The BWPPA tour stopped at a new venue for Event 3, Savanna Pool & Snooker, Whitefield, Manchester, from the 17-18 October 2022, where we were made to feel very welcome indeed, by JJ Faul, his soon to be wife Christina and all the staff.
Due to the late club change, there was a small but quality field, each player either a multiple world and/or European Champion across the wheelchair cue sports.
They were competing for the first prize of £250 from a prize pot of £680, and the title of 2022 Tiger Cues GB 10-Ball Champion.
The early stages through up some good matches, but the top 4 seeds, Fred Dinsmore, Roy Kimberley, Defending Champion Dave Beaumont and Tony Southern, all made it through, as they have done for the last 4/5 events.
Early action saw Southern take a 7/4 win over Danny Luton, and Beaumont beat Phil Hendrickson by the same score.
In the winner’s qualifiers, Southern lost 5/7 v Dinsmore, and Beaumont took out the last event winner Kimberley 7/5.
In the losers’ side later stages, Southern whitewashed Hendrickson 6/0, whilst Kimberley beat Luton 6/5.
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 Kimberley, and in the other semi-final, Beaumont hammered an out of sorts Southern 7-1.
It was to be a Beaumont v Dinsmore v final.
Beaumont started off like a house on fire, playing brilliant pool and pounced on some uncharacteristic errors from Dinsmore to lead 6/1. Finding his game from his champion reserves, Dinsmore went on a 5-rack winning streak to storm to a 6/6 hill-hill score line.
Beaumont held his nerve in the deciding frame, and after a dry break from Dinsmore, went around the table doing what he does best and potting balls, and left himself a long 10 ball which he slammed into the middle of the pocket to take the title, and go to no1 in the rankings for the 1st time ever.
They are a rolling ranking list, and the last event pre-lockdown in 2019, which Dave won, comes off at the start of the last event of the season, and therefore provisionally, all the top 3 players are level on 270 points, so whoever does best out of those 3, takes the coveted end of season no1 spot and the main prize from sponsors Predator Cues
A partial video of the main event final is available to watch here. Facebook Live kept interrupting the stream due to music in the background.
Pictures of the event can be found here in the BWPPA gallery. The latest BWPPA ranking list can be found here.
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.
Current no.1 ranked player Fred Dinsmore (Ire) won the previous event in Birmingham.
There was a good field of 10 players competing for the 1st prize of £250, and we had a few absentees due to illness.
First round action saw Wales’s Phil Hendrickson beat Frankie ‘Hot Wheels’ Gillen 7/3, whilst Gary Swift edged his friend John Greensmith in hill-hill battle.
Other action in the early stages through up some good matches, but the top 4 seeds, Fred Dinsmore, Roy Kimberley, Dave Beaumont and Tony Southern, all made it through to the winner’s qualification round for the 2nd event in a row, with wins over Hendrickson, Swift, Danny Luton and Geoff Bland respectively.
Other action on the loser’s side saw Swift beat Gillen 6/3 and Hendrickson beat Greensmith 6/3.
In the winner’s qualifiers, Southern beat an under the weather Dinsmore 7/4, whilst Beaumont hammered Kimberley beat Beaumont 7/1.
In the losers’ side later stages, Dinsmore beat Luton 6/4 and Kimberley whitewashed Hendrickson 6/0, to both reach the semi-finals.
In the semi-finals, Dinsmore lost out on yet another final with a 7/5 loss to Beaumont, and in the other semi-final, Southern lost to Kimberley 7/4.
It was to be a Kimberley v Beaumont final.
The first 8 racks were all close and shared at 4/4, but then Kimberley took the last 3 racks to win title.
A video of the main event final is available to watch here.
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, or 07736551771.
The BWPPA tour made a welcome return at the Shooters Sports Bar in Birmingham from 7-8 May 2022.
Current no.1 ranked player Daniel Lee was unable to attend.
There was a strong field of 13 players competing for the 1st prize of £250, this included 2 new players Ben Norfolk and Geoffrey Bland, who both performed well on their debuts. Phil Hendrickson and John Greensmith both returned to the tour after many years away, and in a 1st round clash, Greensmith won 7/6.
Other action in the early stages through up some good matches, but the top 4 seeds, Fred Dinsmore, Roy Kimberley, Dave Beaumont and Tony Southern, all made it through to the winner’s qualification round.
Other early action saw newcomer Bland have a great win 7/1 over BWPPA stalwart Frankie ‘hot-wheels’ Gillen, and Gary Swift had a good 7/2 win over Aslam Abubaker.
In the winner’s qualifiers, Southern missed a difficult 9b at hill-hill and lost 7-6 to Dinsmore, and Kimberley beat Beaumont to 7/3.
