On Sunday 18th of January The Green Baize Cue Sports in Carrick on Suir were the first club to avail of a free 3 hour RIBSA Snooker Coaching Session with PJ Nolan. Club owner Stephen Walsh who himself is a regular RIBSA Irish International player is working hard developing a team of juniors in his Carrick Academy and he was delighted with the turn out.
In 2015 the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association are offering every registered RIBSA club this season a free coaching session with our National Coach to help promote the game around the country. Each club can avail of a session for three hours before 5pm and a two hour session after 5pm. The only cost to the snooker club is the travel cost of bringing PJ to the club at €20.00 per hour travel time to and from Carlow town. I.e., 2hr journey to the club from Carlow will be a total of €80.00 to the club.
PJ will work on improving the players, Stance, Grip, Bridge, Cue Action and Address Position during the lesson. Only current 2015 registered clubs can avail of this offer but if any club wishes to join this year and become a registered club they should download the form from the download section in the top menu of the site or contact RIBSA for a club registration form to be emailed to them.
PJ said ” he was very impressed with the number of talented young players who attended and the look of the club which contains a new Shender International match table for the players to practice on ”
Current Irish Number 1 Master player Tom O Driscoll was also on hand to pass on his advice on the day to the Juniors and John Lowley, Katelyn Sheppard, Dale Power, Jack Kelly, Setanta Roche, Josh Hanlon, Ben Rockett, Dylan Power, Adam Kerwian and Dale Power all attended the training and PJ worked on developing their cue action, stance, bridge and aiming on the cue ball.
Stephen Walsh ” said all the players enjoyed the coaching and he hopes the players remember the good advice from PJ and he thanked RIBSA for the free coaching session in his club ”
The Green Baize Academy
The Green Baize Cue Sports is located on Barack Lane Carrick-On-Suir in Co. Tipperary and is opened Monday-Friday 3pm-11pm, Saturday 2pm-10pm and Sunday 2pm-9pm. The academy offers club coaching Monday and Wednesday 5pm-6pm with Stephen who is also a level 1 Qualified RIBSA Snooker Coach.
The club will have two teams repersenting the club in this months Munster Club Championship in Killarney when the A Team will have Stephen Walsh, Tom O Driscoll, Robbie Walker, Ray Power, Dylan Rees and the B Team, Nicky Ryan, Eugene Ryan, Michael Doherty, Alan Faulkner, Franny Fahy and Tomas Roche. If you need any more information on the club Contact: Stephen Walsh on 087 7129935
If any RIBSA Affiliated Club would like to hold a coaching session they must contact RIBSA directly by Email to info@ribsa.ie and request this offer. PJ will then contact the club by email to arrange and confirm a suitable date and time.
The start time will be up to each club and once the date and time is confirmed within PJ’s Diary then the training session will be held and a report will be published on the RIBSA Web Site.
Please Note : Only emails sent directly to RIBSA can arrange a free session.
If any RIBSA player would like to book a session
If any player would like to book a private one to one lesson they should email PJ on pjcoach147@hotmail.com for his next available date.
The cost of holding a coaching session is €20.00 per hour travel time from Carlow plus €20.00 per hour coaching fee ( Min 2 hrs ). All tolls and parking fees must also be paid if needed. If you would like to travel to the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow you can avail of a 2hr session for €65.00 which includes Lights, DVD of the lesson and Technique profile.
