The inaugural World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) Welsh Open has seen entries from a record 40 players, more than a week prior to the original entry deadline. Since its inaugural event staged back in November 2015, the WDBS has seen consistent growth in player numbers at tournaments staged for[Read More…]
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Paul Hunter Disability Classic Attracts New Winners
World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) held its largest snooker event to date for people with hearing and visual impairments last weekend at the Cueball in Derby. Following previous competitions in Woking and Hull, the Paul Hunter Disability Classic saw a significant increase in entries from Group 7 and 8 classifications, with[Read More…]
New WDBS Event in Wales
World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) will stage its first event in Wales this summer in Cwmbran. The WDBS Welsh Open will be held at Redz Snooker Club from 30 June – 2 July 2017 and for the first time will be open to players from all eight disability classification groups[Read More…]
Hull Open Continues WDBS Development
World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) held its second event for players with sensory disabilities last weekend at the Tradewell Snooker Centre in Kingston upon Hull. The inaugural Hull Open welcomed players from classification Groups 7-8, including players who have either hearing or visual disabilities, and saw entries more than[Read More…]
Hull Hosts Last WDBS Event of 2016
This weekend World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) heads to East Yorkshire for its final event of 2016, the WDBS Hull Open at the Tradewell Snooker Centre on 11-13 November. The WDBS has seen sustained growth following its first event held just under a year ago in Gloucester and its[Read More…]
Disability Snooker Strengthening after SWSC Success
World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) staged its biggest event to date last weekend at the South West Snooker Centre, Gloucester. The second Open Disability Snooker Championship following last year’s inaugural event saw entries almost double in number across five disability classification groups (groups 1-5) from a year ago. As[Read More…]
WDBS Back in Gloucester
World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) is set to stage its fourth ever event this weekend with the 2016 Open Disability Snooker Championship in Gloucester. The WDBS will return to the South West Snooker Academy, the venue which hosted the very first WDBS event last November. As in 2015, the[Read More…]
WDBS Events in Gloucester and Hull
Two World Disability Billiards and Snooker events are scheduled to take place later this year in England. The newly-founded body, set up in 2015, gives people with disabilities more opportunities to play cue sports and is run under eight different categories. The second WDBS Open Disability Snooker Championship will take[Read More…]
WDBS Stages Successful Woking Event
World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) recently held its third event at the Woking Snooker Centre in Surrey. The three-day competition was a landmark event for WDBS, as it was the first open to disability classification groups incorporating visual impairments, hearing impairments and learning disabilities. Following an Open Day at[Read More…]
Disability Day at Cue Zone
The WPBSA will stage the annual World Disability Day in Sheffield on Thursday 21st April 2016 during the Betfred World Snooker Championship. To be held at the Cue Zone in the Winter Garden close to the Crucible Theatre, the initiative looks to encourage people with disabilities to participate in snooker[Read More…]