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Clint I'anson signs Sponsorship Deal

IWAN SIMONIS GROUP SIGNS SPONSORSHIP WITH BLACKBALL POOL STAR CLINT I’ANSON Recognized as one of the best Blackball players of his generation, the 2023 IPA World Champion is now partnering with Strachan and Aramith, official cloth and ball suppliers of the IPA Tour. PLAYER PROFILE Born in 1987 in England, Clint I’anson started playing pool at a very young age in his Dad’s arcade room. Himself a talented pool player, his dad saw his son’s potential and set up a pool room at home when he...

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News Szewczyk Crowns Saigon — Second World 10-Ball Title as Kaçi Falls 3–1

Sep 26

Poland’s Wojciech Szewczyk is a two-time world 10-ball champion. In Saturday’s final of the 2026 Iwan Simonis WPA Men’s 10-Ball World Championship at Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, he beat Albania’s Eklent Kaçi 3–1 in sets to take the $80,000 winner’s cheque from a $300,000 purse — with Kaçi collecting $40,000 as runner-up. Midday we only had the final set; tonight the crown is on Szewczyk’s head. He was already the 2022 world 10-ball champion. Kaçi, a two-time former champion...

News Kaçi Edges Filler 3–2 — Szewczyk–Kaçi World 10-Ball Final Set in Saigon

Sep 26

Eklent Kaçi is into the Iwan Simonis WPA Men’s 10-Ball World Championship final in Ho Chi Minh City — surviving a five-set scrap with Germany’s Joshua Filler to set up a title match against Poland’s Wojciech Szewczyk. Saigon — Kaçi books the final Absolute Pool’s updated results board has Kaçi beating Filler 3–2 in sets (4–2, 2–4, 0–4, 4–1, 4–2 from Kaçi’s side; Filler led mid-match before the Albanian closed it out). That completes the semi-final that was still unfinished in this...

News Sharkey Into Marrakech World 8-Ball Semis — Szewczyk Books Saigon Final

Sep 26

Donegal’s Shaun Sharkey is two wins from the IEPF World Eight-Ball crown. In Marrakech, the Irish international clawed back from 7–4 down to beat England’s Zac Cooper 9–7 and reach the last four — with over 500 entries cut to four for the sport’s biggest singles prize. Marrakech — Sharkey vs Brennan tonight Sharkey faces Northern Ireland pro Declan Brennan in Saturday’s semi-final at 18:45 local, streamed on the Ultimate Pool Association YouTube channel. A former Irish singles champion and...

News Filler Blanks Shi for Saigon Crown — 10-Ball Semis Set: Szewczyk–Pehlivanovic, Kaçi–Filler

Sep 25

Germany’s Pia Filler is the Poison Saigon Women’s 9-Ball champion — and she never dropped a match. In Friday’s final at Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium, Filler blanked China’s Shi Tianqi 2–0 (best-of-three sets, race to four) to finish 7–0 through the event and take the $25,000 winner’s cheque from a $90,000 purse. Saigon Women’s final The title match closed a ruthless run. Filler had already dumped Wei Tzu-Chien 2–1 in the quarters and blanked Taiwan’s Chieh-Yu Chou 2–0 in the semis. Shi Tianqi...

News NSCI Open Eve in Delhi — India’s Cue Elite Ready as Filler–Shi Saigon Final Looms

Sep 25

Tomorrow the tables turn to New Delhi. The NSCI Open 8-Ball — organised by the Delhi Billiards & Snooker Association with the National Sports Club of India — opens Saturday 26 September at NSCI Club and runs through 5 October, with a ₹5 lakh purse and a who’s-who of Indian cue already named. Delhi — NSCI Open on the eve of start PTI and local reports list former world billiards champion Sourav Kothari among the headliners, alongside 8-ball national champion and former Asian heyball...

