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Contents2. Men’s Top seed
Gareth Hibbott
3. Sponsor’s Message
4. Men’s and Ladies’Roll of Honour
5. Message from theWorld Eight-BallPool Federation
6. Defending Men’s teamchampions Ireland
7. Men’s and Ladies’Championship Programme
8-9. World Men’s SeedsOne to Eight
10-11. Men’s IndividualDraw & Schedules
12-13. Preview of Men’sindividual contenders
14-15. Men’s team fixtures
16-21. Men’s teaminformation
22. Ladies’ defending ChampionEmma Cunningham
23. World Ladies SeedsOne to Four
24-25. Ladies IndividualDraw & Schedules
26-27. Preview of Ladies’individual contenders
28-29. Ladies’ team fixtures
31. Under 21 fixtures
33. Wheelchair WorldChampionship fixtures
35. Over 50’s Championshipfixtures
37. Junior & Over 50’sChampions
38. Junior Championship
39. Junior ChampionshipProgramme & Roll of Honour
40-41. Junior IndividualDraw & Schedules
42-43. Junior team fixtures
44. Junior ChampionFrank Costello
Sky SPORTS Broadcasting TimesMEN’S TEAM FINAL 11:00am WEDNESDAY 4th JULY
LADIES SINGLES FINAL 2:00pm WEDNESDAY 4th JULY
MEN’S SINGLES FINAL 6:00pm WEDNESDAY 4th JULY
MEN’S SINGLES
1ST SEMI-FINAL 1:00pm TUESDAY 3rd JULY
2ND SEMI-FINAL 3:30pm TUESDAY 3rd JULY
MEN’S TEAM
1ST SEMI-FINAL 6:00pm TUESDAY 3rd JULY
2ND SEMI-FINAL 9:00pm TUESDAY 3rd JULY
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2012 Mens World 8 Ball Pool Top Seed
Gareth Hibbott
Welcome to theBarceló Hotels & ResortsWorld Pool Championships
Blackpool once again plays host to the world’s premier eight-ball pool event andI am delighted to welcome you here to the World Pool Championships, which forthe first time is proudly sponsored by Barceló Hotels & Resorts, a privatelyowned Spanish group, managing over 185 hotels across 17 countries and 4continents.
We have hosted this event at the Blackpool Imperial Hotel for the last five yearsand have developed a long and fruitful relationship with the sport of Pool whichis undoubtedly one of the most popular in the country.
This year’s event, like those that have gone before, has been organised by thehost country’s English Pool Association on behalf of the world governing body,the World Eightball Pool Federation, and I would like to thank both theseorganisations for their continued commitment and support.
This event is set to be the most exciting yet, with the Sky Sports cameras totelevise the later stages of the event, which will ensure those who will not behere in Blackpool have the same opportunity to enjoy all the action and excite-ment of the No 1 event in Pool – Barceló Hotels & Resorts World Eightball PoolChampionships.
Nick TestaGeneral Manager,Blackpool Imperial Hotel
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Ro l l o fhonour2011Mens IndividualADAM DAVIS (England)
Ladies IndividualEMMA CUNINGHAM (N. Ireland)
Mens Team Ladies TeamIRELAND ENGLAND
2010Mick Hill & Sue Thompson
Mens Team Ladies TeamENGLAND WALES
2009Phil Harrison & Sue Thompson
Mens Team Ladies TeamENGLAND ENGLAND
2008Gareth Potts & Lynette Horsburgh
Mens Team Ladies TeamENGLAND ENGLAND
2007Gareth Potts & Sue Thompson
Mens Team Ladies TeamENGLAND AUSTRALIA
2006Mark Selby & Sue Thompson
Mens Team Ladies TeamIRELAND FRANCE
2005Gareth Potts & Emma Cunningham
Mens Team Ladies TeamENGLAND SCOTLAND
2004Mick Hill & Sue Thompson
Mens Team Ladies TeamENGLAND ENGLAND
2003Chris Melling & Sue Thompson
Mens Team Ladies TeamENGLAND ENGLAND
2002Jason Twist & Sue Thompson
Mens Team Ladies TeamWALES ENGLAND
Current Ladies World Team Champions
ENGLAND
Current Under 21’s World Team Champions
MALTA
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Joe Fanto
President
World Eightball Pool Federation
To all competitors, officials,
administrators and
spectators, I invite you to
enjoy the World Eight-ball
Pool Championships in
Blackpool England 2012.
On behalf of the World Eight-ball Pool Federation and the Executivecommittee it is my pleasure and honour to welcome you all to the2012 World Eight-ball Pool Championships, with special welcome toall of you attending for the first time.
I am very proud to announce these are the 20th World Eight-ballPool Championships, and we are grateful to be associated with ourmain sponsor this year, The Barcelo Group of Hotels & Resorts.
We thank the Barcelo team for their financial support andprofessional approach to working with us to ensure the continuedsuccess of these Championships.
These Championships are made possible by the special contributionof some dedicated people and sponsors, I take this opportunity toacknowledge and thank the following:-
Our hosts the English Pool Association committee and championshipmanagement team, lead by Chairman Geoff Wilson, TournamentDirector Alan Benton and the great support which has continued for20 years since the start of these championships in 1992, Mr GeorgeHarwood.
The English Pool Referees led by Senior Referee John Hope, andspecial mention to the visiting international referees.
They all play a very important role to adjudicate and promote thetrue spirit of the game.
We thank Eight-Ball Pool Associations of our member countries foryour promotion of the game throughout the year in your respectivecountries and the support you give these Championships.
This year these Championships will again be televised to millionsaround the world. During difficult economic times we thankSKYSPORTS for providing an achievable budget to make it possibleand Simon Golding of SGTV who will be recording.
Supreme, providers of the Supreme Pool Tables, Strachan providersof the official cloth, and Aramith for providing the Belgium billiardballs used at these Championships.
I extend our best wishes for an inspirational performance to allcompetitors and congratulate you on your achievement to be here.
To all competitors, officials, administrators and spectators, I inviteyou to enjoy, The Barcelo Hotel and Resorts World Eight-ball PoolChampionships 2012 in Blackpool England.
President’s message from the
World EightballPool Federation
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Current Men’s team World Champions
Ireland
Championship ProgrammeMen’s Programme
SUNDAY 24th JUNE12 noon Opening Ceremony2:30pm Men’s Team Championship Session 15:00pm Men’s Team Championship Session 27:30pm Men’s Team Championship Session 3
MONDAY 25th JUNE9:30am Men’s Team Championship Session 412noon Men’s Team Championship Session 52:30pm Men’s Team Championship Session 66:00pm Men’s Team Championship Session 79:00pm Men’s Team Championship Session 8
TUESDAY 26th JUNE10:00am Men’s Team Championship Session 912:30pm Men’s Team Championship Session 103:00pm Men’s Team Championship Session 115:30pm Men’s pre-lim Individuals Pre-lim7:00pm Men’s Qualifiers Round 18:30pm Men’s Qualifiers Round 110:00pm Men’s Qualifiers Round 1
WEDNESDAY 27th JUNE9:00am Men’s Qualifiers Round 110:30am Men’s Qualifiers Round 110:30am Men’s Qualifiers Round 212 noon Men’s Qualifiers Round 22:00pm Men’s Qualifiers Round 24:00pm Men’s Qualifiers Round 26:00pm Men’s Qualifiers Round 26:00pm Men’s Qualifiers Round 38:00pm Men’s Qualifiers Round 310:00pm Qualifers Draw for last
64 Mens Individuals (28 to draw)
THURSDAY 28th JUNE9:30am Men’s Individuals 4th Round11.00am Men’s Individuals 4th Round1:00pm Men’s Individuals 4th Round3:00pm Men’s Individuals Last 325:00pm Men’s Individuals Last 329:00pm Men’s Individuals Last 16
FRIDAY 29th JUNE9:30am Men’s Team Championship Session 1212 noon Men’s Team Championship Session 132:30pm Men’s Team Championship Session 145:00pm Men’s Individuals Quarter’s
WORLD MASTERS TAKES PLACE ON FRIDAY 29th,SATURDAY 30th JUNE & SUNDAY 1st JULY
MONDAY 2nd JULYAll further games in Washington Suite9:30am Men’s Team Championship Session 1512 noon Men’s Team Championship Session 162:30pm Men’s Team Championship Session 175:00pm World Masters Plate Final5:00pm World Pool Masters Final8:00pm Team Play-Offs
Final Pos. (3 x 6) and (4 x 5)
Ladies Programme
SUNDAY 24th JUNE12 noon Opening Ceremony2:30pm Ladies Team Championship Session 15:00pm Ladies Team Championship Session 27:30pm Ladies Individuals 1st Round9:30pm Ladies Individuals 1st Round
MONDAY 25th JUNE10:00am Ladies Team Championship Session 31:00pm Ladies Individuals Last 324:00pm Ladies Individuals Last 327:00pm Ladies Team Championship Session 4
TUESDAY 26th JUNE10:00am Ladies Team Championship Session 512:30pm Ladies Team Championship Session 63:00pm Ladies Team Championship Session 7
THURSDAY 28th JUNE12 noon Ladies Team Championship Session 83:00pm Ladies Team Championship Session 96:00pm Ladies Team Championship Session 109:00pm Ladies Individuals Last 16
FRIDAY 29th JUNE10:00am Ladies Individuals Last 162:30pm Ladies Individuals Quarters
SATURDAY 30th JUNE7.30pm Ladies World Masters Last 649.00pm Ladies World Masters Last 64
SUNDAY 1st JULY11:30am Ladies World Masters Last 322:30pm Ladies World Masters Last 166:00pm Ladies World Masters Quarters8:00pm Ladies World Masters Semi’s10:00pm Ladies World Masters Final
MONDAY 2nd JULYAll further games in Washington Suite
10:00am Ladies Team Semi-Finals Semi’s(1 v 4) (2 v 3)
3:00pm Ladies Individuals Semi’s8:00pm Ladies Team Final Final
WEDNESDAY 4th JULY2:00pm Ladies Individuals Final
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Sky SportsBroadcasting
Times
MEN’SSINGLES
1ST SEMI-FINAL1:00PM
TUESDAY 3rd JULY
2ND SEMI-FINAL3:30PM
TUESDAY 3rd JULY
MEN’STEAM
1ST SEMI-FINAL6:00PM
TUESDAY 3rd JULY
2ND SEMI-FINAL9:00PM
TUESDAY 3rd JULY
MEN’STEAMFINAL11:00AM
WEDNESDAY 4th JULY
LADIESSINGLESFINAL2:00PM
WEDNESDAY 4th JULY
MEN’SSINGLESFINAL6:00PM
WEDNESDAY 4th JULY
Seeds forthe World
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Name: Gareth HibbottSeed: OneDate Of Birth: July 12, 1969
HONOURS:2010 European singles champion, four timerunner-up in pro tournaments, Champion ofChampions winner, twice. Sixth time at the WorldChampionships and 4 times winner of the team event.
WHO AM I?:Work as landscape gardner in Southport and have along term girlfriend and two stepchildren. Like mostsports especially football and golf.
Born: SouthportLives: SouthportNickname:
Play snooker to a high level having won plenty ofgood amateur events. Also decent at darts winninglocal town singles last year.
Looking to play as well as I can at WorldChampionships and hopefully that takes me a longway in the tournament.
Like to unwind with a drink at the events as mostpeople on the Tour would tell you!!
Name: Darren MatthewSeed: TwoDate Of Birth: June 6, 1985
HONOURS:Three times WEPF World Junior champion (2001,2002, 2003), European Championship runner-up,Scottish Open, Scottish Masters and ScottishNational singles champion. Been at every eventsince 2000 except 2004
WHO AM I?:Been playing pool since I was 10 or 11; first started
Born: AberdeenLives: AberdeenNickname: Daz
going to Leisureland in Aberdeen with my schoolpals.It's still a hobby; a serious one. Also enjoyfootball - supporting Aberdeen - and playing golf. Myhandicap is about 16. Would love to get qualify forTV stages again and hope to do better this time.Probably should have better World Championshiprecord than I have got at moment.
