Last weekend my 147academy returned to the beautiful city of Saint Quentin in Northern France to hold another 147academy camp in the Academia de Billiard. Among the players who attended were former National French Champion Jean Marc Beauchamp and one of the leading French Juniors Nicolas Mortreux plus local club players Frederic Dieupart, Philippe Proix and Fabienne Wemeaux. During the…
Last week I held the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) second junior snooker development day of the season on Sunday the 29th of January in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. All junior player from all around Ireland were invited to attend and I was delighted to see so many talented…
I have set this web site up with the aim of it becoming one of the best coaching resources on the Web. I will aim to offer you all my coaching experience and knowledge in one easy to navigate site on www.147academy.com The web site will include all my coaching material, practice routines and video…
I had the honour to coach the Irish RIBSA Junior team to win the 2016 Celtic Challenge in the Terry Griffiths Matchroom in Llanelli, Wales on Saturday the 25th of June. The team put on a fantastic display of Snooker to win with a session to spare over a talented young Welsh team. This annual…
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…
Last weekend I held my latest National Training Camp for the Austrian Billiards & Snooker Association in the HSEBC Cue Sports Academy in the city of Vienna. This camp was mainly focused on preparing the Austrian players for the IBSF U-18 & U-21 Snooker Championships which is being held in Belgium next month. Attending this…
10 year old Noel Gleeson from the New Institute Snooker Club in Nenagh in county Tipperary won the www.147academy.com sponsored 2016 Irish Under 12 National Snooker Championship in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. The amount of talent on show on the day was incredible from players as young as 4years old. In the…