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CONTENTS

Editor’s Message

European Championships Page 4

Inter-County Finals (England) Page 6

Ladies International Pool Tour Page 10

Interleague Finals (England) Page 12

World Championships preview Page 14

Eightball in Australia Page 16

Scottish Open Report Page 18

Wales – Champions of Europe Page 20

Wales – Keltic Cup Page 21

Coaching Skills with Steve Daking Page 22

PROPOOL.CO.UK Page 27

Welcome to Tour Two Page 29

Professional Trophy Final Page 31

World Masters – I.P.A. Page 32

Tour One Report Page 34

Referees’ Corner Page 36

I.P.A. Qualifiers at Euro. Champs. Page 37

Club One Report Page 38

Professional Events and Rankings Page 42

World Championship Qualifiers Page 46

Diary of Events Page 48

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ENGLISH POOL ASSOCIATIONMESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN

Firstly let me welcome all readers to the first ever on-line news magazine supported by EPA, working inconjunction with the IPA, WEPF and EEPF.

EPA made a commitment to the magazine as a positive move forward in keeping all pool playersinformed of events, competitions, reports and general information surrounding the National Association.Since EPA was formed they have made huge advances through a lot of good ideas from a number ofdedicated members. The first stage was the formation of the EPA National Inter-County league endingwith the prestigious National Inter-County Finals held at one of the largest holiday parks in Norfolk.

The second step was the introduction of the EPA National Inter-League section, again with aNational Finals event being held at Vauxhall Holiday Park. To compliment this we introduced the NationalKO Cup as a sister event for the Inter-League competition.

During this introduction I will also mention the other major events EPA hold during each year. TheGolden Cue 3-man event open to amateurs, the Champion of Champions open to local league winnersand runners-up and finally the Ladies KO Cup team event. All these being national events held atVauxhall Holiday Park. Reports on all these events and more will be highlighted more in later issues.When they introduced the National Players ID Membership cards back in 1997. This has now beenexpanded to a more comprehensive database and also a revamped website allowing for betterdissemination of information for players, tournament organisers, etc.

To follow all the latest information and links log on to our website at www.epa.org.uk.

I hope you enjoy this inaugural issue, and on behalf of the EPA, wish the World Pool Magazine everysuccess.

Geoff Wilson EPA Chairman

W.E.P.F. CONGRATULATES WORLD POOL MAGAZINEThe World Eightball Pool Federation congratulates the English Pool Association and the InternationalPool Players Association on the launch of WORLD POOL MAGAZINE.Finally, we have our own specialized Pool magazine, and of course, thank you to all the sponsors of thisinaugural edition of the magazine.

All WEPF Member Associations can now promote to their member players how they can accessinformation, on what is happening in Pool, both in their own country and on the professional circuit plusthe latest Pool news from various countries around the world.

The magazine will be available to all pool enthusiasts and interested parties on major poolwebsites FREE OF CHARGE. You will now be able to follow our sport and discover who iswinning the major titles and which major tournaments are taking place.

The WEPF will stage the 19th World Championships commencing June 25, 2011 at the Imperial Hotel inBlackpool England, hosted by the English Pool Association and all results will be reported in World Poolmagazine.The game has a long history to be proud of and to boast about. And the WEPF World titles and IPAProfessional Tour provides competition for the best players in the world to challenge each other on aregular basis.

The magazine promises to be a great promotion for these events and our game in general both forcurrent players, supporters, and cue sports enthusiasts.

Enjoy the first edition.

Joe Fanto President - World Eightball Pool Federation

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NEW CHAPTER FOR TOUR PROGRAMME

The title of editor may exude a certain amount of power and prestige.

Indeed, I’ve had the fortune - and misfortune - to have been editor of various cue sportpublications throughout my career. And while people outside these pages may think youare in charge, that’s not always the case.

Indeed, take our new publication, featuring the best of English style 8-Ball Pool, as anexample.

My favoured title was ‘Planet Pool’ but there was suggestions of trying to play‘Superman’by certain people so it was back to the drawing board. And after burningmuch midnight oil, the eventual choice was ‘World Pool.’

Hopefully, what follows after the front cover is what it says on the tin.

We are all about 'world pool'-providing its ‘English 8-Ball’, ‘Reds and Yellows’ orwhatever name you want to give the small table game. And while I maybe editor, themagazine belongs to the readers.

It’s your publication, whether you be in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Uganda,England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland or wherever. And as such you set the agendaof what we write about.

‘World Pool’ makes no excuse for favouring our preferred pool discipline but there’scertainly no discrimination on what we can cover.

There will be tournament reports, personality pieces, coaching advice.

We’ve even dedicated some space to the referees so that shows how unbiased we are!

In the end, ‘World Pool’ will stand or fall by the information we receive from you, thereaders.

Hopefully, you will be as enthusiastic about this project as we are. And we want to hearyour ideas and suggestions to ensure ‘World Pool’ is a success.

Indeed, you might even agree with me, that ‘Planet Pool’ is a better title and help me putpressure on those who know better.

Seriously, we do want to receive your feedback, positive or negative.

So, enjoy this first issue of ‘World Pool’ and we look forward to hearing your views andreading your news in future mags.

Trevor Baxter - EditorEmail: [email protected]: 07768 846839

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2011 European Championship, Malta - RESULTSMen's singles:

Quarter-finals:Clayton Attard (Malta) bt Russell Burgess(Wales) 7-5, Oly Bale (Wales) bt Ian Hubbard(England) 7-3, Adam Davis (England) bt JordanChurch (England) 7-4, Carl Morris (England) btClint Azzopardi (Malta) 7-3.

Semi-finals:Attard bt Bale 7-3, Morris bt Davis 7-2.

Final:Attard bt Morris 8-7.

Men's A Team

Semi-finals:Wales bt Belgium 8-2, England bt Malta 8-7.

Final:Wales bt England 8-3.

Men’s B Team

Semi-finals:England bt Scotland 8-4, Malta B bt Malta C8-2.

Final:England bt Malta 8-6

Under 21's

Semi-finals:England bt Northern Ireland 8-5, Malta btScotland 8-1.

Final:England bt Malta 8-5.

Juniors:


Over 50's:


Wheelchair:

Individual

Semi-finals:Theresa Sheridan (England) bt Gary Simpson(Scotland) 4-1, Andy Rigby (Wales) bt JoeCardona (Malta) 4-0.

Final:Rigby bt Sheridan 5-3.

LADIES

Quarter-finals:Barbara Taylor (England) bt Karen Grech(Malta) 6-3, Michelle Rooney(Northern Ireland) bt Kim O'Brien (Republic ofIreland) 6-3, Emma Cunningham(Northern Ireland) bt Michelle Brown (England)6-4, Liesa Conlin (England)bt Lyndsey Roberts (England) 6-2.

Semi-finals:Rooney bt Taylor 6-5, Cunningham bt Conlin6-3.

Final:Cunningham bt Rooney 7-3.

Team

Semi-finals:England bt Malta 8-2, All Ireland bt Wales 8-5.

Final:All Ireland bt England 8-4.

Juniors:

Quarter-finals:Frank Costello (England) bt Ryan Shaw (Chan-nel Islands) 6-2, Kingsley Peck (England) btJohn Bowkett (England) 6-2, Jack Smithers(England) bt Scott Muscat (Malta) 6-5, Joe O'-Connor (England) bt Dylan Attard (Malta) 6-1.

Semi-finals:Costello bt Peck 6-3, O'Connor btSmithers 6-1.Final:Costello bt O'Connor 7-4.

Over 50's

Semi-finals:Bob Love (England) bt Tony Kay (England) 6-1,Bill Rigby (England) bt ShaneRobinson (England) 6-1.

Final:Rigby bt Love 6-2.

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2011 European Championship - Malta

Individual Winners

Junior ChampionFrank Costello

England

Tournament DirectorVincent Degiorgio

Malta

Ladies ChampionEmma Cunningham

N. IrelandOver 50’s Champion

Bill RigbyEngland

Men’s ChampionClayton Attard

Malta

Wheelchair ChampionAndy RigbyWales

From start to end, this was one of the bestEuropean Championships we have ever held.Congratulations to Malta for a top class event,venue, set-up, opening ceremony and finalpresentation which were all of the highestlevel. There was also 13,000 euros Prize Fund.

With over 300 players and spectators residentat the Dolmen Hotel, the atmosphere in thegames room was electric, particularly when thehost country were at the table.

It was fitting that Malta’s Clayton Attard wonthe Mens Individuals event, whilst former

world champion Emma Cunningham fromNorthern Ireland is the 2011 European LadiesChampion.

Well done to all of the event winners, detailson Page 4, some great displays and certainlyplenty of entertaining Pool for the knowledge-able spectators to view. But the main winnerwas the game, the Pool played, as you wouldexpect for a European Championships, wasexcellent and the social side of the event wasbrilliant with all of the countries joining in.Hard act to follow for 2012 which will be ineither Dublin, Ireland or Costa Del Sol, Spain.

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INTER COUNTY REPORT 2011Over 1200 people gathered atVauxhall Holiday Park for the EnglishPool Assoc iat ion’s Inter CountyChampionships.

