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The European Billiards & Snooker Coaching Academy offers students and Coaches from across Europe the opportunity to receive professional training and coaching from EBSA Qualified Coaches or to train and become a EBSA Coach. 

The goal for the EBSA Coaching Academy is to develop a team of EBSA Coaches in all the European Countries to grow the game all across Europe.

If you would like to become a EBSA Coach you must first contact your own national body and ask them to nominate you by writing to the EBSA to attend training to become an official EBSA. PJ will then contact you to arrange a date and venue for you to do the course in Ireland or in your own Country.

QUALIFIED E.B.S.A. COACHES 2014 – 2015

PJ Nolan

Country : Ireland

Email : pjcoach147@ebsa

Mobile : +353 86 8634507

Web Site : www.147academy.com

Web Site : www.ribsa.ie

P.J. Nolan Head of EBSA Coaching

Profile : PJ is the Head of EBSA Coaching and the Republic Of Ireland National Snooker Coach. PJ is also a World Snooker Coach and coaches all over Europe and Asia. In 2013 PJ has coached in Austria, Israel, Belgium, Czech Republic, India and UAE. PJ Nolan has over 20 years of coaching experience.

He has worked all across the world in his roles of National Coach to the Republic Of Ireland and to Qatar in the Middle East. PJ trains and guides the team of EBSA Coaches and qualifies the new coaches. He also holds Cue Zones at all EBSA Snooker Championships.

Alex Borg

Country : Malta

Malta National Coach
Mobile Number: 00356 79777147
Email: snoo147@maltanet.net

Web Site : http://www.mbsa.org.mt/

Profile : Alex Borg is the current Malta National Coach and former European Snooker Champion winning the 2005 & 2006 EBSA European Snooker Championship. He also won the 2004 & 2005 EBSA European Team Snooker Championship. 2005 Mediterranean Snooker Cup Champion, 1997, 1999 & 2000 Continental Team Cup Champion. He has been 11 times Malta Snooker Champion plus the 1998 & 2004 EBSA European Snooker Runner-up and the 2012 IBSF Snooker Championships Semi-Finalist. His Highest Breaks is Practice 147 and 144 in Tournament play. Since 2005 he has been coaching regularly in Poland.

Stephane Ochoiski

Country : France

Email : stephane.ochoiski@snookersaintavold.com

 Tel: 0387827186 – 0683671479

Web Site : http://www.snookersaintavold.com/

Profile : Stéphane started coaching in 1995. He was the first in France to create a junior snooker school. Since that he never stopped and this accedmy is still in place with more than 1000 young student in training. In 2005 Stephane became the French Junior National Coach. He is writing levels guides coaching program for the french federation. Over the years of hard work improving his coaching, Stephane has worked with famous coach like PJ Nolan, Alan Stocker, Chriss Henry , Nic Barrow, Wayne and Terry Griffith, Garry Baldrey and Barry Starck, Alan Trigg and recently Mukech Parmar. In October he wil be participating in the WSA coach level 2 in Sheffield held by World Snooker.

David Vaizman

Country : Israel

E mail : david_vai3@walla.com

 Tel : 972 54 7535475

Web Site : http://www.billiard.org.il

Profile:  David Vaizman is a full-time Snooker coach from 2002 in all the frame works projects that take place in Israel. David coaches at The Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheva since  2003, and has about 800 students a year doing his course each year. In 2006 David coaches the Israel tUnder 19 Team. David coaches the senior Israeli player Shachar Ruberg  in conjunction with the EBSA  head coach  PJ Nolan. David coaches players of all levels and all ages in Israel. In 2007 he graduated as an EBSA coach by and Wayne and Terry Griffiths Academy in Wales. David  was part of the Israel team which reached the 2012 EBSA Team Championship final. In February 2013 he completed the IBSF a coaching course in Israel.

Dragos Cozmaciuc 

Country : Romania

National Snooker Coach

National S.C Tel: +40 21 2509166

Mobile: +40 722 465155

Email : office@snooker.ro

Web site:  www.snooker.ro

Profile : Dragos is the National Snooker Coach in Romania and is based in the National Snooker Centre in Romania. In 2004 Dragos was presented The Great Medal of Sport – 1st class for the great contributions in promoting the imagine of Romania in the world of sport. Dragos played professional Football in the Romanian League and had a glittering career in Karate coaching Romania to International glory in European and World Championships winning 67 golds. Since becoming a EBSA Coach in 2005 Dragos now guides all the Romania Snooker players to improve and develop the game more in Romania.