Name: Lee AndersonSeed: ThreeDate Of Birth: October 9, 1979
HONOURS:Playing in the 2011 WEPF World Championships,qualifying at first attempt. Won a total of 17matches from start to the finish in the quarter-finals. Along the way beat Rob Chilton and MarcFarnsworth in the last 32 and last 16 respectively.Other honours include Blackpool and Fylde PoolLeague singles title three times in four years. This ishis second attempt at the World Championship.
Born: PlymouthLives: BlackpoolNickname: Asbo!
WHO AM I?:From being a relative unknown, playing my pool inthe Blackpool and Fylde League to become a seededcontender at the World Championships is hard tobelieve. However, I won the Liverpool Open and theIPA UK Amateur Championship title in recentmonths. So, I am confident going into thetournament, especially as it's held in my adoptedhome town.
Name: Avtar SinghSeed: FourDate Of Birth: October 25, 1977
HONOURS: Getting to quarter finals of the WorldsChampionships last year and beating double formerworld champion, Jason Twist, 8-2 in the last 16.
WHO AM I?:After a great run in last year's championships, theaim for 2012 is to bring back the World title toBristol and the West Country.Alongside my passion for pool, I also work as asecurity control guard’ for IKEA Bristol. It's a job Ithoroughly enjoy with the daily challenges, surprisesand last, but not least, the banter with the boys!
Born: BristolLives: BristolNickname: Avi
I’d describe myself as down to earth, calm and anoutgoing personality. I’m married to a beautiful wifewith two wonderful children, and when I’m notplaying I’m a dedicated family man. "Throughouttime, I’ve always enjoyed my sport. From being acrazy Liverpool fan to a collective competitor on thetable, I’ve always been a firm competitor with anever die attitude.
Championships 2012
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Name: Maverick ZammitSeed: FiveDate Of Birth: October 8 1990
OTHER HONOURS:(This will include your best and most satisfyingwins): 2011: Last 16 of WEPF men's singles; 2011:World Under 21 team winner; Maltese Nationalchampion.
WHO AM I?:Single but married to pool. Current Maltesechampion and played in this year's EuropeanChampionships in Ireland.
Born: MaltaLives: Marsa, MaltaNickname: TA’ LELA
The latter tournament provided me with one ofmy career highlights, beating three-time worldchampion, Gareth Potts.
Would love to replicate that kind of performance atWorld Championships and qualify for the televisionstages. Away from pool, Maverick loves his football;particularly Juventus and Italy.
Name: Oly BaleSeed: SixDate Of Birth: October 4, 1969
HONOURS:2006 European men's singles champion; twiceGangsters Tour champion and World Black Ball semifinalist, 2011 European Men's Team champions.This will be his seventh time at the WorldChampionships
WHO AM I?:I have been playing pool since the age of nine.Married to Clair with children; Jessica and Quinton.
Born: TauntonLives: Othery, SomersetNickname: 'The Bullet'
My main occupation at present is network marketingbut also general building works.Other interests include: football, snooker andAmerican 9-Ball Pool.Regarding the current championships, my aim is tohave an outright win in the singles and be amember of the 'SUCCESSFUL' Welsh Team!.Reckoned to be best one handed pool player in theworld. Managed seven breaks and finishes playingin this manner. Used to be useful snooker player andmade a break of 107 at the age of nine!
Name: Neil TomsSeed: SevenDate Of Birth: July 13, 1967
HONOURS:Winning the World Team Championships on threeoccasions. Also reached the last 16 twice in themen’s singles, losing to Phil Harrison on bothoccasions. 5 times Somerset singles champion andseven times at the World Championships
WHO AM I?:I have been married to Debbie for 22 years and wehave two wonderful children Danielle (18) and Adam(15). I have played pool since I was 14-years-old,
Born: DunstableLives: BroxbourneNickname: ‘The Rat’
and I am pleased to say my son and daughter nowboth enjoy playing pool as well!In September 2010, I was fortunate enough to beable to open my own pool club, My nickname whenI was younger was ‘The Rat’, so I named my club,Rat Pack Pool Club. “I enjoy playing other sportssuch as golf and snooker. And I have also been suc-cessful in running the Hertfordshire Pool Tour for thelast seven years.
Name: Russell BurgessSeed: EightDate Of Birth: March 6, 1962
HONOURS:2010 European Team Championships with Wales,2012 Belgian International Open champion, 2012qualifying for Wales. 5 Times Welsh Tour winner.Played at every World Championships since 2003.
WHO AM I?:I have just reached the ripe old age of 50 and I amlooking forward to playing in the over 50’s division inthe next few years.And I am especially relishing playing in the comingWEPF World Championships in my 10th year as a
Born: Portishead, Near BristolLives: Weston-super-MareNickname: Tin Man
Welsh international.Us Welshmen haven’t won the men's world titlesince 2002 so hoping this year to change that. Andwhile the team event is very important to me I feelvery honoured to have a top eight seeded spot atthis year’s individual event.I am married with six children and currently self em-ployed working in I.T.Previously I played as a professional snooker playerbefore owning a snooker, pool and night club. I still(just about) manage to play five-a-side football andlike to play tennis when I get chance.
First Round (Best of 15) Last 32 (Best of 15)
Last 16 (Best of 15)Thur 28th June - 3.00pm
Thursday28th
June-9.30am
Thursday28th
June-11.30am
Thurs
28th
June-1.00pm
Thur 28th June - 5.00pm
Thur 28th June - 9.00pScore
Score
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1 GARETH HIBBOTT (S1) V PRELIM 1
2 WAYNE SMITH (WAL) V PRELIM 2
3 JOHN ROE (ENG) V PRELIM 3
4 PAT McCARRON (SCO) V PRELIM 4
5 HITEL PATEL (IND) V JACOBUS LE ROUX (SA)
6 ROB McKAY (WI) V PRELIM 5
7 ALAN BROWN (AUS) V PRELIM 6
8 RUSSELL BURGESS (S8) V PRELIM 7
9 MAVERICK ZAMMIT (S5) V PRELIM 8
10 ROBERT BRADY (IRE) V PRELIM 9
11 KEVIN MERCIECA (MAL) V PRELIM 10
12 TOM COUSINS (WAL) V K1
13 TOM PRICE (WAL) V PRELIM 11
14 JORDAN CHURCH (ENG) V PRELIM 12
15 NIGEL CRAIG (NI) V PRELIM 13
16 AVTAR SINGH (S4) V PRELIM 14
17 LEE ANDERSON (S3) V PRELIM 15
18 ALAN McBENNETT (IRE) V PRELIM 16
19 VIDESH SABHARWAL (IND) V PRELIM 17
20 DEAN WELSH (AUS) V PRELIM 18
21 JON BUSHNELL (WAL) V U1
22 ALEX CAMILLERI (MAL) V PRELIM 19
23 BENOIT DUMEZ (FRA) V PRELIM 20
24 OLY BALE (S6) V PRELIM 21
25 NEIL TOMS (S7) V PRELIM 22
26 LEE KENDALL (ENG) V PRELIM 23
27 THOMAS MORROW (NI) V WORLD (LAST 64 QUAL.)
28 RAB WARRANDER (SCO) V PRELIM 24
29 SEAN HOEY (IRE) V PRELIM 25
30 ROGER CHARLES (WI) V PRELIM 26
31 JOHN "RUSTY" WHEELER (AUS) V PRELIM 27
32 DARREN MATTHEW (S2) V PRELIM 28
Quarter-finals(Best of 17)
Semi-finals(Best of 19)
FINAL(Best of 21)
pm
Fri 29th June - 5.00pm
Fri 29th June - 5.00pm
Fri 29th June - 5.00pm
Fri 29th June - 5.00pm
Tues 3rd July - 1.00pm
Tues 3rd July - 3.30pm
Wed 4th July - 6.00pm
TOTAL PRIZE FUND OF
£17,500
WINNER £6,000RUNNER-UP £2,500LOSING SEMIS £1,500LOSING QTRS £700LAST 16 £400
Men’s IndividualChampionships
2012
Number One Seed
GARETH HIBBOTT
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Other Chamcon
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The 2012 World 8-Ball PoolFederation Championshipspromise to be the most openworld tournament for anumber of years.
It is virtually impossible tonominate a red hot favouritefor the men’s singles titlethough the 20th anniversaryof these prestigiouschampionships will see a newname on the trophy.
That’s in part to the absence ofsome familiar names that havegraced the event down thedecades. But it’s also due tothe strength of the sport, notonly in the UK but throughoutthe globe.In addition to the top eightseeds, there’s scope foranother 10 or 12 players to liftthe trophy this week.
Australia nearly had their firstsingles champion in 12 yearsat the 2011 gathering as BenNunan reached the semi-finals.Sadly, Nunan hasn’t travelledwith the ‘Green and Golds’ thistime.
However, in John “Rusty”Wheeler - making his third ap-pearance on the Fylde Coast-Australia have a player whocould become the first winnerfrom Down Under since maver-ick Quinten Hann in 1999.The Aussies’ formidable squadalso includes Mick Delahunty,one of the all-time greats ofthe game, but still competingat the top of his sport.Closer to home there is
England skipper Lee Kendall,likely to be the only cue man tohave featured at every WorldChampionship. The Stokepotter has captured 10 teamtitles during his long career butunfortunately just missed outon the ‘big one.’However, he is a for merfinalist-losing to Irishman GregFarren-and even though wellinto the veteran stage, will beone of the favourites in manypeoples’ eyes.
Kendall currently tops the UKTour Premier League standingand with a Tour win under hisbelt already this season, he isenjoying some of the best formof his life.
England also boast two othermajor contenders for the titleand unlike Kendall (sorry, Lee)they are part of a new wave ofpotting aces. The first name tolook out for is Jack Pople, freshfrom his European title successin Dublin earlier this year.
Pople’s list of victims included:former World Masters winnerBen Flack, Thomas Morrow andMalta’s Clint Azzopardi.
The other home grown talent isa name that’s difficult to forgetand not that easy to get yourtongue round! So step forwardGuiseppe D’Imperio.We reckon sooner or laterGuiseppe will be worldchampion, perhaps even thisyear. Still part of the Under21’s squad, he is one of themost impressive newcomer the
NAMING RIGHTS FOR MEN’S SINGLES TROPHY UP FOR GRABS
Tom Cousins
Lee Kendall
PAT McCARRON
JOHN “RUSTY” WHEELER
pionshipntenders
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men’sgame has seen in many years.The new European under 21champion swept all beforehim in Dublin defeating LeeShepherd 7-4 in the final.For good measure he disposedof current World Under 21champion Ashley Radford inthe quarter-finals as well asanother star of the future,Ireland’s Adam McMackin, inthe semis.
Ju s t f o r good measu re ,Guiseppe also won all 18 of hisframes in the team event.Indeed, his only defeat inthe entire tournament cameagainst Flack in the last eightof the main event.
The Welsh provide two of thetop eight seeds in Oly Bale andRussell Burgess. But they alsocan call on Tom Cousins, keento make an impact on thebiggest stage of them all.Cousins has won several majorprofessional t it les and iscertainly one to put yourmoney on for the title, it iswell within his reach this year.
The highlight of the past yearhas been the re-emergence ofScotland as a world force.Disappointed by their perform-ances at the European Cham-pionships, they have a firstclass team competing at theWorlds with an array of talent.Martin McIntosh is always athreat when anywhere near histop form and the word is thathe is playing really well in do-mestic pool.
