German trains in Ireland

My 147 Academy welcomed German Snooker Tour player Carl Rosenberger from Munich Bavaria who travelled to Ireland to attend a two day snooker training camp with me in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. Carl competed in the recent IBSF World Championships in Sofia Bulgaria last November and he wanted to train and improve his…

RIBSA Coaching Camp

On Tuesday the 13th of November I held a coaching day in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow for the Republic Of Ireland players who will compete in the 2012 IBSF World Championships next week in Bulgaria. Johnny Williams, Greg Casey and Brendan O Donoghue will compete in the Men’s Championship and Mark Tuite…

India Coaching Camps

My 147 Academy was invited to India this month to hold two coaching workshops in the magical cities of Mumbai and Pune. Twenty-one players in total attended a two week training course to improve their game which was organised by fellow World Snooker Coach Derek Sippy and the Billiards & Snooker Association of Maharashtra. The snooker…

Prague Coaching Camp

Last month I travelled to the beautiful city of Prague in the Czech Republic to hold a 7 day snooker training camp in the Billiard Centrum Sports Club. A selection of players who compete in various Czech Republic ranking events teamed up with players from the National Team to attend the training course to promote the…

Belgium Coaching Camp

One place in the world I love returning to hold coaching camps, is the Le Safety Snooker Club in Chatelet in Belgium. Chatelet is a small town located on the border between France and Belgium and snooker in this region is very popular. The Club was formerly owned by the French number one lady player Sandrine Vlamynck who died…

India Camp – New Delhi

I recently travelled to New Delhi to hold a snooker training workshop in India and it was hailed a great success by all the players and organisers. It was a big honour to be invited by Vivek Pathak from Cue Sports India to conduct the workshop to train the Indian players. All standard of players…