I am sad to report that former BWPPA player, known as Jimmy Ifty to his friends sadly passed away in December.

Jimmy played on the tour for a number of years

Condolences to all his family and friends, from all the BWPPA gang, RIP my old friend.

The BWPPA tour returned to Savannas Pool & Snooker, Whitefield, Manchester, for Event 3 from the 9-10 October 2023.

They were competing for the first prize of £250 from a prize pot of £560, and the title of 2023 Tiger Cues GB 10-Ball Champion.

The early stages through up some good matches, but the top 4 seeds, Defending Champion Dave Beaumont, Fred Dinsmore, Danny Luton and Tony Southern made the semi-finals.

Early action saw Southern take a 7/2 win over Gary Swift, and Luton beat Darren Brook 7/1.

In the winner’s qualifiers, Southern lost 2/7 v Beaumont, and Dinsmore whitewashed an under the weather Luton, who conceded the match early.

In the losers’ side later stages, Southern whitewashed Brook 6/0, whilst Luton  beat Swift 6/3.

In the semi-finals, Southern had an overdue win over Dinsmore, winning 7/3, and in the other semi-final, Beaumont edged Luton 7/6 in a thriller, Luton will look back on a string of chances to win at 6/4 up.

It was to be a Beaumont v Southern v final, overshadowed by Southern damaging the front castor on his chair, meaning he was unable to push around the table, and had to go backwards, as a result he was never in the game and Beaumont strolled to a 7/1 win, and a 5^th title on the bounce.

This meant he can’t be caught at the top of the end of season rankings with an event to go.

A video of the main event final is available to watch here.  Facebook Live kept interrupting the stream due to music in the background.

Gary Swift won the challenge event 5-4 v Darren Brook, but Darren can’t be caught at the top of the challenge rankings for 2023.

Pictures of the event can be found here in the BWPPA gallery.

The latest BWPPA ranking list can be found here. 

The BWPPA would like to thank all our sponsors:

We Are All Making A DIfference (formally Gentlemen’s Night Out), Predator Cues, Simonis Cloth, Aramith Billiard Balls, Kamui, Cuescore, Shark Racks, Tiger Cues of Warrington and our patron Dynamite Darren Appleton, and Fred Dinsmore Billiards.

We would also like to thank long time BWPPA supporter Big Dave Knight from www.pro9.co.uk for his great support including providing our event posters.

We also are always looking to expand the sponsorship side of the tour, so if you or your company would like to become one of our sponsors, please visit our contact us page, or contact the BWPPA chairman at tonysouthern@bwppa.com.

You can be a part of the world’s largest wheelchair pool tour; please keep checking on http://www.bwppa.com and http://www.pro9.co.uk for further information. In addition to our national tour stops there is also the possibility of representing Great Britain in international tournaments such as the EPBF European Championship and WPA World 9-ball Championship for wheelchair players.

From 18-19 November 2023, the tour will be back at, Savannas for Event 4, The Predator Cues GB9 Ball Championships.

EVENT STATS

The BWPPA tour returned in 2023 for Event 1, to Savanna Pool & Snooker, Whitefield, Manchester, from the 29-30 April 2023.

They were competing for the first prize of £250, and the title of 2023 We Are Making a Difference Players Champion.

Dave Beaumont came into the event as the undisputed no1, having won the last 2 events, but he knew that the no2 and no3 ranked players, Fred Dinsmore and Roy Kimberley would be up for the fight.

Before the start of play, Dave was presented with the prestigious Nicky Oliver player of the year shield for the 3rd season in a row.

At the start of the event, we welcomed a new player Joe Burns, who really enjoyed his first event, but he was draw against Beaumont, who took the match 7/1, Burns then lost 6/1 to Tony Southern in the losers side after Southern had lost 7/3 to Gary Swift, but Burns will return for more events.

Early action saw Kimberley and Dinsmore have emphatic 7/0 wins over Danny Luton & Darren Brook respectively.

In the winners qualifying round, Beaumont beat Swift 7/5, and Dinsmore took a 7/3 win over old rival Kimberley.

In the losers’ side later stages, Southern beat Kimberley 6/5, whilst Luton beat Swift 6/4, to both reach the semi finals.

The semi-final draw for the main event took place on the Sunday morning. 

Dinsmore reached yet another final with a 7-3 win over Southern, and in the other semi-final, Beaumont easily overcome Luton 7-3.

It was to be a Beaumont v Dinsmore v final again, for the 3^rd time in a row.

Beaumont started off well to lead 3/0. Finding his game Dinsmore made some great single long pots and clearances to lead at 4/3, and then Beaumont took 3 in a row to go 6/4 ahead. Dinsmore than took 2 in a row,  to take the final to hill-hill for the 3^rd time in a row.

Beaumont held his nerve in the deciding frame, and after a miss on the 5 ball from Dinsmore, Beaumont went around the table doing what he does best and potting balls, and left himself a long 9 ball which he made (closely watching the cue ball as it flirted with the middle pocket) into the pocket to take the title, and cement his position as no1 in the rankings. 

A video of the main event final is available to watch here. 

In the challenge cup final, just 2 players remained and they tossed a coin with Darren Brook won over Roy Kimberley.

Pictures of the event can be found here in the BWPPA gallery.

The latest BWPPA ranking list can be found here. 