However, the main threatmight just come from Pat
McCarron; no stranger towinning events with both theWorld Junior and World Under21 world titles to his credit.Aberdonian Pat is Nationalteam captain and the newsfrom north of the border is thatthey are expecting to see himin the TV stages.Previous semi-finalist RobMcKay is another contendervery capable of again appear-ing in the televised stages ofthe Sky Sports broadcast.Another contender is NorthernIreland’s Nigel Craig who wasin the 2009 World team. Hereturns to this year’s eventafter a two year absence.And what about the guys fromIreland? They might not bedoing too well recently in theindividual events but they arethe current European andWorld team winners.
All their players have proventhey can compete and win atthe very highest level. Per-haps, it will be an Irish nameon the cup for 2012?.Such is the cosmopolitannature of the championshipsthis year, we might just get asurprise from one of theAfrican contingent.Players from Uganda, Kenyaand Morocco will be verymuch of unknown quantity atthe Championships. But will wesee one of them rise to theoccasion at the 2012 Worldevent?It promises to be a fascinating10 days of competition with anelement of surprise guaranteedat every turn. Place your betson the identity of the newchampion.
GUISEPPE D’IMPERIO
ROB McKAY
JACK POPLE
NIGEL CRAIG
Men’s
World
Team
Championsh
ips
SUNDAY24th
JUNE
2:30pm
Session
1Game1
Game2
Game3
GAME4
GAME5
Ireland
Australia
Kenya
Malta
India
England
Africa
Wales
WestIndies
SouthAfrica
5:00pm
Session
2GAME6
GAME7
GAME8
GAME9
GAME10
N.Ireland
Africa
Wales
WestIndies
SouthAfrica
Scotland
Ireland
France
Kenya
Malta
7:30pm
Session
3GAME11
GAME12
GAME13
GAME14
Scotland
England
Australia
France
India
N.Ireland
Wales
WestIndies
MONDAY25th
JUNE
9:30am
Session
4GAME15
GAME16
GAME17
GAME18
GAME19
Kenya
Malta
India
Africa
Wales
SouthAfrica
Scotland
N.Ireland
England
Ireland
12:00pmSession
5GAME20
GAME21
GAME22
WestIndies
SouthAfrica
Scotland
Australia
France
Kenya
2:30pm
Session
6GAME23
GAME24
GAME25
N.Ireland
England
Ireland
Malta
India
WestIndies
6:00pm
Session
7GAME26
GAME27
GAME28
GAME29
Australia
France
Kenya
Malta
SouthAfrica
Scotland
N.Ireland
India
9:00pm
Session
8Game30
Game31
Game32
GAME33
GAME34
Africa
SouthAfrica
England
N.Ireland
India
Wales
Ireland
Australia
France
Kenya
FIXTURES
TOURNAMENT
DIR
ECTOR:
AlanBento
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TOURNAMENT
REFE
REES
SeniorRefere
e:
JohnHope
(England)
Refere
es
Eduard
Roder(S
outh
Africa)
Hendry
Era
smus(S
outh
Africa)
Domanic
Chiu
(England)
Paula
Landers
(England)
SkySportsRefere
es:
ChristineRobbins
Richard
Rhodes
TUESDAY26th
JUNE
10:00am
Session
9GAME35
GAME36
GAME37
GAME38
GAME39
England
WestIndies
Ireland
Australia
France
Malta
Africa
Scotland
N.Ireland
India
12:30pm
Session
10GAME40
GAME41
GAME42
GAME43
GAME44
Kenya
Africa
Wales
N.Ireland
India
Malta
SouthAfrica
England
Ireland
Australia
3:00pm
Session
11GAME45
GAME46
GAME47
GAME48
GAME49
Malta
England
Scotland
WestIndies
Ireland
France
Kenya
Africa
Wales
India
FRID
AY29th
JUNE
9:30am
Session
12GAME50
GAME51
GAME52
GAME53
GAME54
Australia
France
Africa
Wales
WestIndies
Malta
Kenya
N.Ireland
SouthAfrica
Scotland
12:00pm
Session
13GAME55
GAME56
GAME57
GAME58
GAME59
Malta
Kenya
England
India
SouthAfrica
Ireland
Australia
France
Africa
WestIndies
2:30pm
Session
14GAME60
GAME61
GAME62
GAME63
GAME64
Scotland
Ireland
Australia
Africa
WestIndies
Wales
Kenya
France
Malta
England
MONDAY2ndJU
LY9:30am
Session
15GAME65
GAME66
GAME67
GAME68
GAME69
Wales
SouthAfrica
France
Scotland
Kenya
N.Ireland
England
Ireland
Australia
Africa
12:00pm
Session
16GAME70
GAME71
GAME72
GAME74
India
N.Ireland
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
WestIndies
SouthAfrica
Australia
2:30pm
Session
17GAME74
GAME75
GAME76
GAME77
GAME78
Africa
Wales
WestIndies
SouthAfrica
Scotland
France
Malta
India
N.Ireland
England
8:00pm
PLA
YOFF
(3v6and4v5)
TUESDAY3rd
JULY
6:00pm
1st
SEMIFI
NAL
9:00pm
2ndSEMIFI
NAL
WEDNESDAY4th
JULY
11:00am
FINAL
TELE
VIS
ED
MATCHES
Tuesday3rdJuly
6.00pm
1st
SemiFinal
9.00pm
2ndSemiFinal
Wednesday
4thJuly
11.00am
WorldTeam
Championsh
ipFinal
2012WorldMen’s
Championsh
ipTeams
Steve
Mills
JackPople
DarrenPrice
GarethHibbott
NeilTom
s
Jordan
Church
John
Roe
AdamList
LeeKendall
ChrisForsyth
MarcusJackson
MickDelahunty
AUSTRALI
A
JOHN
"RUSTY"W
HEELE
RALA
NBROW
NDEAN
WELS
HCHRIS
FORSYTH
MIC
KDELA
HUNTY
ADAM
LIST
MARCUSJA
CKSON
DANEBEETON
ENGLA
ND
GARETH
HIB
BOTT
NEIL
TOMS
LEEKENDALL
JOHN
ROE
JORDAN
CHURCH
JACK
POPLE
KARLSUTTON
CHRIS
GIL
LDARREN
PRIC
EGRAHAM
BERRUTTO
WithEightoflastyear’ssquadwho
reachedthefinalonly
tolose
8-5toaverycompetentIrelandteam
,England
areagainlookingaformidableteam
andwillbe
oneof
thefavoritesforthetitle.
ChrisGill,Jack
Popleand
DarrenPricehave
settledinto
theteam
,as
anew
generation
comes
offtheassemblylineof
topclass
Englandplayers.In
fact,Popleproved
hismaturityby
taking
theEuropeanindividual
titlein
Dublin,andis
undoubtedlyaworldclassperformer.
Team
isfullofexperiencedtoplevelplayersincludingthe
Num
beroneseed
GarethHibbottandformerfinalistLee
Kendalltheteam
captain,
bothofwhomarecapableof
becomingWorldIndividualcham
pion
thisyear.John
Roe
andNeilTomsandex
worldjunior
cham
pion
Jordan
Churchareseeded
players,withalotofinternational
levelgam
esundertheirbelt.Newcomerstotheteam
are
KarlSuttonandGrahamBerrutto.
ManagerSteve
Millsislookingtogainhisfirsttitlesince
takingcharge,andwhilst
there
willbeexcellent
opposition
inthecham
pionshipsthisyear,theEngland
squad,seeded
oneintheteam
sectionareverycapable
oftaking
thetitleinthe4thJulyfinal.
Noteasy
togetyour
bestsquadtothecham
pionships
whenyouhavea11,000
miletriptogettothevenueand
thishasalwaysbeen
adisadvantage
totheAussies.
However,whenyouhave
“PoolLegends”such
asJohn
RustyWheelerandMickDelahuntyinyourteam
,thereis
alwaysan
expectationthatyouwillbe
competing
forthe
title.
PaulHancock
GrahamBerrutto
KarlSutton
DeanWelsh
DaneBeeton
John
Wheeler
AlanBrown
RyanShaw
GuiseppeD’Imperio
KeithBrewer
Hiten
Patel
AvtarSingh
JJFaul
Ben
Nunan
isunabletomakethetripthistimeround,
which
isabigloss
tothecham
pionships,
particularly
afterhisbrillianttriptolastyearssemi-finalintheWorld
Individualcham
pionships.
AllAustralianteam
sarefor-
midableandthisyearssquadisagainseekingthetitle,
andthey
have
theplayerstotake
it.
AlanBrownandDeanWelsh
aretheseeded
players,
bothofwhomhave
been
infineform
overthepastyear.
Althoughtherestofthesquadarenewtotheworldset-
up,youcanexpecttheteam
tobe
inthelatterstagesof
thecompetition
anddon’tevertake
them
lightly,they
arealwaysoneofthefavouritestotake
thetitle.
INDIA
VID
ESH
SABHARW
AL
HIT
ELPATEL
VIK
ASSABHARW
AL
VIK
MAKH
LAKESH
GHADHAN
STAN
MAKH
SURIN
DER
SIN
GH
HARJE
ETSIN
GH
AVTAR
SIN
GH
VIJAYHANS
Withasemi-finalplaceatlastyear’scham
pionships,India
have
moved
upto5thintheworldrankings.They
area
team
who
have
thetalenttobe
atopFourcountryandit
wouldonlytake
placeinthefinaltomovethem
uptothe
verytoplevelofthesport.
They
have
averystrong
team
appearingatthecham
pi-
onshipsgiving
them
theexperience
andstabilitytobe
amongstthewinners.Hiten
PatelandVideshSharbawal
arethechosen
seeded
playersam
ongstasquadofplay-
erswho
areallcapableofcompeting
attheverytopof
WorldPool.AvtarSingh
isseeded
4thintheindividual
eventandalongwith6otheroflastyear’steam
,com-
pletes
thesquadwho
shouldbe
appearinginthelatter
stagesofthecompetition.
Withastrong
juniorsectiondeveloping
thecountryhave
thecapabilitytocontinue
asoneoftheleadingnationsin
theworldofPool.
Theteam
isstilldeveloping,with4oflastyearsteam
providingthatexperience
which
canonlybe
gained
byplayingregularlyatworldcham
pionshipslevel.
Intermsofplayersavailablewithinthecountryandthe
cuesportspedigree
oftheFrench
players,they
should
beattheverytopofthesport.Theteam
sperformance
atthe2012
Europeanswouldsuggestthatthissleeping
giantisstarting
tostir.
BenoitDum
ezistheseeded
player
forthecham
pi-
onships,supportedby
astrong
team
who
shoulddo
well
atthisyearsevent.
Withoutdoubtwewillsoon
seethereturnofFrance
totheirrightfulposition
attheverytopoftheWorldPool
rankings.
FRANCE
BENOIT
DUMEZ
TONYRIC
OLL
EAU
OLI
VIE
RROULL
ET
CHRIS
TOPHEJ.
QUAKNIN
E
DAVID
GONZALE
ZCARLO
SGARRID
OBENOIT
PIN
AUD
CHARLY
VERW
AERDE
ARNAUD
VIA
RD
ChrisGill
2012WorldMen’s
Championsh
ipTeams
Wayne
Bonnici
MaverickZam
mit
Rob
McKay
MichaelMapp
RogerCharles
DeanDaley
WESTIN
DIE
S
ROGER
CHARLE
SROBMCKAY
COLI
NCOTTERIL
LCHRIS
RECORD
MIC
HAELMAPP
DEAN
DALY
TONYBAIL
EY
BARRYHALS
TEAD
ROGER
GRIZ
ZEL
JOESMART
Anothercountrywho
arecreating
astrong
squadwith
mostoftheteam
appearinginlastyear’scham
pionships,
theWestIndiesaredeveloping
theirteam
forthefuture.
Rob
McKay,semi-finalistin2007,andRogerCharlesare
theseeded
players.