Peter Troy

Country : Ireland

Email: juniorsnookerireland@gmail.com

Tel: +00353 87 9700611

Web Site : www.ribsa.ie

Profile : My Snooker life is very unusual, I was a top junior player but never entered any National events or won anything in the game. I have my own take on the game and how the modern game should be played. I have made seven 147 breaks from open play and in the line up five centuries in a row is my best record. Mainly I have Coached Top Irish Junior players down the years, Presently I am working with Fergal o Brien on a regular basis preparing him for each event. This is taking up most of my time at the moment. (Fergal has qualified for the first two Ranking events of the 2013/14 season and in the first PTC event he got to the Quarter-finals, so far its 7 matches with 6 wins). I plan to get back playing in the Irish events next Season to keep my game sharp to help me develop my Coaching Skills Further.

Yaakov Shashuashvili

Country : Israel

Email : yakovshashau@walla.com

Tel : +972 54 44668733

Web Site : http://www.billiard.org.il/

Yakov Shashuashvili is the Israel National Snooker Coach. He has coached and trained Israeli teams for several years in all categories. He graduated with Wayne and Terry Griffiths in the Matchroom in Wales. He has participates in International competitions over the years for Israel in Men and Masters Snooker Championships. He was the coach of the Israeli National Team who reached the European Team Championship Final in Bulgaria. He was presented with Sports Coach of the Year Award in Israel for this achievement.  

Duncan Bezzina

Country : Malta
 
Mobile: 00356 99449522 
Email: duncanbezzina@yahoo.co.uk
Web Site : http://www.mbsa.org.mt/   

Profile : Duncan is one of the top Snooker players in Malta and he is very interested in building up the game in Malta. Duncan has won the 2004 EBSA European Team Snooker Championship and is a 2 time winner of Malta Snooker Championship. His Highest breaks in Practice is 147 and in Tournament it is 143. 

Shachar Ruberg

Country : Israel

Email : shacharru147@hotmail.com

Tel : +972 35276542

Web Site : http://www.billiard.org.il/

Profile : Shachar Ruberg is the youngest qualified EBSA Coach. Shachar is one of the leading junior players in the World. Shachar has won the Isreal National Championship along with a number of Interntional titles in Europe. Shachar was part of the Isreal team which reached the 2012 EBSA Team Championship final. He has reached the last 16 of the 2013 EBSA Championship in Poland.

Bratislav Krastev

Country : Bulgaria

Email: bratislav.krastev@gmail.com

Tel. +359 882 711 991

Web site: www.bulgariansnooker.com

Profile : Since 2009 Bratislav Krastev has been a full-time snooker coach at the Snooker & Billiard Center in Sofia, Bulgaria, coaching people at all ages and all levels. In 2011 He became the national snooker coach of Bulgaria and with the help of the knowledge and experience gained he founded and is the head coach of the 101 Snooker Academy. His academy was created in order to improve the Bulgarian players. 

Ander Isuskiza

Country : Spain

E mail: ander@escueladesnooker.com

Tel.: 625702603

Web site: escueladesnooker.com

Profile :  In 2009, Ander created snooker147blog.com, a blog to keep Spanish fans informed in their mother tongue, which soon became the leading snooker site in the country. His interest in snooker kept growing and in 2013 he qualified as an EBSA Coach under the guidance of PJ Nolan and started working as a full-time snooker coach. After a couple of months, he has already coached players from different ages and levels and is looking forward to develop snooker in Spain to create future stars.

Aram Bernaus

Country : Spain

E mail : aram@blackballfarm.com
Tel : 0034616280719

Web site:  blackballfarm.com

Profile : Aram Bernaus started to coach in 2010. At the begining he only coached blackball poll players. After the EBSA snooker coach course he started to coach snooker players as well as the top blackball pool players in Spain. He created the Blackballfarm his own place to coach in Spain in 2013. He believes it is now time to imrpove all the knowledge of the spanish players.

MAREK ZUBRZYCKI

Country : POLAND

E mail : SNOOKERCOACH.ZUBRZCKI@GMAIL.COM
Tel : +48 888 68 38 38  

Web site: SNOOKERCOACH.PL 

Profile : My name is Marek Zubrzycki and I am a professional snooker coach in Poland. It has been my discipline for nearly 20 years of professional player career and for 10 years as a coach. Throughout my career I enjoyed many triumphs (most notably I became the Team Champion of Poland in 2002 and Vice Champion of Poland in 2008), winning top places in various tournaments of Polish Open Snooker Ranking. This gave me valuable experience that I am now able to pass onto aspiring adepts of snooker. I am now very proud to be an official EBSA Coach and together we can develop more champions all across Europe.

