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SPONSORSHIP AND
MERCHANDISE DEAL

EASB Marketing Director, Oliver Wagner (right) confirms the agreement with John Handley, Getsnookered.com Managing Director, with Antoinette Handley holding waistcoat.

On 12th December 2011 the EASB finalised an agreement with snooker clothing manufacturer Getsnookered.com to provide all England national teams with tailor-made team waistcoats. Read More

*** IMPORTANT INFORMATION PLEASE READ ***

North East Debyshire Under 21's Event 2 Saturday / Sunday 28th/29th January.

Please be advised that we are CHANGING THE DRAW for this event now. Revised draw sheets will be sent out by email as soon as these are completed and have now been posted on the Results page of the website.
There will now be 8 groups of 8 players with the top 4 from each group qualifying for the Knockout stages
Please accept our appologies for this late change but it was felt that this would be appreciated by all those plaeyers taking part.

IMPORTANT NOTICE
Please be aware that we are currently experiencing some problems receiving emails which have been addressed the the office. This includes voice messages which are relayed to the office by this method. We are working on resolving this issue which will result it a delay responding to some emails. If you are currently awaiting a reply to a query, please do no resend your emails as the issue of one of access rather than loss.

LADIES TOUR
The players letter for Event 3 can be found on the Tournament Page

EASB / CIU BILLIARDS
The entry list and players letter for the Preliminary round of this new competition can be found on the Tournament Page

VENUE CHANGE
Please note that the Southern qualifying venue for the Q-School (Stage 2) will take place at Frames Sports Bar, Coulsdon.

NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE UNDER 21s SERIES EVENT 3
Please be advised that above event has had to be cancelled. This event will now be played on Saturday?Sunday 2nd/3rd June 201

NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE UNDER 21s SERIES EVENT 2
The entry list, players letter and group details can be found on the Tournament Page

BILLIARDS TEN SHOT
Fourteen year old Daniel Peart made the first recorded “ten shot” in an EASB Billiards event. He made the achievement in his group game against Keith Kinnersley during the Regional Junior Billiards Tournament at Hartlepool on 11th December. The score is the maximum a player can make in any one shot at billiards, and requires the player to strike the red ball first with the cue ball, achieve a cannon, and then all three balls must go into a pocket.

MALCOLM THORNE MEMORIAL SNOOKER COMPETITION
Following a number of enquiries regarding this intended tournament, we are still not in a position to release any further details. Once a format and structure for the event has been decided, a notice will be sent to all members.

DIRECTOR OF COACHING
EASB are pleased to announce the appointment of Danny Connolly to the vacant position of Director of Coaching.

Danny has previous experience of developing coaching programmes for the Lawn Tennis Association and currently runs his own business creating and staffing comprehensive coaching and playing programmes for tennis clubs throughout England. He is also a World Snooker qualified coach, and as a player himself, brings a desire to expand participation and increase standards of excellence in snooker and billiards.

The EASB coaching scheme, which was launched last month, is currently accepting registrations from people active in the area of junior coaching, and enquiries can be made directly to Danny through the Contacts page. Further information about the coaching scheme is available on the Coaching page.

Playing in a Lincoln & District billiards league match on 22nd September, Rob Hall made breaks of 307, 188, and 167, the largest of which now heads the EASB National Break competition. Rob played from a massive handicap of minus 680 and won the game, which was played at Riley's Snooker Club, Crofton Road, Lincoln, 200-106, his opponent, Rob Chapman, played from a handicap of +60.

VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED!
EASB are inviting volunteers to take part in an initiative to raise funds for an International Travel Fund aimed at providing financial support for English representatives at World and European Championships.

During the coming season we will be looking at building up a ring-fenced fund which will be applied to offset the travel cost of representative at IBSF and EBSA events during the 2012-13 season, or possibly earlier if sufficient funds are raised.

As a first stage we are inviting applications from individuals to become authorised EASB Fund-Raisers. We are looking for people to bring their ideas to us, large or small, and either carry out approved projects on our behalf, or with our additional support.

A full job description is available HERE.

On 22nd September 2011, Sport England formally recognised EASB as the National Governing Body for Snooker and Billiards in England.

This marks the end of a long campaign for official recognition which was begun shortly after the association was formed in 1992 as a replacement for the defunct Billiards & Snooker Control Council.

Subsequent delays were largely due to the difficulty in agreeing a united presentation for snooker and billiards; with competitions for the latter being independently run by the English Amateur Billiards Association (EABA). Following protracted attempts to achieve an inclusive solution, the successful submission, which was presented to Sport England in February, did not contain any input from the EABA.

This change in status now enables EASB to make progress in a number of areas, not least giving access to schools for coaching purposes, recognition as an NGB being a prerequisite for most local authorities. The coaching scheme which was recently launched in anticipation of this decision, can now progress with the grass-roots development of snooker and billiards in England.

There is also expected to be an increase in financial opportunities, and it is hoped that a long held ambition to establish a fund to assist English representatives at overseas competitions will now be realised.

We experienced some problems last year with individual membership numbers being requested on competition entry forms. This resulted in a significant number of enquiries to the office to check personal numbers and consequential delays for those wanting to make an entry.

To resolve this, we have removed the requirement to quote a membership number on entry forms, and also discontinued the practice of issuing the laminated wallet cards, which are not needed by players for identification, or any other purpose.

Referees, who do need this identification, will continue to receive membership cards, with a new improved design being introduced for 2012.