Welcome to the IPA

Welcome to ipapool.com, the home of the International Professional Pool Association (IPA).

The IPA is recognised as the official Professional body for blackball pool by the World Pool Association.

The IPA is the driving force behind the recent resurgence of the sport and is solely responsible for bringing the sport into the 21st century, having rebranded the sport, giving it its own identity and bringing live events to television and the BBC Sport website.

The IPA runs an annual five event series that tours the UK, a World Series that showcases the IPA to the rest of the world plus annually, the Champions Cup, the Premier League, the Masters and the biggest event on the pool calendar – the Professional World Championships.

If you want to test yourself against the very best, then there is only one place to be, and you are in the right place!

Latest News

Latest News from the IPA

Grand Finals – Isle of Man Festival details

As we all start to make our plans for the Grand Finals at the fabulous Palace Hotel on the Isle of Man in November, we are delighted to announce further…

IPA Tour tops from Onboard – still time to order

Our partners at Onboard Sportswear have created a very distinctive range of clothing attire for the 2023 IPA Tour season. These superb quality tops, are a must for all pool…

2024 IPA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – The dates are set

The IPA can announce the dates for the biggest event on the pool calendar – the IPA World Championships Clint I’Anson and Amy Beauchamp were the individual winners – can…

2023 IPA MASTERS – A date for the diary as details announced

We are delighted to announce the details for the 2023 IPA Masters, which will once again take place at the superb McGoldrick’s Pool & Snooker Club in Glasgow. The event…

2023 European Championships Review

I have to start by admitting that I love the sport of pool and play it myself (badly), prefer Blackball rules to any other, and that I have been associated…

The World Team Trophy – IPA announces a new event

The IPA is delighted to announce the introduction of a new Team event that will be played on the weekend before the 2024 IPA World Championships – The World Team…

Scottish Grand Prix – a new event on the IPA Calendar

The IPA is delighted to announce the dates and details of a brand new event on the IPA Calendar – The Scottish Grand Prix Following the success of the IPA…

2023 IPA World Championships review – what a week!

After heading North to Coventry (and putting the wrong hotel in my satnav) I arrived later than planned on Thursday evening to join my battle-weary colleagues who had been there…

IPA partnership with 8 Ball Direct and the new Smart Rack

The IPA is delighted to announce its new partnership with 8 Ball Direct, which will see the IPA using the new Smart RackTM at all their forthcoming events, starting with…

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Player Blogs

Pool’s my game…..but should i have tried long jumping….?

Well it all started for me when I was about 7/8 years old. My dad and his brothers owned an arcade, which had 6 pool tables. O be honest I…

Making a ball from the break, and other first world problems…

No-one tells a sob story like a pool player who just broke ‘dry’ in the deciding frame and lost . Real tear jerker. Like Titanic but less wet. And no…

2018 and all that jazz…

What a year this was for myself my family and everyone around me, as most people know i have been playing pool from a very young age and achieved quite…

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