The weekend commenced with the K.O.Cup, a new event which involved theteams from each of the 44 counties whoended as runner-ups in the eight regionswhich form the E.P.A. inter-countystructure.

Competition in the new event is as fierceas the main Inter-County finals withteams from all areas of the countrydetermined to take the silverware back totheir region. Categorises are Mens “A” &“B”, Ladies & Youth. After a verycompetitive quarter-final section thesemi-final line-up was:

Mens “A” sect ion semi- f ina l sNottinghamshire beat Merseyside 23-17with Leicestershire winning 23-18 againstBristol.

Mens “B” section semi-finals hadLeicestershire defeating Hertfordshire 23-17, and Derbyshire beat Northants 23-18.

Semi-F ina ls of the Ladies hadNottinghamshire beat Somerset 23-20,and South Yorkshire beat Norfolk 23-13.

In the Youth, last years championsStaffordshire were beaten 23-13 byBristol, and Surrey beat G.M.C. 23-16.

In the final Leicestershire “A” made asteady start, but turned the match intheir favour at the third leg winning 9-2,and went on to retain their title with a23-15 victory over Nottinghamshire , their“B” team also retained their title in acomfortable 23-12 win over Derbyshire.

In the Ladies section Notts took the firstleg 6-5, but South Yorkshire came backto take the second 7-4, the match waswon in the third leg which SouthYorkshire won 8-3, just needing 3frames in the final leg to win the match23-15 and take the trophy back toYorkshire.

In the Youth final Surrey took a 6-5 lead,but Bristol reversed that score in thesecond leg to level the scores, Surrey thentook the third leg 7-4, winning fivegames in a row to win the final 23-17.

Men's A Winners London

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The Main event the Inter CountyChampionships commenced with thepresentation of the National Ranking Listwinners trophies won by JamesCharlwood (Surrey) Youth Section,Anne Roccia (Lancashire) Ladies, and IanDavenport (Lancashire) Mens,

With most of the national teamcompeting for their county, theweekend was one of Pool played to thehighest possible level.

In the Mens A section champions Londonbeat Northumberland 23-19, Staffs beatLancs 23-12, Somerset beat Norfolk 23-18, and in a three player play-offbetween Surrey and Northants, it wasGraham Berruto, and Danny Smith whoswayed it Northants way with TomKennedy winning one for Surrey.

In the B section Lancashire playedchampions London, it went to a play-offAdam Coppen took one for London, butIan Harle, and Geoff Hadgett won thematch for Lancs 24-23, other matchessaw Norfolk beat Worcestershire 23-20,

Staffs beat Cornwall 23-16, and inanother play-off Anthony Dixon won forCleveland, but Neil Callingham, and MaxBrooker won for Surrey to take thematch 24-23.

Ladies section started with championsLancashire beaten 23-13 by Cleveland,Bucks beat Cambs 23-11, G.M.C. beatStaffs 23-19, and Kent thrashed Devon23-8.

The Youth matches always draw thelarge support with their exciting openplay, and last years champions werestunned in their first match when theywere beaten 23-15 by Leicestershire,Somerset beat Cleveland 23-17, Suffolkbeat Northants 23-15, and in the othermatch Luke Bowry, and Jack Gallowaywon for Kent in a play-off with Lancs.

In the second matches in “A” division,London were beaten by Staffs 23-17,and had to rely on a 23-17 win overLancs to reach the semi-finals, Somersetbeat Northants 23-13 to reach the semi,and then Northants beat Norfolk 23-14

Junior Winners West Midlands

Men's B Winners Lancashire

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in the play-off to go into the semi, in thesemis London showed their class again,and beat Somerset 23-18 to reach thefinal, the other semi saw Staffs beatNorthants 23-16 .

In the B section Staffs beat Norfolk 23-10, Lancs beat Surrey 23-19 to reach thesemi, in the play-off matches Cornwallpipped Norfolk 23-21, Surrey beatchampions London by the same score.

The Ladies section Cleveland eased intothe semi’s beating Bucks 23-20, Kentbeat G.M.C. 23-13, the other two placeswere taken by Bucks who beat Lancs 23-14, and Staffs who beat G.M.C, 23-16

In the Youth Somerset beat Suffolk 23-19, Leicestershire beat Kent by the samescore, in the play-off matches Clevelandbeat Suffolk 23-21, West Midlands hada 23-21 win over Kent,The Youth final saw West Midlandstaking the first leg 7-4, followed by a 6-5 in the second leg to go 13-9 ahead atthe halfway stage, Cleveland won thethird leg 6-5 to put themselves back inthe match, West Midlands then won fiveof the next six frames to retain their title23-16.

In the Ladies final Cleveland made agood start going 4-1 up, but Kent thenwon six in a row to take the leg 7-4,Cleveland edged the second 6-5, againKent hit back with an 8-3 third leg winfor a 20-13 lead, but Cleveland wouldnot give in, Kent needing to fight all theway before winning 23-19.

In the Mens B Lancs had a good startwith a 7-4 first leg win, followed by a 6-5 win in the second leg, but Surrey arereal battlers, taking the third leg 7-4 totrail by the odd frame into the final leg,each game was won alternatively untilChris Charnley, and Kevin Calverley wonthe final two frames for Lancashiregiving them a 23-21 win.

The A final between two of the best sidesin the country proved a real classic withStaffordshire edging the first leg 6-5,then repeating that score in the second,London turned the match in the third legwith an 8-3 win to lead 18-15 into thefinal leg, in a tense final leg, RobChalmers, and Joe Prince won forLondon, Staffs then had wins from JamesCroxton, Gareth Potts, Lee Hammersley,and Adam Davis to make it 20-19, JackPople made it 21-19, Lee Kendall 21-20,Andrew Breen 22-20, Darren Shone 22-21, and Rupert Ward won the final framefor London to retain their title 23-21.

Ladies Winners Kent

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EPA Ladies International Pool Tour - Event 1Sue’s Super SevenWorld champion Sue Thompson won herseventh consecutive EPA Ladies Tour title,beating Collette Henriksen 7-2 in the first finalof 2011.

The duo shared the opening two frames beforeThompson raced into a 5-1 lead.

Welsh international Henriksen gained her onlyother success in frame seven before Thompsonclosed out her latest Tour triumph.

En route to the final she defeated Anne LouiseArkle 5-2, Helen Littlewood 5-3 and newlyqualified England International Sharon Wright6-1.

Victory over Wright set-up a semi-final withthird seed and English National champion,Carly Smith.

Despite her recent good form Smith was nomatch for Thompson who cruised through 6-1.

Henriksen felt she didn't hit top form duringthe weekend but still defeated: Amanda Booth

(5-1), Julie Fane (5-2) and Jackie Baker 6-3 inthe quarters.

Her semi against Liesa Conlin was a closeencounter up to 4-all before the eventualrunner-up came through 6-4.

Coley takes Plate prize

Number 12 seed Amy Coley again showed herpromise by claiming the first plate prize of theseason.

After a second round, main event exit to JackieBaker, Coley breezed past Lynne Pinches (4-1),Sarah Nicklin (4-2), Amanda Booth (5-0) andFran Rogers (5-2), before an impressive 5-1victory over number five seed Lyndsey Robertsin the final.

Tour Director Shirley Jewkes was delighted bythe opening Tour and also welcomed 13 newplayers: Amanda Booth, Carrie-Anne James,Emma Wilkinson, Fran Rogers, Helen Gurd,Helen Metcalfe, Holly Can, Katie Bonham,Keely Clarke, Lisa McGirr, Louise Etherington-Lynne Pinches and Sarah Ramsden.

Sue Thompson & Jordan Churchof Jordans Pool Lounge

Collette Henriksen & Jordan Church

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"It is wonderful to see new faces on the Tourand always a great pleasure to welcome backplayers returning from a break," said Jewkes.

"The ladies game continues to grow and look-ing at the Tour results you can see how thestandard has risen over the recent years.

"There is great talent and some greatcharacters."

Results:

Last 32: Collette Henriksen bt Amanda Booth5-1, Julie Fane bt Emma Senior 5-1, JackieBaker bt Amy Coley 5-4, Sharon Dickson btSarah Nicklin 5-3, Michelle Rooney bt AnneTaylor 5-1, Sharon Lunn bt Theresa Sheridan 5-3, Barbara Taylor bt Sonya Chapman 5-0, LiesaConlin bt Hazel Dabrowski 5-0, Carly Smith btDonna Elliott 5-1, Holly Cann bt Jodie Holt 5-4,Sue Fletcher bt Liz Disney 5-1, Katie Henrick btMichelle Brown 5-1, Sharon Wright bt LyndseyRoberts 5-2, Amy Beauchamp bt Joe Coe 5-3,Helen Littlewood bt Julie Mackintosh 5-3, SueThompson bt Anne Louise Arkle 5-2.

Last 16:Henriksen bt Fane 5-2, Baker bt Dickson 5-4,Rooney bt Lunn 5-2, Conlin btTaylor 5-3, Smith bt Cann 5-3, Henrick btFletcher 5-0, Wright bt Beauchamp5-2, Thompson bt Littlewood 5-3.

Quarter-finals:Henriksen bt Baker 6-3, Conlin bt Rooney 6-1,Smith bt Henrick 6-3, Thompsonbt Wright 6-1.

