker & Billiards Ireland in the town of Carlow Town, Co Laois in the Republic of Ireland. Carlow is a small town in the south east of Ireland…
My 147academy is very proud for to announce that I have undergone the 1st4sport Level 2 WPBSA Coaching exam and passed to achieve 1st4sport level 2 status. 1st4sport Level 2 This WPBSA 1st4sport Level 2 course provides training of how to safely plan, deliver, review and improve the performance of both novice and intermediate snooker…