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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...

UK World Cue Sports Group - Mobile App

UK WORLD CUE SPORTS MOBILE APP Promoting Cue Sports Excellence Since 2019 Your Complete Global Destination For Cue Sport Lovers 8-Ball • 9-Ball • 10-Ball • Snooker • Billiards • Every Rule Set Covered STOP HUNTING FOR STREAMS. Cue sports fans constantly miss live matches because streams are scattered everywhere — by the time you find it, the match is over. The UK World Cue Sports Mobile App fixes that. Worldwide YouTube live streams go live in-app automatically the second subscribed...

JFlowers - Why are Professionals Switching to Carbon Fiber

Why are professional pool players switching to carbon fiber cues? See the performance benefits that make these shafts a standard.Many competitive players are moving away from traditional wood, opting for JFLOWERS cues instead. The analysis below explains why this shift is happening, focusing on the mechanical advantages of modern materials on the table.You will learn exactly why these shafts are stronger, straighter, and more consistent than your average equipment. Understanding these...

Are You using Genuine Taom Chalk?

THE EASIEST WAY TO CHECK IF TAOM V10 CHALK IS FAKE OR GENUINE! Our take Fake chalk is more common than many players realise, and this short shows how to check that your Taom chalk is genuine. Each genuine product carries a code that you scan as a QR code, or enter manually, using Taom's official app. A real code returns the product name and manufacturing date, confirming it was made in Finland. If the details do not match, or it will not verify, you have reason to doubt where it came...

Can't Make It To Ossett? Watch The UK World Pool Grandmasters LIVE

Our take The UK World Pool Grandmasters 2026 was staged at the White Rose Pool Club in Ossett on 29 and 30 August, and this trailer sets out how fans who could not get to West Yorkshire were able to follow it live. The format is worth understanding before you watch any of the coverage. A field of 32 played on Rasson Apollo tables across two days. Saturday was all about whittling the draw down to the final eight, with Sunday from 10am reserved for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final...

News Fortunski and Sánchez Ruiz Deal 11–0 Whitewashes as Gandia Hits Finals Day — Filler Meets Ina Kaplan; Fu and Higgins Advance in Nanjing

Nov 01

Good morning from the Cueball Talk news desk. It is finals day in Gandia, and the Spanish Open's men's last 16 on Saturday night was hard on the losers. Two of the eight matches ended 11–0. In Nanjing, the Sunday morning session sent Marco Fu, John Higgins and Mark Williams into the last 32, and Ding Junhui was in front of Gao Yang as I filed. All times below are GMT. GANDIA: TWO BAGELS IN THE MEN'S LAST 16 Two players went through without dropping a rack. Mieszko Fortunski beat fellow...

News Szolnoki Climbs Off the Floor as Alcaide and Macioł Fall in Gandia's Last 32 — Teenager Wang Xinbo Knocks Out Jak Jones in Nanjing

Oct 31

Saturday evening, 31 October 2026 — Evening from the Cueball Talk desk. At lunchtime Oliver Szolnoki was 2–6 down to Roman Hybler. By mid-afternoon the defending Gandia champion had won hill-hill, and he's still standing. David Alcaide and Daniel Macioł aren't. Both went out of the Spanish Open in the last 32 on a day when the margins were thin all over the bracket. In Nanjing, an 18-year-old in his first season as a professional has sent Jak Jones home. GANDIA — SPANISH OPEN (PREDATOR EURO...

News Vafaei Whitewashes Carrington With a 69-Plus Break in Every Frame — Ding Holds Off Nayyar as Pia Filler Reaches Gandia's Last 16

Oct 31

Saturday lunchtime, 31 October 2026 — Afternoon from the Cueball Talk desk. Hossein Vafaei has produced the best performance of the week so far in Nanjing. He didn't drop a frame against Stuart Carrington and made a break of 69 or more in every one. Ding Junhui survived a scare on home soil. In Gandia, Pia Filler is into the women's last 16, and the men's last 32 is well under way, with David Alcaide locked in a tight one. SNOOKER — INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, NANJING Vafaei's 629 points...