Semi-finals:Henriksen bt Conlin 6-4, Thompson bt Smith6-1.

Final:Thompson bt Henriksen 7-2.

Plate

Last 16:Tina Wilcox bt Sonya Chapman 4-2, FranRogers bt Anne Taylor 4-2, Amy Coley bt SarahNicklin 4-2, Amanda Booth bt Emma Senior 4-1, Julie Mackintosh bt Anne Louise Arkle 4-1,Lyndsey Roberts bt Jo Coe 4-2, Michelle Brownbt Liz Disney 4-1, Jodie Holt bt Katie Bonham4-2.

Quarter-finals:Rogers bt Wilcox 5-0, Coley bt Booth 5-0,Roberts bt Mackintosh 5-1, Brownbt Holt 5-1.

Semi-finals:Coley bt Rogers 5-2, Roberts bt Brown 5-1.

Final:Coley bt Roberts 5-1.

Full results, videos and lots more can be foundon the official websitwww.epaladiestour.co.uk

Amy Coley - Plate Winner

TERRIFIC TRENT IN THE FLOW AT INTERLEAGUE FINALS

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It was business as usual for Staffordshire’sTrent Trophies as they eased to victory againstfirst time finalists Northwich A in the NationalInterleague winner’s event held at VauxhallHoliday Park, Great Yarmouth.

The event starts with the top 96 teams inEngland divided into groups of three. Thewinner of each group then goes forward tothe last 32 knockout stages.

And there was one section that caughteveryone’s attention when the draw waspublished-the group of death with: TrentTrophies, Dawley and Ipswich.

All three teams were previous finalists. So,two sides, more than capable of winning thetitle, would be knocked out before theknockout phase!

The group could have been more interestingif the first match between Shropshire’sDawley and Suffolk’s finest had produced awinner.

Instead, the two sides fought out a 9-9 draw.That result was of no real use to either teamand played into the hands of Trent Trophies.

In the next match. Trent Trophies demolishedDawley 13-5 to all but securetheir path to the last 32.

In the third game Ipswich had to beat TrentTrophies and by a large score to stop themprogressing.

Faced with an all but impossible task, Ipswichnever got to grips with TrentTrophies’ attack and could only manage fourframes before Trent Trophies reached thewinning line.

While Trent Trophies demolished Ipswich, twoyoung men were deciding the fate of someof the best Interleague teams in the country.London’s James Coffey and Nottingham’s

Bradley Wilson were on stage drawing outthe pairings for the last 32.

They were blissfully unaware of the signifi-cance of what they were doing. The samecan’t be said of the various captains whowere eagerly watching and waiting to seewho their likely opponents were going to be.

Avoiding one of the ‘big’ teams in the last 32for as long as possible is one of the mustswhen reaching the knockout stage.

Meltis Club from Bedfordshire would havefancied their chances of making animpression but drew Trent Trophies. And thatwas the kiss of death.

Meltis didn’t really trouble Trent Trophiesthough they took six frames off them beforebeing put to the sword. Meanwhile, North-wich probably would have enjoyed an easierdraw than Preston South – another team thathas reached a few finals in their time.

However, Northwich put in a fineperformance and pulled of a remarkable winto secure their passage into the last 16.

Trent Trophies kept their momentum goingwith an emphatic 10-4 win over Derbyshire’sDinnington. As Trent Trophies were

Trent Trophies Int. League Winners

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removing Dinnington from their list of hazardsof contenders, Northwich were taking care ofTrent Trophies B.

In the quarter finals, there was no let up fromTrent Trophies as they crushed Hammersmith9-3. No team enjoys losing but they certainlywant to go down fighting.

And Hammersmith couldn’t mount a seriouschallenge-a result that probably said moreabout the power of Trent Trophies A than itdid about Hammersmith’s weaknesses.

Northwich kept on track for their first final bytaking out the local boys South Norfolk 10-7.

This was an excellent result for Northwich as,over the years, the Norfolk’s boys have alwaysproved to be a difficult team.

The event was now down to four teams. TrentTrophies A took on the tougher of thesurvivors, Sun Valley, who have won theInterleague title before.

But like the rest, they had no real answer toTrent Trophies and could only muster fiveframes before the champions’ elect reachedthe magical nine frames.

Northwich took on Leicester’s Midland Railwayin one of the most one sided semi-finals ever

seen in the 30 years of the event.

Poor old Midland Railway ran out of steamvery quickly. They lost frame after frame andeventually went down 9-1. With the finalmoving on to three tables sometimes it can allbe a bit of a blur if you are not ready for it.

Trent Trophies of course are well used to it butfor Northwich this was their first appearancein a National Final.

Trent Trophies came out with all guns blazingand virtually killed the contest off within thefirst six frames.

Northwich rallied slightly and managed tonotch up four frames but Trent Trophies werein no mood to be nice and rattled of theremaining frames to run out 9-4 winners.

This means that Trent Trophies are running outof space to list their achievements and in anice gesture Gareth Potts gave his winners’trophy to James Coffey – the 10-year-old whohad made the draw that saw Trent Trophiesremain the world’s greatest Interleague teamby some distance.

National Interleague final results

Last 16: Corn Exchange bt PJ's Stourbridge10-7, Sun Valley bt Bilston Super League10-7, Trent Trophies A bt Dinnington 10-4,Hammersmith A bt Braintree A 11-9, MidlandRailway bt Accrington HIPL 10-5, Leicester btChesterfield 10-4, Northwich A bt TrentTrophies B 10-8, South Norfolk bt Walsall 10-5.

Quarter-finals: Sun Valley bt Corn Exchange10-8, Trent Trophies A bt Hammersmith A 10-3, Midland Railway bt Leicester 10-8,Northwich A bt South Norfolk 10-7.

Semi-finals:Trent Trophies A bt Sun Valley 10-5, NorthwichA bt Midland Railway 10-1.

Final:Trent Trophies A bt Northwich A 10-4.

Northwich “A” Int. LeagueRunners-up

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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEWSPONSORSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT EXPECTED SOONWith only three months to go before the startof the World 8-Ball Pool Championships thereis still no final decision on who will sponsor theevent.

Discussions have been ongoing since Januaryand an announcement is expected within days.

After many years support from leading compa-nies, including Embassy, 888.com, Foster’s, weunderstand another major brand name has ex-pressed interest in the championships, whichhopefully will be confirmed shortly. If it doesn’tmaterialise then the English Pool Associationhas formulated a Plan “B”.

With or without a sponsor, there is no doubtthat the Barcelo Imperial Hotel, Blackpool willhost this year’s World Championships startingon Saturday, June 25 with the final stages ofthe National qualifiers which will be played toa new format.

In 2010, qualifiers joined the championships atthe early stages and many of them fell by theway side having only played one match in themain arena.

This year there will be 28 qualifiers who willstart their World Championships in the mainarena on June 25 where they will play a round-robin format giving each player severalmatches.

The top four from each of the groups willprogress to the next stage when the first roundof the men's individual event commenceswhilst the other competitors will leave theevent.

All qualifiers involved in the round-robin stagewill receive accommodation at the Imperial forthis part of the competition.

As an additional prize, the final 16 qualifierswill also compete (on June 25) in a knockoutevent with the winner receiving the massiveprize of a place in the last 48 stage of thechampionships.

This is just one round away from where the

seeds enter, including defending championMick Hill.

So, this is surely a great incentive for anyonefortunate to gain entry at the Regional Quali-fiers.

There will be 20 venues in the National quali-fiers. (See page 46-47 for details)

All aspects of the championships will be as perlast year, including Tiered Seating and T.V.Arena. If the championships are not televised,it is planned to “Stream” live on the WorldWide Web.

Prize monies will still be a total of £ 26,000 if“Streamed” and £ 30,000 if “Televised.”

THREE THE MAGICNUMBER FOR HILL?

Mick Hill aims to join an exclusive club of onewhen he gets to Blackpool for this year's World8-Ball Championships.

Hill defeated Gareth Potts in last year's excel-lent, high quality final to claim his secondmen's singles crown.

But it was a long time between drinks for theWest Midlands born star`who first lifted the tro-phy in 2004. In doing so he became only one offive players to win the title twice after Potts,Jason Twist, Rob McKenna and Chris Melling.

Potts is out on his own with three and Hill hashis sights set on equalling that total while alsobecoming the second player to successfully re-tain his crown.

The women's singles has almost become thepersonal property of Sue Thompson. The Hullbased star has an aura about her that intimi-dated many opponents before they even get tothe table.

Thompson is a 10-time world champion, 15years after taking the title for the first time.

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Northern Ireland's Emma Cunningham hassuffered more than most at Thompson's cue inrecent years.They've contested six finals and Thompson haswon the lot bar one. And after winning theEuropean Championship in Malta,Cunningham will be confident of finally gettingthe better of her left handed rival.

The individual tournaments may be the blueriband events but the team competitions arejust as closely contested. And it promises to bejust the same in 2011.

Wales' men inflicted defeat on favourites Eng-land at the Europeans and are now looking toemulate their 1998 and 2002 winning squads.Indeed, it could prove one of the most openchampionships of recent years.

Australia are sending their strongest squad formany years and the return of the SouthAfricans add an unpredictable note.

