Further update from Ross McInnes :
EBA European Pool Championships
Villa Marina, Douglas, Isle Of Man
27th September - 2nd October 2009

As you know, the Europeans are once again being held at the beautiful Villa Marina on the Isle Of Man. Over the coming weeks I will get all the information uploaded onto www.festivalofpool.com including travel and accommodation, but in the meantime I will detail some information for you below.

The opening ceremony will commence at 10 am on Sunday 27th September giving everyone time to arrive on the Friday or Saturday. The event will run through the week with the finals all being played on Friday 2nd October and everyone departing on Saturday 3rd October.

I am currently in negotiations with Eurosport to televise our finals.

There will be seven categories for the team event and one singles event for wheelchair players only.

Mens A Team - 5 person
Ladies A Team - 5 person
Seniors - 5 person
Mens B Team - 7 person (Max 2 teams per Country)
Ladies B Team - 7 person (Max 2 teams per Country)
Mens and Ladies Specials team sizes to be confirmed.

I am currently trying to negotiate a reduced rate for the Sleepwell Hotels and I will provide this information when complete.
In the meantime I am listing some apartments below and I would also recommend visiting www.visitisleofman.com.

Seafield Apartments 01624 625572
Arrandle 01624 674907
Ashville Holiday Flats
www.ashvilleholidayflats.co.uk
Contact Gordon Stuart on 07624 315654
Cunard Apartments/Hotel 01624 676728
The Wellbeck 01624 6756630
Beechwood Apartments 01624 616217

We will also he hosing the first Intercontinental Cup between Europe and Africa.
This will be a series of 5 tests between :

Mens Team - 5 person
Ladies Team - 5 person
Seniors - 5 person
Under 23's - 5 person
Under 18's - 5 person

Further news regarding the selection of Managers/Teams will be announced by the EBA shortly and updated on www.festivalofpool.com.

If anyone has any questions they can contact me on 01383 622641 or 07749 550440.

Regards

Ross

Ross McInnes
+441383 622641
+447749550440

The following dates have been confirmed for European Blackball Association events in 2009.

Junior, Youth & Under 21 European Championships
Bunns Leisure's White Horse Holiday Complex, Selsey, England.
Players arrive Thursday 10th September.
Competition runs Friday 11th, Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th September 2009.
The closing ceremony will be at 6.00pm approx on Sunday.
Players depart after the closing ceremony or are welcome to stay the night of Sunday 13th.

Adult European Championships
Villa Marina, Isle of Man.
Players will arrive on Saturday 26th September 2009.
Competition runs from Sunday 27th September until Friday 2nd October.
Depart Saturday 3rd October.
Catagories are as follows :
Mens A ~ 5 person team
Ladies A ~5 person team
Seniors ~ 5 person team
Mens B ~ 7 person team
Each nations may enter two 'B' teams.
Ladies B ~ 7 person team
Each nation may enter two 'B' teams.
Mens and Ladies Specials
Team sizes to be confirmed.

Senior Players Final Results

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SINGLES . . . .
Ladies : Kirsty Davies (Wales) 6-5 Leanne Evans (Wales)
Men : Scott Ross (Scotland) 6-5 Craig Marsh (Wales)
Senior : Ross McInnes (Scotland) 6-2 Alan Maxwell (Scotland)

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TEAM EVENT . . .
Ladies A : France 11-10 Wales
Men A : Wales 17-16 France
Ladies B : England B1 11-7 Scotland B1
Men B : England B1 17-11 Scotland B2
Seniors : S.Ireland 13-9 England


Juniors, Youths and Under 21s

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SINGLES . . . .
Junior : John McAllister (England) 5-4 Kieron Hawkins (England)
Youth : Christie Caulfield (S.Ireland) 5-1 Ryan Davie (Scotland)
U21 : Michael Hughes (Wales) 5-3 Ross Fernie (Scotland)

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DOUBLES WINNERS . . .
Juniors : England    Youths : S.Ireland    U21s : Wales

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3-PERSON TEAMS . . .
Juniors : England 5-4 Wales
Youths : Scotland 5-2 Wales
U21s : Wales 5-2 Wales

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TEAM EVENT . . .
Juniors : England 17-12 Wales
Youths : Wales 17-14 Scotland
U21s : Wales 17-11 England


Special Players Final Results

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SINGLES . . . .
Ladies : Valeria Taggert (N.Ireland) 3-0 Frances McCann (N.Ireland)
Men : Alan Reynolds (Scotland) 4-3 Shaun Simmonds (Scotland)

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TEAM EVENT . . .
Ladies A : N.Ireland 7-3 Wales
Men A : Scotland 17-7 N.Ireland
Ladies B : N.Ireland 7-2 England B
Men B : N.Ireland 17-10 Wales

The AFEBAS was established in 1991. It is supported by many 'English Billiards' players in France.
Over several years France has participated in the EBA Masters Events with considerable success. AFEBAS and French players are very committed to this International Competition. This year we have created a web portal devoted to events at Bridlington.

Three representatives will accompany the team for AFEBAS to report on the spot at the event.
You'll find all the news from AFEBAS on the French website.
There will be individually selected interviews, photo reports, daily articles and "expert commentary" from two players recognized at internationnal level, Frédéric Ballouard and Yohan Chedmail.

We hope you will visit the AFEBAS site and share our enthusiasm and passion for this event at Bridlington. Click to visit : www.worldpool2009.com

This web site has been prepared to provide news and scores for the EBA Masters and World Team Tournaments at Bridlinton.

The future development and use of this site remains to be decided but in the meantime it's hoped it will prove useful in keeping touch with events and the progress of competing Nations at the Championships.

The Tournament Director, Trevor Harte, has added the programme of events. Group tables have been installed for each of the twelve main team events. These tables and results will be updated live from Bridlington.

In addition a forum is under construction. This will not only allow registered site members to add comments but provide a further means of keeping you up-to-date with events at Bridlington.

CueSport TV, the Internet Pool & Snooker Channel has been successful in its bid to broadcast the European Blackball Association Masters in April.

The deal struck with the EBA makes CueSport TV the official streaming media partner of the EBA Masters and the 11-person team World Championships.

Vice-Chairman of the EBA, Ross McInnes, said, “The EBA Masters in it’s previous incarnations has had television coverage, however, none of this coverage was live or even broadcast outside of the UK, having CueSport TV broadcast live from the event will add prestige and open up the doors for the Blackball Pool discipline.”

Pete Williams, Managing Director of CueSport TV Ltd, went on to say, “We have been heavily involved with Blackball since we launched the channel in 2007, we failed in last years attempt to bring the EBA Masters to the channel but are delighted that the hard work that we have put in over the past 12 months is starting to pay off. It is a great delight to have an international quality event and World Championships broadcast live on CueSport TV for the first time.”

The Bridlington SPA in East Riding of Yorkshire will once again host the EBA Masters. This once traditional venue has been completely renovated to turn it into a world-class concert and events arena fit for a tournament of this calibre.

In addition, the EBA are not resting on their laurels and have purchased 40 brand new Simply Pool tables specifically for use at this event, thus making it the pinnacle of the Blackball discipline.

CueSport TV will be live from the Bridlington SPA from 12pm on the 8th April and will broadcast live up to and including the finals on the 10th April.

You can watch the action by simply logging in to www.cuesport.tv