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…
This week I am very happy to announce I have been invited be part of the New WPBSA International Expert Coaching Advisory Panel. It is a great honour for be involved in this coaching development of the sport at the top level within the WPBSA. I would like to personally thank Jason Ferguson, Chris Lovell…
This week I am honoured to be named as an ambassador of the Snooker Quotient (SQ) which was launched officially on the 28th of April. This project by Terry Griffiths (in Wales) and Wayne Griffiths (in Hong Kong) is designed to allow all players to train locally, compare and compete globally through the system. It…
Over the years, I have come across and recommended a lot of videos on YouTube that are excellent for my players to improve their gameplay. In saying thanks to all the coaches, of varying of sports, from around the world, I have created this page to showcase all of their excellent work on YouTube over…
On Friday the 2nd of April, Snooker & Billiards Ireland were delighted to host a successful zoom Q&A with the 2005 World Snooker Champion Shaun Murphy. SBI offered 50 members a chance to ask the magician questions via Zoom to find out what makes this great snooker player tick, his thoughts on the game and…