Kenya and Uganda won't be challenging forthe title but their participation adds to thecosmopolitan nature of the tournament.

England ladies want to get their trophy backfrom Wales.

The English cue queens were stunned byNorthern Ireland in the 2010 semi-finals whileWales defeated Australia before going on towin the title.

London teenager Frank Costello returns todefend his junior prize and it might not be longbefore the 17-year-old is challenging for seniorhonours.

All in all it promises to be another fascinatingchampionship. And you can catch up with allthe news and results at www.wepf.org

KENDALL BACK TO SKIPPER ENGLANDBUT POTTS AND DAVIS ABSENT

England's chances of retaining their worldteam title in June have suffered a double setback.

Stoke pair Gareth Potts and Adam Davis havedecided not to take up their internationalplaces.

And that gives hope to other nations includingrecently crowned European champions Walesand Republic of Ireland-the only team otherthan England to be crowned champions since2003.

However, skipper Lee Kendall, who has playedin every edition of the world championships, isback to lead the squad.

Kendall was one of six players assured of theirplaces along with: Gareth Hibbert, Neil Toms,John Rowe, Ben Flack and Ian Hubbard.

The four players to join them are former worldjunior champion Jordan Church, Chris Gill, JackPople and Darren Price.

JAMES THE THIRD

James Croxton won six matches, including thescalp of 1998 world champion, Carl Morris, toqualify for the final stages of the World Cham-pionships for a third successive year.

The Newcastle under Lyme cueman was one offour players to make it throughto Blackpool from nearly 300 players whostarted out at Vauxhall HolidayPark.

Last 16:Neil Raybone (Willenhall) bt Richard Twomey(Ipswich) 6-1, Rob Chalmers (Longfield) btKevin Holland (Rochdale) 6-3, Robert Harding(Stoke on Trent) bt Matt Brierley (GMC) 6-3,James Croxton (Newcastle under Lyme) bt IanDuffy (Telford) 6-4, Trevor Sims (Bedford) btMathew Schofield (Walsden) 6-0, Jason Grigor(Helston) bt Ian Davenport (Wigan) 7-6, JasonHill (Preston) bt Nick Wollerton (Barnsley) 6-5,Steve Robertshaw (Leicester) btLee Pickard (Sneinton) 6-1.

Final qualifying round:Raybone bt Chalmers 7-4, Croxton bt Harding7-3, Sims bt Grigor 7-3, Robertshaw bt Hill 7-3.

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AUSSIES SEND STRONG SQUADTO REGAIN TEAM TITLERarely does any Australian team go 15 yearsin their chosen sport between world titles(writes Joe Fanto).

And that’s why this year’s Aussie men’s poolteam travelling to Blackpool for the WEPFWorld Championships is determined to showits true colours.

The men in green and gold are looking torepeat the feat of our 1996 worldchampionship winning team.

Since then the trophy has always eluded themdespite a couple of near misses.

Tough competition, in particular fromEngland, has had a lot to do with it.

However, due to the excessive costs to eachindividual that makes an Australian side eachyear, it is rare for us to send our best team.

Indeed, it costs each player approximately$4,000 - $4,500 AUS (£2,500 - £3,000) torepresent their country at a WorldChampionship in England.

However, in Surfers Paradise, Australia 2004we did become World Cup winners,defeating England in the final. Sadly, this wasthe only time the event was held.

In 2011, however, the first eight selectedplayers have committed to travel, hence all 8-Ball followers in Australia are expecting bigthings from their men’s team in Blackpool.

That team then is: Brenton Collier (2010Australian Champion), Ron Kelly, Ben Nunan,Stev Woods, Paul Hancock, Jake McCartney,Justin Sajich and Marc Robertson. Marc,brother of reigning world snooker champion,Neil Robertson, is captain of a team managedby Warren Ross.

The Australian women’s side, winners in2007, will be represented by:RenataDelahunty (captain), Lauren Jelly, NicoleFielding, Julie McEwan, Tania McClure andKolbe Poole. The team manager is CherylCongram.

Unfortunately two of our top three selectedplayers are not able to travel: 2010 Australianchampion and World Championship semi-finalist, Elise Mabbott, and 2009 Australiantitle winner, Marg Gorski.

However, it is still a strong team and expecteddo very well.

The Australian Junior Team were semi-finalists last year and expect to go one betterby making the final in 2011 to givethemselves a chance for a second world title.Their one and only World victory came in1997.

The Australian Junior team is: Luke Foster(2011 Australian champion and captain),Jason Hawker, Dane Van Kempen, MathewGartrell, Luke Anglessey and Nick Young. Theteam manager is Shane Congdon.

The Australian Over 50’s team rate themselvesa good chance for their second title, butunfortunately John Lehman, 2010 worldchampion will not be able to travel. The over50’s team will be Terry Bond (captain), ShaunBaker and John Howson.

Eight ball Pool in Australia is enjoying greatsuccess and the game played using WEPFWorld Rules is by far the largest participatedcue sport in the country.

The World Championships are held in highesteem. And all elite players aspire to wearthe National green jacket and Australian vestto pit their skills and represent their country,regardless of the financial sacrifice required.

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It’s also a spring board for our NationalChampionships- the main event on thecalendar for the last 27 years.

Also players take great pride in representingtheir State or Territory and great rivalry existsbetween States.

The game in Australia is run by the AustralianEight-Ball Federation and a memberincorporated administrative body in each ofthe eight States and Territories.

National titles rotate around Australia eachyear with events for Men, Women, Over 50’sand a separate special event for Juniors in theunder 12, 15 and 18 category.

In 2010 the event was in Adelaide, SouthAustralia and in 2011 they will be in Sydney,New South Wales.

History of State Team Champions in Australia

Current Men Team Champions: VictoriaCurrent Women Team Champions: VictoriaCurrent Over 50's Champions: Victoria

Juniors: Tasmania

Current Australian Singles ChampionsMen: Brenton Collier (South Australia)Women: Elise Mabbott (South Australia)Over 50's: Russell Youlten (South Australia)

JuniorsUnder 18: Luke Foster (Western Australia)Under15: Vijay Randall (Queensland)Under 12: Hayden Goode (Queensland)

Brenton Collier - Australian Champion

Number of titles won

Men Women

South Australia 15 9Victoria 5 4Western Australia 3 3Queensland 2 2Tasmania 1 1

All readers of WORLD POOLmagazine are welcome to visit

the AustralianEight-Ball Federation Websiteon www.aebf.com.au for a

comprehensive historyof results and statistics onEight ball Pool in Australia.

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FLEMING CAN’T TAKE THE MIKECLARK CROWNED SCOTTISH CHAMP

Mike Clark avenged last year's finaldefeat on his way to becoming BISSalamis Scottish Open champion atAberdeen Rileys.

The experienced and prolific Scottishinternational knocked out 2010conqueror Pat McCarron in the semi-finals.

And Clark, who backed himself at 10-1prior to the tournament, then defeatedUnder 21 international and IPA Tourplayer, Ryan Fleming 9-5 in the final.

Clark started the final strongly, graduallyedging away from Fleming. Indeed, hisexperience and memories of last year'sfinal defeat to McCarron helping himconcentrate on doing the job.

It wasn't mistakes costing Fleming thegame, just the clinical finishing of Clarkkeeping him away from the table.Halfway through it was clear there wasonly going to be one winner.

Clark's triumph ended an excellent day ofpool which began with an early shock.Region 4 Tour winner, Peter Fyffe,surprised front-runner Richard Craddockin the prelims, demolishing him 4-0before the bar had opened!.

First round victories of note includedveteran Phil Craig Snr's victory overanother favourite, Shaun Wishart whileformer World Junior and Under 21Champ McCarron defeated ThomasBannon who was named player of thetournament at the U21 EuropeanChampionships.

Fyffe met his match against DarrenMatthew but only after the three-timeworld junior champion clinched a decider.

Big games in the last 32 saw ChrisCorcoran demolish Scottish captain,AdamMacleod, 6-1, while Matthew beatinternational team mate, MartinMcIntosh,6-4.

Dundee's Fleming brothers went head tohead, with Ryan edging out Marc bythe odd frame in eleven.

McCarron brushed aside former Scotlandskipper, Alex 'Zod' Stephen 6-2 andClark saw off Mark Oaten.

When play resumed at the last 16 stageon the following day, Corcoran continuedwhere he'd left off the previous session,blitzing Phil Craig Jnr 6-2.

Fleming enjoyed a great 6-3 win over theworld number 15 Matthew andMcCarron stepped up a gear with a

Final - Ryan Fleming v Mike Clark

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business like 6-1 demolition of PaulSimpson.

Lindsay Ahern beat brother Derek 6-2 toset up an encounter with McCarron.Clark comfortably defeated RaymondMackenzie 6-2 to set up a tie with the inform Ian Daniel.

McCarron kicked off the quarter finalswith an impressive 7-1 win over Ahernwho only managed to touch the cue balltwice in the first five frames.

In a classic encounter, Phil Craig Snr rolledthe clock back 20 years to gain a 7-5 winover Corcoran whilst Fleming cruised pastKev Coutts. The tie of the round sawClark raise his game to overcome Ellonbased Daniel 7-5.

In the semis, Fleming squared up to PhilCraig Snr who was playing his best poolfor years. Fleming held his cool to win thematch 8-5.

