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ConsultantGeorge Harwood

Tournament DirectorAlan Benton

Press OfficerTrevor Baxter

Administration TeamMike PerkinsJason DaviesYvonne ArmitageSue MitchellTerry Billingham

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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


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


2003Chris Melling & Sue Thompson


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




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

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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

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SUNDAY24th

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2:30pm

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1Game1

Game2

Game3

GAME4

GAME5

Ireland

Australia

Kenya

Malta

India

England

Africa

Wales

WestIndies

SouthAfrica

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2GAME6

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7:30pm

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3GAME11

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MONDAY25th

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4GAME15

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6GAME23

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6:00pm

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7GAME26

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Paula

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ChristineRobbins

Richard

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TUESDAY26th

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10:00am

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9GAME35

GAME36

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WestIndies

Ireland

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12:30pm

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10GAME40

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3:00pm

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11GAME45

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AY29th

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9:30am

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MONDAY2ndJU

LY9:30am

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17GAME74

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GAME78

Africa

Wales

WestIndies

SouthAfrica

Scotland

France

Malta

India

N.Ireland

England

8:00pm

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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-

ble.Helives

inMilton

Keynesand

travelledtoeachR3Tourthrough-

outtheseason,Won

itandquali-

fiedforsquad.Recentlytravelled

600milestocompeteinTheHigh-

landsof

Scotlandin

theElgin

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22

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


Last 16 (Best of 11)

Thu 28th June - 9.00pScore

Score

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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

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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

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SUZANNEBUSSANICH

NICOLE

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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

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8:00pm

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DEONETTE

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CHANTELLEPENNY

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COLLETTE

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LEANEPEARCE

LAURAPEARCE

RACHEL

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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


5:00pm Individual Championship Last 64


WEDNESDAY 27th JUNE

12 noon Individual Championship Last 64






THURSDAY 28th JUNE

10:00am Junior Team Championship Session 7

12:00noon Individual Championship Last 16



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)


Last 16 (Best of 11)Wed 27th June - 7.30pm

Wed 27th June - 9.00pm

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)






Fri 29th June - 11.00am

Fri 29th June - 11.00am


Junior IndividualChampionships

2012

Current champion

FRANK COSTELLO

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BlackpoolImperialHotel


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.

Combe Grove Manor Hotel

Walton Hall

The Lygon Arms

World Pool Programme 2012

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