The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) is pleased to announce a new partnership with DSActive which will see both organisations work together to provide opportunities for people with Down’s syndrome to participate in snooker. Administered by the Down’s Syndrome Association (DSA), the programme aims to provide people with as many opportunities as possible
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Jimmy White has won the insuremyvan.ie Seniors Irish Masters following a 4-1 success against Ireland’s Rodney Goggins in County Kildare to claim the Alex Higgins Trophy. Staged at the iconic Goffs venue, the event was the second of this season’s World Seniors Snooker Tour (WSST), following the UK Seniors Championship won by Ken Doherty last October. Like Doherty, White
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The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) is today pleased to announce the creation of an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Snooker to support the sport in the United Kingdom. The Group brings together Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords from all major parties. It will meet regularly in Parliament
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Goffs is the setting over the weekend of 6/7 January for the second final of the 2018/19 World Seniors Snooker Tour – The Seniors Irish Masters In his book “Me and the Table“, Stephen Hendry described Goffs as his 3rd favourite venue This weekend, two qualifiers, Patrick Wallace and Rodney Goggins, will take on six
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World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) have announced that following consultation with the players and a trial at three events, the restriction on the use of hearing aids and cochlear implants during play has been removed. Players will be able to wear their aids at the next Group 8 event which will be the Southern Classic
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The Barnsley Metrodome was the setting for the first two rounds of the 2019 German Masters. They are entitled the “qualifying” rounds as they are designed to whittle down the flat 128 draw to a more manageable 32 who will play at the Tempodrom Berlin starting on 30 January.Going into the draw were 8 amateurs – 6
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Tim Dunkley takes another look at snooker’s controversial miss rule. Is this the answer?[vc_separator]AS YOU know, I’m not one to bang on about the miss rule. Oh, all right, I am. But I stumbled across a piece of genius the other day that certainly deserves a wider audience. Let me say first of all
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World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) have announced that the first event of 2019 will be the Northern Classic which will be held for the first time at Hazel Grove Snooker Club in Stockport. Hazel Grove is a Gold Member of the 147 Club, the official club affiliation scheme of the English Partnership for Snooker
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Amateur Scottish Snooker events taking place alongside the Scottish Open 2018 The World Snooker Tour is in Glasgow for the Scottish Open, part of the Home Nations series, from 10-16 December at the Emirates Arena. Alongside the professional event there are two amateur events taking place in the same arena. The similarly named Scottish Open Final
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Bruges to Host Belgian Women’s Open World Women’s Snooker are to stage the Belgian Women’s Open in the city of Bruges in Belgium in February 2109. The venue for the event will be The Trickshot, which was the venue for the WDBS Begian Open in March 2108. For the full story see the WWS post
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