In a repeat of last year's final Clarkdefeated McCarron, 8-6. Both produceda high standard but it was Clark's surgicalprecision whilst under pressure thatswung the balance.And he continued to show his best form

in the final against Fleming.

*Phil Craig Snr won the Over 40s ScottishOpen, defeating Alex 'Zod' Stephenin the final.

FEDERATION FLOURISHES

The Scottish Eightball Pool Federationgoes from strength to strength with arecord amount of entries for the ScottishOpen, the creation of a new

region and both a team andan individual semi finalfinish in the EEPF EuropeanChampionships.

The SEPF has broken into theblackball dominated Westernarea with the creation of SEPFRegion 5 (Scotland West &Islands).

Headed up, initially by the Obanand District Pool League, theyhope to begin their six event tourseries in the summer with the topranked player at the end of the

season gaining automatic entry to theScotland Squad for 2012.

In Malta, the Under 21 Team reached theEuropean Championships semi-finals andwere unlucky to lose to the hosts whothey defeated twice in the group stage.

The team, which features IPA Tourplayers, Marc and Ryan Fleming are nowsetting their sights on Blackpool thissummer with the aim of returning homeas World Champions.

Gary Simpson, Scotland's onlyrepresentative in the wheelchair event,also reached the semi finals in Maltabefore losing to Theresa Sheridan.

TEAM SCOTLAND 2011 European Final

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The 2011 European championships were held in Malta from February 19thto 26th and Team Wales took a strong squad as normal.

The men’s “A” team at last lifted theEuropean Championship trophy after adominant performance in Malta. Wales havecontested three of the last four finals and lostto England on every occasion, but not thistime

Wales won the group stages easily after beatthe host nation Malta 9 – 6, followed by theholders and current World ChampionsEngland 11 – 4. This seemed to spur Wales onas they won all group matches to record an 8out of 8 performance.

In the semi final Wales took on surprisequalifiers Belgium, who sneaked into the semisas a result of Wales beating Ireland in the lastgroup game. Once again Wales were totallydominant and won the match easily by 8frames to 2.

The final was to be against England who camefrom 7 – 4 down in the semis against Malta towin 8 – 7.

The final was full of drama as it started withtwo very long tactical frames both being wonby England for a 2 – 0 lead. Wales howeverbounced back as Russell Burgess cleared thetable for his win while Wayne Smith capitaliseon a missed black by Lee Kendall to also clearthe table.

This seemed to give Wales the belief as theythen ran the next four frames very quickly tolead 6 – 2. Gareth Potts then dished PaulHawkins to reduce the lead to 6 – 3. Next upwas Oly Bale against Gareth Potts and after apoor positional shot Gareth left Oly Bale achance to clear and he did in double quicktime.

Tom Cousins now had the chance to win thetitle for Wales from the break against LeeKendall. Tom Broke well but the table was a

mess and no chance of a clearance. That’swhat we all thought, as Tom started to pull outshot after shot to leave a double on his lastyellow for position on the black in the middlebag. In it went and he rolled the black in, theplace went mad with delight as all of Maltaand Wales started to celebrate the victory.

A great run by the Welsh lads and a credit tothe nation as usual.

Tom Cousins and Paul Hawkins were top ofthe averages for Wales and the whole eventas they lifted player of the tournament with19 wins from 24 frames.

All five welsh players were in the top six placesof the rankings, showing how dominant theywere.

So Wales now look to the WorldChampionships in July for what promises to bea show down between the two best sides inthe World.

Further information can be found ateuro8ball.com

Wales - The Champions’ Report

The “Dragons” Roar

Welsh TeamWayne Smith (Captain), Oly Bale, Russell Burgess,

Tom Cousins, Paul Hawkins & Paul Penhale

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Keltic Cup 2011 - Northern Ireland v WalesThe Keltic Cup tournament was held at RacksPool Club, Balleymoney, Northern Ireland onFri18th – Sun.20th March Weekend started withTeam Wales taking on local league sides,followed by Welsh professionals WayneSmith/Oly Bale performing an exhibition routineto round the night off.

INDIVIDUAL EVENT commenced Sat. whenplayers were drawn into groups, two qualifyingeach group. All the international players camethrough to leave the following line up.

Quarter FinalsRussell Burgess bt Paul Penhale 6-0, Oly Bale btGareth Johnstone 6-4, Ryan Craig bt Nigel Craig6-4, Wayne Smith bt Thomas Morrow 6-1

Semi FinalsFirst semi final saw good friends Oly Bale take onRussell Burgess. The match did not last long asOly took every chance that came his way. Russellmade few mistakes but lost 6 – 3.Other semi final went all the way as both WayneSmith and Ryan Craig traded frames from thebreak. Ryan went into a 2 – 0 lead but Waynedug deep and responded in quick fire fashion tolevel the match. They both then traded framesbefore the match was poised at 5 – 5 with Ryanat the table, he made a basic error to let Waynein for the victory at 6 – 5.

FinalThe final was to be an all Welsh battle betweenthe Welsh captain Wayne Smith and Number onewelsh player Oly Bale. The match was alwaystight with both players taking the firstopportunity every time to clear the table. Thescores were level at 5 – 5 when Oly Bale took outa massive finish to lead 6 – 5.Oly then broke and had game on. He quicklycleared the table but missed a pressure long poton his last ball to leave Wayne the chance tolevel. Wayne steadily took them out to level thematch at 6 – 6. Smith broke in the final frameand potted four balls to leave the easiest offinishes to take the title of Keltic Cup IndividualChampion 2011 by 7 frames to 6.

DoublesSunday saw the start of the scotch doubles eventwith seeded players being drawn with localplayers to give all players a chance. The final wascontested between local players GarethJohnstone / Jordan Craig and Wayne Smith /Marc Cochrane.It was a quality final with every player playingwell but it was Wayne and Marc who came out

on top with 3 total clearances in a row.Wayne/Marc bt Gareth/Jordan 3 frames to 2.

Keltic CupWales were in a confident mood after recentlypicking up the crown of European 8 ball poolchampions and were determined to retain theKeltic cup for the second year. The match startedwell for Wales as they went into a 4 – 1 lead withevery player winning their frames in the firstsession except Paul Penhale who lost to ThomasMorrow. Northern Ireland bounced straight backwhen Thomas Morrow beat Wayne Smith andNigel Craig taking out Russell Burgess. The scorethen quickly went to 6 – 3 with wins for PaulPenhale and Oly Bale.

Wales ended the second session 7 – 3 up whenEuropean player of the tournament Paul Hawkinsdished from the break against Gregory Feeney.Wayne smith then added another frame as hebeat Chris Mulholland, but again NorthernIreland bounced back with Nigel Craig recordinga win over Oly Bale. The match was finally endedwhen Russell Burgess, Paul Penhale and PaulHawkins quickly cleared for a well fought 11 – 4victory to Wales.

Thank you to Nigel and Nicola Craig for hostingsuch an excellent event, the venue is a credit toNorthern Ireland with quality Supreme tablesthroughout.

Wales now look forward to the WorldChampionships in Blackpool, aiming to becomechampions of the world, making it a double forthe mens team with their recent EuropeanChampionship win, plus the Wales Ladieslooking to retain their World title won in 2010.

Wales Ladies - World Champions 2010

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As always Tour Two is the players’ favourite,combining a trip to Hinckley Island Hotel alongwith the ever popular Festival of Poolcompetitions.

We start with the Tour and then the Club eventfor the amateurs plus U.K. ProfessionalChallenge.

Starting on Saturday, we see the introductionof the Open event for Festival of Pool playersand to top it off we have the ever popularBarcelo Doubles competition involving all ofthe entrants to the weekend.

And just for good measure we also have theWorld Championship Qualifiers for four placesat the Blackpool finals in June.

It is good to see that the recession is notcausing us too much problem with Festival ofPool numbers which are up again.

However, this is not surprising. For only £120,players receive two nights’ accommodationplus entry into the £4,200 Barcelo Open andthe £7,400 Barcelo doubles.

It’s also good to see previous Tour membersand new faces returning to play in the Festivalwhich is, without doubt, the number oneamateur event on the pool calendar.

Entry figures are looking good. We havereceived more entrants since Tour One whichgives us an opportunity to further increase theprize fund from Tour Three onwards.

Indeed, there will be an increase on both Tourand Club events. Exact figures will beannounced after the executive meeting at TourTwo. As with our policy since the Tour started,we are a non-profit making association. Any

additional monies that come in will be used toincrease the prize funds.

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Details of how to contact our Editor, TrevorBaxter, are shown in this magazine.

Looking forward to another great Tour. See youat Barcelo Hinckley.

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HARRISON HAS A CUNNING PLAN

PROFESSIONAL TROPHY

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Phil Harrison knows what it takes to beatthree-time former world champion GarethPotts.

And in the final of the Professional Trophy atLeicester, Harrison's master plan worked atreat.

The Cambridgeshire window cleaner won 9-5to capture the final title held over from 2010.

“A lot of players get down hearted when theyplay Gareth because they know they don’t getmany shots,” explained Harrison.

“And he has got that little edge over people atthe moment.

“But as long as you realise that from the start,then you can beat him.

