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NEXT COACHING SEMINAR
Date : 20th March 2010
Venue Ivy Rooms Snooker Club Carlow


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The latest RIBSA / Coaching Ireland snooker coaching seminar has just been announced

The Seminar will be held in The Ivy Rooms SC Carlow on Saturday the 20th of March

This Seminar is based on the Coaching Ireland & Irish Sports Council approved coaching syllabus to train coaches at Intro level.

This official recognized seminar will be given by PJ Nolan – National Coach and Neil Shanahan who are qualified tutors within Coaching Ireland.

Coaching Ireland has now replaced the NCTC as the governing body of all coaching in the Republic Of Ireland and PJ will cover all coaching areas and Neil will cover the rules of the game of snooker and billiards.

The Timetable for the seminar will be from 10.30am - 1pm - lunch - 2pm - 5pm.

The seminars are open to any paid up member of the Republic Of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association and registration forms are available from the RIBSA Office.

The Annual RIBSA Registration is €20.00 euro per year and runs from September to August each season.

The Candidates who attend the seminar will receive training and coaching skills to coach players of the basic skills within their local club.

They will then act as talent scouts within the Republic Of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association.

The cost of attending this coaching seminar will be €20.00 euro and this will be paid on the day.

There is no formal assessment at this level and all candidates will receive an Intro Level Coaching Certificate.

You can now download the RIBSA coach application form on the web site on www.ribsa.ie

Anyone interested in becoming an Assistant Level RIBSA / Coaching Ireland coach should completed the forms and post them back to the RIBSA office to book their place at the seminar.

At present RIBSA have 39 assistant coaches with Coaching Ireland approval

If you need any further Information please contact PJ on 086 8634507 pjcoach147@hotmail.com or ribsa@clubi.ie

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RIBSA Coaches : Pauric O Neill – Edendery, Donal O Regan – Cork, PJ Nolan,Kieran Cassidy – Cork, David Hogan – Borrisokane, David Beckett – Clonme, Niall Scully – Carlow, Clinton Faulkner – Cavan, Paddy Murray – Edenderry   

At present RIBSA have 39 Intro Level Snooker And Billiard Coaches within the Republic Of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association.

All the Coaches have completed the One day Coaching Course and have qualified using the RIBSA / Coaching Ireland Approved Syllabus



RIBSA cOACHES : Finbarr Ruane CrossGuns SC Dublin, Greg White – Maynooth, Jim Leacy Chairman RIBSA David Corbett – Maynooth, Snooker Club

If any member would like to receive training and attend the next one day course please contact the office 01 6251150

PJ Nolan is a professional Snooker Coach working full time for the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association. 

PJ has vast experience coaching all over Europe and Asia and he is the Senior Coach within the European Association.


RIBSA National Snooker & Billiard Coaches PJ Nolan - Aidan Muray

Coaching is available at € 20 per hour Coaching and €10 per hour travel time from Carlow . The Minimum booking is 2 hours.

Contact PJ or the office for more information 


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RIBSA Coaching Team

PJ Nolan
Full Time RIBSA National Snooker Coach
European Billiards & Snooker Association Senior Coach
Coaching Ireland Qualified Tutor
Tel : 086 8634707

Aidan Murray
RIBSA National Billiard Coach
Intro Level Coaching Ireland Qualified Coach
Tel : 087 7998466

Peter Troy
European Billiards & Snooker Association Coach
Coaching Ireland Qualified Tutor
Tel : 086 8213368

Neil Shanahan
Coaching Ireland Qualified Tutor
Tel : 086 3578481

Here is the list of Coaches who completed the Introduction to Coaching Course and coach within their LOCAL clubs

1. Pat Ryan - Limerick
2. Brendan Murphy - Dublin
3. Peadar Hogan - Dublin
4. Robert McCrumb - Celbridge Snooker Club  
5. John Doherty - Donegal
6. Shay Bennett – Dublin
7. Stephen Cullen - Dublin
8. Dan Carroll - Dublin
9. Annette Newman - Dublin
10. Peter Troy - Dublin
11. Jim Carrick - Newbridge CYMS
12. Michael Bumster - Dungarvan
13. Noel Curran - Cavan
14. Tony Quinn - Ennis
15. Manuel Vincente - Ennis
16. Brendan Jennings – Dublin
17. Damien Connolly – Dublin
18. Stephen Byrne – Dublin
19. Hughie O Donnell - Tuam
20. Tommy Collins – Galway
21. Gerry stokes – Dublin
22. Richie McCauley – Dublin
23. Fran Michael - Dublin
24. Niall Scully – Carlow
25. Paddy Murray – Edenderry
26. Donal O Regan – Cork
27. David Beckett – Clonmel
28. Clinton Faulkner – Cavan
29. Paddy Murphy – Kilarney
30. Pauric O Neill – Edendery
31. David Hogan – Borrisokane
32. Kieran Cassidy – Cork
33. Kevin McMahon – Limerick
34. Adian Murray - Wicklow - National Billiards Coach
35. Ger Murray – Edenderry Snooker Club
36. Conor Doyle – Carlow
37. David Corbett – Maynooth
38. Greg White – Maynooth Snooker Club Tel : 087 9531031 
39. Finbarr Ruane – Cross Guns Snooker Club Dublin Tel: 086 8196760
 
If any coach on the list would like to have his contact details on the site please email ribsa@clubi.ie with the contact details and snooker club.

Remember you are never too old or young to play !