This weekend will see a number of tournaments being played at Vauxhall Holiday Park, Great Yarmouth starting on Friday 3rd November with the National Ladies Individual Championships during the day and in the evening the Champion of Champions Indivdual events are played.

On Saturday 4th November the Champion of Champions team event will commence with completion on Sunday. Likewise the Ladies Interleague Championship will also commence and complete on Sunday.

Also Saturday will see the Grand Finals of the Youth Grand Prix take place.

Results for all events will be upated at regular intervals.

Champion of Champions
Team Round Robin --- Team Last 32 --- Mens Individual --- Ladies Individual

Other Tournaments
Ladies National Individuals --- Ladies ko Cup --- Youth Grand Prix --- IPA Pro Challenge

The Youth Grand Prix is a competition for youth players based upon a series of events or a round robin K.O. rather than a straight K.O.

Entry was only available via county associations, following which a regional event was held to select qualifiers for the Garnd Finals at Great Yarmouth, to be held over the weekend of 4th - 5th November.

The draw for the finals has now been published with 4 groups playing in a Round Robin, and the winner / Runner Up from each group going into the knockout stage.

The Round Robin Draw

The Champion of Champions 2006 takes place at Vauxhall Holiday Park, Great Yamouth over the weekend of 3rd to 5th November.

The draw for the team championship has now been released and a listing of the entrants for the Individuals is also released although the draw for the Individuals wil not be available until the day of the tournament.

Mens Individual ..................... Ladies Individual ..................... Team Championships

The 2006 Ladies Interleague takes place over the 4th-5th November at the usual venue of Vauxhall Holiday Park, Great Yarmouth.

The draw for the group stages was made at the Grand Final of the Ladies International Pool Tour by Emma Cunningham, Polly Gillgrass and Claire Pilkington.

The Draw

The National Junior Championships took place over the weekend of 21st and 22nd October 2006 at the Chatham Pool and Snooker Club. Players arriving on Friday evening had the opportunity to try the tables at the Chatham club with junior and open flyers taking place organised by Len Yorke.

The championship consisted of two tournaments, Under 18's won by Richard Twomey of Suffolk and the Under 16's won by Ben Mackie from Dorset.

Full results and report

The final UKPool National Ladies Tour of the season took place at Swindon, Wiltshire over the weekend of 21st - 22nd October and the full results are available on the link below.

Entries are now being taken for the 2007 tour. Full details on the link below.

Tour 5 Results ....... 2006 Final Rankings ........ 2007 Tour Entry Details

The National ladies Pool Championships take place at Vauxhall Holiday Park, Great Yarmouth on Friday 3rd November, where entrants compete for a share in the £1,600 prize fund, with prize money paid down to the last 16 players.

The draw is now online.

The Interleague Knockout Cup will get underway on Saturday 7th October at Vauxhall Holiday Park, Great Yarmouth. 96 teams battle it out to get a place in the last 32. A draw takes place for the last 32 during the morning so teams do not know who they will meet at this stage.

Saturday will be completed down to the last 16 which will then recommence on Sunday at 9am.

Links to the pages are listed below, unfortunately due to technical reasons, results will not be updated until Monday 9th October.

Round Robin Draw
Timetable
Tournament Overview
Team Rankings

The National Amateur Pool Championships are being held at Vauxhall Holiday Park, Great Yarmouth starting today Thursday 5th October with completion tomorrow Friday 6th October 2006. Players are competing for a share in the £5,200 prize fund, with prize money paid down to the last 32 players.

Due to technical reasons, results will not be updated until Monday 9th October

The Draw

The Home Internationals took place over the weekend of 15th to 17th September at the Paramount Hotel, Hinckley, Leicestershire.

England once again played well and took 5 of the 7 titles on offer. Full results on the links below.

All Team Events
Mens Individual
Ladies Individual
Junior Individual

At a recent meeting of the National Committee, prospective candidates for the position of England Youth Manager were interviewed.

The National Committee have pleasure in announcing the appointment of Judi Collins to the position and wish her well in the further developement of youth and junior opportunities in pool. Judi has a track record of working with youth in a number of sports as well as assisting the previous Youth Manager and we look forward to her ideas.

England Youth Manager Profile

Pre-Event Report
The Interleague knock out cup is now just around the corner and the booking in process is now well under way. The lucky qualifying teams are getting ready to do battle once more, as always, the current crop of the cream of England’s pool players will be putting in an appearance at Vauxhall Holiday Park, the theatre of dreams, for just about every pool player who wants to play at the highest level.

Full Report

It is with great sadness that I inform you of the tragic death of South Yorkshire County player Mark Stenton. He was knocked down and killed by a car on Saturday 19th August (aged 40). Mark had been a county player for over 10 years mostly in the A team. He never failed to be retained and rarely ever missed a match. He even cycled to an away match once! Mark always took an interest in how the ladies team were getting on and he was fun to have around, we will all miss him.

Sharon Lunn. South Yorkshire Secretary/Region 1 Director

The Champion of Champions 2006 takes place at Vauxhall Holiday Park, Great Yamouth over the weekend of 3rd to 5th November.

Prior to the event a number of preliminary rounds are held for the Team, Individuals and Ladies events. The initial draw for these preliminary events is now available although it is not intended to provide a results service for this.

Once all the preliminary rounds have been completed a list of teams and indivduals through to Great Yarmouth will be published. The main draw will not be available until later on in October.

Preliminary Round Draw

It is with great sadness that I report the loss of one of Region Ones’ well respected great pool players and characters.

Andy G Seal passed away very suddenly on Saturday 19th August 2006 aged 42. Andy is a legend in County Durham, he has been involved with county pool in the region as long as I have known; a great guy who always had time for chat. Andy has been a regular at Great Yarmouth and Reighton Sands events for many years. Many of you may know him as the ‘Hammers’ supporter in the black jeans, white T shirt and famous black leather coat along with a cockney accent from the North East. There are many tributes for Andy on the Durham website www.uk-pool.com

Sincere condolences to Andy’s family, partner Suzie and daughter Jemma from EPA Region 1 Committee, Players and Friends - who will all miss him.
Sharon Lunn – Region 1 Director

The National Junior Championship 2006 will take place at Chatham Pool & Snooker Club over the weekend of 21st - 22nd October 2006

The championship consists of two tournaments, Under 18's and Under 16's.

Closing Date - 30th September 2006

Full details and entry form download

Entry forms are now available for the 2006 National Amateur Individual Pool Championships at Vauxhall Holiday Park, Great Yarmouth on Thursday 5th to Friday 6th October 2006 competing for a share in the £5,200 prize fund, with prize money paid down to the last 32 players.

Entry forms are available from National, Regional and County Officials, or follow the link below.

Entry is restricted to EPA cardholders only.

Closing Date - Sunday 10th September 2006

Full details and entry form download

Entry forms are now available for the 2006 Ladies Pool Championships at Vauxhall Holiday Park, Great Yarmouth on Friday 3rd November 2006 competing for a share in the £1,600 prize fund, with prize money paid down to the last 16 players.

Entry forms are available from National, Regional and County Officials, or follow the link below.

Entry is restricted to EPA cardholders only.

Closing Date - Sunday 1st October 2006

Full details and entry form download

The Youth Grand Prix is a competition for youth players based upon a series of events or a round robin K.O. rather than a straight K.O.

Entry can only be through your County Association. Each county is asked to run a series of competitions locally e.g. a mini tour where players get ranking points or Round Robin event. Depending on the number of entries there will be between 4 and 8 county winners.

FULL DETAILS - Closing Date - 15th July 2006