News Grilo Wins the Toronto Heyball Crown as Jans Takes the Women's Title — Szewczyk and Macioł Into Gandia's Last 32; Davies Knocks Out Zhou in Nanjing

Oct 31

Saturday morning, 31 October 2026 — Good morning from the Cueball Talk desk. We owed you two heyball champions from Toronto, and we've now got both. Portugal's João Grilo is the men's North American Heyball Open champion, and Wendy Jans has added the women's title. In Gandia, both Poles who came in from Doha are safely through to today's last 32. Overnight in Nanjing, Mark Selby ended Jimmy White's run, and Liam Davies landed a blow in the race for York. TORONTO — NORTH AMERICAN HEYBALL...

News Szewczyk Survives Furko Hill-Hill and Macioł Blanks Van den Berg in Gandia — Filler Opens 7–4 as Jans Plays for the Toronto Heyball Title

Oct 30

Friday evening, 30 October 2026 — Good evening from the Cueball Talk desk. The two Poles who flew in from Doha finally got going in Gandia today, and both are still unbeaten. Wojciech Szewczyk needed every rack, while Daniel Macioł barely let his opponents in. Pia Filler started her women's campaign, Toronto crowns a women's heyball champion tonight, and snooker's race for York gets one last push in Nanjing. GANDIA — SPANISH OPEN (PREDATOR EURO TOUR, 9-BALL) Szewczyk does it the hard way...

News Alcaide Makes It Three From Three in Gandia as Sánchez Ruiz Sees Off Babica — Jans Reaches the Toronto Heyball Final

Oct 30

Good afternoon from the Cueball Talk desk. Nanjing doesn't break off until the small hours, so lunchtime belongs to the pool players. In Gandia the two Spanish former world champions have spent the morning keeping the home crowd happy, and over in Toronto the North American Heyball Open has reached its last day. Gandia: Alcaide stays perfect, Sánchez Ruiz knocks out Babica David Alcaide is through his third match at the Revora Spanish Open without a loss. Friday's 09:00 local start brought...

News O'Sullivan Signs Up for a Derby Christmas at the British Seniors Open — Szewczyk and Pia Filler Enter Gandia Today as Nanjing Breaks Off Overnight

Oct 30

Good morning from the Cueball Talk desk. Doha is done, the Heathrow medals are counted, and the weekend now belongs to Gandia and Nanjing. But the story that got the snooker world talking last night came from much further down the calendar: Ronnie O'Sullivan is going back on the World Seniors Snooker Tour. The Rocket heads for Derby O'Sullivan has confirmed he will play the British Seniors Open at Vaillant Live in Derby on 27–28 December, per Metro. It is his first Seniors outing since May...

News Filler Reels Off Seven Straight to Beat Manas 13–6 for Doha's $100,000 — Jimmy White, 64, Draws Selby in Nanjing; Malta Bank a Best-Ever Blackball Hau

Oct 29

Good evening, all. The Doha final we owed you at midday has been played, and it was over sooner than anyone expected. Below: the Qatar World Cup result, the weekend's Euro Tour action in Gandia, a final look back at the Heathrow blackball worlds, Nanjing's opening-night draw, and a word from Pankaj Advani.

Pool: Filler Does It Again in Doha Qatar World Cup 10-Ball, final (race to 13): Joshua Filler 13–6 Albert James Manas At 3–3 it looked like a proper contest. Then Filler won seven...

News Manas Wins Hill-Hill to Meet Filler in the Doha Final — Murphy and Brecel Join Hawkins Out of Nanjing; O'Donoghue Keeps His Nenagh Crown

Oct 29

The last day in Doha has already produced two very tight semi-finals. Joshua Filler beat world champion Wojciech Szewczyk 11–9, and Albert James Manas beat Daniel Macioł 11–10 in a deciding rack, so there will be no all-Polish final. The snooker side of the week has had a bad morning: Shaun Murphy and Luca Brecel have joined Barry Hawkins in pulling out of the International Championship in Nanjing before it has even started. Doha 10-ball: Filler v Manas for $100,000 Both semi-finals were...