News Filler Dumps Wei, Chou Ousts Seo — Saigon Semis Set as 10-Ball Shocks Mount

Sep 25

Ho Chi Minh City woke up without its two biggest women’s favourites. Overnight at the Poison Saigon Women’s 9-Ball Open, Germany’s Pia Filler dumped defending champion Wei Tzu-Chien 2–1 and Taiwan’s Chieh-Yu Chou ousted women’s world champion Seo Seoa 2–1 — clearing a path to Friday’s semis while the men’s World 10-Ball last 16 thinned the field of its own heavyweights. Saigon women — Wei and Seo crash out CueScore’s quarter-final slate at Phú Thọ / Military Zone 7 Stadium flipped the...

News Busuttil Blanks Jones for First Maltese Q Tour Crown — Saigon Knockouts Roll On

Sep 24

Malta has a Q Tour champion. Aaron Busuttil blanked England’s 17-year-old Edward Jones 4–0 in Thursday’s final of WPBSA Q Tour Europe Event 2 in Sofia — the first Maltese winner of a Q Tour event — while Ho Chi Minh City’s World 10-Ball last 32 and the Poison Saigon women’s draw keep the festival tables busy. Sofia — Busuttil makes Maltese history Per WPBSA, Busuttil (35) completed a clean sweep through the title match at Ramada Sofia City Centre / the Princess Hotel strip, becoming the...

News Jones Into Sofia Final After Young Scalps Lam — Saigon Knockout Day

Sep 24

Sofia’s Q Tour Europe Event 2 finally has a finalist: England’s Edward Jones punched through on Thursday lunchtime, while Scotland’s Dean Young had already done the morning’s heavy lifting by dumping top seed Sanderson Lam. Down in Ho Chi Minh City the men’s World 10-Ball field is now living without a losers’ bracket. Sofia — Jones books the final; Young ends Lam’s title defence Per snooker.org live scoring at the Princess Hotel, Edward Jones (seed 44) beat Dean Young 4–2 in the first...

News Hsieh & Liu Crown Saigon Mixed Doubles — Men’s 10-Ball Knockout Opens

Sep 24

A Taiwan–China pairing finished what five days of double-elim drama set up: Hsieh Chia-Chen and Liu Shasha lifted the Mixed Doubles Open title in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday night, while the men’s World 10-Ball field finally drops the safety net and goes single-elim on Thursday. Saigon — Hsieh & Liu outlast Yapp–Lu for Mixed Doubles crown Per Absolute Pool, Hsieh and Liu — both 33 — came through the losers’ side after an opening defeat, then survived a shootout to dump favourites Chezka...

News Host Vietnam Blanked at World 10-Ball — Biado & Alcaide Fall Too

Sep 23

Home advantage is gone. On Wednesday afternoon at Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s last men and women were knocked out of the cue week’s headline events — and a clutch of world names went with them. Saigon — host nation wiped from World 10-Ball Dương Quốc Hoàng — better known as Hoàng “Sao” — was the final Vietnamese man left in the 2026 Iwan Simonis WPA Men’s 10-Ball World Championship. In the last-32 qualifier he took the first set 4–3 from two-time world 10-ball...

News India’s 12-Year-Old Mittal Sweeps Maharashtra Triple Crown

Sep 23

Twelve years old, three state titles, one afternoon that will stick on the Maharashtra junior circuit for a while. Agastya Mittal of Mumbai’s Otters Club became the youngest player to take a junior/sub-junior triple crown at the Maharashtra State Billiards & Snooker Championships, staged at Khar Gymkhana. He swept gold in sub-junior snooker, sub-junior billiards and junior billiards — the last of those against older competitors. India — Mittal’s clean sweep The snooker final was the...

News Gao Blanks He — Day Escapes Decider as Leicester Night Closes

Sep 23

The Leicester night session that was still hanging when we signed off Tuesday is finished. Four Round 2 tickets punched overnight — and the loudest one came from a Chinese derby. Leicester — night session closed (R2) Gao Yang [72] did not waste the opportunity: a 4–0 whitewash of He Guoqiang [40] at Mattioli Arena. Frames gone, no drama, Edinburgh booked. Ryan Day [38] had to dig. He edged Michal Szubarczyk [74] 4–3 in a best-of-seven that refused to settle early — another seed through...

