English Women’s and Billiards Championships | Event Information

The English Partnership for Snooker and Billiards is pleased to announce further details about this season’s new English Women’s and Billiards Championships, which are now both open to enter.

When the EPSB took over the running of national events last summer, one of its aims was to revive both national championships and to welcome more women and billiards players into the membership so that they can have their say about how their sport could be shaped at this level. 

2020 English Women’s Snooker Championship

The 2020 English Women’s Snooker Championship will be held over the weekend of the 7th and 8th March at Barratts Sports Bar, Northampton where it will be played to a conclusion.

The format will initially consist of round robin groups with players qualifying for a subsequent knockout phase. All matches in the round robin groups will be the best of three frames. Specifics about the knockout phase (number of players going through / length of matches) will be released after entries have closed but before the tournament weekend.

Entry fee is £10*

There is a guaranteed minimum prize fund of £500 with a prize structure of: Winner £250, Runner-Up £125, Semi-Finalists £50 each, Highest Break £25

Closing date is at the end of Sunday 1st March 2020

Dress Code: Long sleeved shirt or blouse, waistcoat, trousers or skirt and shoes (bow tie / tie is optional)

2020 English Billiards Championship

The 2020 English Billiards Championship will be held over the weekend of the 6th and 7th June at the North East Derbyshire Snooker Club, Clay Cross, Chesterfield where it will be played to a conclusion.

The competition will be played to a timed format throughout. The format will initially consist of round robin groups on the Saturday with players qualifying for a subsequent knockout phase on the Sunday. Specifics about the length of matches in the round robin groups will be released soon; specifics about the knockout phase (number of players going through / length of matches) will be released after entries have closed but before the tournament weekend.

Entry fee is £10*

There is a guaranteed minimum prize fund of £500 with a prize structure of: Winner £250, Runner-Up £125, Semi-Finalists £50 each, Highest Break £25

Closing date is at the end of Sunday 31st May 2020

Dress Code: Long sleeved shirt, waistcoat, trousers and shoes (bow tie / tie is optional)

Entry Details

Entries for both events are now open. 

* In order to enter EPSB events, it is a requirement that players hold a valid EPSB membership.

EPSB membership and event entry are open to those of English nationality, or who have currently been a resident in England for one year or more, and must not have been selected in another country’s competitions or represented another country in international competitions in the previous two years.

Further details regards eligibility and our general terms and conditions can be found in our Standard Conditions of Entry document that is located under the ‘Tournaments’ tab on our website here.

To purchase membership and competition entries, please use the EPSB MemberZone HERE on our website under ‘EPSB Login’ in the top-right hand corner of the page. (If you have your EASB details for the system, please use these to log on).

PLEASE NOTE – Due to the EPSB Admin Team currently requiring to manually input memberships and competition entries, please allow around 24 hours for these to be processed / acknowledged. After 24 hours, if your membership / competition status has not been updated, please email us on either info@epsb.co.uk, players@epsb.co.uk or competitions@epsb.co.uk. Alternatively, you can contact us on either Facebook or Twitter.

After registering your details, please click on your name in red to purchase memberships and competition entries. Please bear in mind the message above, that memberships and entries can take around 24 hours to be manually updated by the admin team. Make sure to allow yourself enough time for your membership to be processed if you wish to enter a competition with an upcoming closing date. You will not be able to enter an event until your membership has been processed.

For updated entries (for the women’s championship), please visit the WPBSA Tournament Manager system HERE.

We are hoping that players will support these events and we can create a relationship that benefits both sports.