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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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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...

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News Dương Blanks Kaçi, Macioł Dumps Shaw — Bali Aramith WQ Shocks; Shenzhen Quarters Locked

Oct 01

Feature image: Wikimedia Commons File:Man_Cave_Pool_Table.jpg — Candeadly, CC BY-SA 4.0. Vietnam’s Dương Quốc Hoàng keeps carving through the Bali floor — and tonight the Aramith Men’s Open winners’ qualification delivered the biggest 10-ball shocks of the day. Over in Shenzhen, the snooker last-16 board finally closed and Friday’s quarter-finals are set in stone. Bali Aramith Men’s: Dương blanks Kaçi; Macioł dumps Shaw Winners’ qualification at the Bali International Convention Centre...

News Holt Dumps Wilson, Wakelin Knocks Out Robertson — Shenzhen Quarters Take Shape

Oct 01

Feature image: Wikimedia Commons File:Billiard_room_at_Olveston_Historic_Home_in_Dunedin,_New_Zealand.jpg — Tamsin Braisher, CC BY-SA 4.0. Two more former world champions are out of the Shenzhen Open before lunchtime London — and the quarter-final board is already looking unusual. Elsewhere in Bali, Vietnam added another Aramith Men’s Open scalp as Phạm Phương Nam edged European champion Mario He. Shenzhen Open: Holt & Wakelin dump world champs; Selby through Thursday’s last-16 session at...

News Women’s Worlds L16 Locked in Bali — Pia Filler Out; Gorst Dumped by Dương

Oct 01

Feature image: Wikimedia Commons File

ool_ball_rack.jpg — Delta13Rack, Public domain. The losers’ door slammed shut overnight at the Bali International Convention Centre, and the Kamui WPA Women’s 9-Ball World Championship finally has its last sixteen. Elsewhere on the same floor, Vietnam’s Dương Quốc Hoàng shoved Fedor Gorst into the Aramith Men’s Open losers’ bracket — a rude wake-up for one of nineball’s heaviest hitters. Women’s Worlds: Losers Qualification done, L16 set All eight...

News 12yo Mittal Sweeps Maharashtra Triple Crown — Kanjaya Knocks Out Pia Filler

Sep 30

Feature image: Four-ball carom billiard balls — Countakeshi / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Evening cuesports roundup — Wednesday 30 September 2026. India: 12-year-old Mittal lands Maharashtra triple crown While Bali and Shenzhen have soaked up the TV bandwidth this week, the cleanest story of the day belongs to Mumbai. Twelve-year-old Agastya Mittal (Otters Club), coached by former two-time Asian snooker champion Yasin Merchant, has become the youngest player to win a Triple Crown at...

News Chen Blanks Host Permata Sari — Chou Also Through as Women’s WQ Opens

Sep 30

Feature image: Billiard balls with 8-ball in focus — Solise / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Midday cuesports roundup — Wednesday 30 September 2026. Women’s Worlds: Host Permata Sari blanked as winners’ qualification opens The story at the Bali International Convention Centre has flipped to the Kamui WPA Women’s 9-Ball World Championship ($200,000). Winners’ qualification is underway — and Indonesia’s home favourite is already out. Chia Hua Chen blanked host Julia Permata Sari 2–0 to...

News Van Boening Blanks Tan — Pagulayan & Souquet Alive as Bali Losers Clear

Sep 30

Feature image: British-style pool balls — SouthcottC / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Morning cuesports roundup — Wednesday 30 September 2026. Bali Men’s Open: Van Boening blanks Tan as losers’ round one clears overnight Overnight at the Bali International Convention Centre, the Aramith Men’s Open ($150,000, 128, 10-ball) finished Loser Round 1 — and several Round 1 casualties are still breathing. Shane Van Boening blanked Nicholas Tan 2–0. Alex Pagulayan did the same to Cristopher...

News USA Dump Greece — Bali Doubles WR1 Closes; Surety Knocks Out Jiang

Sep 29

Feature image: billiard balls — Frknckmk / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Evening cuesports roundup — Tuesday 29 September 2026. Bali Doubles: USA dump Greece as winners’ round one lands The Isak Billiard WPA Men’s Doubles 10-Ball World Championship ($200,000, 32 teams) has its winners’ qualification field. All eight Winner Round 1 ties are done at the Bali International Convention Centre, and the United States are among the eight still unbeaten. USA edged Greece 2–1 to book a winners’...

