#World snooker championship

[wholearnswhat]

#world snooker championship

[thebeardedcaptain1]

A World Snooker Championship like no other

It’s already been a tournament that has been full of shocks and surprises, but last night the World Snooker Championship lost the best two players in the world (Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump). Seven-time world champion O’Sullivan lost to Stuart Bingham, who beat him at this stage in 2015 and Trump lost out to Jak Jones, a qualifier who is making his second appearance at The…

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[snookernews]

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[coochiequeens]

Yet another case for SheWon.com. Not just any case, one where a grown ass white dude was allowed to compete against an 11 year old girl of color in the name of inclusiveness.

By Amy Hamm February 22, 2024

A trans-identified male is set to compete against women as the reigning Women’s Snooker Champion at the English Women’s Snooker Championship on May 24 in Walsall, UK. Jamie Hunter, 27, became the top women’s player following a semifinal victory against a young girl last year.

Hunter first rose to prominence during the English Women’s Snooker Champion finals in 2023 after he came out victorious against Mary Talbot-Deegan, finishing 3-1. Hunter had managed to make it to the finals after he beat out Ellise Scott, an 11-year-old rising star in the snooker world, taking 2-0 against her in the semifinal grouping. The event had been Scott’s debut in the tournament, and, prior to her match against Hunter, she had achieved three match victories against experienced female opponents.

Hunter had been participating in women’s cue sports since 2021, just one year after he “came out” as transgender.

Prior to transitioning, Hunter played in a mixed-sex amateur league for five years. Speaking with Snooker Zone in 2021, Hunter admitted that he had no intention of competing professionally until he discovered that there was a women’s tour.

“Until this year, cue sports was just a hobby, something I done once, maybe twice a week, but now finding out about the Women’s snooker tour, I believe that will change,” he said at the time. “They make out as if I played snooker as a man, I was rubbish, so decided to do it in the women’s instead. I changed my gender for my wellbeing and my life, not for anything else.”

Hunter received significant backlash after his 2022 US Women’s Open win, when former women’s world champion Maria Catalano criticized the policies enabling males to compete against females. In an interview with The Sportsman, Catalano argued that women’s snooker should exclude males from female categories, as some rugby leagues have, to ensure fairness for women. 

“We have fought so hard for our rights in the past – myself, Reanne Evans and others got people to write letters to allow us to play in leagues and clubs that banned women. I don’t believe that women can compete against men on a level playing field in sport. We are wired differently, we think differently. We are mentally different,” said Catalano. 

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) publishes a mixed sex international ranking of players. The highest-ranking female on their current list, Mink Nutcharut, is listed at 119.

In response to the criticism of his wins against women, Hunter has framed the backlash as transphobia.

“Everybody’s human. Regardless of what choices you make. You should treat everybody with respect,” said Hunter speaking to a BBC journalist last fall. Bizarrely, Hunter was interviewed while he sat in a gaming chair in a dark bedroom — which he refers to as “the dark girl cave.” The room has a transgender pride flag pinned up on the wall behind him.

The upcoming English Women’s Snooker Championship is set for May 24, 2024. It is being organized by the English Partnership for Snooker and Billiards (EPSB), which is the national governing body for the sport in England. They describe their goal as creating a “structured coaching environment that will inspire all regardless of gender, ability, or ethnicity to fulfil their potential in our sport.” 

The EPSB has a diversity, equity, and inclusion policy with a lengthy section on discrimination, including a ban on any “condition, rule or practice [that]… particularly disadvantages people who share a protected characteristic.” As for their list of protected characteristics, the EPSB includes “gender, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, race, colour, nationality, religion, age, disability, HIV positivity, working pattern, caring responsibilities, trade union activity or political beliefs.”  

The English Women’s Championship is set to take place at the Landywood Snooker Club in Walsall, UK, on May 24.

This is not the first time a male has dominated women’s cue sports, sparking backlash from players and fans.

Last November, a female pool player refused to compete against a trans-identified male opponent at a women’s championship in Wales. Lynne Pinches received an outpouring of support as video began to circulate showing her walking away from the table after being matched to play against Chris Haynes.

Days later, two more female pool players refused to compete against Haynes in solidarity with Pinches during the Ultimate Pool tournament in Blackpool, UK.

In January, Pinches headed an effort to launch a lawsuit against the World Eightball Pool Federation (WEPF) and Ultimate Pool Group (UPG), accusing the governing bodies of subjecting women “to direct sex discrimination and harassment on the grounds of sex.”