“Gareth does give you some chances andwhen you get those opportunities, you musttake them.

“And that’s what I did in this final.”

However, the 2009 world champion admits hisvictory came as something of a surprise.

“I always seem to start the year badly. Becauseof my work load and looking after theyoungster, I don't get much time to practice.

“I seem to get better as the year goes on. So,to win this tournament in January came assomething of a shock.

“It’s probably only my fourth or fifthprofessional title.

“I’ve been in loads more finals but usuallyended up losing them.

“And for two or three years, I really struggledto get past the quarter-finals of a pro event.”

Harrison almost came a cropper in the last

eight of the Professional Trophy. He trailedDerek Murphy 4-0 before reeling off eightstraight frames for victory.

“Fortunately for me, Derek made a couple ofmistakes and let me back in the match,” addedHarrison.

“Then I started to play better, beat NeilRaybone in the semis and went into the finalwithout any pressure.

“Hopefully, now I can go on and win a fewmore this year."

Professional Trophy Results:

Last 16: Potts bt Twist 8-4, Davis bt Munro 8-6, Toms bt Church 8-6, Hibbott bt Brewer 8-4,Murphy bt Davies 8-5, Harrison bt Kendall 8-3,Raybone bt Macdonald 8-4, Croxton btBurgess 8-5.

Quarter-finals: Potts bt Davis 8-2, Hibbott btToms 8-7, Harrison bt Murphy 8-4, Raybone btCroxton 8-1.

Semi-finals:Potts bt Hibbott 8-6, Harrison bt Raybone 8-5.

Final:Harrison bt Potts 9-5.

Phil Harrison Professional Trophy Winner

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TOUR 1 REPORT

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Gareth Potts established a new record forStrachan IPA Tour victories thanks to anopening campaign win over Lee Kendall.

Potts prevailed 8-5 in this all-Potteries clash toincrease his number of tour titles to 12.

That's one more than Keith Brewer and threeahead of Mick Hill and Darren Appleton.

And Potts has chalked up his dozen wins in justseven years.

“It’s a big achievement for me,” said Potts afterdefeating a resurgent Kendall.

“And hopefully I have got a few more left inme yet.”

Potts has triumphed in at least one Tour everyseason since 2004 apart from a barren year in2006.

And he certainly earned his latest success,avenging his world final defeat by Mick Hill inthe semi-finals.

“I actually had a real tough draw all the waythrough,” says Potts, whose close rival PhilHarrison lost 7-5 in the last 32 to FrankCostello.

“But the match with Mick was of a real highstandard.

“I was 4-1 down and took out a big finish toget to 4-2. That was a big turning point.

“I started to play really well after that andfortunately Mick missed his last ball in thedecider to let me in.”

While Potts beat Hill 8-7, England skipperKendall rolled back the years to beat RobChilton 8-4 in the other semi.

“It’s never easy playing someone like Lee whoI know so well,” agreed Potts.

“And I am really pleased for him.

“I know he was disappointed by his form atthe end of last year.

“He was losing to players he would normallyexpect to beat. I think it was either 'put in morepractice' or retire.

“Lee decided to put in the hours and it seemsto have paid off.

“As for me, I hope to continue playing well thisyear, win more titles and keep breakingrecords."

Tour One Results:

Last 32:Frank Costello bt Phil Harrison 7-5, CraigWaddingham bt Ronan McCarthy 7-4, LeeKendall bt Neil Toms 7-3, Karl Sutton bt NathanBridges 7-3, Rob Chilton bt James Croxton 7-3, Jason Twist bt Liam Farrell 7-6, Keith Brewerbt Dean Anderson 7-3, Marc Farnsworth btClint I’Anson 7-2, Mick Hill bt Adam Davis 7-6,Ben Flack bt Ashley Radford 7-3, Wayne Smithbt Ben Davies 7-1, Steve Munro bt TomCousins 7-6, Lee Clough bt Mark Thrussell 7-2,George Reeves bt Carl Morris 7-5, JordanChurch bt Peter Mullaney 7-5, Gareth Potts btRussell Burgess 7-4.

Last 16:Waddingham bt Costello 7-5, Kendall btSutton 7-1, Chilton bt Twist 7-6, Farnsworth btBrewer 7-6, Hill bt Flack 7-2, Munro bt Smith7-2, Clough bt Reeves 7-4, Potts bt Church 7-4.

Quarter-finals:Kendall bt Waddingham 7-6, Chilton btFarnsworth 7-5, Hill bt Munro 7-2, Potts btClough 7-4.

Semi-finals:Kendall bt Chilton 8-4, Potts bt Hill 8-7.

Final:Potts bt Kendall 8-5.

POTTS BECOMES RECORD BREAKER

Lee KendallTour 1 runner-up

ENGLISH POOLREFEREES’ ASSOCIATION

REFEREES CORNER

We are "the men and women in the middle"who make sure the rules of the game areobserved by the players and spectators alike.We referee frames from local league pool tohigh profile events like the WorldChampionships.

We referee pool for a number of bodies:World Eightball Pool FederationEuropean 8Ball Pool FederationInt. Professional Pool Players AssociationEnglish Pool AssociationCIUClubs for Young People

A history of the EPRAIn the late summer/early autumn of 1980 theSecretary of the English Pool Association (EPA)made it known to its member leagues thatthey needed qualified referees.

The Secretary went on to say that they werelooking to run competitions with entry feesand prize money, so qualified Referees wouldbe essential. The Home Internationals weredue to be held in the November, and the EPAwas expected to supply the Referees. In orderto fulfil this need, the EPA decreed that anexamination was to be held at the Crest HotelCoventry on 4th October 1980. The top fourReferees would be invited to officiate at theHome Internationals. They, along with theothers passing the examination, would form anAssociation of Referees.

The examination took place with 33candidates, 13 of these were successful, andeach one received a letter of congratulationsand a certificate of merit. From these 13, theEnglish Pool Referees Association (EPRA) wasformed.

The first General Meeting of the EPRA washeld in November 1981. As the EPA expandedits influence, it formed a structure throughoutEngland which matches the EPA regionalstructure.

The EPRA decided to introduce a gradingstructure based upon experience and ability,

with annual membership fees set accordingly.

Joining the EPRAIn order to become a member of ourAssociation prospective candidates have tocomplete a written and practical exam set byour Association.

Why you might ask do we have an exam set sohard that only a handful of people ever pass.Our view is that we regard quality higher thanquantity. Our referees are without doubtamong the best in the refereeing world andthey are the envy of the rest of the World.

Our Association classes all referees in bandsaccording to experience and accumulatedknowledge both of the rules and events, thebands are S and A through to E. E gradereferees are the ones who have passed a shortmultiple choice exam. D grade referees are theones who have just passed the main exam andare learning the ropes or have sat the exam justto say "I am a qualified referee". The nextthree grades relate to varying levels of ability.The pinnacle of a referee’s ambition is to beclassed as an A grade referee. At this level youcould well find yourself being asked the refereeat the World Championships or a whole hostof other professional events.

All referees are constantly monitored to makesure they are at the top of the level to whichthey referee at, and to ensure that ourAssociation's standards as a whole do no dropfrom the exceptionally high level we have setourselves, be that level local league or theWorld Championships.

To find out more about the EPRA please seeout website www.epra8ball.org.uk

If you would like to ask any questions aboutthe EPRA or about the playing rules of theWorld Eight Ball Association, please [email protected]. A selection of yourquestions will be answered in the next issue ofthis magazine.

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I.P.A. QUALIFIERS AT THEEUROPEANS IN MALTA

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STEVE THOMPSONPreliminary round: bt Zach Taylor (Wales) 6-5Round One: bt Alan Scott (Scotland) 6-2Round two: bt Charly Verwaerde (France) 6-4Last 32: bt Chris Tabone (Malta) 6-3Last 16: lost to Jordan Church (England) 5-6

CARL MORRISRound One: bt Stuart Campbell (Scotland) 6-2Round two: bt Arnaud Viard (France) 6-3Last 32: bt Tony Kay (England) 6-2Last 16: bt Lee Kendall (England) 5-3Quarter-Finals: bt Clint Azzopardi (Malta) 7-3Semi-Finals: bt Adam Davis (England) 7-2Final: Lost to Clayton Attard (Malta) 7-8

IPA qualifiers Carl Morris and Steve Thompsoncertainly made the most of their passage tothe European Championships in Malta.And the duo flew the flag superbly for the IPAin the face of some top class opposition.

Former world champion Carl Morris went allthe way to the final before losing by adeciding frame to local hero Clayton Attard.

The IPA’s other representat ive, SteveThompson, reached the last 16 only to lose toformer World Junior champion, Jordan Church- another prominent IPA player.

At one stage, both players suggested therewould be two qualifiers in the final whichwould have been some result.

However, congratulations to both our entries.They did us proud and also enjoyed a relaxingweek away from the table in the beautiful sur-rounds of St. Pauls Bay, staying at the 4-starDolmen Hotel.

Steve played against five different nationalitiesin his progress to the last 16, starting with a 6-5 win against Zach Taylor of Wales followedby a 6-2 defeat of Scotland’s Alan Scott. In thesecond round he faced a Tour opponent,Charly Verwaerde (France), but came out ontop 6-4.

