Unless we have a vision of what the world of amateur snooker could look like, we won’t be able to reach it and I believe we must have the courage to be idealistic. Martin Luther King Jr taught us that any movement will fail if it cannot paint a picture of a world that people
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Gold Snooker Series 2017/18 Sponsored by Gold Waistcoat Tour – Event 4 (Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon) Pinhey in the Driving Seat 17th February The latest event in the West of England Billiards & Snooker Foundation, Gold Snooker Series, sponsored by Totally Reward,took place at Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon. The last man standing from twenty 26 top amateur
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It was another resounding success for World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) at the Parris Cues UK Open at the Barratts Snooker and Sports Club, Northampton. Former winners took the titles in the three events in the second tournament of the year. Groups 6,7 and 8 were in action over the three days with Group
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There were two wildcards awarded to Welsh Snooker for the ManBetX Welsh Open, the Welsh leg of the World Snooker Home Nations Series, as per each of the other NGBs for their home events in the series. Darren Morgan and Rhydian Richards earned their places in the event. Rhydian by winning the Welsh Amateur Championship,
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Welsh teenage snooker sensation, Jackson Page, has been given a place on World Snooker’s Welsh Open which starts today. Page had been thought to have been missing out on this event after losing a wildcard spot to Darren Morgan in the final of the Robert Harrhy Memorial tournament in Cwmbran in January. However, Joe Swail has
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A DISTURBING and rather sad trend is changing the way snooker is played at an amateur level. And it’s all down to our old friend, the miss rule. First of all, I have no problem with the miss rule – regardless of what the title of this article says. 1. Three strikes and you’re out
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Sean Maddocks is now officially the youngest player ever to score a competitive 147 break. In July 2017 during the LITEtask pro-am series at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, Maddocks beat Ronnie O’Sullivan’s long standing record by 8 days. Sean’s coach, Neil Johnson, said on Facebook that he’s “… so pleased for this hardworking
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We are delighted to announce Assetereum Crypto Currency as the main sponsor for the 2018 World Seniors Snooker Championships which will be held at The Baths Hall in Scunthorpe between the 20th and 24th March 2018. Assetereum is a Yorkshire based company who have had huge success in the utilities and online shopping sector, 1986 World Snooker Champion
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Last weekend the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, hosted the National Last 16 events of the EASB Under 14s and Under 16s Championships. Following recent regional events, where 16 players qualified on a kind of ‘proportional representation’ basis, the Last 16 event whittles the players down to the two that will face each other
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Hong Kong’s Ng On Yee will become world number one for the first time when the WLBS world rankings are revised next week. Following her 3-0 victory against Emma Parker at the last 16 stage of the WLBS British Open this evening, the reigning world champion has already ensured that she will earn sufficient ranking points from the event
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