What does he have to gain from this?

ENTRY FEES AND PRIZE MONEY

Entry: £30

Winner: £200 

Runner-Up: £100 

Semi-Finalists: £50

#UK #England #Walsall #the English Women’s Snooker Championship #Jamie Hunter is a 27 year old man who won by competing against an 11 year old girl #The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) #English Women’s Snooker Championship #The English Women’s Championship #Landywood Snooker Club

[musicoftheheart]

the urge to write a snooker au where james and regulus are in the snooker world championships but james spends every frame just staring at regulus' arse when hes playing and he ends up throwing the whole match just so he can watch regulus play is strong

#ive been watching the world championships with my dad #ive never been so invested in a sport(?) before #snooker #snooker world championships #james potter #regulus black #jegulus #starchaser #sunseeker #marauders era #marauders #dorian speaks

[asamandra]

Congrats, Kyren Wilson!

#kyren wilson #snooker #world championships 2024 #world champion 2024

[rapidashrider]

It’s nearly finals weekend eeeeeee!

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#snooker #snooker world championship 2024

[teamneilrobertson]

#his hair looks fluffy #neil robertson #snooker #world championship 2024

[watchingroger]

Since it is that time of year, have some Christmas Cabin Pressure fic. There a few bits in these that I'm desperate to re-write but I'm! Not! Going to!

Erfurt - sets up Christmas fic - the whole gang is here, it's very silly.

“Everything alright, Arthur?”

“Yes! Uh, yes, everything’s fine, I think. I think… I think the passengers quite like me.”

“What on earth gives you that idea?” A smirk pulled at Douglas’s lips.

“Well they keep trying to touch my bottom.” Arthur blushed. “And I understand it’s because they like my bottom and I should probably be - be flattered but it’s - well - it’s my bottom, isn’t it? I should decide if people get to touch it.”

'Tis The Season - Christmas Day - Martin & Douglas friendship/pre-slash

He had lost heroically at Trivial Pursuits, having spent most of his life obsessively memorising flight manuals and operational procedures to the detriment of almost all other knowledge, but he still felt the warmth in his chest from the way the whole room had cheered when he got the pink cheese. He had bristled at the time, making a show of being irritated at being treated like a child, but secretly he enjoyed that he was still in some ways the baby. He glanced across at Douglas, and wondered what he had done all day.

There's New Year's Eve fic as well but you'll have to wait for that. Or you could just click through on A03.

#Cabin Pressure #Douglas Richardson #Martin Crieff #fanfiction #I was watching snooker whilst I wrote these and I think it comes across #I started working on a flying to Sheffield for the World Championship fic that would have seen a blossoming of Martin and Douglas' #relationship and creative uses for snooker balls #but then the terrible depression of 2014 struck #and I didn't write a single thing for 2 years #and I didn't write anything *readable* for much longer #and I left tumblr

[icecoffee90]

Congrats to Luca Brecel on his first World title! And congrats to Mark on becoming the first player in history to play a 147 in a final at The Crucible!

#Snooker #snooker world championship #Luca Brecel #Mark Selby

[notachaconne]

Is anyone watching the snooker?

I really wanna see this Chinese kid in the last 8!

With Davis and Taylor on commentary, for preference.

#Snooker World Championship 2023 #Snooker #snooker 2023

[thebeardedcaptain1]

Saudi snooker tournament

Saudi Arabia have agreed on a deal with the World Snooker Tour to create a Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters. The tournament which will take place from 31st August to 7th November, will offer a £2 million prize fund, second only to the World Championship. The event will be a ranking event open to all tour players, plus six local wildcards. This new tournament will be in the same category as snooker’s…

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[decemberelegy]

me in november, after watching a significant amount of snooker compilation videos: man, i really do miss watching neil robertson play, he was my first favourite sportsperson. i should get back into the watching snooker :D

neil robertson: *immediately enters his flop era*

#snooker #neil robertson #me. delusional: he's just gathering his strength for the world championship which he will WIN #i changed my header for you and everything come one neil :((( #i.txt

[sudden-stops-kill]

wilson(12) v jones(44)

odds...frames

kyren wilson...world champion

#snooker #world championship #kyren wilson #jak jones #crucible theatre #oddschecker

[asamandra]

Congrats, Luca Brecel!!

#snooker #snooker world championship #snooker world championship 2023 #luca brecel #mark selby #congrats luca

[alpha-mag-media]

Former world snooker champions Stephen Hendry and Shaun Murphy propose major rule change at UK Championship | In Trend Today

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