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…
Its back! The IPA Pool Tour was a massive success in Coventry with some of our highest YouTube viewing figures yet as word gets out that this is THE tour to be on if you want to test your mettle against the very best, and while the BBC are busy with the Paralympics, it looks…
It’s been a while since I have had the luxury of writing a pool review, we all know why but I have to admit I was a little wary about what to expect – would the players cry off, did they still want to play pool, would there be a good or a bad atmosphere…
Well we knew the day was coming as the first SportyStuffTV Champions Cup drew to a close this week, as I still awaited my invitation to the TV Studio which I can only assume was lost in the post? The last few weeks have been a blast, here at the IPA we wanted to put…
We are back with another review, though I thought it might be nice to start with a mention for those behind the scenes whose efforts can and even should go unnoticed – I am talking about our referees. The IPA are proud and delighted to have the very best 8 ball referees available in Scott…
Week five of the SportyStuff Champions Cup this week, and the action was as fast and furious as previous weeks as you would expect with such a long list of top-class players called in to action. The one table arena, cameras, and lights continue to add that extra pressure and as a generalisation, you could…