News Brecel Blanks Gong — Deciders Decide Leicester Afternoon

Sep 22

The Mattioli Arena’s afternoon wave of Scottish Open Qual Round 2 did not mess about — whitewashes, seven-frame scrapes, and a few seeds shown the door before the evening session even sat down. Leicester — afternoon wrap (R2) Luca Brecel [37] set the tone early: a 4–0 blanking of Gong Chenzhi [100], frames settled without a fuss. Around him the cloth got messier. Three ties went the distance: Chatchapong Nasa [88] edged Louis Heathcote [64] 4–3 after Heathcote clawed back from 0–3...

Clint I'anson signs Sponsorship Deal

Sep 22

News Hill Fires Triple Centuries — World 10-Ball Roars in Saigon

Sep 22

Aaron Hill just turned a Scottish Open Qual Round 2 morning into a highlight reel. The Irishman [33] beat Poland’s Antoni Kowalski [113] 4–2 at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester — and he did it with three centuries. Frame scores: Kowalski opened with a 90; Hill answered 139; Kowalski took the third; then Hill unloaded 121, an 87 (56), and closed with a 100. That is three tons in six frames, and Hill is through to the last 64 of the BetVictor Scottish Open qualifiers. It is the first...

News Whirlwind Walks On in Slippers — Scottish R2 Opens, Reyes Cup Tickets Drop

Sep 22

Jimmy White [98] is through to Scottish Open Qual Round 2 — and he did it in slippers. The Whirlwind beat Leone Crowley [84] 4–2 in the Last 128 at Mattioli Arena, Leicester, in Monday’s evening session. Colour for the night: White was cleared to wear slippers with an ankle injury, a rare dress-code carve-out from the WPBSA’s usual covering-footwear rule. Next up is Liu Hongyu [52] in Qual Round 2 on Wednesday 23 September at 18:00 UTC. Oliver Sykes [102] also finished what midday left...

News Raga & Chen Crown Japan Open — Ng On Yee Whitewashes Fu

Sep 21

Japan Open Tokyo’s New Pia Hall closed the 39th Japan Open with an all-Filipino men’s final and a China–Philippines duel for the women’s crown. Anthony Raga beat Antonio Lining 8–3 to take the men’s 10-ball title; Chen Si-Ming edged Denise Santos 7–6 in the women’s 9-ball final. Both finals were race matches on Diamond PRO-AM Black tables after three days of qualifying and knockouts across the capital. Raga’s win keeps Philippine pool on the Asian podium heading into the business end of...

News Thai Century Whitewash on Scottish Day 2 — Milkman Eyes Sofia Q Tour

Sep 21

Feature image: File:Suzi-Cue.jpg — Wikimedia Commons (CC0 1.0) Thanawat’s Century Whitewash Sparks Scottish Day 2 Mattioli Arena’s morning session didn’t hang about. Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon dismantled Paul Norris 4–0 in Leicester — a proper demolition that included a 121 century and frame breaks of 80, 79 and 74. The Thai cueist is through to face Robbie Williams in Round 2 on Wednesday morning. Poland’s Mateusz Baranowski was just as ruthless: 4–0 over amateur Patrick Whelan with breaks...

News Busuttil Crowned European Six Reds Champ — Leicester Day 2, Tokyo Finals Day

Sep 21

Feature image: Billiards table — Kurt Kaiser / Wikimedia Commons (CC0 1.0) Malta’s Busuttil Takes European Six Reds Gold The final that was still chalking up when we left Sofia at midday is done — and the gold is Maltese. Aaron Busuttil beat Germany’s Alexander Widau 5–3 in the EBSA European Six Reds Championship final at the Princess Hotel in Sofia on Sunday. Widau opened with a 56 break to steal the first frame; Busuttil answered with the next two, including a 69 in frame three, and...

News Amateurs Stun Scottish Day 1 — India’s Najeeb Books Snooker 900 UK Spot

Sep 20

Feature image: antique cues and ivory billiard balls — HazelMaher / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) The amateurs came to play. Day one of the BetVictor Scottish Open qualifiers at Leicester’s Mattioli Arena delivered the kind of results that make the round-of-128 worth watching: two unranked invitees dumped ranked tour professionals, a Polish qualifier edged a seeded Scot on a decider, and several Chinese and European names banked clean advances into Tuesday’s last 96. Scottish Open...

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