We are delighted to announce that market leaders Onboard Sportswear, who have taken the pool world by storm with their fantastic range of playing attire, will be providing the Professional players with their playing tops at the upcoming 2022 World Championships. With a relaxation of the rules for the flagship pool event on the calendar,…
The IPA, the only recognised body for small table pool, is delighted to announce the details of their next live televised event, the 2022 Champions Cup, which will be shown exclusively on Sporty Stuff TV, and online at www.sportystuff.tv. Gareth Hibbott will be the defending champion, as he looks to retain his title, along with…
Wow is a much-used word, but what a weekend we all had in the Palace Hotel on the Isle Of Man where we turned up in our hundreds to play pool on the fourth leg of the IPA Tour. Of course pool is the focal point of this article but I have to start with…
The IPA is delighted to announce the details of the 2022 IPA Tour, that includes a magnificent £10,000 to the Grand Final Professional winner. In fact, such has been the success of the ‘behind the scenes’ work at IPA Headquarters, that the prize fund has increased by an incredible 60% on the 2021 version, to…
The IPA is delighted to announce that the winner of the 2022 IPA World Championships, will take home an incredible £13,000 for their efforts, of winning the most sought after piece of silverware in the game. Jon McAllister will begin the defence of his title after 2 years, with the 2021 edition cancelled due to…
We are delighted to announce that the IPA – the only recognised professional body for small table pool, is back with news of upcoming tournament coverage via the World’s most popular medium, the BBC. In a first for the sport, the biggest event on the pool calendar – the 2022 IPA Professional World Championships –…
The IPA is excited to announce its next TV event which will be starting on the 3rd January 2022. The revamped Champions Cup will once again be broadcast via Sporty Stuff TV and online at sportystuff.tv, where Gareth Hibbott will be looking to defend the title he won so dramatically when overcoming Mark Boyle in…
I appreciate I am here to write about all the good things on the IPA Tour (of which there are many, by the way), but I do sometimes get accused of going over the top, possibly referring to my big book of superlatives searching for new words to use. Luckily for me, that is not…
We are back. The IPA, the official governing body for Professional pool in the United Kingdom, are bringing their tour to Bournemouth this coming weekend from Friday the 8th to Sunday the 10th of October at the Carrington House Hotel. With each event more popular than the last, we have over 200 players taking part with the…
Success can cause its own issues as the IPA Pool Tour had to source more tables with over 200 entries for the Open which may be a recent record. Lucky for us, the Grand Hotel at Gosforth Park had one of the best conference rooms in the area, and the added tables were fitted in…