Thereisnowplentyofinternationallevelexperience
inthesquad,
withseveralof
this
year’steam
having
competedinthelastthreeyear’scham
pionships.
Roger
Charles
hasbeen
appointedcaptain,
andalong
withDeanDaley,ChrisRecordandMichaelMappare
someoftheestablishedinternationalsandhelpform
the
backbone
oftheteam
.Therestofthesquadwho
have
been
introduced
intotheinternationalscene
aregaining
theexperiencewhichwillenabletheteam
tocompeteat
theveryhighestlevelofinternationalPool.
Thissquadareverycapableofmovingup
theranking
tothelevelof
themoreestablishedPool
countries,
currentlyranked
8thintheworld
MALT
A
MAVERIC
KZAMMIT
MARIO
BRIN
CAT
KEVIN
MERCIE
CA
ALE
XCAMIL
LERI
CLA
YTON
CASTALD
ICHRIS
TMIL
LSCLI
NTAZZOPARDI
WAYNEBONNIC
I
Afterasemi-finalspotinthe2010
WorldChampionships,
theteam
arenowfirmlyestablishedinthetoplevelof
theworldrankings.Theyouthandunder21
policywhich
was
introduced
bythecountryiscertainlyshowing
throughtotheseniorranksandmakesMaltaoneofthe
favoritesforthisyearscham
pionships.
Last
year
was
adisappointmentfortheteam
,only
gainingaquarterfinalspot,which
inmostcountriesbe
agood
result,butMaltaexpecttheirteam
tobe
inthe
topfourofanyeventthey
enter.
MaverickZam
mitisoneofthetopeightseedsandisably
supportedby
severaltop
levelexperienced
campaigners
atWorldandEuropean
level.
Donotbe
surprisedifMaltaareinthefinal,they
are
alwayswellcapableoftaking
thetitleandthisyearisno
exceptionas
they
seek
tofollowon
theirsuccesswith
winning
theunder21
WorldChampionshipTrophy
last
year.
MarioBrincat
ClintAzzopardi
NigelCraig
KevinMercieca
DeclanHough
Crish
Reckord
Tony
Bailey
DavidMcQuillan
TommyDonlon
AlanMcBennett
JamieKitchen
KarlO'Donoghue
Afterthreeconsecutivequarterfinalsplacings,theteam
isholdingitsowninthetopeightranked
countriesofthe
world.Thereisanewbreedcomingintothenational
squadandthegood
timesareahead,
perhapsthisyear
isjusttoosoon
foramajorhonour,butitiscertainly
lookinggood
forthefuture.
Withtheprom
otionofsomeofthemem
bersfrom
the
2010
WorldUnder21
Championsintotheseniorranks,
thesquadisnowlookinglikethey
couldbe
contenders
forthelatterstagesofthecham
pionships.
Thesquadis
furtherstrengthened
bythereturn
ofTommyDonlon,
oneofthegreatsofthegameandThom
asMorrowa
semi-finalistintherecentEuropean
Championshipswho
isfastdeveloping
intooneofthetopplayersintheworld.
NigelCraig,ChrisAlexander
andGarathJohnston
are
experiencedinternationalsandwithwillgivethatsupport
needed
forthenewcomersto
settleinto
thenational
squad.
NIG
ELCRAIG
THOMASMORROW
GARATH
JOHNSTON
JAMIE
KIT
CHEN
RIC
KYCLY
DE
CHRIS
McM
ULL
AN
MATTSULL
IVAN
CHRIS
ALE
XANDER
TOMMYDONLO
NCHARLI
ERUDDY
NORTHERN
IRELA
ND
Followingtheirbrilliantwinatlastyear’sWorldChampionship,Ireland
areranked
twointheworldandlookingtodislodge
Englandfrom
the
topspotthey
have
heldformanyyears.Theirquarterfinalspotin
2009
wasfollowed
byasemi-finalin2010
andthetopprizelastyear.
Theteam
hasnotstoppedstill,with
agreatwinattherecentEuropean
ChampionshipsinDublin,Irelandaretheform
side
andareexpected
tobe
fightingtoretaintheirtitle.
Team
isagainfilledwithexperiencedplayerswithRobertBrady,Alan
McBennettandSeanHoeybeingintheseeded
placesalongside2010
WorldUnder21
Champion
KarlO’Donoghuewho
ismakinganamefor
himselfatseniorlevel.
Mostoftheothersquadmem
bershave
been
involved
withprevious
WorldChampionshipsandhaveperformed
wellattheverytoplevelof
thegame.
WouldexpecttoseeIrelandinatleastthetelevisedstages,butwould
notbe
surprisedtoseethem
retaintheirtitleinwhatislookinglikethe
mostcompetitive
cham
pionshipsforseveralyears.
IRELA
ND
TOMMYKAVANAGH
ROBERTBRADY
ALA
NMcB
ENNETT
DECLA
NHOUGH
DAVID
McQ
UIL
LAN
SEAN
HOEY
KARLO'D
ONOGHUE
RONAN
FAY
SHANEBEERE
RIC
HIE
FURLO
NG
UGANDA
SEBBIADAM
DAVID
MUGABI
EMMANUELOCIT
TI
VIN
CENTMAGANDAZI
ODONGA
OTTO
DAVID
ISRAELMUSOKE
KENNETH
YONAZAW
AGID
EON
ZIZ
INGA
Withthereturn
ofSouth
Africato
thecham
pionships
afteratwoyearabsence,thecontinenthasfournations
atthisyear’sevent.
SouthAfricaareamajorinfluence
inthesportwithJa-
cobusLeRouxastheirseeded
player.J.J.Faul,basedin
theU.K.isoneofthetopplayersinthesport,ablysup-
ported
byDom
inicBakeandateam
graduallydeveloping
atinternationallevel.
Kenya
andUgandaareregularsto
theworldcham
pi-
onshipsandthisyearwehaveMoroccomakingtheirbow
atthetoplevelofthe
sport.Hopefullytheconstantprob-
lemwithvisaswillbe
sorted,toallowthesecountries
theirrightfulplaceam
ongsttheworldselitePoolnations.
Morocco
have
someoutstandingplayers,andhave
al-
readymadetheirmarkwithsuccessatinternationallevel
eventsheldinFrance,couldmakean
impactat
this
yearsevent.
OU
TO
FA
FR
ICA
SOUTH
AFR
ICA
JACOBUSLE
ROUX
DOMIN
ICBAKE
LUCASVENTER
ANTON
BANIE
SJA
NNIE
MULL
ER
J.J.
FAUL
LIONELLA
NGEVELD
T
KENYA
FRED
GETACHA
JOHN
CHALO
FARUK
KHAN
BEN
KANGANGI
JOSHUA
ICHANGI
SALI
MKIT
HIN
JIAMOR
HIN
DOCHA
EDMUND
NDEGW
ASTEPHEN
MANN
MOROCCO
FRED
GETACHA
JOHN
CHALO
FARUK
KHAN
BEN
KANGANGI
JOSHUA
ICHANGI
SALI
MKIT
HIN
JIAMOR
HIN
DOCHA
EDMUND
NDEGW
ASTEPHEN
MANN
2012WorldMen’s
Championsh
ipTeams
WALE
SW
AYNESMIT
HRUSSELL
BURGESS
OLY
BALE
DAVEROBLI
NJO
NBUSHNELL
TOM
COUSIN
STOM
PRIC
EPAULMARUBBI
KYLE
EDW
ARDS
RussellBurgess
One
ofthequietones
but
steady
andreliableon
the8
balltableRussellapartofthe
European
2011
titlewinners
lookingtoaddtheWorldtitle
tohisalreadybulgingtrophy
cabinet.Winneroftherecent
Belgium
Open2012.Russell
finishedsecond
intheWelsh
team
averages
forlastsea-
son,
sois
showing
some
good
form.
WayneSmith
Captain
ofthemen’steam
also
knownas
the“Rhino”,
Wayne
will
guaranteesome
noiseandbanter
during
the
championshipsandwasseeded
numberfourin
theWelsh
rankings
from
lastseason.
Wayne,weliketocall“super
glue”,he
keepstheteam
well
bonded
and
ensuresthe
squadsticktogether,whether
playingor
managingWayne
willsure
letsomesteamoff
shouldWales
bringtheWorld
titlehometo
afterlosing
intheEuropean
final2012.
JonBushnell
Jonisagreatplayerandwell
capableofdoingsomedam-
ageatthisevent.Heisvery
methodicalyetclinicalinhis
approach,andwillmake
Waleseven
strongerthisyear.
Havingplayed
fortheWPA
Welsh
team
manytimes
hehastheexperienceandknowl-
edge
towintitles.Jongotthe
semifinalof
the`Masters
afewyears
agoandwillbe
lookingtobetterhisperform-
ancethisyear.
KyleEdwards
HisfirsttimeplayingforWales
attheWorld
Championships
andhascomefrom
theWales
“B”team
who
played
inthe
European
Championships.Kyle
isaveryattackingplayerwith
alltheshotsandwillcausea
fewupsetsatthisyear’sevent.
OlyBale
OnceagainOlyjoinstheteam
toadd
toa
vibrantside
lookingforthat
doubletitle,
Olywillbringarapidfinishto
mostfram
esandhisgrowing
experience
will
ensure
asolid
performance
from
his
colleagues.Seededintothe
last64
ofthesingleshe
hasa
realchanceofbecomingworld
championalongwithhis
previous
European
title.
Oly
finishedthirdin
theWelsh
team
averageslastseason.
DaveRoblin
Returns
tothefold
inwhat
prom
ises
tobe
oneofDave’s
besteverappearancesinthe
welsh
colours,aplayer
with
probablythebestattitude
tothegameof
pool,coolcalm
and
usually
found
eating
chocolatebefore
andduring
thegame,fullofcommitment
appliedwiththefullestofcon-
centration.
TomCousins
TheJewel
inourcrown...
Tom
brings
lifeandexcite-
mentto
thesquadwithhis
flairandvision
forwhatcan
onlybe
describedas
oneof
themostoutrageous
finish-
ersinthegametoday.Tom
isacontenderto
liftthe
World
Singles
crown
this
year.Onandoffthetable
youwon’tmeetanicerguy.
TomPrice
Tom
finishedplayer
ofthe
tournamentforWales
atthe
recent
European
cham
pi-
onshipsinIrelandandhasset-
tled
into
theteam
thislast
year.Hewon
hisfirst
PFW
Welsh
rankingeventin2011
andhaswon
manytitlessince
soagainastrong
player
tohave
inthesquad.
PaulMarubbi
AnothernewcomertothePFW
squadwho
finishedtopofthe
Wales
“B”team
averages
attheEuropean
cham
pionships
inIreland.
Paul
isa
very
steady
andreliableplayerwho
willbe
hardtobeat.
After
avery
disappointing
quarter-finalspotatlastyears
worlds,Walesreturnedtotheir
previouslyexcellentlevelwith
afinalistposition
atthe2012
European
Championships.
Withtwoprevioussemiplaces
and2010
runner-upposition,
they
will
belookingforthe
Worldtitleatthisyears’cham
-pionships.
RussellBurgess,OlyBaleand
TomCousins
providethetop
classbasisfortheteam
but
there
are
plenty
ofother
names
inthesquadwho
can
match
anyteam
intheworld.
Wayne
Smith,
TomPriceand
DaveRoblinwereinlastyear’s
team
andwith
someverygood
newcomersbackingup
the
mainplayersitis
asquad
oozing
withconfidence
and
ability.
Itwouldnotbe
asurprise
toseeaplayerfrom
Walestaking
theMen’sIndividualtitlethis
year,such
isthedepthoftal-
entinthecurrentnationalset-
up,
definitelyateam
who
expectto
continue
theircur-
rent
ranked
3rdin
Interna-
tionallevelPool.
