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British Junior English Billiards Championship

The British Junior English Billiards championship is an English billiards competition for players in the UK. There are three divisions, the "Girls" Championship for all female players under 19 years, the "Boys" championship for players under 16, and the "Junior" championship for players under the age of 19.[1] The competition was thought originally to have been organised by the Billiards Association and Control Council in 1922.[2] However new research has found evidence that among others World Professional Billiards Champion Tom Newman won the Boys Championship before this date. Newman stated in a 1938 interview in the Billiard Player, that he won the Boys Championship in 1909 at the age of 15, winning the Championship at Burroughes and Watts, London.

Rex Williams, Mark Wildman, Mike Russell, Peter Gilchrist, David Causier, and Chris Shutt all won Junior titles before going to win the World Billiards Championship. World Snooker Championship winners to have recorded wins in the Junior Billiards event are Walter Donaldson, Dennis Taylor and Steve Davis. Fred Davis, champion in 1928, went on to win world professional titles in both billiards and snooker.

In 2022, William Thomson of Southampton, Hampshire(9 years old) became the youngest-ever winner of the Under-16 event.[3]

Robin Wilson (Middlesbrough) holds the record for the most wins in the Championship, with 2 wins in the Boys and 5 in the Junior.

The highest Championship breaks recorded in each event are, Hannah Jones (Derby), 43 in the 2011 Girls, Donald Cruikshank (South Shields), 130 in the 1936 Boys and Glen Cromack (Middlesbrough), 150 in the 1989 Junior.

Under-16 Champions

Source: English Amateur Billiards Association,[4] unless stated otherwise.

Under-19 Champions

Source: English Amateur Billiards Association,[13] unless stated otherwise.

Girls

The Girls' championship was first held in 1933.[18] The age limit was 16 for the 1933 event, but was raised to 18 the following year.[19] The competition was revived in 1950 after a break of more than ten years, this time with an age limit of 17.[20]

Notes

  1. ^ Later known as John Barrie

References

  1. ^ Everton, Clive (1985). Guinness Snooker – The Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 125. ISBN 0851124488.
  2. ^ The Billiards and Snooker Control Council Handbook and Rules. London: Billiards and Snooker Control Council. 1971.
  3. ^ a b Lamotte, David. "Sport – Major." Great Yarmouth Mercury (England), April 7, 2017. NewsBank: Access World News. https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/1639DAF1307DE120 Archived 2021-04-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ "Under 16 Champions". eaba.co.uk. English Amateur Billiards Association. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on 16 September 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Billiards: aged 14, wins title". Western Morning News. 5 January 1948. p. 4.
  6. ^ "(Untitled article)". Dundee Courier. 3 January 1949. p. 2.
  7. ^ a b HARTLEY, J. (2009, July 1). CHAMPION SHOW – Tees youngsters dominate championships. Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), p. 44. Available from NewsBank: Access World News: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/12AA9CEB810F0EA0 Archived 2021-04-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ^ a b c "Junior Finals Day" (PDF). eaba.co.uk. English Amateur Billiards Association. August 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  9. ^ a b c "Junior Billiards – Finals Day". English Amateur Billiards Association. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  10. ^ a b c "2014/15 – Junior Finals Day | EABA". Archived from the original on 2020-07-01. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  11. ^ a b c d e West Norfolk players pot three national junior titles. (2016, June 7). Lynn News (England). Available from NewsBank: Access World News: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/15D5AC86DE4B14C8 Archived 2021-04-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  12. ^ Plummer, G. (2019, April 25). Youngsters show great promise at Lynn's Maltings Q Club. Lynn News (England). Available from NewsBank: Access World News: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/1730B2CA2B7411B8 Archived 2021-04-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  13. ^ "Under 19 Champions". eaba.co.uk. English Amateur Billiards Association. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Billiards champion at 16". Dundee Courier. 4 March 1950. p. 4.
  15. ^ "Williams is first dual champion". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 17 February 1951. p. 6.
  16. ^ "Johnson gives Yorkshire first win". Snooker Scene. May 1971. p. 9.
  17. ^ a b West Norfolk players to the fore in Junior Billiards Championships. (2017, April 4). Lynn News (England). Available from NewsBank: Access World News: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/1638D721AC7FCCC8 Archived 2021-04-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  18. ^ a b "Girls' billiards title". Sheffield Independent. 9 January 1933. p. 9.
  19. ^ "Girls' billiards". Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough. 4 January 1934. p. 8.
  20. ^ "Billiards revivial". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 4 January 1950. p. 9.
  21. ^ "Girls' billiards title". Newcastle Evening Chronicle. 6 January 1934. p. 10.
  22. ^ "Miss Jessie Banks: Barnsley girl wins billiards title". Sheffield Independent. 10 January 1935. p. 9.
  23. ^ "They just took their cues - and got to the Final!". Daily Herald. 2 January 1951. p. 2.
  24. ^ "Hewitt is pleased with his combination team, but he must be realistic". South London Observer. 10 January 1952. p. 6.
  25. ^ "No challengers for her title". Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 2 December 1952. p. 6.
  26. ^ "West Norfolk players complete a billiards clean sweep". Lynn News. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  27. ^ Plummer, Greg (25 April 2019). "Youngsters show great promise at Lynn's Maltings Q Club". Lynn News. Retrieved 21 January 2023.