The two day RIBSA training camp for the up coming European Snooker Championship in Poland was held this week on Tuesday and Wednesday in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow with our National Coach PJ Nolan. RIBSA organised the two day camp to help our Republic of Ireland players prepare.

Star performers were Robert Murphy from Dublin and Jason Devaney from Ballina, who were in superb form during the camp where they practiced Long Potting, Safety, Match-Play and Break Building routines.

All the players trained from 11am - 4pm and PJ worked on videoing the players on his academy practice routines while working on their mind fitness on the psychology of the game in order to help prepare for the Championships in Poland which will be held from the 27th May - 6th June.

Click here to view Robert Murphy training

Click here to view Jason Devaney training

Click here to view John Sutton training

Click here to view Mark Tuite training

RIBSA would like to wish all the players and officials the best of luck in Poland.

Each player received a DVD of his action during the lesson and sports psychology booklet and audio to help with their mind fitness.

RIBSA would like to thank Marion Leacy and the Ivy Rooms for the use of the tables for the day.

BOOK YOUR OWN LESSON WITH PJ

If any player or club would like to like to book a coaching session with PJ Nolan who is one of the world's leading coaches they should email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for his next available date.

The cost of holding a RIBSA session is €20.00 per hour coaching time plus €15.00 per hour travel time from Carlow plus tolls and parking.

If you would like to travel to the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow you can avail of a 2hr session for €55.00 which includes Lights, DVD of the lesson and Technique profile. 

This week our National Coach PJ Nolan was coaching in Austria on the 4th and 5th of May to prepare the Austrian National players for the 2013 European Championship (27th May - 6th June ) which will be held in Poland and the 2013 IBSF World Under 21 Championship ( 11th - 19th July ) in China.

This two day cue zone was held in the beautiful city of Salzburg which was organised by the Austrian Billiards & Snooker Association.

In attendance was Paul Schopf, Andreas Ploner, Richard Kornberger, Ebrahim Baghi who are training for the upcoming European Championships.

They were joined by Andreas Ploner, Dominik Scherübl and Markus Pfistermüller who are training for the World Under 21's along with Manuel Pomwenger and Vladislav Arion for this training zone.

During this cue zone PJ focused mainly on the players cue ball control and their match-play snooker where he held mini tournaments in helping them to develop a good tactical game.

The players also practiced some of his Break Building and Long Potting training routines. Each player received a DVD of their coaching action plus the key points needed to improve more.

Click here to view a video of some of the action from the Cue Zone

PJ said that this was the best cue zone he held so far as the quality was very high and he really feels the Austrian players confidence is improving as they are getting more experience in playing and training properly.

As usual the ABSA Sport Director Christian Fock and local coach Guenther Echhartwere on hand to assist PJ throughout the weekend. PJ would like to thank the Austrian Association and PJ really believes the standard is improving throughout Austria and he is look forward to holding another cue zone in a few months to monitor the players improvement.

If any RIBSA player or club would like to like to book a coaching session with PJ Nolan who is one of the world's leading coaches they should email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for his next available date.

The cost of holding a RIBSA session is €20.00 per hour coaching time plus €15.00 per hour travel time from Carlow plus tolls and parking.

If you would like to travel to the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow you can avail of a 2hr session for €55.00 which includes Lights, DVD of the lesson and Technique profile. 

The 2013 Celtic Junior Snooker Challenge against Wales will be held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club on Saturday 22nd of June and it promises to be a great day of Junior Snooker. Five sessions of play will be played on the day at 10am, 11.30am, 2pm, 3.30pm and 5pm with all the matches consisting of 2 frames with a point for each frame won for his team.

PJ Nolan will be the Team Manager and Coach for this event. Wales won last year Challenge in Wales but PJ is confident his 2013 team will win this year's event in Carlow.

Teams

The RIBSA Under 16 team consists of Adam Fitzgerald ( Captain ) Sean Burns, Shane Bates, Charlie Sweeney, Stephen Bateman and Keane McCarthy.

The RIBSA Under 14 team consists of Corey Ramsbottom ( Captain ) Fergal Quinn, Conor Kennedy, Noel Landers, Ronan Whyte and Ross Bullman or Darragh Cusack.

( Darragh Cusack needs to win the National Championship on the 26th of May to go ahead of Ross Bulman to get on the team)

Irish Team Training Day

A training day in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club with our National Coach PJ Nolan will be held on Saturday 15th of June from 11am - 4pm to prepare the players for the event.

PJ will put the teams through their paces with routines and mini match - play games working on the players shot selection. A number of sports psychology programs will also be on hand on the day for the players to work on their mind fitness to get in that winning zone.

If any player above cannot attend the training day or the Celtic Challenge they must contact Team coach PJ Nolan on 086 8634507.

As soon as the Welsh team is announce it will appear on this web site on www.ribsa.ie  

The RIBSA National Senior Championships qualifiers will begin on the 11th and 12th May with the final stages held a fortnight later on the 24th-26th May in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow.

The winner of the National Championships will represent RIBSA at the IBSF World Championships in Riga, Latvia on the 18th-30th November. The 2013 Event will be played down to the Q-Finals which will be played on Friday 24th May.

The Semi Final and Final will played on Saturday the 25th of May, this is due the senior and masters players travelling to represent Ireland in the European Championships in Poland on Sunday.

Play commences at 10:00 sharp on Saturday and Sunday in the best of 7 matches and promises to be an exciting championship. Entries must be received before 8pm Wednesday 8th May. Draw takes place on the 9th of May @ 6pm and posted on the website.

The Top 32 players on the current ranking list will be automatically entered in the draw.

The Entry Fee €25.00 for Seniors and €15.00 for Under 21's. To Enter Text RIBSA on 085 1987379 or text 087-6351163

Phone 059-9137714 for more information and the 2013 is an event not to be missed so get your name in early.