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Two new Intro Level Coaches
On Saturday the 18th of October, RIBSA held an Intro level Snooker Coaching Education Course in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow with Robert Malynn from Shannonbridge, County Offaly and Paddy Hanafin from Thurles County Tipperary.
Final IBSF Coaching Camp held with PJ
RIBSA held their final IBSF Snooker Training Camp to prepare our Irish players for the upcoming World Championships on Sunday the 5th of November in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow with our National Coach PJ Nolan.
RIBSA Training Camp 1 – IBSF Qatar
Our National Coach PJ Nolan held his first of two planned IBSF Snooker Training Camps on Sunday the 29th of October. The RIBSA camps are to help prepare the players for the 2017 IBSF World Billiards & Snooker Championship which will be held in Qatar from the 17th – 27th of November.
RIBSA hold Mental Training Camp
RIBSA held a successful Mental Training session and a Training Camp on Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th of July in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow to prepare our players for the 2017 Home Internationals and the 2017 IBSF World 6 red and Team Championships which will be held in Egypt next week.
IBSF Training Camp – Egypt
The RIBSA players playing in the IBSF World Team & 6 Reds Championships in Hurghada, Egypt held a training day in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Sunday from 11am – 3pm.
Third Junior Development Day Held
The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) held their third junior snooker developmental day of the season on Sunday the 2nd of July in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow from 11am to 3pm.
Summer Snooker Camp with PJ
Our National Coach PJ Nolan held a two day RIBSA Summer Camp in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Thursday the 29th and Friday the 30th of June. All the players practiced various routines to improve their Cue Ball Control, Potting, Safety, Long Potting and Match-Play.
RIBSA hold Two day Camp with PJ
RIBSA held a two day Junior training camp for the Celtic Challenge teams and World IBSF Under 18’s, Under 21’s players with our National Coach PJ Nolan on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th of June in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow from 11am-4pm. PJ guided the players on various training routines to improve their Break Building, Long Potting, and Safety games.
Junior Snooker Development Day
The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) have just announced they will hold their third junior snooker developmental day of the season on Sunday the 2nd of July in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow from 11am to 3pm.
RIBSA Summer Snooker Camp
The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association will be holding a RIBSA summer Camp in the Ivy Rooms on Thursday 29th and Friday 30th of June with our National Coach PJ Nolan. The price is €15.00 per day for training from 11am – 4pm.
PJ holds Festival of Snooker
RIBSA National Coach PJ Nolan held a Festival of Snooker on the 27th & 28th of May in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow from 11am – 4pm. The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association (RIBSA) invited any RIBSA member to attend a training day with PJ.
RIBSA Coach of the Year
RIBSA President Eamon Kearns from the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association presented the 2017 RIBSA Coach of the year award to Brendan Cooney from Youghal CYMS in Co Cork on Sunday the 7th of May during RIBSA finals Weekend in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.