PJ Coaching in China

Our RIBSA National Coach PJ Nolan held IBSF Snooker Coaching Cue Zones for players participating in the World Under 21 Snooker Championships in the CBSA / WBPSA Coaching Academy in Beijing last week. Players from Russia, England, India, Finland, New Zealand, Iran and Mongolia attended training on the Shender Match Table which was used for

Mind Coach to help RIBSA Players

This year RIBSA will be using a sports psychologist to prepare our players for the Home Internationals.  Paddy Maher is one of the leading psychologists will work together with our National Coach PJ Nolan on Sunday the 28th of July in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow with all the Senior, Masters, Billiards, Under

CBSA / WBPSA Academy in Beijing

Our National Coach PJ Nolan was invited by the Chinese Billiards Association to use the brand new training academy program used by all the top players and coaches in China.PJ is his role of head of EBSA Coaching and one of the leading World Snooker Coaches is one of the first Europeans ever to use

Four New Level 1 RIBSA Coaches Qualify

The Second and final day of RIBSA level 1 Coaching Ireland Education Course was held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Sunday 7th of July. The four new Level 1 RIBSA coaches who completed successfully the course are Stephen Walsh from Carrick on Suir, Murt Rossiter from Breakers SC Gorey, Finbarr Ruane

Level 1 Course Day 1

The first day of RIBSA level 1 Coaching Ireland Coaching Education Course was held today in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Saturday 6th of July. The four coaches were Stephen Walsh from Carrick on Suir, Murt Rossiter from Breakers SC Gorey, Finbarr Ruane from Crossguns SC Dublin and Sandra Bryan from Breakers

Home International Training Camp with PJ

RIBSA have announced details of the Training Camp with our National Coach PJ Nolan for this year’s Home Internationals Snooker Championships. The Camp will be divided into two days with an Open Snooker Tournament on the Saturday 27th July and a specific Coaching Day on 28th July in The Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.

PJ Coaching in Italy

Last weekend the 28th – 30th of June our National Coach PJ Nolan travelled to Verona in Italy to hold his first training camp for Italian Snooker player Francesco Bertaiola.    The camp was held in the beautiful Billiardi Sala Slot Club from 10am to 6pm each day. The club contains 9 pool tables and

David Morris on 2fm

Irishman David Morris won today to move into the Last 16 of the Wuxi Classic in China with a great 5 frames to 2 victory over Gerard Green. Davy will be interviewed tonight on 2fm so I hope everybody will tune into the interview from China between 7pm and 8pm. So do not forget to

RIBSA Training Camps this weekend

This Weekend will feature two training days in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club with our National Coach PJ Nolan to prepare the players for the Celtic Challenge and the World Under 21’s The Celtic Challenge training day will be held on Saturday 15th of June from 11am – 4pm with the World Under 21 training

2013 Championship Weekend Schedule

The 2013 RIBSA National Championship Weekend will be held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow from the 24th, 25th and 26th of May. Action begins on Friday night at 7pm with the Q-Final of the Senior Snooker Championship. The winners will play again on Saturday at 10am in the Semi Finals with the