Davy Piergiovanni Camp

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…

Velian Dimitrov Camp

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…

Israel Training Camps

This week my 147 Academy travelled to the city of Tel Aviv in Israel to hold two PJ Nolan Snooker Training Camps. The first camp was a 4-day camp held in the new luxury 147club in Tel Aviv for players from the club and from the Israeli Snooker Association. Two camps The first camp was…

Finland Training Camp

This week my 147academy returned to the city of Turku in Finland to hold another Snooker Training Camp in the AuraBiljardi Club in Finland. This camp focused on training four talented and up and coming Finnish Junior players Patrik Tiihonen, Eelis Lappalaisen, Tuure Lappalainen and Toni Savonen who will play in the 2020 EBSA European Under…

Milan Training Camp

This week my 147academy returned to the beautiful city of Milan in Italy to hold my 7th snooker training camp in the Ambrosian Snooker Academy in Milan.  Davide Coltro who is an EBSA and WPBSA Coach and the main developer of snooker within F.I.B.I.S. organised the camp. This five-day training camp covered all aspects of…

India Coaching Camp

Last week my 147academy returned to the capital of India’s West Bengal, Kolkata city to hold a Snooker Coaching Camp in the Calcutta Cosmopolitan Club from the 19th-27th of November. The Players The eight Players from the city of Kolkata showed fantastic commitment in wanting to learn the skills with Shreevardhan Poddar, Rishabh Dugar, Mudit…

RST Romania Training Camp

Last week I returned to the city of Bucharest in Romania to hold a 3-day Snooker Camp for the RST Snooker Club in Romania. This training camp was arranged to promote the game and provide guidance to their Junior, Masters and Senior members The Players The ten players were a mixture of International players who have represented…

Raymond Fry Coaching Session

Over the weekend I had the pleasure of coaching Northern Ireland’s number 1 snooker player Raymond Fry from Antrim in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. Earlier this month Raymond had won the opening ranking event of the season in NIBSA. He is a regular International and Q-School player who practices daily with N.…

France Snooker Camp

This September my 147 Academy returned to the pearl of the Vosges in North East of France to hold another Snooker Camp in the Gérardmer Billiard Club. This camp is now in it’s fifth year which was organised by their President Jean-Michel Martin. During the year Jean-Michel Martin has been busy coaching, using my 147academy system. He…