On Friday 13th of March The Northest Snooker Club in Letterkenny, Co Donegal were the latest club to avail of a free RIBSA Snooker Coaching Session with our National Coach PJ Nolan.
Club owner and RIBSA Chairman John Doherty is working hard developing a team of juniors in Letterkenny with regular coaching every friday night and his hard work is paying off with three of his players on the winning Celtic Challenge team last season.
This season 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 juniors who attended and with International players like Anthony Bonnar, Peter Donegan, Sean Devenney and Eamon Harkin the future looks good in Letterkenny ”
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.