News France Sweep Four Team Titles to Close the Blackball Worlds — Filler and Szewczyk Fight for a Doha Final Spot as Hawkins Pulls Out of Nanjing

Oct 29

The Blackball World Championships at Heathrow finished last night with France winning almost everything again. Les Bleus took four of the team titles on the final day and lost only one match all day. Out in Doha the 10-ball reaches its last day this morning: Joshua Filler and Wojciech Szewczyk play the first semi-final, Daniel Macioł and Albert James Manas play the other, and the final follows this afternoon. Snooker is quiet until the weekend, but the Nanjing draw has already lost Barry...

News Filler Wins Six Straight From the One-Loss Side to Set Up a Szewczyk Semi — Unbeaten Macioł Meets Manas; Correia Completes a Gandia Grand Slam

Oct 28

Wednesday evening, 28 October 2026 — Reggie Rutherford. All times GMT. Doha: the last four is set, and it's a heavyweight card The quarter-finals of the Qatar 10-Ball World Cup are done, and nobody can complain about the semi-final line-up. World No. 1 Wojciech Szewczyk plays Joshua Filler, and 2024 champion Daniel Macioł plays the last Filipino standing, AJ Manas. That leaves two Poles, a German and a Filipino going for the $100,000 first prize. Szewczyk 11–8 John Morra. The Canadian...

News Szewczyk Dethrones Magpantay 11–5 as Gorst Falls Hill-Hill and Biado Crashes Out — Three Poles in Doha's Last Eight; Ding Faces a Nanjing Cliff

Oct 28

Good afternoon. Doha's last 16 was not kind to the favourites. The defending champion is gone, so are Fedor Gorst and Carlo Biado, and by the time the quarter-finals broke off just after midday there were three Poles still standing in the Qatar World Cup 10-Ball. Elsewhere, Malta had its best day yet at Heathrow, and Ding Junhui heads home to Nanjing with a ranking problem. Doha: the last 16 claims the big names Wojciech Szewczyk 11–5 Jonas Magpantay. The tie of the round turned out to be...

News Hibbott Hammers Lambert 6–1 to Win the Blackball World Title — Jude Reclaims the Women's Crown as Magpantay Meets Szewczyk in Doha's Last 16

Oct 28

Good morning. Heathrow has its world champions. Gareth Hibbott needed only seven frames of Tuesday night's men's singles final to put Christophe Lambert away, and France had a big day of its own. In Doha the Qatar 10-ball World Cup's last 16 breaks off this morning, with the defending champion drawn against the world number one. Blackball Worlds: Hibbott is champion of the world Gareth Hibbott 6–1 Christophe Lambert. The Englishman was never in trouble in the WPA men's singles final...

News Biado Wins Six Racks in a Row to Escape Śniegocki, Then Knocks Out Sánchez Ruiz — Gorst Survives Hill-Hill as Seven Filipinos Reach Doha's Last 16

Oct 27

Evening all. At lunchtime Carlo Biado was 6–5 down to Mateusz Śniegocki and Fedor Gorst was trailing Marco Teutscher. Both are still alive tonight, and Biado has since knocked out the third seed as well. The Qatar World Cup 10-Ball is down to 16, and seven of them are Filipinos. Doha: Biado's big afternoon Carlo Biado won the last six racks to beat Śniegocki 11–6 in the last 64, then went straight out and beat Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 11–6 in the last 32. That's the Spaniard, one of Europe's...

