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Sebas Kan defeated Joris Maas 6-3 in the final at his home club of Westend Snooker in Zaandam to win the 2025 Dutch National Snooker Championship. Organised by the snooker section of the Royal Dutch Billiards Association (KNBB), this was the 37th edition of the Netherlands’ blue riband domestic snooker event. 41-year-old Kan was the last player remaining from an initial field of 132 entries, as ...

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) has today announced that Ben Woollaston has joined its Governance Board as a non-executive director with immediate effect. Woollaston first turned professional in 2004 and has been an ever-present on the World Snooker Tour since 2009. His best performance to date came at the 2015 Welsh Open when he finished as runner-up to John Higgi...

The World Pool Association (WPA) and Matchroom are pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached, ensuring that World Nineball Tour (WNT) events will be ratified by the WPA moving forward. This article first appeared on SPM Billiards Magazine - Click here to visit site..

Kevin Hanssens defeated Wesley Pelgrims 5-2 in the final at the Hangaar 44 venue in Glabbeek to win the 2025 Belgian National Snooker Championship. The 41-year-old continues his dominance of Belgian snooker’s blue riband domestic event having now claimed the last five editions in succession. Hanssens’ latest triumph represents his sixth title victory overall in the competition. Organised by th...

WST and WPBSA have awarded a new two-year tour card to Sam Craigie on medical grounds. Craigie was not able to compete at all during the 2024/25 season due to injury and dropped out of the world’s top 64. Having considered all of the facts, WST and WPBSA have offered Craigie a two-year card. He will start the 2025/26 season with zero ranking points, consistent with other players with a new two-year card. WST and WPBSA wish Sam all the best and look forward to seeing him back competing...

William Bjerregaard Jakobsen recovered from three down with four to play in the final to oust Jakob Lund Andersen 5-4 and win the 2025 Danish National Snooker Championship. It is the second time that 23-year-old Jakobsen has claimed Denmark’s top domestic snooker honour having initially won it as a teenager in 2021. A competition first held in 1990, this year’s Championship – organised by th...

When people think about the “mental game” in pool, they often picture themselves sitting in a chair, visualizing the moment they pocket the final 9-ball to win the U.S. Open. While visualization and controlled breathing are valuable tools, the foundation of mental strength is built through preparation and practice This article first appeared on SPM Billiards Magazine - Click here to visit site..

The World Nineball Tour, in partnership with Puyat Sports, is thrilled to announce the return of the Reyes Cup — set to light up Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila once again from October 16–19, 2025. Broadcast live on One Sports and WNT TV, the four-day team clash promises even greater firepower, intensity, and drama, as Team Asia prepares to defend their crown on home soil. This article first appeared on SPM Billiards Magazine - Click here to visit site..

Anthony Hamilton has announced his retirement from professional snooker after a 34-year unbroken spell on the World Snooker Tour (WST) between 1991 and 2025. Defeat to Germany’s Umut Dikme in the second event of the 2025 Q School in Leicester last week saw the curtain fall on a memorable career that saw Hamilton reach multiple ranking event finals and earn a place in the world’s elite top 16. ...

The second annual World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) Players Golf Day took place last week at the Forest of Arden Country Club. The event was arranged by WPBSA Players , in conjunction with Great Days Golf, and took place on Thursday 29 May with 17 teams represented from across snooker as well as other sports who competed for bragging rights and a number of prizes. Among ...

David Grace, Ian Burns, Connor Benzey and Fergal Quinn successfully negotiated the Q School gauntlet to earn tour cards on the final day of Event Two in Leicester. Grace earned an immediate return to professional status thanks to a 4-0 whitewash win over Scotland’s Jack Borwick. Victory for Grace saw him bounce back from a gut-wrenching 4-3 loss to Alexander Ursenbacher in Event One. The Yorkshi...

Bai Yulu has defeated Mink Nutcharut 6-4 in Dongguan Changping, China to successfully defend the World Women’s Snooker Championship title on home soil. View tournament information via WPBSA SnookerScores Victory for the 21-year-old underlines her status as already one of the outstanding female players of the modern game and sees her join Reanne Evans, Allison Fisher, Kelly Fisher, Karen Corr, Ng...

SPM Magazine is back! This month, we're focusing on your mental game with articles from Anthony Beeler, Matt Andrews, and Raymond Scudder! Plus, a closer look at JFlowers Cues. Check it out! This article first appeared on SPM Billiards Magazine - Click here to visit site..

Liam Pullen, Alexander Ursenbacher, Oliver Brown and Mateusz Baranowski secured two-year cards for the World Snooker Tour after successfully negotiating the Q School gauntlet at Event One in Leicester. Pullen earned an immediate tour return by beating Germany’s Umut Dikme 4-2 in his final round match. The Yorkshire cueman suffered relegation at the end of last term, having first qualified as a p...

China’s Xu Yichen and Zhao Hanyang both won a place on the World Snooker Tour for the first time by coming through Asia Oceania Q School – Event 2 on Saturday. The duo will join the strong Chinese contingent on the professional circuit for the 2025/26 and 2026/27 seasons. Xu won his semi-final with a 4-3 victory over Pakistan’s Babar Masih. He was 2-1 and 3-2 down but a break of 70 in frame ...

Fans worldwide (outside China) can watch 2025 Q School live and free on WST Play, starting on May 21st. Q School brings together former professionals and promising amateurs, all with the same ambition: to earn a place on the World Snooker Tour. There will be eight tour cards up for grabs, with the four semi-finalists from each of two events to win a place on the pro circuit for the 2025/26 and 2026/27 seasons. Former pros in action at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester will include Anthony...

Peter Gilchrist defeated David Causier 938-618 in the final of the 2025 World Billiards European Open at The Trickshot Club in Bruges, Belgium. Results The 57-year-old Singaporean representative came through a field of 31 players in dramatic fashion to win the level five world ranking event. The second part of a double-header in Bruges, which also included the Belgian Open won by Causier last week...