English League Snooker Championship 2025 – Qualifier 1 | Meet The Teams

The first qualifier for the 2025 English League Snooker Championship takes place this weekend (12-13 April) at the Landywood Snooker Club in Walsall.

The national championship for league snooker was won last year by Whitchurch Legends and is being staged for the second time with 47 players across seven teams competing this weekend for three guaranteed places in June’s final weekend.

Among the line-up is former English Amateur champion Paul Deaville and last year’s English Amateur Championship runner-up Callum Downing, who both represent SWMBSA ‘B’, and reigning English Over-55’s champion Nick Pearce – who will play for Gloucester.

The full line-up can be found below.

Nottingham ‘A’

• Wayne Martin (Captain)
• Andy Diacopoulos
• Adam Clift
• James Harrison
• Dave Bolton
• Joe Reynolds
• Ashley Walker

Wednesfield

• Oliver Spooner (Captain)
• Joshua Walker
• Adrian Woods
• Lee Bannister
• Ryan Hamilton
• Andy Price

Gloucester

• Ben Wall (Captain)
• Nick Pearce
• Danny Wright
• Luke Newman
• Tom Price
• John Monckton

Warrington Snooker League

• Patrick Wisedale (Captain)
• Phil Bate
• Declan Cassidy
• Steven Dodd
• Scott Horobin
• Gary Lunn
• Danny Shaw

SWMBSA ‘A’

• Tom Burgess (Captain)
• Andy Tapper
• Riley Parsons
• Bal Sembi
• Adrian Rosa
• Jack Harris
• Chris Jones

SWMBSA ‘B’

• James Brown (Captain)
• Luke Higginbotham
• Dave Brown
• Mark Ganderton
• Karl Ashmore
• Callum Downing
• Paul Deaville

SWMBA ‘D’

• Michael Brezwyn (Captain)
• Jamie Harris
• Steve Powell
• Martin Coffey
• Graham Cole Jnr
• Jamie Brennan
• Gavin Flower

A second qualifier will be staged in May to be followed by the finals weekend in June. You can follow the event via the EPSB’s official Facebook, X and Instagram platforms.

Learn more about the English League Snooker Championship.