MattBrannan
MattmadehisScotlanddebutat
the2012
EurosinDublin
andthis
will
behisfirst
appearance
inBlackpoolat
thisyearsChampi-
onships.Heisapoolclub
ownerin
Cum
briaandisaconsistentwinner
ofeventinthatarea.Asacurrent
mem
berofthenewUKPoolTour
Mattwillbe
agreataddition
and
willaddinvaluableexperience
tothesquad.
SCOTLA
ND
PATMcC
ARRON
DARREN
MATTHEW
MIK
ECLA
RK
RABW
ARRANDER
MARTIN
McI
NTOSH
BARRYKELL
YSHAUN
WIS
HART
MARCFL
EMIN
GMATTBRANNAN
MARK
McG
AULE
Y
TeamManager
Nam
e:MikeMcDonald
Nicknam
e:‘Brocher’
Lives:Annan
YearBorn:
Occupation:Publican/Hotelier
SEPFRegion:3
League:Lockerbie
MikeClark
One
ofthe
mostexperienced
mem
bers
withinourFederation
aftermissing
outlastyeardueto
workcommitments,Mikehopes
tobe
backwithavengence.
Former
ScotlandCaptainandhis
commitmenttotheNationalTeam
isunrivaled.One
ofthebestone
fram
especialistsaround.
Invaluablemem
berofthesquad
andgeniuinelyoneof
thenicest
guysinpool.
MartinMcIntosh
Nicknam
e:MacMac
Mac
Mac
isanothersuccessstory
from
ourjunior
ranksplayingfor
yearsinthesameteam
asDazand
Pattyinthejuniorranksandisa
Team
World
Champion
atthat
level.NarrowfailedomakeThe
Brittish
LionsSquad
last
year
missing
outby
justonefram
eat
thequalifier.Highlyrespectedfor
histalent
andhaswon
thelast
threeRegiononetoursinarow.
Heisthaman
onform
cominginto
this
yearseventandtherefore
mustbe
acontender.
Nam
e:BarryKelly
Nicknam
e:TheHam
mer
Barryisanotherwho
brings
vastexpe-
rience
tooursquadaftercompeting
innumerousWorld,European
andHom
eInternationalChampionships
forhiscountry.LivesinLiverpooland
isaverywellknownand
feared
opponenton
theMerseysidecir-
cuit.One
timeWorldsquadmem
berhis
passionandexperienceis
suretoruboffontheyoungermem
bers
inasquadwhich
webelieve
isthebest
thatwewillhave
putforward
forthelast5to10
years.
Nam
e:ShaunWishart
Nicknam
e:Wishy
"Wishy"isyetanotherto
come
throughtheJuniorranksandone
oftheyoungestmem
bersofthe
squad.CurrentlyRankedNo1on
Region2Tour
andprevious
Scot-
tish
Singles
winner.Madeitback
intothesquadthistimeroundby
winning
theRegion2Tourlastsea-
son.Along
withMarkMcGauleyhe
classeshimselfas
oneofthepin
upboysintheteam
.Ladies
ofBlackpoolwatch
outfor
the"SpiceBoys".
Nam
e:MarcFleming
Thelastof
the5playersinour
squadthathavecamethroughthe
ranksof
theSEPFfrom
Junior
Level.Marcacurrentmem
berof
theIPAmadehisdebutat
the
EurosinDublin
andhasplayed
his
wayaftersomeawesom
eperform-
ancesintowhatwasaverydifficult
squadtopick.Heisoneofthreein
hisfamilycompeting
atthisyear's
Championships.YoungerBrother
Ryanwillagainhave
amassive
chanceintheU21
Eventafterfin-
ishing
runnerup
lastyear.And
Dad
Jimisback
tocompeteintheSe-
nior's(O50's)Event.
PatMcCarron
Nicknam
e:Patty
LikeDarren,Pattyhasbeen
partof
oursetup
sinceaveryearlyage
andisalsoamultipleWorldCham-
pion
atbothJuniorandUnder21
Level.Current
ScotlandCaptain
andregularin
thesquadsince
leavingu21's.Pattymustbe
an-
othercontenderforthesinglesthis
yearafternarrowlylosing
outtoGarethPottsinadeciding
fram
elasttimearound.
DarrenMathew
Nicknam
e:Daz
Daz
hasbeen
partof
theSEPF
sincehe
was
12yearsold.Three
times
JuniorWorldChampion
and
seeded
Num
ber2at
thisyears
event.Recentmem
berofthesuc-
cessfulBrittishLionstoursofAus-
traliaandMalta.Regularwinnerof
Regionaland
NationalEvents.
Suretogo
wellinthesingles.
RabWarrander
Nicknam
e:Baba
"Baba"
ashe
isknowntous
has
played
hiswayintothissquadwith
hiscontribution
atlastyearsevent
andtheprevious
twoEuropeans.
MultipleTour
winnerin
Fife
and
hasracedthroughtheInterna-
tionalRanking
Listandiscurrently
ranked
No1.Fearlessatthetable
andabreakanddish
specialist.
Nam
e:MarkMcGauley
Thiswillbe
Mark'sfirstvisttoThe
Worldsafterstarring
forourA
team
attheEuros.Mark'scommit-
mentoverthelastyearisincredi-
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2011 Ladies World 8 Ball Pool Champion
Emma Cunningham
23
Ladies Seedsfor the
World Championships 2012Name: Emma CunninghamSeed: OneIt’s been Emma’s misfortune trying to win trophiesin an era when Sue Thompson has dominated theladies scene. But the Newry born star is one of thefew capable of toppling the greatest female player ofall-time.In 2005, she became the youngest ever recipient ofthe title, beating Thompson in the final. And while itwas a long time between titles, Emma finally tri-umphed again in the ladies singles final 12 monthsago. Unexpectedly, her opponent wasn’t Thompsonbut Australian Renata Delahunty. And the NorthernIreland cue queen made no mistake and romped toan 8-2 victory after beating Welsh rival, ColletteHenriksen, in the semi-finals.Cunningham made her World Championship debut
Lives: Milton KeynesNickname: ‘Emz’back in 2003 when remarkably she reached the lastfour. In 2004, she progressed to the final but could-n’t stop Thompson lifting the trophy. DespiteThompson’s dominance, Cunningham is only one offour girls to have won the ladies world title since1993. In addition to her World 8-Ball Singles crown,Cunningham also collected another world title inBlackpool last year. She defeated Emma Wilkinson8-2 to capture the World Masters, ironically aftergetting the better of Delahunty again in the semi-fi-nals. Sadly, Cunningham’s talents haven’t been ondisplay on the Ladies International Pool Tour and itremains to be seen whether a lack of match practiceproves her undoing at the Imperial.Sister Mary is also a useful pool player.
Name: Sue ThompsonSeed: TwoSome things in life are predictable: a Briton failing towin Wimbledon, England losing a penalty shootout,a Britain's Got Talent winner never being heard ofagain. But when it comes to Sue Thompson winningthe World Ladies singles title, it's pretty much guar-anteed. However, the normal order was upset 12months ago. The Runcorn born left hander not onlyrelinquished her title but she didn't even make thefinal. Instead, Blackpool was rocking as Thompsoncrashed to a 7-5 quarter-final defeat against SharonDickson. And if that wasn't bad enough, the 'Queenof the Cue' slumped to a last eight defeat in theWorld Masters against Renata Delahunty.The hangover from Blackpool continued into the newLadies International Pool Tour season as Thompsonslipped to a last 16 defeat in Tour One against Amy
Lives: Kingston upon HullNickname: 'Thommo'Beauchamp. Unheard of! So, was the crown finallyslipping? Not a bit of it. Like the true champion sheis, Thompson bounced back in Tour Two at Leicester.And she did it in some style. In five matches shedropped only six frames-two in the final when beat-ing fourth seed Michelle Rooney 7-2. Sue, now livingon Humberside, has been winning world crownssince 1996. She arrives in Blackpool as top rankedplayer on the Tour with a 26 points lead over secondranked, Collette Henriksen. In total, Thompson haswon 10 world singles titles. A measure of herachievement can be gauged by looking at the his-tory books. The only player to come close to Thomp-son's record is Linda Leadbitter with four titles whileEmma Cunningham, of the current crop of players,is the only one with more than one to her name.
Name: Barbara TaylorSeed: ThreeBarbara has been a World Championship regular formore years than she probably cares to remember!And the tournament has provided plenty of high andlow spots.Indeed, she suffered the contrasting emotions in thesame match. The occasion was the 2008 ladies sin-gles final. Delight at qualifying for her first individ-ual showpiece turned into disappointment as localstar Lynette Horsburgh waltzed off with the spoils.The Kent stalwart also progressed to a last twoshootout of the 2010 World Masters only to lose 6-4 to Michelle Brown. Barbara, however, as numerousworld titles to her name as one of the pillars of theall-conquering England ladies team.One of those successes came 12 months ago as shesank the winning 8-Ball against Natalie Madden tosecure England's 7-6 win over Northern Ireland.
Lives: Rainham, KentNickname: ‘Babs’Also seeded three for last year's individualchampionships, 'Babs' lost 7-6 in the quarters toRenata Delahunty.'Babs' is seventh on the provisional Ladies Tourrankings, down by just one place on her 2011finishing position.She has reached the quarter-finals of both theopening two Tours, including the last event atLeicester, resulting in a 6-4 defeat to MichelleRooney.However, she overcame her last eight hoodoo bywinning last year's Champion of Champions ladiessingles title. She knocked out: Katie Henrick, LiesaConlin and Anne Rocca before beating Lynne Pinches6-4 in the final.And it's a good bet she will be at the business endof the Championships once more this year.
Name: Renata DelahuntySeed: Four
Renata took the Worlds by storm last year by reach-ing the ladies' singles final.In doing so she became only the second Australianfemale to progress that far after Natalie Froling 18years earlier.However, the 42-year-old from Adelaide suffered thesame fate as Froling against Linda Leadbitter in1993, losing to Ulster favourite Emma Cunningham.But she certainly left her mark on the tournamentdefeating: Anne Meadows,Kolbe Poole, CatherineBuckley, Barbara Taylor and Sharon Dickson.Renata, wife of top Aussie men's star, Mick, also gotthrough to the last four of the World Masters, in
Country: AustraliaNickname:
cluding victory over Sue Thompson, to complete amemorable 10 days.
Renata was Australian National singles champion in2009. She also reached the final again last year butlost out 9-6 to another familiar Blackpool face, SueBussanich.
Renata is seeded in the top four for the first time inwhat will be her sixth World Championship. She isalso captain of the women's squad.