The BWPPA would like to thank all our sponsors:

We Are All Making A Difference (formally Gentlemen’s Night Out), Predator Cues, Simonis Cloth, Aramith Billiard Balls, Kamui, Cuescore, Shark Racks, Tiger Cues of Warrington and our patron Dynamite Darren Appleton, and Fred Dinsmore Billiards.

We would also like to thank long time BWPPA supporter Big Dave Knight from www.pro9.co.uk for his great support including providing our event posters.

We also are always looking to expand the sponsorship side of the tour, so if you or your company would like to become one of our sponsors, please visit our contact us page, or contact the BWPPA chairman at tonysouthern@bwppa.com.

You can be a part of the world’s largest wheelchair pool tour; please keep checking on http://www.bwppa.com and http://www.pro9.co.uk for further information. In addition to our national tour stops there is also the possibility of representing Great Britain in international tournaments such as the EPBF European Championship and WPA World 9-ball Championship for wheelchair players.

From Summer 2023, the tour will be back at, Savannas for Event 2 from July 1-2.
FULL RESULTS CAN BE FOUND HERE

EVENT STATS

BEAUMONT WINS GB-9 BALL CHAMPIONSHIP & TAKES END OF SEASON TOP SPOT

The BWPPA tour returned for Event 4, to Savanna Pool & Snooker, Whitefield, Manchester, from the 5-6 November 2022, where we were again made to feel very welcome indeed, by all the staff.

They were competing for the first prize of £250 from a prize pot of £680, and the title of 2022 Predator Cues GB 9-Ball Champion.

The top 3 in the rankings Dave Beaumont, Fred Dinsmore and Roy Kimberley all went into the event with identical provisional rankings points of 270, each knowing that whoever progressed further in the event, would end the season at the top of the pile, with the reward on offer a top of the event cue from our titular sponsors Predator Cues.

Before we began, we had a round of applause for the players who had won the recent world English pool championships in France and Ireland.

Phil Hendrickson: World Wheelchair Blackball Champion

Roy Kimberley: World Wheelchair WEPF (World Rules Champion)

Roy Kimberley and Dave Beaumont: World Wheelchair Blackball Doubles Champions

At the start of the event, Darren Brook had a good win over John Greensmith, but then ran into Beaumont, who took the match 7/3.

Early action saw Kimberley and Dinsmore have emphatic 7/1 wins over Geoffrey Blad and Phil Hendrickson Southern take a 7/4 win over Danny Luton, and Beaumont beat Phil Hendrickson by the same score.

In the final Winners round 1 match, Gary Swift repeated his recent WDBS Snooker finals win over Tony Southern with a 7/4 success.

In the winners qualifying round, Beaumont beat Swift 7/5, and Dinsmore took a hill-hill 7/6 win over old rival Kimberley.

In the losers’ side later stages, Southern beat Kimberley 6/2, whilst Hendrickson beat Swift 6/5, to both reach the semi finals.

The semi-final draw for the main event took place on the Saturday evening. 

Dinsmore reached yet another final with a 7-0 whitewash of Hendrickson , and in the other semi-final, Beaumont easily overcome Southern 7-2.

It was to be a Beaumont v Dinsmore v final again, and this to decide the end of season top spot.

Dinsmore started off well to lead 3/1, and 4/2. Finding his game Beaumont made sone great single long pots and clearances to level at 4/4, and then go 6/5 ahead. Dinsmore than pounced on an error from Beaumont to take the final to hill-hill, for a repeat of the GB 10 Ball final.

Beaumont held his nerve in the deciding frame, and after a miss on the 3 ball from Dinsmore, Beaumont made an incredible cut on the 3 ball, and then went around the table doing what he does best and potting balls, and left himself a long 9 ball which he made (after it rattled in the jaws) into the pocket to take the title, and go to no1 in the rend of season rankings for the 1^st time ever. 

A video of the main event final is available to watch here. 

In the challenge cup final, Swift defeated Bland 5/2, however Bland finished top of the 2022 challenge rankings and thus winning a cue from Predator Cues.

Pictures of the event can be found here in the BWPPA gallery.

The latest BWPPA ranking list can be found here. 

The BWPPA would like to thank all our sponsors:

We Are All Making A DIfference (formally Gentlemen’s Night Out), Predator Cues, Simonis Cloth, Aramith Billiard Balls, Kamui, Cuescore, The Trophy Parlour, Birmingham Bierkeller Sports Bar, Shark Racks, Tiger Cues of Warrington and our patron Dynamite Darren Appleton, and Fred Dinsmore Billiards.

Apologies to the Trophy Parlour, as due to the absence of Aslam Abubaker we had to use some of the clubs’ trophies for the pictures.

We would also like to thank long time BWPPA supporter Big Dave Knight from www.pro9.co.uk for his great support including providing our event posters.

We also are always looking to expand the sponsorship side of the tour, so if you or your company would like to become one of our sponsors, please visit our contact us page, or contact the BWPPA chairman at tonysouthern@bwppa.com.

You can be a part of the world’s largest wheelchair pool tour; please keep checking on http://www.bwppa.com and http://www.pro9.co.uk for further information. In addition to our national tour stops there is also the possibility of representing Great Britain in international tournaments such as the EPBF European Championship and WPA World 9-ball Championship for wheelchair players.

From Spring 2023, the tour will be back at, Savannas for Event 1 of the new season.

EVENT STATS

THE BWPPA EVENT NO.4 (2022 PREDATOR CUES GB 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIPS) 
THE MAIN TOURNAMENT
SEMI-FINALS

THE FINAL

THE CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT
THE FINAL