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Partnerships from Belgium, England and the Republic of Ireland won titles at the EBSA European Team Snooker Championships at the Vidamar Hotel Resort in Albufeira, Portugal. Belgian duo Julien Leclercq and Kevin Hanssens claimed the main continental team championship following a 5-2 victory over the experienced Welsh pairing of Elfed Evans and Darren Morgan. Leclercq… Read More

Ahmed Aly Elsayed won a record sixth United States National Snooker Championship title with a 5-0 victory over Ajeya Prabhakar in the final at the New York Athletic Club (NYAC). With the cancellation of last year’s Championship due to the coronavirus outbreak, Aly had to wait an extra year before he could attempt to own… Read More

Entry is now open for the first events of the new EPSB Open Series organised by the English Partnership for Snooker and Billiards (EPSB) which will run throughout the 2021/22 season. Announced last month, the EPSB Open Series represents a new dawn for competitive amateur snooker in England and will see the creation of the… Read More

From the English Partnership for Snooker and Billiards: In our latest feature on our 147 Club members we today turn to the well-established Hazel Grove Snooker Club which has undergone an incredible transformation during the coronavirus pandemic. View our list of 147 Clubs Find your nearest 147 Club (WPBSA) Based within a former factory, the Hazel Grove Snooker Club… Read More

From the English Partnership for Snooker and Billiards: Our next stop as we highlight just some of the high-quality snooker venues in England takes us to the south of England and the fantastic Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club in Hampshire. View our list of 147 Clubs Find your nearest 147 Club (WPBSA) To learn more about the club… Read More

Team Guangdong defeated Xinjiang 4-1 to win the 2020 CBSA Cup last week at the Shaanxi Tennis Center in Xi’an, China. Held over five days from 21-25 November, the tournament was the first national snooker event held in China since the Covid-19 outbreak. The Guangdong team, represented by Fang Xiongman, Huang Jiahao and current WST… Read More

The city of Xi’an in China’s Shaanxi Province will host the One Belt and One Road CBSA Cup 2020 National Snooker Team Championship next month. The event will run from November 21 to 25, organised by the CBSA, Shaanxi Provincial Sports Bureau, Xi’an Municipal People’s Government, Shaanxi Tourism Group Co. Ltd and Xi’an Sports Bureau…. Read More

Following announcements by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in respect of new national restrictions to address rising cases of coronavirus in England, the English Partnership for Snooker and Billiards has updated its current guidance documents for its affiliated snooker facilities in England. EPSB Covid-19 Guidance documents Please note that this is guidance only and clubs must also… Read More

Sean Maddocks could barely have better practice partners to help prepare him for the challenge of playing on the World Snooker Tour for the first time next season. In his home city of Liverpool, one of snooker’s traditional hotbeds, 18-year-old Maddocks plays regularly with the likes of Rod Lawler, Ricky Walden, Andrew Higginson, Robbie Williams,… Read More

Concluding our series on the best young amateurs from around the world… Many young Chinese players have been touted as the next Ding Junhui, and Gao Yang is sure to be another if he continues his current rate of progress when he joins the World Snooker Tour for the first time next season. In winning… Read More