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** BWPPA SEASON CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK ** (July 2020) __Beaumont wins maiden title at the Predator GB-9 ball championship and Lee takes top spot (November 2019) __ Dinsmore wins GB 10-Ball Championships (September 2019) __ RIP Pete Dawson (August 2019) __ 2019 OPEN EVENT CANCELLED ** (July 2019) __ Lee at the double in Barnsley ! (May 2019) __ Dan Lee starts the year with a bang ! (Apr 2019) __ 2019 Sponsor News (Mar 2019)

2019 SPONSORSHIP NEWS

The BWPPA would like to thank all of our sponsors who have renewed their support.

We Are All Making A Difference (formally Gentlemen’s Night Out), Predator Cues, Kamui, Cuescore and Tiger Cues.

We also name our challenge rankings after the World Pool Series, run by our patron Dynamite Darren Appleton.

Fred Dinsmore Billiards has […]

KIMBERLEY ROLLS BACK THE YEARS TO BECOME BRITISH 9-BALL CHAMPION!

It was to be an exciting conclusion to the 2018 BWPPA tour at the Predator Cues British 9-ball Championship. Before the first ball was struck, four players could claim the top spot by the end of the weekend.

A wintery Aylesbury was the setting for the final stop of the season as 14 players embarked […]

DINSMORE IS GB 10-BALL CHAMPION

Once again the Escape Pool Bar in Barnsley played host to the Tiger Cues Warrington British Wheelchair 10-ball Championship. Now in it’s eighth year, for the first time in BWPPA history this event was the penultimate of the season. At this stage of the season, it is always interesting as players begin to jostle […]

OPEN EVENT IS A GREAT SUCCESS

Inaugural Open Disability 9-ball Championship is a huge success

Over the weekend of 11-12 August 2018, the Wheelchair Cuesports Academy opened it’s doors to cuesport players of all disabilities for the inaugural Kamui Open Disability 9-ball Championship. It was the first event of it’s kind, hosted by the British Wheelchair Pool Players Association.

Before […]

FAREWELL TO A LEGEND

Mick Langley, the last player to win a Paralympic gold medal in snooker, has died.

Langley won the men’s open at Seoul 1988, beating Ireland’s Michael White in the final.

Snooker was contested at every Paralympic Games from Rome 1960 until Seoul 1988, apart from 1980.

Mick was a great friend of many […]

ROW ARNIE ROW !!

Hi All

We managed to raise £100 for the Brain Tumor Charity at our last BWPPA event in Barnsley.

The Brain Tumor Charity held a fundraising day on 19th May at Touchwood Shopping centre, Solihull.

Our very own Arnie Kaplan chairman of “We are making a difference” charity (formerly known as the GNO) completed a […]

DINSMORE’S DELIGHT

The BWPPA tour returned to Escape Pool Bar in Barnsley over the sunny weekend of 12-13 May, as 15 players did battle for the Simonis Grand Prix title. The tour welcomed Great Britain shooter Jonathan Bates, who was making his BWPPA debut in his hometown.

The first round threw up some thrilling matchups including two […]