Elm Park Golf Club Coaching Clinic

Last week our National Coach PJ Nolan held a Snooker Coaching clinic in The Elm Park Golf Club in Dublin. PJ was very impressed with the facilities at the Golf Club which is one of the most famous Golf Clubs in Ireland with Ken Doherty as one of its members. When the golf season finishes

Deepest Sympathy

Everyone involved in Irish Snooker and within RIBSA would like to send their condolences to the family of Joe Delaney from Dublin who’s Mother died on Monday. The Republic Of Ireland Billiards and Snooker Association send their deepest Sympathies at this time to Joe’s Family and our thoughts are with you at this very difficult

Crucible SC Cork Coaching Day with PJ

Last week The Crucible Snooker Club in Cork city held a PJ Nolan Junior Snooker Coaching day. Club owner Jim Hussey has transformed the club and PJ was very impressed with a new modern look and by the number of talented young players like Sean Burns and Dean Callaghan. Cork junior snooker is now sky

Newbridge CYMS Coaching Night

Last Tuesday 11th of December Newbridge CYMS in County Kildare held a PJ Nolan Coaching night for their members to help promote the correct fundamentals in improving the game within the club. Each player had a mini session with PJ and were videoed playing a few shots.  PJ used his alignment laser to identity the

PJ Coaching Workshop in Belgium

Last weekend our National Coach PJ Nolan held another coaching workshop in the Le Safety Snooker Club in Chatelet in Belgium. This weekend was very special as the club was officially opened as the Sandrine Vlamynck Snooker Room in memory of the French number 1 lady player Sandrine Vlamynck who died earlier this year. The

PJ Coaching Workshop in India

This week our National Coach PJ Nolan was invited to India to hold two snooker coaching workshops in the magical city of Mumbai and Pune. Twenty-one players in total attended each week long training course to improve their game which was organised by Fellow World Snooker Coach Derek Sippy and the Billiards & Snooker Association

Israeli Shahar Camp with PJ

This week 16 year Shahar Davidovitch from Israel travelled to Carlow for a week long training camp in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club with our National Coach PJ Nolan. Shahar was impressed with my the Ivy Rooms as a great training academy and with the quality of coaching he received during the camp. Despite only

Successful RIBSA Training Camp

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association held a training camp with leading professional player Fergal O Brien and World Snooker Coach PJ Nolan in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Saturday to prepare the players for the 2012 Home Internationals. The Home Internationals is being held in Pontins North Wales from
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Home Internationals Training Weekend

On the weekend of Saturday and Sunday the 1st & 2nd of September RIBSA will be holding a training camp in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow to prepare our teams for this year’s Home Internationals which will be played from the 7th – 14th of September. This year leading Irish professional snooker player
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World Under 21’s Training Day

The World Under 21 Snooker Championship will be held next month in Wuxi in the Republic Of China from the 14th – 22nd Of July. RIBSA organised a training a day with our National Coach PJ Nolan to prepare the players for the Championship on Sunday in the Ivy Rooms SC Carlow. Karl Fitzpatrick, Ryan
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