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INTRODUCTIONS

The WDBS has been set up under the auspices of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, with guidance from the English Federation of Disability Sport.

A not for profit organisation. All money received and made by WDBS is put back into running tournaments and growing grass projects for people with a disability

THERE ARE 9.4 MILLION DISABLED PEOPLE IN ENGLAND, ACCOUNTING FOR 18 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION CENSUS – 2011

World Disability Billiards and Snooker is a subsidiary company of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. It works closely alongside WPBSA’s other companies World Billiards and World Ladies Billiards and Snooker to promote and support each other activities The WDBS is also a member of the English Partnership for Snooker and Billiards that is looking to increase participation in snooker through community projects and improved facilities

PART OF THE WPBSA FAMILY

CLASSIFICATIONS

WDBS provides tournaments for 8 different classification groups which are made up of 37 profile groups.

Providing an opportunity for nearly all disabilities WDBS is able to reach all areas of society. Tournaments are normally spilt between physical, intellectual and sensory disabilities.

Each tournament is preceded with open day which is open for people with any disabilities to come try snooker and receive free WPBSA World Snooker coaching

CURRENT MEDIA EXPOSURE

LOCAL RADIO

NATIONAL TV

REGIONAL NEWS

REGIONAL PRESS

LINKS TO WORLD SNOOKER

DISABILITY DAY AT THE WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIPS

WEBSITE ARTICLES

TWITTER AND FACEBOOK SUPPORT

SOCIAL MEDIA

www.facebook.com/WDBS1@WDBSofficial

WWW.WDBS.INFO

WDBS CALENDAR

MARCH 2017 WDBS MANCHESTER CLASSIC

MAY 2017 WDBS DERBY OPEN

SEPTEMBER 2017 WDBS OPEN DISABILTY SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP

NOVEMBER 2017 WDBS HULL OPEN

FURTHER EUROPEAN EVENTS TO BE CONFIRMED FOR 2017

PARALYMPIC AMBITIONS

WDBS as part of the WPBSA has aspirations to take its rightful place as one of the world’s great sports on the Olympic and Paralympic programme. There can be no question of its importance as a global sport. There are around 110 countries with national governing bodies and competitive snooker is watched on television in at least 90 countries, exceeding many sports which are already on the programme.

Many sports receive significant funding from governments around the world for development work and to gain Olympic medals. The WPBSA’s push is for snooker to be treated on an equal footing with other sports around the world.

The WPBSA is part of the World Confederation of Billiards Sports (WCBS), an umbrella organisation to bring together all billiard sports around the world. It is likely that a successful bid would include not only snooker but pool and three cushion billiards.

POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITES ON:

• HEADLINE SPONSORS – TOURNAMENT NAMING

• T-SHIRT LOGOS

• VENUE BRANDING/EXHITIBTION SPACE

• OFFICIAL PARTNERSHIPS

• COMMUNITY PROJECTS

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT :

CHRIS.HORNBY@WPBSA.COM0117 317 8204

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES