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…
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 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…
One of the highlights of the summer was when I was invited by World Snooker to lead the cue zone at this year’s world snooker championship in the Crucible in Sheffield. Players from 5 years old to 87 years old participated throughout the Saturday, Sunday and Monday on specific routines against the stopwatch and some…
PJ Nolan became an official W.P.B.S.A. World Snooker Coach when he was invited by the WPBSA to attend an intensive training course in the England Institute of Sport in Sheffield. Steve Davis, Terry Griffiths and Chris Lovell conducted the two day seminar which covered all aspects of the game and PJ becomes the first ever…
Last week I travelled to Tel Aviv in Israel to hold another snooker training camp for 17 year old Shachar Ruberg who is fast becoming one of the top junior snooker players in Europe. Shachar joined the PJ Nolan Academy in 2009 and each year the young Israeli school boy has had a dramatic improvement in…