Sunday24th
June-7.30pm
Sunday24th
June-9.30pm
1 EMMA CUNNINGHAM (NI) V BYE TO LAST 32
2 LOUISE THOMPSON (IRE) V SHARON WRIGHT (ENG)
3 KIM O'BRIEN (IRE) V JO KENT (NI)
4 MANDY BOOTH (IRE) V MICHELLE ROONEY (NI)
5 LISA McGIRR (IRE) V TINA ALTON (ENG)
6 SUZANNE BUSSANICH (AUS) V BYE
7 BYE V AMY-CLAIRE KING (SA)
8 JODIE HOLT (SCO) V CINDY BLACKMORE (AUS)
9 DEONETTE JONKERS (SA) V ANNE MIDDLETON (SCO)
10 JACKIE BAKER (ENG) V BYE
11 ANNE MEADOWS (WAL) V LYNETTE HORSBURGH (SCO)
12 LAURA BRENNAN (IRE) V FIONNA PLUMMER (AUS)
13 SHARON DICKSON (WAL) V EMMA WILKINSON (ENG)
14 EMMA RAEBURN (SCO) V BYE
15 ESMERELDA COETZEE (SA) V LEANNE PEARCE (WAL)
16 BARBARA TAYLOR (ENG) V BYE TO LAST 32
17 RENATA DELAHUNTY (AUS) V BYE TO LAST 32
18 RACHEL TUCKER (WAL) V BYE
19 MARY CUNNINGHAM (NI) V LOUISE MAHER (IRE)
20 ANA CRISTINA SARMENTO (AUS) V CATHERINE BUCKLEY (IRE)
21 LAURA ANNE SNEDDON (SCO) V BYE
22 LYNNE LOUW (SA) V LAURA PEARCE (WAL)
23 THELMA LOWE (SA) V NICOLE WELSH (AUS)
24 AMY BEAUCHAMP (ENG) V ANNE HOWLIN (IRE)
25 SHARON LUNN (ENG) V JO COE (NI)
26 LYNDSEY McKELLAR (SCO) V A.N.OTHER
27 BYE V CARLY SMITH (ENG)
28 LAUREN JELLY (AUS) V BYE
29 AUDREY BECKETT (SCO) V LYNDSEY ROBERTS (ENG)
30 LIZ VESTY (NI) V COLLETTE HENRIKSEN (WAL)
31 KATIE HENRICK (ENG) V CHANTELLE PENNY (SA)
32 SUE THOMPSON (SCO) V BYE TO LAST 32
First Round (Best of 11) Last 32 (Best of 11)
Last 16 (Best of 11)
Thu 28th June - 9.00pScore
Score
24
Fri 29th June - 10.00a
Mon 25th June - 1.00pm
Mon 25th June - 4.00pm
Quarter-finals(Best of 13)
Semi-finals(Best of 13)
FINAL(Best of 15)
pm
m
Fri 29th June - 2.30pm
Fri 29th June - 2.30pm
Fri 29th June - 2.30pm
Fri 29th June - 2.30pm
Mon 2nd July - 3.00pm
Mon 2nd July - 3.00pm
Wed 4th July - 2.00pm
TOTAL PRIZE FUND OF
£4,000
WINNER £1,600
RUNNER-UP £800
LOSING SEMIS £400
LOSING QTRS £200
Ladies IndividualChampionships
2012
Defending champion
EMMA CUNNINGHAM
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Other Chamcon
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No one begrudged EmmaCunningham her first Worldladies singles title in six yearswhen she beat Renata Delahuntyin the 2011 final.
Cunningham seemed to sufferalmost annually at the cue ofSue Thompson. But patienceis a virtue and the NorthernIreland international had herreward over Australian RenataDelahunty.
Thompson has dominated theladies scene in the sameway darts legend Phil Taylormastered his rivals on the Oche.At the last count, the formerScottish international hadamassed 10 singles titles. Butfavourites can be beaten as wasproved 12 months ago.In fact, the ladies tournamenttook on a new dimension 12months ago as Delahunty puther name in the frame forhonours.
The moral of the story is there is‘always hope’.And it is great to see the rise ofthe Aussies who travel from theother side of the world everyyear to compete in the greatest8-Ball event on the planet.
And there is plenty of girl powerattached coming from DownUnder. In addition to Renata,Sue Bussanich and Nicole Welshare two others who have startedto put their stamp on the toplevel of ladies pool.
The Aussie ladies won the Worldteam title in 2007 followed by asemi-final spot last year. So, willwe see one of them lift theindividual title at the 2012Worlds?However, there is another brightstar emerging in the NorthernHemisphere and her name isAmy Beauchamp.‘Our’ Amy is the new Europeansingles champion courtesy of a
WHO HAS A CUNNING-HAM PLAN TO STOP EMMA?
Collette Henriksen Jackie BakerLynette Horsburgh
Nicole Welsh
Carly Smith
Sandra Dickson
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ladiespionshipntenders
7-3 victory over England skipperJackie Baker. She also enjoyedan equally impressive semi winagainst Collette Henriksen.
Baker is another World Champi-onship stalwart; a winner of 10team titles, European championherself in 2004 and runner-upthree years earlier.
She has played County pool forKent and London, has probablynever done herself justice in theWorld Singles. But she alwayshas the capability to test theleading contenders and maybethis will be finally Baker’s year.
Maybe there is a power shift atthe top of the game?
Henriksen, Baker and NorthernIreland’s Michelle Rooney -along with Delahunty - are jointfourth seeds. However, Renataclaims fourth because of herfinal spot last year.
Emma Cunningham and SueThompson are indeed the topstars of the ladies game. Butwithout doubt there are otherswho are now showing that theyare capable of taking the title.Henriksen, nicknamed the‘Smiling Assassin’, has appearedin two of the last three world
semi-finals and could just be thenext one to show her skills tothe Sky Sports viewers in thetelevised final.
Let’s not forget Scotland's andBlackpool’s very own, LynetteHorsburgh, who took the title in2008 and has regularly beenamong the top four seeds.
The ‘Pocket Rocket’ is now start-ing to get back to her brilliantbest while former Europeanladies champion, Sharon Dick-son of Wales, went all the wayto the semis in last year’sWorlds. She is another who hasexperience and the ability.
England have traditionally beenstrong in the ladies’ individualand have new blood in theirteam for this year’s event. How-ever, eighth seed Carly Smith, isstill in the squad to provide thatextra experience to the new-comers.
Kim O’Brien and CatherineBuckley are the Irish ladies’seeded players, both of whomhave reached the latter stagesof previous championships. So,watch out Emma and Sue-thecontenders are coming to getyou!
Amy Beauchamp
Suzanne Bussanich
Michelle Rooney
Kim O’Brien
Fionna
Plum
mer
Cindy
Blackmore
NicoleWelsh
RenataDelahunty
AUSTRALI
ARENATADELAHUNTY
SUZANNEBUSSANICH
NICOLE
WELSH
ANACRISTINASARM
ENTO
FIONNAPLUMMER
CINDYBLACKMORE
ENGLA
ND
JACKIEBAKER
CARLYSMITH
BARBARATAYLOR
AMYBEAUCHAMP
KATIEHENRICK
LYNDSEY
ROBERTS
SHARONWRIGHT
IRELA
ND
KIM
O'BRIEN
CATHERINEBUCKLEY
LOUISETHOMPSON
MANDYBOOTH
LOUISEMAHER
LISAMcGIRR
ANNEHOWLIN
SUNDAY24th
JUNE
2:30pm
Session
1GAME1
GAME2
England
Ireland
N.Ireland
Wales
5:00pm
Session
2GAME3
GAME4
Scotland
Wales
SouthAfrica
Australia
MONDAY25th
JUNE
10:00am
Session
3GAME5
GAME6
SouthAfrica
N.Ireland
Ireland
Scotland
7:00pm
Session
4GAME7
GAME8
GAME9
England
Australia
Ireland
Wales
SouthAfrica
Scotland
TUESDAY26th
JUNE
10:00am
Session
5GAME10
GAME11
SouthAfrica
Scotland
England
Australia
12:30pm
Session
6GAME12
GAME13
N.Ireland
England
Ireland
Scotland
3:00pm
Session
7GAME14
GAME15
Australia
Wales
Ireland
N.Ireland
LadiesW
orld2012
Team
Championsh
ips
FIXTURES
Suzanne
Bussanich
Ana
CristinsSarmento
SharonWright
JackieBaker
CarlySmith
Shirley
Jewkes
AmyBeauchamp
LyndseyRoberts
KatieHenrick
BarbaraTaylor
Leanne
Pearce
LynetteHorsburgh
Sue
Thom
pson
LyndsayMcKellar
AnneMeadows
SharonDickson
NORTHERN
IRELA
ND
EMMACUNNINGHAM
MARYCUNNINGHAM
MICHELLE
ROONEY
APRILROONEY
JOCOE
JOKENT
NATALIEMADDEN
SCOTLA
ND
SUETHOMPSON
LAURAANNSNEDDON
LYNDSEY
McKELLAR
AUDREY
BECKETT
LYNETTE
HORSBURGH
EMMARAEBURN
JODIEHOLT
THURSDAY28th
JUNE
12:00noon
Session
8GAME16
GAME17
Ireland
N.Ireland
England
Australia
3:00pm
Session
9GAME18
GAME19
SouthAfrica
England
Wales
Australia
6:00pm
Session
10GAME20
GAME21
Wales
SouthAfrica
Scotland
N.Ireland
MONDAY2ndJU
LY
10:00am
SEMI-FI
NALS
8:00pm
FINAL
SOUTH
AFR
ICA
LYNNELOUW
AMYCLAIREKING
DEONETTE
JONKERS
CHANTELLEPENNY
ESMERELDACOETZEE
THELMALOWE
WALE
SSHARONDICKSON
COLLETTE
HENRICKSON
LEANEPEARCE
LAURAPEARCE
RACHEL
TUCKER
ANNEMEADOWS
30
2011 U21 World 8 Ball Pool Champion
Ashley Radford
MONDAY 25th JUNE10:00am Under 21'sIndividual Prelim11:30am Under 21's Individual Last 321:00pm Under 21's Individual Last 322:30pm Under 21's Individual Last 164:30pm U21's Team Championship Session 16:30pm U21's Team Championship Session 29:00pm U21's Team Championship Session 3
TUESDAY 26th JUNE9:00am U21's Team Championship Session 411:00am U21's Team Championship Session 51:00pm U21's Team Championship Session 63:00pm U21's Team Championship Session 79:00pm Under 21's Individual Quarters
THURSDAY 28th JUNE4:00pm U21's Team Championship Session 86:00pm U21's Team Championship Session 99:00pm U21's Team Championship Session 10
FRIDAY 29th JUNE9:00am U21's Team Championship Semi-Final11:00am Under 21's Individual Semi-Final
1:00pm U21's Team Championship Final
3:00pm Under 21's Individual Final
7:00pm Under 21's Presentation
31
Under 21World Championship ProgrammeUNDER 21 FIXTURES
MONDAY 25th JUNESession 1 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 54:30pm Malta A Channel Islands Ireland B Scotland B England B
England A Malta B Australia Ireland A Scotland A
Session 2 Game 6 Game 7 Game 8 Game 9 Game 106:30pm Malta B Australia Ireland A Scotland A England A
Malta A Channel Islands Ireland B Scotland B England B
Session 3 Game 11 Game 12 Game 13 Game 14 Game 159:00pm Malta A Channel Islands Ireland B Scotland B Malta B