In the losers’ side later stages, Southern beat Hendrickson 6/5, and Beaumont beat Abubaker 6/3.
In the semi-finals, Dinsmore reached yet another final with a 7/0 whitewash over Beaumont, and in the other semi-final, Southern again missed match ball to lose to Kimberley 7/6.
It was to be a Kimberley v Dinsmore final.
A video of the main event final is available to watch here.
Pictures of the event can be found here in the BWPPA gallery.
The first 2 racks went to Dinsmore, who then missed a tough 9b down the rail to lead 3/0. Kimberley fought back well to level at 3/3, and the old foes traded frames to go 5/5. Dinsmore was then snookered in rack 11, but played a great kick shot combo to pot the 9b to go 6/5 up, and then he broke and ran the last rack to win title and return to the top of the BWPPA rankings.
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.
The 2022 British Wheelchair Pool Players Association season is only a few months away. Following the exciting open event in October, the “Search for a Q Star” initiative is back.
Any GB&NI player ranked outside of the top 4 of the BWPPA main event rankings, who has never won a main event, along with those who previously haven’t been a member of the tour are eligible to apply for the scheme, which helps with the costs of attending the tour.
** To apply please email tonysouthern@bwppa.com, closing date is 1/5/2022. **
In a slight restructure, the tour will now consist of 4 ranking events and the second pan disability British Open (non ranking) in which pool players of all disabilities are able to compete (OPEN EVENT SUBJECT TO SUITABLE VENUE)
There is still time left to join the world’s largest wheelchair pool tour! We encourage all wheelchair cue sports players to join from beginners to established snooker or pool players.
Entry to your first BWPPA event is FREE. Membership is just £20 per season or £5 per event.
Let’s rack and roll!
2022 BWPPA tour calendar
E1 – 7/8 May – WAAMAD Players Championship, Shooters Sports Bar Birmingham (formally Rileys Birmingham)
E2 – 02/03 Jul – Simonis Grand Prix, Rileys Leicester
The BWPPA tour made a welcome return at the Escape Pool bar in Barnsley from the 10-11 October 2021, after a period of 21 months due the Covid-19 Pandemic.
The restrictions and other family issues impacted the entry as half a dozen regulars, including the no. 1 ranked player Daniel Lee were unable to attend.
There was still a strong field of 9 players competing for the biggest ever prize in GB wheelchair pool, £500 from a prize pot of over £1000, in this non-ranking tester event. For many of the players without their own table, it was the first time playing in a long while.
The early stages through up some good matches, but the top 4 seeds, Fred Dinsmore, Roy Kimberley, Defending Champion Dave Beaumont and Tony Southern, all made it through.
Other early action saw Jimmy Ifty have a good win 5/3 over close friend Adam Pearson, and Darren Taylor had a great 6/2 win over Danny Luton, who will be the sole GB wheelchair player at the European Championships in Turkey from 1-11 November, hoping to add to this array of medals.
In the winner’s qualifiers, Southern had to forfeit early on v Dinsmore due to an arm issue, and Kimberley fought back from being down and almost out v Beaumont to win 7/6.
In the losers’ side later stages, the rested Southern beat Darren Brook 6/1, and Beaumont beat Taylor 6/2, despite this lose, Taylor’s performance over the weekend resulting in him being awarded free entry to the first event of 2022, courtesy of one of our sponsors, Fred Dinsmore Billiards.
The semi-final draw for the main event took place late on the Sunday Morning.
Dinsmore reached yet another final with a hard fought 7-3 win over Beaumont, and in the other semi-final, Southern overcame Kimberley 7-3.
It was to be a Southern v Dinsmore v final.
The first 2 racks went to Southern, who then missed a tough cut on the black to lead 3-0. At 3-1 to Southern, Dinsmore went on a 6-rack winning streak to storm to the title 7/3, with Southern spurning many chances to make it much closer.
A video of the main event final is available to watch here.
Pictures of the event can be found here in the BWPPA gallery.
The tour is in talks to return to Riley’s Clubs, meaning we are unable as yet to publish dates for 2022, Details will follow in due course, we would welcome any player feedback on this by email to tonysouthern@bwppa.com or via our Facebook Group.
The BWPPA would like to thank all of our sponsors:
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.
For next season we are seeking a new trophy sponsor, if you or a company would be interested please contact the BWPPA chairman at tonysouthern@bwppa.com.
From 10-13 February 2022, the Malmo Open returns, this is a 8 and 9 ball event with great prize money and it’s a great event, further details can be found by clicking the link above or contacting:
Henrik Larsson
henrik.larsson@fifh.com
From 2-12 March 2022, the European Championships will be held in Lasko/Slovenia, contact tonysouthern@bwppa.com for more information.
Follow Us!