Steve then enjoyed a great 6-3 win againstChris Tabone of Malta who had been one ofthe title favourites.With a bit more good for-tune he might have gone onto the quarters.However, Church (England), ranked 21 on theI.P.A. Tour, just took the deciding frame.

Our other contender, Carl Morris, started witha 6-2 win against Stuart Campbell (Scotland)and then defeated Arnaud Viard of France 6-3.

He removed Tony Kay (England) by 6-2- toearn a meeting with England skipper LeeKendall.

Carl came through 6-3 before taking out ClintAzzopardi of Malta in the quarters. As couldbe expected, the semi-finalists were top notchand Carl had no problems defeating AdamDavis by 7-2 before that thrilling defeat toClayton Attard in the deciding frame.

The atmosphere in the final was electric witha mass of home supporters giving greatsupport to Clayton who played the game ofhis life.

In a brilliant match either player could havetaken the title but on this occasion, Carl hadto accept second place.

Steve Thompson - Malta Qualifier

COST-CUTTER!FRANKIE SAYS SUCCESS

CLUB OPEN 1 REPORT

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Frank Costello claimed his first Club Open titleat Blackpool but you suspect it won't be hislast.

Indeed, you suspect a new pool star has arrivedon the baize in the shape of the 17-year-old Alevel student from London. And it may not belong before the talented teenager is winningMain Tour events.

Before he reached his 17th birthday earlier thismonth (April), Costello had won the World andEuropean Junior titles, reached his first ClubOpen final (losing to Craig Marsh) and then de-feated former snooker professional, RichardKing, 6-2 to claim a first ever Club success.

Not bad going for the youngster from Ken-nington who is also studying history, maths, bi-ology and religious studies.

"I lost to Craig Waddingham on the Main Tourand had to go straight back on to play my Clubmatch," Costello told World Pool.

"It wasn't easy and I nearly lost my head.

"I played Ian Duffy in the last 32 and could eas-ily have lost. The match went to a decider andfortunately I got through.

"After that I just tried to do my best and endedup winning.

"It was a good feeling because I lost to Craigin the final at Blackpool last year. So, to goback and win was pleasing."

Costello was born to play pool. Dad Jerry Tick-ell is chairman of the Greater London CountyPool Association and a more than capableplayer.

Young Frank has played the game most of hislife but began to take it seriously about fiveyears ago. It wasn't long before he was win-ning competitions and in the last two years hasreally started to blossom.

"I practice at JFK's Pool club near to where Ilive," he explained."And really when that opened I was able topractice on the way home from school."

Costello is clearly a bright prospect on and offthe table. He is studying for his A/S levels withthe probability of going to university to readhistory. He's certainly making history in thepool world.

The 19th World 8-Ball Championships atBlackpool in June will see him defend his worldjunior crown.

And eligible until 2012, he could emulate Dar-ren Matthew who won it three times in a row.

"Winning the world title is probably mybiggest achievement so far. I lost the previousyear so I knew in the Club that I could go backand do the same thing rather than fall at thefinal hurdle again."

For the moment, Costello's goals are moremodest. "I think I'm provisionally ranked insidethe top 64 on the Tour," he says.

"I just want to try and stay there now for therest of the season and make sure I am seedednext year."

And it will be a major surprise, you feel, if hedoesn't achieve thattarget.

Club Open One Results:

Last 32: Jimmy Carney bt Richard Swaffield 5-4,Jason Hill bt Lee Bannister 5-4, Marc Fleming bt BenClark 5-2, Robert Wharne w/o Nigel Craig, AndrewO'Hara btJoe Flaherty jnr 5-3, Adam Foyster bt ChrisWilkinson 5-2, Neil Kelley bt Gary Simmonds 5-4,Richard King bt Lakesh Badhan 5-2, Harry Irwin btIan McMullan 5-3, Chris Alexander bt Eric Dockerty5-1, James Swayland bt Paul Dunkey 5-3, MichaelDay bt David Preece 5-3, Philip Naylor bt DaveHughes 5-2, Thomas Jones bt Nik Dodd 5-2, JockIrvine bt Richard Marples 5-4, Frank Costello bt IanDuffy 5-4.

Last 16: Hill bt Carney 5-4, Fleming bt Wharne 5-4,O'Hara bt Foyster 5-0, King bt Kelley 5-3, Alexanderbt Irwin 5-3, Day bt Swayland 5-2, Jones bt Naylor 5-2, Costello bt Irvine 5-3.

Quarter-finals: Fleming bt Hill 5-2, King bt O'Hara5-1, Alexander bt Day 5-2, Costello bt Jones 5-3.

Semi-finals: King bt Fleming 5-4, Costello btAlexander 5-3.

Final: Costello bt King 6-2.

Frank CostelloClub 1 winner

HILL TOURING AGAINAS 2011 SET TO BE BUMPER YEAR FOR POOL


It doesn't seem he's ever been away but 2011 marks the return of the 'Machine' to the StrachanIPA Tour.

Mick Hill, world champion and one of eight ball's all-time greats, is back in action.And he's keen to make up for lost time.

Hill's comeback is a major shot in the arm to the IPA set-up as he only competed sparingly lastseason, despite his stunning world victory over Gareth Potts.

It may take him some time to catch up with the Tour's ranking leaders but Hill's return willensure it's even tougher to win a Tour than it's been for the past 12 months.There's still no Tour comeback in sight for Chris Melling but a number of other cuemen are backfor 2011.

Aberdeen based Richard Cradduck had to suspend his dues after a serious accident but happilyleast number of professionals leaving the Tour since it started.

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FIRST COUSINS REMOVEDAND CUP OF WOE TOO FOR POTTS

There will be new winners of two of thisseason's IPA professional events after surprisedefeats for two defending champions.

Certainly, Tom Cousins will regret not beingable to mount a stiffer challenge in theProfessional Cup. The Hereford based star wasdelighted by last year's success over AdamDavis in the final.

However, he failed to get beyond the last 32stage of this year's competition; the earlyrounds played during Tour One at Blackpool.

Cousins went down 8-0 to former Europeanchampion Oly Bale who is one of five playersguaranteed their place in the quarter-finals tobe played at Tour Four at the end of August.

Bale followed up by beating fellow WelshmenBen Davies 8-5 and next meets 1998 worldchampion Carl Morris.

Morris has certainly found his form in 2011having reached the European Championshipfinal in Malta. And here he enjoyed excellentwins over Warren Hodgson and MarcFarnsworth. Both matches ended 8-6.

Bristol's Ben Flack, like Cousins, is another oflast season's champions. However, thereigning European Professional title holdercrashed out 8-6 against Steven Kane.

The last 32 also brought defeat for reigningworld champion Mick Hill. His demise to AdamDavis wasn't a major shock but the Stoke star'smargin of victory-8-3-was a surprise.Davis next plays Lee Kendall or James Croxtonwhile Gareth Potts takes on Ian Hubbard in thelast 32.

Those latter two games will be concluded thisweekend and so too will be another meetingbetween Kevin Barton and Rob Chilton. Theyclashed in the last 16 of the Vauxhall GrandPrix where Barton edged through 8-7.

Potts will be looking for a longer stay in theProfessional Cup than he managed in theVauxhall Grand Prix.

The former world champion opened up withan impressive 8-4 win over Marc Farnsworthbut then came unstuck against Cousins, losing8-5. Flack didn't fare any better in the GrandPrix than he had done in the Professional Cup,losing 8-7 to Adam Davis who has designs onthe professional number one spot this year.

Davis now plays Cousins in a repeat of lastseason's Professional Cup final. Indeed, theduo enjoyed several intriguing matches in2010 and their VGP quarter-final should be nodifferent.

Former world champion Phil Harrison is alsothrough to the last eight. Knocked out of theProfessional Cup by Clint I'Anson, he defeatedJez Graham 8-6 to earn a match-up againstBarton.

Such is the competitive nature of theprofessional ranks that no player so far isguaranteed to be in both quarters. And that'swhy prolific Professional winner RonanMcCarthy is pleased to still be in contention.

McCarthy defeated Steven Kane 8-6 and AndyJones 8-4. But he's now waiting for a log jamof matches to be completed before he knowswhether he'll face Morray Dolan, Neil Toms orLee Clough in the quarter-finals at the GoldenCue weekend in May.

THE PROFESSIONAL RESULTS

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PROFESSIONAL CUP RESULTS

Last 32:Oly Bale bt Tom Cousins 8-0, Ben Davies btJordan Church 8-6, Carl Morris bt WarrenHodgson 8-6, Marc Farnsworth bt DerekMurphy 8-5, Neil Toms bt Ronan McCarthy 8-6, Steven Kane bt Ben Flack 8-6, Jason Twistbt Ben Swinnerton 8-2, Lee Clough bt RussellBurgess 8-3, Phil Harrison bt Wayne Smith 8-4, Clint I'Anson w/o Gareth Hibbott, LeeKendall v James Croxton, to be played, AdamDavis bt Mick Hill 8-3, Rob Chilton bt MartinHazell 8-5, Kevin Barton bt Neil Raybone 8-7,Keith Brewer bt Mark Thrussell 8-6, IanHubbard v Gareth Potts, to be played.

