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New European Qualified Coaches
During the 2026 European Snooker Championships in the Ramada Sofia City Centre Hotel in Bulgaria, Head of EBSA Coaching PJ Nolan held a EBSA Coaching Course on behalf of the European Billiards & Snooker Association to train nine Official EBSA Snooker Coaches from the 17th – 19th of September.
SBI hold International Camp with PJ
Snooker & Billiards Ireland held their final International Snooker Camp for our players playing in the 2026 European Championships in Bulgaria on Sunday 30th August. This National training day was held from 11am-4pm in the Academy in Carlow.
Intro Level Coaching Course – 10th October
Snooker & Billiards Ireland will be holding a Intro Level Coaching Ireland Coaching Course in the SBI HQ in Carlow on Saturday the 10th of October. The course will start at 10am and finish at 6pm on the day.
SBI International Camp 3rd October
Snooker & Billiards Ireland will be holding a International Snooker Camp for our players playing in the 2026 WDBS Irish Open, 2026 WWS Irish Ladies Open and 2026 IBSF World Snooker Championships on Saturday 3rd October.
2026 European Week of Sport – Play Snooker
As part of the 2026 European Week of Sport. Snooker & Billiards Ireland will hold free Snooker & Billiards Developmental Days on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th of September from 12 noon-4pm in the SBI HQ Academy of Excellence in Carlow.
SBI Mind Session & Training Weekend Held
Snooker & Billiards Ireland held a Snooker Training Weekend on Saturday and Sunday the 1st and 2nd of August in the Academy in Carlow for our International Snooker players who are playing in the 2026 Home Internationals and the EBSA European Championships.
International Training Day held with PJ
Snooker & Billiards Ireland held the first of three International days Training for our Snooker & Billiard Ireland players who are playing in the 2026 Home Internationals and the 2026 EBSA European Championships on Saturday the 25th of July in the Academy in Carlow from 11am-4pm.
Mind Session & Training Weekend for International Events
Snooker & Billiards Ireland will hold a Snooker & Billiards Training Weekend for our International Snooker & Billiard players who are playing in the 2026 Home Internationals and the EBSA European Championships on Saturday and Sunday the 1st and 2nd of August in the Academy in Carlow from 11am-4pm.
Desislava Training Camp with PJ
Last week Snooker & Billiards Ireland had the pleasure of holding a snooker training camp for World No.1 Professional Snooker Referee Desislava Bozhilova with our National Coach PJ Nolan in the Snooker & Billiards Ireland Academy in Carlow on Wednesday and Thursday the 22nd and 23rd of July.
SBI International Camp Held with PJ
Snooker & Billiards Ireland held the first of four International Snooker Camps for our players playing in the 2026 Celtic Challenge and Home Internationals in Leeds. SBI Camps to allow our players train in a camp with our National Coach PJ Nolan who is also a WPBSA Coach and Head of Coaching in the European Billiards & Snooker Association.
SBI Hold Junior Summer Camp
On the hottest week of the year, Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) held a Snooker Summer Camp for our members in the SBI HQ in Carlow from the 24th – 26th of June. The Summer Camp was from 11am-4pm each day and it was hailed a big success by all the players.
SBI hold Junior Development Day
On Saturday the 23rd of May, Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) held another 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.