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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 Aaron Hill Clears the Table With a 140 and Still Goes Home — Vafaei Reels Off Four Straight to Sink Si Jiahui as Chang Bingyu Lines Up Zhao

Nov 03

NANJING — The morning session of the International Championship last 16 is done, and the man who played some of the best snooker of it is on his way home. Aaron Hill trailed Zhao Xintong 3–0 after the former world champion opened up with a 131, then hit back with a 103 and a 140 clearance in the next four frames. At 4–3 down he had a chance in the eighth, broke down on 41, and a foul from a simple red proved to be his last shot of the match. Zhao won 6–3. Per RTÉ, the 24-year-old Irishman...

News Fefilova-Styer Wins the Cherokee Women's Shootout as Cho Myung-woo Chases Jaspers' 2008 Record in Yanggu — Zhao Leads Hill in Nanjing's Last 16

Nov 03

Tuesday morning, 3 November 2026 Morning, all. Nanjing's last 16 broke off at six this morning, and I'll get to it. But we've had snooker at the top of this page for days, so today I'm starting in North Carolina, where the biggest week in American league pool is under way and one of the best women in the game has already won a title. Then it's Korea, where the world number one is chasing a three-cushion record that has stood since 2008. Peru, blackball and India are further down. Pool...

News Craigie Pots the Re-spotted Black and the White Follows It In — Zhao Survives as Maguire Knocks Out World Champion Wu Yize

Nov 02

Monday evening, 2 November 2026 Evening, all. At lunchtime I said Nanjing's 11:30 GMT session was only just getting going. It finished as one of the strangest afternoons of snooker I can remember. The world number one went through after his opponent potted the winning ball, and the world champion is on his way home. Further down there's a billiards title in Sydney, two 16-year-olds making their mark in Yanggu and the Korean team league, so stick around. The in-off that handed Zhao the...

News Wang Xinbo, 18, Fires Back-to-Back Centuries to Knock Out Neil Robertson — Ding Flukes the Yellow and Survives Zhang Anda on the Final Black

Nov 02

Monday lunchtime, 2 November 2026 Afternoon, all. This morning I asked who'd get through between Neil Robertson and Wang Xinbo. It was the 18-year-old, and it wasn't luck: Wang made two centuries in a row and closed it out with an 84. Ding Junhui had a much bumpier morning, but he's still in the International Championship after a deciding frame that lasted more than 40 minutes. Wang sends Robertson home Wang, ranked 105th, beat the world number three 6–4 in the last 32 in Nanjing. Last...

News Felix Vogel and Jiang Teng Win Their First Euro Tour Titles in Gandia — Un-Nooh Makes a 147 and Still Loses to Mark Williams

Nov 02

Monday morning, 2 November 2026 Good morning, all. I promised you the Gandia champions, and we have two first-time Euro Tour winners. Felix Vogel ran away with the men's final and Jiang Teng won hers on the very last rack. Overnight in Nanjing, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh made a maximum in the first frame against Mark Williams and still lost the match. Vogel takes Gandia, 12 months after his junior world title there Felix Vogel beat his fellow German Luca Menn 11–4 in the Revora Spanish Open final...

News Wakelin Misses the Yellow on a 147 and Still Edges Long Zehuang 6–5 — Vogel v Menn and Kaplan v Jiang Teng Decide the Last Euro Tour Titles of 2026

Nov 01

Sunday evening, 1 November 2026 Good evening, all. Chris Wakelin came within one yellow of a maximum in Nanjing this afternoon, and he still needed every frame to get past Long Zehuang. Over in Gandia the last Predator Euro Tour stop of the year is down to two finals, both breaking off around now. So it's a busy Sunday night. Wakelin's near-147, and a decider anyway The 2024 Nanjing runner-up beat Long Zehuang 6–5 in the last 64 of the International Championship. Per snooker.org, Wakelin...

News Fan Zhengyi Sinks Judd Trump in a Scrappy Nanjing Decider — Ina Kaplan Ends Pia Filler's Gandia Run as Szewczyk Also Falls

Nov 01

Good afternoon from the Cueball Talk news desk. Judd Trump is out of the International Championship. Fan Zhengyi beat him 6–5 in Nanjing this morning, and the deciding frame was full of mistakes from both players. In Gandia the quarter-finals were just as unkind to the big names. Pia Filler, who won $100,000 in Doha last weekend, lost 9–5 to fellow German Ina Kaplan, and Wojciech Szewczyk went out to Spain's Iker Andoni Echeverria. All times below are GMT. NANJING: TRUMP LOSES A NERVY...

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...

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