Last 16:Bale bt Davies 8-5, Morris bt Farnsworth 8-6,Toms bt Kane 8-4, Twist bt Clough 8-7, I'An-son bt Harrison 8-7, Kendall or Croxton vDavis, Chilton v Barton, Brewer v Hubbard orPotts.

Quarter-finals:Bale v Morris,Toms v Twist,I’Anson v Kendall/Croxton/Davis,Chilton or Barton v Brewer/ Hubbard/Potts.

VAUXHALL GRAND PRIX RESULTS

Last 32:Gareth Potts bt Marc Farnsworth 8-4, TomCousins bt Jason Twist 8-6, Ben Flack bt BrettWild 8-5, Adam Davis bt Liam Farrell 8-4, NeilRaybone bt Ben Davies 8-5, James Pheely btAndy MacDonald 8-4, Partab Singh bt RussellBurgess 8-7, Gareth Hibbott bt Ian Hubbard8-2, Ronan McCarthy bt Steven Kane 8-6,Andy Jones bt Lee Kendall 8-6, Morray Dolanv Neil Toms, Lee Clough by Martin Hazell 8-3,Phil Harrison bt Wayne Smith 8-0, JezGraham bt Keith Brewer 8-5, Kevin Bartonbye, Rob Chilton bt Carl Morris 8-3.

Last 16:Cousins bt Potts 8-5, Davis bt Flack 8-7,Raybone v Pheely, Singh v Hibbott, McCarthybt Jones 8-4, Dolan/Toms v Clough, PhilHarrison bt Graham 8-6, Barton v Chilton.

Quarter-finals:Cousins v Davis,Raybone/Pheely v Singh/Hibbott,McCarthy vDolan/Toms/Clough,Harrison v Barton

Tom Cousins in happier times receiving Professional Cupfrom I.P.A’s Russell Burgess

HILL TOURING AGAINAS 2011 SET TO BE BUMPER YEAR FOR POOL


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It doesn't seem he's ever been away but 2011 marks the return of the 'Machine' to the StrachanIPA Tour.

Mick Hill, world champion and one of eight ball's all-time greats, is back in action.And he's keen to make up for lost time.

Hill's comeback is a major shot in the arm to the IPA set-up as he only competed sparingly lastseason, despite his stunning world victory over Gareth Potts.

It may take him some time to catch up with the Tour's ranking leaders but Hill's return willensure it's even tougher to win a Tour than it's been for the past 12 months.There's still no Tour comeback in sight for Chris Melling but a number of other cuemen are backfor 2011.

Aberdeen based Richard Cradduck had to suspend his dues after a serious accident but happilyleast number of professionals leaving the Tour since it started.

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Vaux Prof UK Int. Euro. Prof2010 2009 Name Start Tours GP Cup Prof Masters Pro. Trophy Total

1 1 Gareth Potts (Stoke-on-Trent) 116 16 6 4 0 0 0 0 1422 4 Adam Davis (Stoke-on-Trent) 102 4 8 6 0 0 0 0 1203 3 Lee Clough (Blackpool) 98 8 6 6 0 0 0 0 1184 2 Phil Harrison (Sutton Ely) 98 4 8 6 0 0 0 0 1165 20 Tom Cousins (Hereford) 88 4 8 4 0 0 0 0 1046 7 Marc Farnsworth (Houghton-Le-Spring) 82 8 4 6 0 0 0 0 1007 8 Neil Raybone (Willenhall) 78 2 6 4 0 0 0 0 908 6 Rob Chilton (Dudley) 58 10 6 6 0 0 0 0 809 10 Ben Flack (Bristol) 64 6 6 4 0 0 0 0 8010 9 Gareth Hibbott (Southport) 70 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 7611 5 Ronan McCarthy (County Down) 58 4 8 4 0 0 0 0 7412 12 Lee Kendall (Stoke-on-Trent) 52 12 4 4 0 0 0 0 7213 13 Carl Morris (Stoke-On-Trent) 56 4 4 8 0 0 0 0 7214 11 Ben Davies (Swansea) 56 4 4 6 0 0 0 0 7015 14 Jason Twist (Ilfracombe) 52 6 4 8 0 0 0 0 7016 15 Keith Brewer (Poole) 52 6 4 6 0 0 0 0 6817 25 Neil Toms (Cheshunt) 52 4 4 8 0 0 0 0 6818 16 Russell Burgess (Weston-super-Mare) 52 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 6419 19 Jordan Church (Sittingbourne) 52 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 6420 18 Kevin Barton (Leeds) 46 2 8 6 0 0 0 0 6221 29 Wayne Smith (Nr.Welshpool) 42 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 5622 34 James Croxton (Newcatle-u-Lyme) 46 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 5623 21 Andy MacDonald (Liverpool) 46 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 5424 17 Derek Murphy (Bristol) 44 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 5225 26 Clint I'Anson (Chilwell) 38 4 2 8 0 0 0 0 5226 23 Ian Hubbard (Queensborough) 42 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 5027 24 Martin Hazell (Doncaster) 38 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 4828 27 Liam Farrell (Coventry) 38 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 4829 28 Steve Munro (Manchester) 36 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 4830 30 Steven Kane (Halstead) 36 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 4831 33 Jez Graham (Plymouth) 34 2 6 2 0 0 0 4432 36 Mark Thrussell (Cheshunt) 34 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 4433 37 Warren Hodgson (Wallasey) 32 2 2 4 0 0 0 4034 31 Michael Peel (South Shields) 34 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3835 32 Partab Singh (Bristol) 28 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 3636 38 Ben Swinnerton (Sutton Coldfield) 24 2 2 4 0 0 0 3237 35 Nathan Bridges (Accrington) 20 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 2838 39 Daryl Lovegrove (Weston-Super-Mare) 18 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2239 40 Andy Jones (Malvern) 12 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 2040 22 Mick Hill (Dudley) 0 10 0 4 0 0 0 0 1441 New Oly Bale (Bridgewater) 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 1042 New Karl Sutton (Lowestoft) 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 843 New Peter Mullaney (Norwich) 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 644 New Ryan Craig (N.Ireland) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 445 New Antony Doble (Portishead) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 446 New John Roe (Peterborough) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 447 New Geoff Campbell (Cramlington) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 248 New Matthew Cooledge (Holland-On-Sea) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 249 New Jamie Graham (Leigham) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 250 New Craig Marsh (Swansea) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 251 New David McQuillan (Newtownbutler) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 252 New Jordan Shepherd (Ilford) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 253 New Steve Sears (Atherstone) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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2011 FINAL QUALIFIERS – VENUESGreenbaize Stockton on Tees Stuart Green 07810-201754Players Pool Lounge Newcastle-U-Lyme Lee Kendall 01782-660246Phoenix Cue Sports Eastwood, Notts. Steve Lally 01773-760459Club 147 Leicester Steve Robertshaw 07738-110103West Midlands P & S West Midlands Jarnail Singh 07932-787333

Ware, Herts Neil Toms 07811-111855Dishers Pool Club Crewe Dave Preece 07787-864860JFK’s Peckam, London Gerry Tickell 0207-277-7733Mr Pools Colchester John Daking 01206-828000Jordans Pool Lounge Rainham, Kent Jordan Church 01634-373147Morley International Leeds Dave Hill 0113-252-3351Chatham P & S Club Kent Chris Hearnden 07930-390803J.J.’S Pool Club Liverpool J.J. Faul 07503-503210S. Hendry Pool Club Preston Maria Cahill 07876-244432

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INTERNATIONAL POOL TOUR - YEAR 2011PROGRAMME OF EVENTS

EVENT TITLE VENUE DATE

International Tour 1 Imperial Hotel, Blackpool 4th - 6th FebruaryProfessional Cup 4th - 6th February

International Tour 2 Hinckley Island Hotel 22nd - 25th April

BARCELO FESTIVAL OF POOLU.K. Professional Challenge Hinckley Island Hotel 22nd - 23rd AprilBarcelo Individual Open Hinckley Island Hotel 23rd - 24th AprilBarcelo 3 Man Team Classic Hinckley Island Hotel 24th - 25th April

International Tour 3 Barcelo Daventry Hotel 27th - 30th MayInternational Masters Barcelo Daventry Hotel 27th - 28th May

World Championships Imperial Hotel, Blackpool 25th June To 5th July

World Masters. Imperial Hotel, Blackpool 2nd - 3rd July

International Tour 4 Hinckley Island Hotel 26th - 29th AugustEuropean Professional Hinckley Island Hotel 26th - 27th August

International Tour 5 Barcelo Harrogate Hotel 30th SeptemberProfessional Trophy Barcelo Harrogate Hotel 30th - 2nd October

International Tour 6 Barcelo Daventry Hotel 28th/30th OctoberVauxhall Grand Prix Barcelo Daventry Hotel 28th - 30th October

European Pool Club Finals Oct. - Nov. 2011

PROVISIONAL DATES FOR FINALS OF PROFESSIONAL EVENTS(Subject to confirmation)

Vauxhall Grand Prix Vauxhall Holiday Park May-11 Golden Cue WeekendProfessional Cup End Aug. At Tour 4Professional Challenge End Sept. At Tour 5International Masters Oct.-11 K.O. Cup At VauxhallEuropean Professional End Oct. At Tour 6Professional Trophy To Be Decided.

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