On Tuesday 14th of July our National Coach PJ Nolan travelled to Youghal CYMS in County Cork to hold a free RIBSA Snooker Coaching Session after the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association offered every registered RIBSA club a free coaching session with our National Coach to help promote the game around the country.
Last season Youghal CYMS was the most successful Junior Club in Ireland when their junior players won the U-14, U-16, U-18 and U-21 National Snooker Championships. The club also boasts the Number 1 ranked player in the RIBSA U-14 and U-16 Rankings.
Adam Fitzgerald will play next week in the World U-21 Championships in Romania and a number of other members were on the Celtic Challenge teams. In Brendan Cooney they have a man totally focus on developing juniors in the town and with regular coaching and guidance the future looks great with so many talented players coming through the ranks.
Next month Ross Bulman, Noel Landers and Adam Fitzgerald will represent the Republic Of Ireland in the Home Internationals in Leeds.
During the coaching today PJ worked on improving the new junior’s Techniques, Bridge, Cue Action, Coming in on line and they practiced cue ball control routines. 12 year olds John Landers and Michael John really impressed PJ on the day.
PJ held a winning break routines tournament for the advanced players Ross Bulman, Adam Bulman. Noel Landers, Conor Kennedy and Adam Fitzgerald on The UK Break, The T Break, The Malta Break, The Greece Break, The Hong Kong Break and The Champions Break.
The five players battled it out and it was Adam Fitzgearld who won the training event with a number of good breaks and Adam is buzzing in excitement for his first upcoming World U 21 Championship.
RIBSA Offer to all Clubs
If any RIBSA Affiliated Club wish 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.
Each club can avail of a session. 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. 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.
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.
