PJ Nolan

Training Camp in France

Last weekend my 147academy traveled to France to hold a coaching camp in the Academia de Billiard in the beautiful city of Saint Quentin in Northern France.  The players who attended were Frederic Dieupart, Clement Mothurel, Juliette Proix, Jean Christophe Delphin, Raphael Pontalli, Christophe Coutant, Ahmed Bendela, Jean Marc Beauchamp, Guillaume Francant, Nicolas and Thomas Mortreux. All the…

Shachar Camp Leeds

Last week I travelled to the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England to train and guide Shachar Ruberg from Israel for this year’s EBSA Mens Snooker Championship in Poland in February and WSA Qschool in May.  I was very impressed with the Northern Snooker Centre facilities and the amount of club Professionals like Peter Lines, David…

France Coaching Camp

Last weekend from the 4th – 6th of September my 147 Academy travelled to the beautiful city of Gérardmer in France to hold a snooker training camp. The camp was organised by the Gérardmer Billiard Club and it was hailed a great success by all the players. Gérardmer was one of the most beautiful places I…

Romania Coaching Camp

On the 3rd of February I returned to the beautiful city of Bucharest to hold another training camp in the TAC Billiard & Snooker Club. This camp was arranged again by the newly formed Real Snooker Tour of Romania to promote the game and provide the players with more guidance to improve their game to a…

Romanian Coaching Camp

On the 6th of October I travelled to the beautiful city of Bucharest in Romania to hold a three day snooker training camp in the fantastic new TAC Billiard & Snooker Club. The TAC club contains perfect match playing conditions to help the Romanian players to practice on International Shender tables with professional lighting and I…

Austrian Coaching Tour 2014

Last month my 147 Academy travelled all across Austria to hold Cue Zones in three different cities on behalf of the Austrian Billiards & Snooker Association. First I arrived in Innsbruck where I held the first training cue zone in Jimmy’s Billiard Sport Arena which is owned by Jimmy Riml who invented a laser system to allow…

Belgium Coaching Camp

Last weekend I travelled to Charleroi in Belgium to hold a snooker training camp in the Charleroi Snooker Club. The Snooker camp was organised by Raphael Profeta and featured players from France and all across Belgium. It was a great honour to see players travelling long distances to receive my coaching including leading Belgian player Alain…

Poland Development Camp

This week 12th – 16th of May, My 147 Academy travelled to the beautiful city of Wrocław in Poland to hold a Junior Development Camp for the Polish Billiards & Snooker Association. The host Association had organised the camp to improve the young player’s technique and potting skills while giving them the correct training program…

RIBSA 4 Day Coaching Camp

This week I held a four day RIBSA Coaching Camp to prepare the RIBSA players for the 2014 European Billiards & Snooker Association Team and Under 21 Snooker Championships. Josh Boileau, Daniel Dempsey, Rodney Goggins, Stephen Bateman, Mark Tuite, Stephen Walsh, Tom O Driscoll, Tony Seymour and Alen Matic attend training in the Ivy Rooms in…