Tim Squires, who has served as a founding director and coach for World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) since its formation in July 2015, has left the board. Tim is the founder of TJS-Snookerbility an organisation where he coaches people with special needs in Suffolk. He is now a specialist snooker coach for people with
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It’s time for the Grand Final of the first of a very popular LiteTask pro-am series on Sunday 7 May. After 6 hotly contested tournaments with in the region of 120 entries in each, the top 16 in the order of merit will compete for the top prize of £2000. Of course, there will also be
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On the EASB site the English Amateur Championship is described as The most important event in the EASB calendar and the oldest amateur snooker competition in the World. Its roll of honour reads like a who’s who of snooker nobility. The winner will represent England in the World Amateur Championships, European Championships and Home Internationals
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Gold Waistcoat Tour – Event 5 (TOP Q SNOOKER CLUB, GLOUCESTER) Symons Avenges Defeat 22nd April 2017 For the second month in succession Andy Symons from Tavistock met Harvey Chandler from Northamptonshire in the final of a West of England Gold Waistcoat Snooker Tour event. The previous encounter in event four saw Chandler clear the table
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As the World Championships gets ready for the semi finals, and amateurs who dream of being there in the future get ready for Q School, many an ear pricked up at the announcement by Barry Hearn of plans for a new challenge tour. The tour, planned to start in 2018, is likely to be 10
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Because of the high fall-out of participants (due to age ineligibility) at the end of this season, next season’s Premier Junior Tour will be reduced to 32 places. 18 players will remain on the tour. They will be joined by 8 players directly qualifying from the Regional Junior Tour. The numbers from each region are
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Ladies Day returns to the Betfred World Snooker Championship on Wednesday 26th April 2017 at the Sheffield Winter Garden close to the Crucible Theatre. This year marks the fifth staging of the day as World Snooker, in partnership with the WPBSA and World Ladies Billiards and Snooker, aims to encourage women to participate in snooker,
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World Disability Day returns to Sheffield this Thursday (20th April) at the ‘Cue Zone’ as part of this year’s Betfred World Snooker Championship. As during previous years, the Cue Zone is situated at the Winter Garden, close to the Crucible Theatre. World Disability Snooker Day, hosted by World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS), in conjunction
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The official WLBS world women’s ranking list has now been updated following the concluding event of the season, the LITEtask Festival of Women’s Snooker in Leeds, England. View the updated WLBS world rankings Season changes – Comparing the rankings to the start of the season, the biggest winners are Laura Evans and Rebecca Kenna, who
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This coming weekend sees the conclusion of the EASB Premier Junior Tour. This is a six event, season long tour in which 40 of the countries best under 21s compete for places in international events such as the EBSA and IBSF Under 21 and Under 18 Championships. After the event is concluded, places on next
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