Australia Ireland A Scotland A England B England A
TUESDAY 26th JUNESession 4 Game 16 Game 17 Game 18 Game 199:00am Ireland A Scotland A England B England A
Malta A Channel Islands Ireland B Scotland B
Session 5 Game 20 Game 21 Game 22 Game 2311:00am Australia Malta A Channel Islands Ireland B
Malta B Scotland A England B Scotland B
Session 6 Game 24 Game 25 Game 26 Game 271:00pm Malta B Australia England B Scotland B
Ireland A England A Malta A Channel Islands
Session 7 Game 28 Game 29 Game 303:00pm England A Scotland A Ireland A
Ireland B Malta B Australia
THURSDAY 28th JUNESession 8 Game 31 Game 32 Game 33 Game 34 Game 354:00pm Malta A Channel Islands Malta B Australia Ireland A
Scotland B Ireland B England B Scotland A England A
Session 9 Game 36 Game 37 Game 38 Game 39 Game 406:00pm Ireland B England A Scotland B England B Scotland A
Malta A Channel Islands Malta B Australia Ireland A
Session 10 Game 41 Game 42 Game 43 Game 44 Game 459:00pm Malta A Malta B Australia Ireland A Scotland A
Channel Islands Ireland B Scotland B England B England A
FRIDAY 29th JUNE9:00am SEMI-FINALS
1:00pm FINAL
Under 21 drawPRELIMINARY ROUNDR23 STEFAN CHRISTY (NI) v MICHAEL HOPE (ENG)R24 MICHAEL CURLEY (IRE) v ANDREW MULVEY (SCO)R25 NICKY SPITERI (MAL) v RICKY CLYDE (NI)R26 CONOR O'BOYLE (IRE) v KANE SMITH (MAL)R27 PHILIP CRONIN (IRE) v LYDEN DEBONO (MAL)R28 JOSH CORKETT (ENG) v STEVEN BEST (SCO)R29 JAMIE AHERN (SCO) v A N OTHER 1R30 SEAN CONWAY (IRE) v LEE SHEPHERD (ENG)R31 CHRIS DUNLEAVY (IRE) v A N OTHER 2R32 ALEX LEWIS (ENG) v RYAN FLEMING (SCO)
LAST 32S1 DANIEL BANFIELD (AUS) v SEAN SHARKEY (IRE)S2 DAVID KERR (IRE) v JAMES KIRK (CI)S3 TOM CHURCH (ENG) v ANTHONY ADAMS (AUS)S4 ALAN KIRKHAM (SCO) v RYAN SHAW (CI)S5 MAX THIEMANN (IRE) v NIGEL CLARKE (ENG)S6 MATTHEW GALDES (MAL) v ASHLEY RADFORD (ENG)S7 RYAN DAVIE (SCO) v GIUSEPPE D'IMPERIO (ENG)S8 SCOT HECTOR (SCO) v NEIL GOODLIP (MAL)S9 ADAM McMACKIN (IRE) v NEIL CHETCUTI (MAL)S10 NICK YOUNG (AUS) v ADAM GRIFFITHS (ENG)S11 STEVEN COCHRANE (SCO) v GLEN HANNIBAL (ENG)S12 WINNER OF MATCH R23 v WINNER OF MATCH R24S13 WINNER OF MATCH R25 v WINNER OF MATCH R26S14 WINNER OF MATCH R27 v WINNER OF MATCH R28S15 WINNER OF MATCH R29 v WINNER OF MATCH R30S16 WINNER OF MATCH R31 v WINNER OF MATCH R32
Mon25th
June-10.00am
25th
-1.00pm
25th
-11.30am
ENGLAND AASHLEY RADFORDMICHAEL HOPEGIUSEPPE D'IMPERIOTOM CHURCH
ENGLAND BLEE SHEPHERDALEX LEWISADAM GRIFFITHSGLEN HANNIBAL
IRELAND ACONOR O'BOYLEADAM McMACKINMICHAEL CURLEYSEAN CONWAY
IRELAND BSEAN SHARKEYDAVID KERREAMONN MOORECHRIS DUNLEAVY
SCOTLAND ARYAN FLEMINGRYAN DAVIEANDREW MULVEYALAN KIRKHAM
SCOTLAND BJAMIE AHERNSTEVEN COCHRANESCOT HECTORSTEVEN BEST
AUSTRALIAANTHONY ADAMSDANIEL BANFIELDNICK YOUNG
CHANNEL ISLESRYAN SHAWCHARLIE HASSETTJORDI ETCHELLSCHRIS LE MARQUAND
MALTA ALYDEN DEBONONEIL GOODLIPNICKY SPITERI
MALTA BMATTHEW GALDESKANE SMITHNEIL CHETCUTI
32
2011 Wheelchair World 8 Ball Pool Champion
Andy Rigby
33
Wheelchair World Pool ChampionshipIndividual Programme
TUESDAY 26th JUNEGroup 1 11:00am Session 1 GAME 1 GAME 2 GAME 3
Andy Rigby(Wal) Gary Swift(Eng) Craig Welch(Wal)Eddie McGowan(Ire) Aslum Abubaker(Eng) Stephen Ramfaj(Eng)
Group 2 1:00pm Session 1 GAME 1 GAME 2 GAME 3Theresa Sheridan(Eng) Tony Southern(Eng) Kevin Flynn(Ire)Ryan Kisten(SA) Gary Simpson(Sco) Danny Luton(Wal)
Group 1 5:00pm Session 2 GAME 4 GAME 5 GAME 6Aslum Abubaker(Eng) Stephen Ramfaj(Eng) Eddie McGowan(Ire)Andy Rigby(Wal) Gary Swift(Eng) Phil Hendrickson(Wal)
Group 2 7:00pm Session 2 GAME 4 GAME 5 GAME 6Gary Simpson(Sco) Danny Luton(Wal) Ryan Kisten(SA)Theresa Sheridan(Eng) Tony Southern(Eng) Frankie Gillen(Eng)
WEDNESDAY 27th JUNEGroup 1 12:00pm Session 3 GAME 7 GAME 8 GAME 9
Andy Rigby(Wal) Craig Welch(Wal) Aslum Abubaker(Eng)Stephen Ramfaj(Eng) Phil Hendrickson(Wal) Eddie McGowan(Ire)
Group 2 2:00pm Session 3 GAME 7 GAME 8 GAME 9Theresa Sheridan(Eng) Kevin Flynn(Ire) Gary Simpson(Sco)Danny Luton(Wal) Frankie Gillen(Eng) Ryan Kisten(SA)
Group 1 5:00pm Session 4 GAME 10 GAME 11 GAME 12Phil Hendrickson(Wal) Eddie McGowan(Ire) Stephen Ramfaj(Eng)Gary Swift(Eng) Craig Welch(Wal) Aslum Abubaker(Eng)
Group 2 5:00pm Session 4 GAME 10 GAME 11 GAME 12Frankie Gillen(Eng) Ryan Kisten(SA) Danny Luton(Wal)Tony Southern(Eng) Kevin Flynn(Ire) Gary Simpson(Sco)
Group 1 8:00pm Session 5 GAME 13 GAME 14 GAME 15Andy Rigby(Wal) Gary Swift(Eng) Stephen Ramfaj(Eng)Phil Hendrickson(Wal) Craig Welch(Wal) Eddie McGowan(Ire)
Group 2 8:00pm Session 5 GAME 13 GAME 14 GAME 15Theresa Sheridan(Eng) Tony Southern(Eng) Danny Luton(Wal)Frankie Gillen(Eng) Kevin Flynn(Ire) Ryan Kisten(SA)
THURSDAY 28th JUNEGroup 1 10:00am Session 6 GAME 16 GAME 17 GAME 18
Craig Welch(Wal) Eddie McGowan(Ire) Phil Hendrickson(Wal)Andy Rigby(Wal) Gary Swift(Eng) Aslum Abubaker(Eng)
Group 2 12:00pm Session 6 GAME 16 GAME 17 GAME 18Kevin Flynn(Ire) Ryan Kisten(SA) Frankie Gillen(Eng)Theresa Sheridan(Eng) Tony Southern(Eng) Gary Simpson(Sco)
Group 1 2:00pm Session 7 GAME 19 GAME 20 GAME 21Andy Rigby(Wal) Aslum Abubaker(Eng) Stephen Ramfaj(Eng)Gary Swift(Eng) Craig Welch(Wal) Phil Hendrickson(Wal)
Group 2 4:00pm Session 7 GAME 19 GAME 20 GAME 21Theresa Sheridan(Eng) Gary Simpson(Sco) Danny Luton(Wal)Tony Southern(Eng) Kevin Flynn(Ire) Frankie Gillen(Eng)
9:00pm QUARTER FINALS
FRIDAY 29th JUNE11:00am SEMI FINALS
3:00pm FINAL
34
2011 Over 50’s World 8 Ball Pool Champion
Tony Kay
35
Over 50’s WorldPool Championship
OVER 50’s DRAW
PRELIMINARY ROUNDMONDAY 25th JUNE 4:30pmR23 STEPHEN MANN (KEN) v STEVE BRINDLEY (WAL)R24 ROBBIE GRACE (SA) v MICK LE NOUREY (CI)R25 GRAHAM BAKE (SA) v GARY PROCTOR (AUS)R26 PETER LUCAS (IRE) v JIM FLEMING (SCO)R27 STEVE ADAMS (ENG) v MIKE McHALE (SCO)R28 FRANK WRIGHT (NI) v PATRICK FARRELLY (IRE)R29 ROGER HUNT (ENG) v GEORGE CASCARINO (SCO)R30 TONY KAY (ENG) v LIAM SHANLEY (IRE)R31 DEREK AHERN (SCO) v PAUL WHITE (ENG)
MONDAY 25th JUNE 6:30pmR32 CRANNE WRIGLEY (AUS) v ALISTER BAILEE
LAST 32MONDAY 25th JUNE 6:30pmS1 BERNARD FINNEGAN (IRE) v DAVE STYLES (SCO)S2 BILL RIGBY (ENG) v MICHAEL FORTUNE (IRE)S3 PIETER RODEMEYER (SA) v NICK BURTON (ENG)S4 SCOTT BOWERS (SCO) v NICKY CAHILL (IRE)S5 IAN MOFFAT (SCO) v LYN DAVIES (WAL)S6 IAN TURNER (ENG) v LLOYD CLARKE (WI)S7 PAUL McGOWAN (SCO) v KEITH BREWER (ENG)
MONDAY 25th JUNE 9:00pmS8 DAVE MINISTER (ENG) v JIMMY McGREGOR (SCO)S9 JOHN ELLIOT (SCO) v JOE SMART (WI)S10 PETER GOLDING (ENG) v PAUL HANCOCK (AUS)S11 SHANE ROBINSON (ENG) v GARETH WILLIAMS (WAL)S12 WINNER OF MATCH R23 v WINNER OF MATCH R24S13 WINNER OF MATCH R25 v WINNER OF MATCH R26S14 WINNER OF MATCH R27 v WINNER OF MATCH R28S15 WINNER OF MATCH R29 v WINNER OF MATCH R30S16 WINNER OF MATCH R31 v WINNER OF MATCH R32
TUESDAY 26th JUNE 9:00pmm - LAST 16
THURSDAY 28th JUNE 9:00pm - QUARTER FINALS
Over 50’s team fixtures
MONDAY 25th JUNE10:00am GAME 1 GAME 2Session 1 Australia South Africa
England B Scotland A
12:00pm GAME 3 GAME 4 GAME 5 GAME 6Session 2 Wales England B Scotland A Ireland B
Scotland B Ireland A Australia England A
2:30pm GAME 7 GAME 8 GAME 9 GAME 10Session 3 Scotland B Ireland A South Africa Wales
England B Scotland A England A Ireland B
TUESDAY 26th JUNE9:00am GAME 11 GAME 12 GAME 13 GAME 14Session 4 Scotland A England A Ireland B England B
Scotland B Australia South Africa Wales
11:00am GAME 15 GAME 16 GAME 17 GAME 18Session 5 Ireland A Australia Wales England B
England A South Africa Scotland A Ireland B
3:00pm GAME 19 GAME 20 GAME 21 GAME 22Session 6 England A South Africa Ireland B Scotland A
Scotland B Ireland A Australia England B
THURSDAY 28th JUNE10:00am GAME 23 GAME 24 GAME 25 GAME 26 Session 7 Scotland B Ireland A Wales Scotland A
South Africa Australia England A Ireland B
12:00pm GAME 27 GAME 28Session 8 Scotland B Ireland A
Ireland B Wales
3:00pm GAME 29 GAME 30 GAME 31 GAME 32 Session 9 Australia Ireland B South Africa England A
Scotland B Ireland A Wales England B
5:00pm GAME 33 GAME 34 GAME 35 GAME 36 Session 10 Scotland B Wales England B Scotland A
Ireland A Australia South Africa England A
FRIDAY 29th JUNE9:00am OVER 50’S TEAM SEMI-FINAL
11:00am OVER 50’S INDIVIDUAL SEMI-FINAL
1:00pm OVER 50’S TEAM FINAL
3:00pm OVER 50’S INDIVIDUAL FINAL
7:00pm OVER 50’S PRESENTAION
BlackpoolImperialHotel
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Current Junior World Team Champions
ENGLAND
2011 Over 50’s & Junior winners
Current Over 50’s World Team Champions
AUSTRALIA
It gives me great pleasure to again sponsor the Junior World 8 Bal l Championships in Blackpool this year. Lastyear was the first year that we have sponsored this event and we are veryhappy & proud to be able to be associatedwith this important event again. I eagerlyawait to see who can pick up the trophythis year, will it be another new face? Orwill Mick Hill be able to successfully defendhis title?
