World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) has today announced an innovative new sponsorship deal with independent renewable energy company Go Green Energy for the 2018/19 season. Beginning with the WDBS Welsh Open in June, each Friday open day staged by WDBS will now incorporate a new ‘Coaching Zone’ at which people with disabilities can receive […]
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As World Disability Billiards and Snooker continues to grow and are looking to take snooker back to the Paralympics, Shaun Murphy and Rob Walker have been announced as WDBS ambassadors. .@WorldSnooker1 Absoutely honoured to become an official Ambassador for Disability Snooker, especially having been part of recent Paralympics and Winter Paralympics for @Channel4 Our goal
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World Snooker Disability Day will once again be staged during the Betfred World Snooker Championship in Sheffield on Wednesday 25th April 2018 With activities to run throughout the day at the ‘Cue Zone’ situated at the Winter Garden, close to the Crucible Theatre, the event aims to raise awareness of disability snooker and encourage people
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World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) successfully staged its first-ever event outside of the UK last weekend in Belgium. Held at The Trickshot in Bruges, the competition saw a mix of established WDBS players and local challengers come together for an event which represented another significant milestone for disability snooker globally. There was a home
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The first WDBS event to be staged outside of the UK is taking place this weekend. The main two-day tournament will be open to players with physical disabilities including ambulant and wheelchair users (WDBS Classification Groups 1-5). To follow the scoring see https://www.mysnookerstats.com/wdbs/
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The entry forms for groups 7 and 8 are available here: https://snookerhub.co.uk/wp-admin/post.php?vc_action=vc_inline&post_id=36548&post_type=post There are also important details relating to the relative disability classifications, including… Group 7 After previous consultation with players it has been decided that players must be classified by British Blind Sport (BBS) to play in Group 7 WDBS events. Group 8 In respect of Group 8 competitions,
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WDBS Announces 2018/2019 UK Calendar World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) is today pleased to announce its provisional calendar of UK events for the 2018/19 season. Having previously announced events on an individual basis, for the first time were are able to confirm a full schedule of seven UK events for the season ahead,
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February was a busy month in the world of Disability Snooker It started off the table in fact with the very popular appointment of Simon Berrisford to the WDBS board For the full story see https://www.wdbs.info/berrisford-joins-wdbs-board/For the first event of the year it was off to the Elite Snooker Club in Preston for the J&S Trading
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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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World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) held its first event of 2018 in Preston, England last weekend. Open to players from six disability groups covering a range of physical and learning disabilities, the event ran for three days at the Elite Snooker Club, owned and run by former professional players Chris Norbury and Shokat Ali.
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