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English Junior Tour

The all-new EPSB English Junior Tour is open to all players aged under-21 throughout the country and offers unprecedented opportunities for leading junior talent to become part of an elite junior performance programme.

2024/25

  • 14-15 September | Event 1 – Landywood Snooker Club, Walsall
  • 19-20 October | Event 2 – Frames Sports Bar, Coulsdon
  • 2-3 November | Event 3 – Mill Brow Snooker & Social Club, Halton
  • 23-24 November | Event 4 – Woodside Snooker Centre, Dereham
  • 7-8 December | Event 5 – Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds

Always check WPBSA SnookerScores for tournament dates and information.

Learn how to enter EPSB competitions and how to become an EPSB member this season via WPBSA SnookerScores.

Tournament Information

The 2024/2025 English Junior Tour is open to players aged under-21 on the 31st December 2024.

Eight players will be seeded through to Stage 2 (Sunday) of each weekend based on their finishing positions on last season’s English Junior Tour. These players will be required to pay a block entry fee of £150 at the start of the season.

All remaining players will begin in Stage 1 (Saturday).

The closing date for entries for each event is the penultimate Friday (8 days) before an event starts at 12:00pm GMT. 

Format

The English Junior Tour will comprise five two-day weekend events throughout the season, to be open to all age-eligible players as follows:

  • Five two-day tournaments
  • Saturday: First Group stage (no seeding) to produce 12 qualifiers, who will join eight players seeded straight to the Sunday
  • Sunday: Second Group stage (maximum two seeds per group), followed by KO rounds (QF, SF, F).

All group stage matches will be played over the best of 3 frames, with knockout matches to be played over the best of 5 frames.

Players will earn ranking points relating to their results at events. This ranking list will be updated and published after each weekend.

Dress Code

Entry Fees and Prize Money

  • Entry: £30 
  • Winner: £350 
  • Runner-Up: £175 
  • Semi-Finalists: £100 
  • Quarter-Finalists: £50

EPSB Junior Elite Performance Programme

From The top eight seeded players will form part of the new EPSB Junior Elite Performance Programme, an initiative which aims to prepare the best junior players in the country for their snooker careers and will potentially include high performance training camps, educational workshops and more.

Further information to follow.

International Selection

Please read the EPSB Selection Criteria Policy 2024/25 for information on player selection for international events. 

Previous Winners

2024 – Oliver Sykes

2023 – Liam Pullen

2022 – Lewis Ullah

2020 – Mark Lloyd

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