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Alexandra Palace welcomed students from the Ralph Allen School in Bath to the Dafabet Masters to celebrate the fourth year of its involvement with the ‘Cue Zone Into Schools’ programme last week. Year 10 students were given a backstage tour of the venue by Master of Ceremonies Rob Walker, including the main arena, commentary box,… Read More

Following the success of the 2014/15 Cue Zone Into Schools Sheffield Inter Schools Competition, the WPBSA is launching the 2015/16 championship. The event will be open to primary, specialist and secondary schools in Sheffield. This season, 4000 individual school children took part in the 14/15 championship, which concluded on the day before the start of… Read More

Snooker was introduced at Ralph Allen School in Bath in April 2013 and has become a regular feature of both the curriculum and enrichment programmes. Pupils are regularly offered over three hours of snooker every week, and over 60 different pupils regularly attend after-snooker school clubs. Snooker has featured as part of the STEM programme,… Read More

Ralph Allen School in Bath celebrated its third year of involvement in the ‘Cue Zone Into Schools’ programme with a visit to Alexandra Palace in London to watch the Dafabet Masters last week. Students from the school’s snooker club were invited to attend the prestigious event and were treated to VIP access. The day started… Read More

The WPBSA’s Cue Zone Into Schools grass roots programme, featuring Functional Snooker, will be featured on this Saturday’s Ronnie O’Sullivan Show on Eurosport. The Rocket visited Passmores Academy in Essex to experience the Steve Davis Day aspect of the programme. The Cue Zone Into Schools team, led by six times World Champion Davis, showcased the… Read More

Little Sutton Primary School in Sutton Coldfield has just completed its first term as part of the WPBSA’s Steve Davis Little Nuggets Primary School programme. Steve’s Little Nuggets is part of Cue Zone Into Schools, the WPBSA’s grassroots project. The school purchased two 6-foot tables, which are used daily by school children. A school teacher… Read More

World Snooker Chairman Barry Hearn and six-time World Champion Steve Davis were at William De Ferrers school in Essex today for a Cue Zone Into Schools event. A total of 64 children took part and competition winners picked up prizes including trophies, iTunes and WH Smith vouchers. Every child received a snooker cue and case… Read More

BBC’s Mike Bushell visited Passmore’s Academy in Harlow recently to find out more about the Cue Zone Into Schools project. CLICK HERE to watch the video

Snooker is cool for school! Since the innovative Cue Zone Into Schools programme was launched during last year’s World Championship, thousands of kids across the UK and beyond have got involved in the sport, while learning valuable academic skills. Click here TO DOWNLOAD THE CUE ZONE INTO SCHOOLS INFORMATION LEAFLET Cue Zone Into Schools is… Read More

Steve Davis and the CueZone Into Schools programme visited Highfields School in Wolverhampton to introduce Functional Snooker. To find out more watch the item on BBC Midlands Today by CLICKING HERE Highfields School is one of 12 schools taking part in the nationwide programme to increase participation in snooker through schools, using Functional Snooker, the… Read More