News Reanne Evans Whitewashes Mink 5–0 to Win in Kuala Lumpur — Zielinski Knocks Out Kledio Kaci in Doha as Filler Reaches the Last 32

Oct 27

Afternoon all. This morning I said Reanne Evans had taken out the top two seeds in Kuala Lumpur. Make that three. She has now beaten the fourth seed as well, in the final, without dropping a frame. In Doha the first wave of the one-life last 64 is done, and the second wave was still on the tables as I wrote this. Evans takes the title 5–0 Reanne Evans has won the Niche Cues Women's Snooker Open in Kuala Lumpur, beating Mink Nutcharut 5–0 in the best-of-nine final. A few hours after...

News Reanne Evans Topples World No. 1 Bai Yulu 4–1 to Reach the Kuala Lumpur Final — Doha's One-Life Last 64 Breaks Off; Venom Takes a Trick-Shot Double

Oct 27

Morning all. Kuala Lumpur gave us the early headline while most of us were still asleep, Doha is about to get going in the single-elimination rounds, and the snooker tour is packing for Nanjing. Here's the Tuesday breakfast read. Evans takes out the top two seeds back to back Reanne Evans is into the final of the Niche Cues Women's Snooker Open in Kuala Lumpur after beating world number one and defending champion Bai Yulu 4–1 in the semi-finals, which began at 04:00 GMT. The frame scores...

News Cho Wins a Seven-Set Thriller to Deny Martínez the PBA Record — Hohmann, Pecelj and Shaw Out in Doha as Filler Makes the Last 64

Oct 26

Evening all. Reggie here with the Monday night round-up. I owed you a result from Goyang and it was worth the wait. Doha has also lost three more big names. All times GMT. GOYANG: CHO SPOILS THE PARTY David Martínez came into tonight's final needing one more title to hold the PBA record on his own. He didn't get it. Cho Geon-hwi beat him 4–3 to win the NH NongHyup Card PBA Championship, and it went to the seventh set. Set scores (Cho first): 7–15, 15–14, 15–6, 4–15, 15–4, 7–15, 11–6 The...

News Martínez and Cho Meet Again With a Record Ninth PBA Title at Stake — Filler Survives; Bayarsaikhan Stuns Ng On Yee

Oct 26

Afternoon all. Reggie here with the Monday lunchtime update. The Goyang final is under way, Filler is still alive and Kuala Lumpur has a shock for you. All times GMT. Goyang: same two, bigger prize A fortnight ago David Martínez beat Cho Geon-hwi in the semis of the last PBA event. Today they play for the NH NongHyup Card PBA Championship title. The final was due off at 12:00 (9pm in Korea) and had only just started when I wrote this, so the result will be in the evening post. Martínez...

News Wilson Concedes 21 Points All Evening to Beat Jones 9–2 for Ranking Title No. 11 — Szewczyk Into Doha's One-Life Bracket

Oct 26

Morning all. Reggie here with the Monday paper. The Belfast final didn't really make it to a second session, Doha has started catching out the big names, and there's a busy day ahead in Kuala Lumpur and Goyang. Let's go.

Belfast: three frames, 21 points against, job done Jak Jones needed something special after the interval. He didn't get anywhere near it. Kyren Wilson won the first three frames of the evening session to beat Jones 9–2 at the Waterfront Hall. He's lifted the Alex Higgins...

News Kim Bo-mi Roars Back From 0–3 Down to Win Her First LPBA Title — Ouschan Knocked Out in Doha; Wilson Leads Jones 6–2 Going Into the Belfast Night

Oct 25

Sunday evening, 25 October 2026 — Reggie Rutherford. All times GMT. Kim Bo-mi finally gets her trophy, and she did it the hard way. Three sets down to Lim Jeong-sook in the LPBA final in Goyang, with three lost finals already behind her, Kim won the next four to take the NH NongHyup Card LPBA Championship 4–3. Korean outlets Billiards and Edaily both say it's the first time anyone has come back from 0–3 in a best-of-seven LPBA final. In the men's PBA it has happened once, when Kang...

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