International Camp with PJ – 29th September

Snooker & Billiards Ireland will hold an International Snooker Training Camp with our National Coach PJ Nolan on the 29th of September in the SBI HQ in Carlow from 11am-4pm. This camp is to prepare our National players for the 2024 European Snooker Championships which will be held in October in Portugal and the 2024

European Week of Sport 2024

As part of the 2024, European Week of Sport. Snooker & Billiards Ireland will be holding a free SBI Coaching Cue Zone in the SBI Academy of Excellence in Carlow on Saturday the 7th of September The Cue Zone will be held from 11am-4pm with our National Coach PJ Nolan. All ages and levels are

SBI Hold Mental & Training Camp

Snooker & Billiards Ireland held a special International Training Camp with Sports Mind-Set Coach Noel Flannery from Scotland and our National Coach PJ Nolan in the SBI HQ on Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th of July. The aim of the camp was to help prepare our National Team and leading junior players Mentally, Technically and

SBI hold Junior Development Day

On Saturday the 20th of July, Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) held another Irish National Junior Snooker & Billiards Developmental Day in the SBI HQ Academy of Excellence in Carlow. SBI hold Developmental days to introduce and encourage more juniors to play our beautiful sports. National Coach PJ Nolan and fellow SBI Coaches, Shane Gorman

SBI Development Day – 20th July

Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) have just announced they will hold another free National Snooker & Billiards Junior Developmental Day on Saturday the 20th of July in the SBI HQ Academy of Excellence in Carlow from 11am to 4pm with PJ Nolan our National Coach and his fellow SBI Qualified coaches. Tables SBI will use

SBI Hold Summer Camp

Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) held a Snooker Summer Camp this week for our members in the SBI HQ in Carlow on the 25th – 27th of June. SBI Summer Camps are held each year to allow our members to train with our National Coach PJ Nolan who is also a WPBSA Coach and Head

Chris Henry Course Success for PJ

Last weekend our SBI National Snooker Coach PJ Nolan travelled to Bruges in Belgium to attend a Level 1 Chris Henry Sports – Neuroscience based Snooker Coaching Course on the 15th & 16th of June. Snooker Coaches from Belgium, France and Ireland attended this specific two-day Coaching Course in SnookerPalace in Bruges. Top Professional Coach

Succesful SBI Development Day

On Saturday the 1st of June, Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) held another successful National Junior Snooker & Billiards Developmental Day in the SBI HQ Academy of Excellence in Carlow. SBI hold Developmental days to introduce and encourage more juniors to play our beautiful sports. Payers from all across Ireland attended from Dublin, Galway, Nenagh,

SBI Coach of the Year

Snooker & Billiards Ireland announced the 2024 SBI Coach of the year Award went to Con Walsh from Crucible SC in Cork during finals weekend in the SBI Academy of Excellence in Carlow on Sunday the 19th of May. This week 1997 World Champion Ken Doherty and David Joyce from SBI made the presentation to

Two new Level 1 SBI Coaches Qualify

Snooker & Billiards Ireland held a” Level 1 Coaching Ireland” Snooker Education Course in the SBI HQ Academy of Excellence in Carlow to qualify two new SBI Level 1 coaches from Limerick and Waterford on the 25th and 26th of May. New Coaches Cathal Moore from Limerick and John McCarthy from Waterford attended this two-day