We see this event as being hugely significant and extremely important torecognise the up and coming stars of thefuture. The pool is usually uninhibited, exciting and played with the confidencethat I am sure will generate future SeniorWorld Champions.
Strachan and Milliken have a long historywith cuesports in Blackpool dating back tothe days when the professional WorldSnooker Qualifiers were held at the Norbreck Castle in the 1990's. Since thenBlackpool has become a Mecca for EnglishPool and we have developed a strong bondand friendship with the English 8 ball eliteplayers and their governing bodies theEnglish Pool Association and the World 8Ball Pool Federation.
In these difficult financial times we see thepub industry having a very tough time ofit with pubs still closing down each andevery week in the UK. It is great to see
that despite these tough times the gameof English 8 ball strong and thriving at alllevels. This is down to the quality of thegame itself, the enthusiasm of the playersand also as a result of the tireless work ofthe various national and internati and theEnglish Pool Association.
The World Championships, which we seeas the absolute pinnacle of the sport neverdisappoints and continues to deliver unrivalled drama and excitement. We areproud to be associated with these championships for well over ten years andsupply very best 6811 cloth to give theplayer the best possible speed, touch andcontrol, all combining to give ultimateplaying conditions. The tournament package of Strachan Cloth, Supreme tables and Aramith balls make a perfectplaying surface for the finest players in theworld.
It just remains for me now to thank all ofthe players who play and train each dayon Strachan cloth and to wish all the players in this years World Championshipsall the very best of luck.
Enjoy your pool.Stuart GardinerEuropean Sales Manager.
Welcome to the
Strachan JuniorWorld PoolChampionship
STRACHAN AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS -A PERFECT MATCH
Pictured: Stuart Gardiner,
Strachan European Sales Manager.
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TUESDAY 26th JUNE
9:00am Junior Team Championship Session 1
1:00pm Junior Team Championship Session 2
3:00pm Junior Team Championship Session 3
5:00pm Individual Championship Last 64
7:00pm Individual Championship Last 64
WEDNESDAY 27th JUNE
12 noon Individual Championship Last 64
1:30pm Junior Team Championship Session 4
3:30pm Junior Team Championship Session 5
5:30pm Junior Team Championship Session 6
7:30pm Individual Championship Last 32
9:00pm Individual Championship Last 32
THURSDAY 28th JUNE
10:00am Junior Team Championship Session 7
12:00noon Individual Championship Last 16
2:00pm Junior Team Championship Session 8
4:00pm Junior Team Championship Session 9
6:00pm Individual Championship Quarters
FRIDAY 29th JUNE
9:00am Junior Team Championships Semi-Finals
11:00am Individual Championship Semi-Finals
1:00pm Junior Team Championships Final
3:00pm Individual Championship Final
7:00pm PRESENTATION
Junior World Pool
Championship Programme
Ro l l o fhonourjuniors2011Team IndividualENGLAND FRANK COSTELLO
(England)
2010Team IndividualENGLAND FRANK COSTELLO
(England)
2009Team IndividualENGLAND BEN CLARK
(England)
2008Team IndividualENGLAND PAUL McGUIRE
(England)
2007Team IndividualENGLAND SEAN CONWAY
(Republic of Ireland)
2006Team IndividualENGLAND PAT McCARRON
(Scotland)
2005Team IndividualENGLAND JORDAN CHURCH
(England)
2004Team IndividualENGLAND JORDAN CHURCH
(England)
2003Team IndividualSCOTLAND DARREN MATTHEW
(Scotland)
2002Team IndividualIRELAND DARREN MATTHEW
(Scotland)
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Tuesd
ay 26th
June - 5.00 pm
Tuesd
ay 26 th June - 7.00 pm
Wednesd
ay 27th
June - 12.00 noon
Score
R1 STEVEN GRAHAM (SCO) v CIARAN FAY (IRE)
R2 JORDAN YOUNG (ENG) v HAYDN JONES (WAL)
R3 JORDI ETCHELLS (CI) v LEVI CLEMSON (WAL)
R4 CONNOR DAVIES (WAL) v AARON MATHARU (IND)
R5 JAMIE GAFFNEY (IRE) v SCOTT GARDINER (SCO)
R6 JACK SMITHERS (ENG) v CARL MARTIN (IRE)
R7 EVAN KAVANAGH (IRE) v JORDAN MAINWARING (WAL)
R8 L WILSON (SCO) v ADAM BASSOO (ENG)
R9 CALE BARRETT (AUS) v RAJ PADDAM (IND)
R10 CALLUM SINGLETON (ENG) v VIVEK MAKH (IND)
R11 ADAM BLEUMINK (AUS) v JOE McGUIRE (IRE)
R12 BEN FORTEY (WAL) v STUART THOM (SCO)
R13 RYAN MAKH (IND) v JORDAN GORMAN (IRE)
R14 ADAM MAHER (IRE) v SAM HIRST (ENG)
R15 FRASER ALLAN (SCO) v GURVINDER GILL (IND)
R16 KEVIN McWEENEY (IRE) v JORDAN BERWICK (SCO)
R17 LUKE FOSTER (AUS) v JORDAN DOYLE (IRE)
R18 DYLAN CASSAR (MAL) v DYLAN GRAY (SCO)
R19 RYAN FALZON (MAL) v CHRIS LE MARQUAND (CI)
R20 AARON DAVIES (ENG) v SCOTT MUSCAT (MAL)
R21 DEYAN GRECH (MAL) v JACK ANDREW (SCO)
R22 JOHN MURRAY JNR (SCO) v DARREN REDMOND (IRE)
R23 MATT DAVIES (WAL) v FRANK COSTELLO (ENG)
R24 MACAULEY GUNN (ENG) v LEWIS WEST (WAL)
R25 SCOTT COVENTRY (SCO) v CHARLIE HASSETT (CI)
R26 STEPHEN KAINE (AUS) v OWEN AMATO (MAL)
R27 JORDAN SYNNOTT (IRE) v RYAN JUNAID (IND)
R28 LUKE BOWRY (ENG) v RYAN PISANI (MAL)
R29 JAMES MURRAY (SCO) v IAN HINTON (AUS)
R30 DAVID SINGLETON (SCO) v DECLAN O'CALLAGHAN (WAL)
R31 JOE O'CONNOR (ENG) v KIERAN WOOD (SCO)
R32 JAMES CHARLWOOD (ENG) v MICHAEL CACCIOLA (AUS)
First Round (Best of 11) Last 32 (Best of 11)
Last 16 (Best of 11)Wed 27th June - 7.30pm
Wed 27th June - 9.00pm
Thur 28th June - 12.00noon
Thur 28th June - 12.00noon
Score
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Last 16 (Best of 11)
Quarter-finals (Best of 13)
Semi-finals (Best of 13)
FINAL (Best of 15)
Thur 28th June - 12.00noon
Thur 28th June - 6.00pm
Thur 28th June - 6.00pm
Thur 28th June - 6.00pm
Thur 28th June - 6.00pm
Fri 29th June - 11.00am
Fri 29th June - 11.00am
Fri 29th June - 3.00pm
Junior IndividualChampionships
2012
Current champion
FRANK COSTELLO
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BlackpoolImperialHotel
Thur 28th June - 12.00noon
AUSTRALI
ALUKE FOSTER
ADAM BLEUMINK
IAN HINTON
CALE BARRETT
MICHAEL CACCIOLA
STEPHEN KAINE
TUESDAY 26th
JUNE
Session 1
Game 1
Game 2
9:00am
England
Australia
Malta
India
Session 2
Game 3
Game 4
1:00pm
Ireland
Wales
Scotland
Australia
Session 3
Game 5
Game 6
Game 7
3:00pm
Scotland
Malta
England
India
Ireland
Wales
WEDNESDAY 27th
JUNE
Session 4
Game 8
Game 9
Game 10
1:30pm
Australia
India
Wales
Scotland
England
Malta
Session 5
Game 11
Game 12
3:30pm
Ireland
Malta
Australia
India
Session 6
Game 13
Game 14
5:30pm
England
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
THURSDAY 28th
JUNE
Session 7
Game 15
Game 16
Game 17
10:00am
Scotland
India
Malta
England
Ireland
Australia
Strachan
TM
Junior W
orld 2
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Team Championships
FIXTURES
Luke Foster
Adam Bleum
ink
Stephen Kaine
Cale Barrett
Michael Cacciola
Ian Hinton
ENGLA
ND
JACK SMITHERS
JOE O'CONNOR
LUKE BOWRY
JAMES CHARLWOOD
SAM HIRST
AARON DAVIES
CALLUM SINGLETON
IRELA
ND
KEVIN McW
EENEY
JORDAN GORMAN
CIARAN FAY
JORDAN DOYLE
ADAM MAHER
JOE McGUIRE
DARREN REDMOND
Joe O'Connor
Jack Smithers
Sam
Hirst
Chris Le Marquand
Aaron Davies
MALT
ASCOTT MUSCAT
DYLAN CASSAR
OWEN AMATO
RYAN FALZON
RYAN PISANI
DEYAN GRECH
WALE
SBEN FORTEY
JORDAN MAINWARING
CONNOR DAVIES
MATT DAVIES
LEVI CLEMSON
HAYDN JONES
LEWIS WEST
INDIA
RAJ PADDAM
RYAN JUNAID
RYAN MAKH
VIVECK MAKH
GURVINDER GILL
AARON MATHARU
SCOTLA
ND
FRASER ALLAN
STUART THOM
SCOTT GARDINER
STEVEN GRAHAM
JAMES MURRAY
JORDAN BERWICK
KIERAN WOOD
Session 8
Game 18
Game 19
Game 20
2:00pm
Scotland
England
Wales
Malta
Australia
Ireland
Session 9
Game 21
4:00pm
India
Wales
FRID
AY 29th
JUNE
9:00am
SEMI-FI
NALS
1:00pm
FINAL
Scott Muscat
Callum Singleton
Luke Bowry
Dylan Cassar
Ryan Falzon
Levi Clemson
James Charlwood
Matthew Davies
Jordan Mainwaring
Ben Fortey
James Murray
Steven Graham
Charlie Hassett
Jordi Etchells
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2011 Junior World 8 Ball Pool Champion
Frank Costello
Heywood Pool & Snookerwould like to wish all the players at the World Championships all the best.
Barceló Hotels & Resorts in partnership with the EPA and the UK Pool Tour
Barceló Hotels & Resorts have had the pleasure of working with the EPA and the UK Pool Tour for a number of years now and are delighted to be continuing this relationship in the years to come.
Barceló Hotels & Resorts is a privately owned Spanish company which owns or manages more than 180 properties in 17 countries.
In the UK, Barceló offers 21 unique hotels in inspiring locations across Britain, from vibrant city and town centres to spectacular coastal resorts and countryside retreats.
Barceló UK Hotels offer over 2,800 bedrooms, 220 flexible meeting rooms for up to 600 delegates and spacious grounds for team building. 18 of the hotels have Health Clubs and 15 have Beauty Rooms.
As a thank you to the EPA and the UK Pool Tour, Barceló are offering all members of the English Pool Association discounted rates at all Barceló Hotels in the UK. Barceló UK will be working with the EPA and the UK Pool Tour over the coming months to offer members different promotions and incentives.
On behalf of Barceló Hotels & Resorts we would like to thank you for your support and hope you enjoy taking advantage of this promotion.
We trust you enjoy your stay at Blackpool Imperial Hotel, and wish all competitors in this years championship every success.
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