News Permata Sari Dumps Ouschan — Han Yu Also Out as Bali WR1 Closes

Sep 29

Feature image: scattered billiard balls — Siddharth Patil / Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Midday cuesports roundup — Tuesday 29 September 2026. Bali: host hope Permata Sari dumps Ouschan as winners’ round one lands Day two at the Bali International Convention Centre answered the question Monday’s Round 1 shocks left hanging. All 16 Winner Round 1 ties are in the book at the Kamui WPA Women’s 9-Ball World Championship — set-play, best of three, race to four racks — and the winners’ side has...

News Grace Dumps Higgins 5–4 — Murphy & Wilson Through Overnight

Sep 29

Feature image: cue ball and reds — Ben Sutherland / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Morning cuesports roundup — Tuesday 29 September 2026. Shenzhen overnight: Grace knocks out Higgins 5–4 The last-64 clear-out at Bao’an Sports Centre kept biting. England’s David Grace, world No. 74, dumped four-time world champion John Higgins 5–4 — a ranking-path shock that puts Grace into the last 32 against Stephen Maguire. That lands alongside two held-over night sessions that also went the seeds’ way...

News Jiang Jun Dumps O’Sullivan 5–2 — Zhao Also Out at Shenzhen

Sep 28

Feature image: snooker black ball — Snooker Spot / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Evening cuesports roundup — Monday 28 September 2026. Shenzhen: Jiang Jun knocks out O’Sullivan 5–2 — Zhao falls too The held-over afternoon at Bao’an finished as a star cull. China’s Jiang Jun, world No. 64, beat seven-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan 5–2 in the last 64 — sealing it with a 108 break after O’Sullivan had levelled from 0–2 with runs of 92 and 52. Jiang next faces England’s Zak Surety...

News Fisher & Amit Crash Out — Bali Women’s Worlds Opens with Shocks

Sep 28

Feature image: 9-ball rack — Kafziel / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Midday cuesports roundup — Monday 28 September 2026. Bali: Fisher, Amit and Fu dumped as Women’s Worlds tip Opening day at the Bali International Convention Centre did not wait around for polite introductions. Round one of the Kamui WPA Women’s 9-Ball World Championship is in the books — 64 players, set-play best-of-three (race to four racks per set) — and several of the biggest names are already on the losers’ side...

News Fan Zhengyi Stuns Williams 5–4 — Shenzhen Open Starts with Champ Out

Sep 28

Feature image: Snooker on a snooker table — Lee Vilenski / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Morning cuesports roundup — Monday 28 September 2026. Shenzhen Open: Fan Zhengyi dumps defending champion Williams Big opening shock at the Bao’an Sports Centre. China’s Fan Zhengyi edged top seed and defending champion Mark Williams 5–4 in a last-64 decider as the inaugural Shenzhen Open (rebranded from the Xi’an Grand Prix) finally tipped onto the main tables. Williams arrived as No. 1 seed...

News Morocco edge NI 11–9 for World Eight-Ball team crown — Shenzhen tips overnight

Sep 27

Feature image: Wikimedia Commons — File:8 ball break time lapse.jpg (Jollytime / public domain). Morocco reclaim the World Eight-Ball team crown The scores that were still dark this morning are no longer a mystery on the team side. Hosts Morocco are IEPF World Eight-Ball men’s team champions again after beating Northern Ireland 11–9 in a 20-frame Marrakech final — their second world team title, twelve years after the 2014 breakthrough. The Atlas side had already done the hard yards in the...

News Bali Tips Tomorrow — Women’s World 9-Ball + Doubles Worlds as Shenzhen Opens Overnight

Sep 27

Feature: pool cues on a rack — SMcCandlish / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). Bali is about to own the pool calendar again. From Monday 28 September through 5 October, the Predator Pro Billiard Series parks three major events at the Bali Nusa Dua / International Convention Center — and the headline ticket is the Kamui WPA Women’s 9-Ball World Championship. Sixty-four of the world’s best women will chase a $200,000 purse across the week (finals window through 4 October). Fresh off her...

News Marrakech finals day — Sharkey–Brennan score still dark as IEPF crowns await

Sep 27

Image: billiard chalk — Jonas Bergsten / Wikimedia Commons (public domain). Sunday in Marrakech is decision day for blackball’s world week — and, frustratingly for anyone waking up in London without a scorecard, the headline men’s singles semi-final has not yet been confirmed in the open press. Ireland’s Shaun Sharkey earned his place in the last four the hard way on Friday, overturning a 7–4 deficit to beat England’s Zac Cooper 9–7. That set up a Saturday evening semi-final against...

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...

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