ADAM POLAK 

Country : POLAND

E mail : polen21@wp.pl 
Tel : +48 501 764386 

Web site: www.snooker.pl     

Profile :  I am a graduate The Academy of Physical Education in Warsaw in 1992. As a young man I practised football and athletics – 100m and long jump. I have been playing snooker since 2002. From 2005 I play in tournaments in Poland. In 2009 I took 2-nd place in Polish Club Masters Championship. In 2012 I was first in Polish Championship over 40 ( Polish Masters ). I have been successful in many local tournaments. Since November 2011 I have been the Coach of Polish Ladies National Team. 

MATEUSZ NOWAK

Country : POLAND

E mail : info@nsnooker.pl  
WEB SITE :  www.nsnooker.pl 

Mateusz Nowak is a  Professional snooker coach based in Warsaw, Poland. I am the head of coaching in the Polish Snooker Association and National Junior Team Coach. I work with players all over Poland on every skill level. In my work I focus on constant development and self-training, making use of cutting edge achievements in training planning and sport development.

PIOTR MURAT

Country : POLAND 

E mail : biuro@masterslublin.pl
Tel : + 48 502 511619

Web site:  www.masterslublin.pl  

My name is Piotr Murat and I am a snooker coach in the Poland.  

PATYRK MASLOWSKI

Country : POLAND

E mail : asus1557@gmail.com  

Web site: www.snooker.pl   

Profile : Patryk Maslowski is the youngest qualifed EBSA Coach. He is one of the leading men players in Poland. Patryk has won the Polish U-17 Championships in 2013. He took part in 2013 EBSA Championships in Zielona Góra reaching Last 48 in Men’s category in his debut. He also represented Poland in the 2013 IBSF World Team and 6 Red Championships. After completing the EBSA Coaching Course he is now looking forward to developing snooker in Poland and help in creating future stars of the game.

NELSON BAPTISTA

Country : PORTUGAL

E mail : cron2_nelson@hotmail.com
Tel : +

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KEVIN CHAN

Country : NETHERLANDS

E mail :  kevin@snookercoach.nl

Tel : +  0031622556669 

Web site : www.snookercoach.nlfgh 

André Stadt  

Country : NETHERLANDS

E mail : andre@snookercoach.nl

 Tel : +0031626039084  

Web site: www.snookercoach.nl  

Joris Maas 

Country : NETHERLANDS

E mail : joris@snookercoach.nl  
Tel : +

Web site: www.snookercoach.nl  

Corné Kuijpers  

Country : NETHERLANDS

E mail : corne@snookercoach.nl  
Tel : +31 621851286 

Web site: www.snookercoach.nl  

Corné Kuijpers has been playing snooker since 1992. At the moment he is Team-Captain for the head league snooker team in the Netherlands for his home-base “Snooker Centre de Pompadour” in Breda. He has been selected by KNBB to be the Coach for the ‘European under-21 Snooker Championship” in Romania. He is honored to get this chance and will certainly help to develop the snooker game more in the Netherlands.Further on he is the official KNBB Snooker Photographer and did photograph at the PTC’s in Antwerp and Rotterdam.

Manon Melief  

Country : NETHERLANDS

E mail : manon@snookercoach.nl

  Tel : + 0031629003386  

Web site: www.snookercoach.nl 

Freddie de Grooth  

Country : NETHERLANDS

E mail : freddie@snookercoach.nl  
Tel : + (0031)(0)6-20303030 

Web site: www.snookercoach.nl  

Started with Snooker 1983 in my Home town Groningen. I won several small Competions. Played Premier League 1989 – 1992  Highest break 94 and clearance 83 in a premiere league match. This gave me valuable experience and I love coaching and work with people and youth. In January 2014 I followed with enthusiasm the EBSA Snooker Course given by PJ Nolan. I am now very proud to be an official EBSA Coach and together with the other 7 coaches we can develop more champions all across The Netherlands.

Melvin Reese 

Country : NETHERLANDS

E mail : melvin@snookercoach.nl  
Tel : +

Web site: www.snookercoach.nl  

Henry Heyting  

Country : NETHERLANDS

E mail : henry@snookercoach.nl  
Tel : +

Web site: www.snookercoach.nl  

My name is Henry Heijting. I discovered the game of snooker in the early nineties. I played for many years all kind of local tournaments. In 2005 starting to be a referee and I am now active as a WSA referee on the European tour. Since January 2014 I am also a EBSA coach. I have experienced all kind of aspects within this lovely game of snooker and I like to share this information to grow the game.

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TOMAS KEJLA

COUNTRY : CZECH REPUBLIC

E MAIL : TOMKEJLA@GMAIL.COM
TEL : +420 602 829 859

WEB SITE: WWW.SNOOKERWEB.CZ

Péter Varga

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Pál Vantara 

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Péter Winkler

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László Pénzes

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Davide Coltro

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Massimiliano Sabetta

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Claudio Costa

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Michele Monaco

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Michele Battaglia

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Francesco Bertaiola

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