Official rules of the games of snooker and english billiards pdf. We also provide answers to the most asked questions in the snooker faq guide. Although pankaj had already accomplished it in billiards, but he was missing 15 red asian snooker title from his bulging trophy cabinet. In billiards only red balls are used while in snooker colored balls are also used besides the red balls.
Billiards is a game that can be compared to the game of carom. Billiards and snooker from england and the commonwealth. This is not a rule change, but just a clarification of an existing rule. Peter ebdon project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. The specific training program i have designed will improve the player, and help you understand your cue action and teach you how to control the cue ball, because if. Davis won the first 15 championships before retiring from the event, undefeated, after his 1946 success. The associations were dissatisfied that the billiards and snooker control council was controlling both the uk and international games. Download snooker tutorial pdf version tutorialspoint. The portable document format may be useful once you are familiar with the basic version. In the final he defeated former world snooker champion. Pankaj advani 29 union government on 24 june 2014 granted navratna status to. The cue is initially aimed for a centerball hit and is pivoted to apply the amount of english desired. Cue zone at the 2019 ibsf world snooker championships.
A simplified form of snooker ie six reds this version can be played with any number of red balls. Page34 of current affairs june, 2019 current affairs. Indian player laxman rawat has become the world 6reds champion for the year 2019. Kick shot at pool, a shot where the cue ball hits a rail first, commonly as a return of safety. He did have his best year so far in the minorranking european tour as a quarterfinal appearance at the riga open and a semifinal at the bulgarian open saw him ranked th on the order of merit, to make his debut at the grand. All the content and graphics published in this ebook are the property of tutorials point. As such he is currently the only player ever to win world titles in both the long and short formats of snooker 15 red standard, and 6 red and both formats of english billiards time and point. He also is a record fivetime asian billiards championship winner. News international billiards and snooker federation. This article is within the scope of wikiproject cue sports, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of pool, carom billiards and other cue sports on wikipedia. Steve ebejer defeated esa kalkumaa finland 32 arantxa sanchis india defeated judy dangerfield 30 rhydian richards wales defeated adrianridley. An image of port and king billiards as it appeared in charles cottons book of 1709. The bca book has the ibsf rules too, but the 1995 book has the old.
Bar billiards uses six or seven white balls depending on regional variations and one red ball 1 7. Amendments to the rules of snooker and billiards to take effect on august 12th 2014 snooker section 2 rule 6 stroke. Stuart bingham born 21 may 1976 is an english professional snooker player. Snooker was invented in 19th century by changing some rules in billiards. In sixred snooker, the traditional game of snooker is shortened, with fewer redballs to pot.
The sixred world championship also known as the sangsom 6 red world championship for sponsorship purposes is a sixred snooker match, played with the 6 colour balls and six. Early release tickets for the world billiards open october 67 and the world billiards. World championships international billiards and snooker. It would begin with the proam vienna snooker open in may, 2017 and end with the 2018 world snooker championship in april the following year. Pool and billiards record high runs the hypertexts.
Modified rules used for the 6 red matches were communicated regularly for players to grasp the differences to regular snooker. Rules of snooker international billiards and snooker. The majority of 6 red matches were played with roaming referees only. Illustration from michael phelans 1859 book, the game of billiards cue sports techniques usually more specific, e.
For the ninth year in a row, the australian and queensland snooker calendar has started with the dr clem jones ao queensland open snooker championship. Snooker games,snooker rules,snooker awards,snooker equipments. Stroke a a stroke is made when the striker strikes the cueball with the tip of the cue, except whilst addressing the cueball known as feathering b a stroke is fair when no infringement of rule is made. He was world champion in 2015, beating shaun murphy 1815 in the final, and is currently the defending masters champion, winning in 2020. Apr 21, 2012 the international billiards and snooker federation ibsf publishes the official snooker rules used in amateur competitions worldwide. The bca publishes a rule book that includes rules merged with the wpa world standardized rules for games such as nineball, eightball, and straight pool, as well as rules for other games that are not presently the subject of international competition, such as cowboy pool, rotation, american snooker, and chicago among many others. International billiards and snooker federation wikipedia. Reigning world champion nutcharat wongharuthai of thailand wins the inaugural world women snooker 6red cup 2020. Former professional darren morgan claimed yet another significant international amateur title with victory at the 2016 ibsf world 6 reds snooker championship this past weekend. Game a game is an agreed or stipulated number of frames. The 201415 season was the first time since 199293 that ebdon failed to play in a ranking event quarterfinal, with three last 16 finishes being his deepest runs. Championships world under21 world under18 world team world 6 red world billiards.
The highest levels of the sport are the ibsf world snooker championship, world. In the final, she defeated german player diana stateczny 53 and claimed the title. Match a match is an agreed or stipulated number of games. Ibsf 2017 world 6 reds result darren morgan has successfully defended his world 6 reds title in egypt today, winning 6 4 in the final. Shachar ruberg shocks former world team champion babar masih. From the guardian archive, nancy bankssmith on women in snooker and rugby amir went down in asian snooker originally published in the guardian on 25 april according to ray reardons book, bedside snooker, women are the wrong build and not strong enough to play snooker from the guardian archive, 1985. It is generally played on 6 x12 english billiard tables, with cushions that are more narrow than on pocket billiard tables and which curve smoothly into the pocket openings. International or english snooker is the most widely played form of snooker around the world. The word snooker came into light when one of the opponents of chamberlain failed to pocket a ball and was called a.
It is arguably the sports pinnacle and one of the biggest sporting events of the year. The rules significantly differ in numerous ways, including the handling of fouls, which may give the opponent two shots, racking the 8 ball, not the apex ball, goes on the spot, selection of which group of balls will be shot by which player, handling of frozen balls and snooker s, and many other details. All the content and graphics published in this ebook are the property of. Download the rules of the game explanatory notes to 2019 rules update updated november 2019 rules committee the rules committee is chaired by senior referee jan verhaas, who is assisted by brendan moore, paul collier, derek budde, martin clark, colin humphr. Simmonds was 36 points adrift with one red left in 21st frame but obtained the snooker before winning on the black. A table designed for the games snooker and english billiards is usually called a snooker table today, though english billiards predates snooker dimensions.
Click on the links below to view our referee pdf documents official rules of the game ebsa referees scheme 25 tips for top referees baulk line crossing referees assesment referees examination form billiards session marking positional guide. In 2011, after her wedding to bangalorebased architect mc tilakraj she moved to bangalore, karnataka and is currently a domicile of the state. This tutorial will provide you the basic knowledge about the sport along with its rules. Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a baizecovered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. It is often assumed that the expression derives from the inability to use the 8 ball in a combination in the game of eightballif the cue ball is directly behind the 8 ball a player has no direct shot route. It is played on a rectangular table covered wi a green cloth or baize, wi pockets at each o the four corners an i the middle o each lang side. He has now claimed acbs asian confederation of billiard sports asian snooker events. The ibsf world snooker championship also known as the world amateur snooker championship is the premier nonprofessional snooker tournament in the world. Match results, frame scores, centuries, prize money, statistics from the 2017 ibsf 6 reds world championship men snooker tournament. I consent to my personal data being processed so that world snooker and its affiliates may use it to deliver news and ticket information, as well as to improve the quality and relevance of services to me through online surveys.
Behind the eight ball or behind the eight is a common idiom meaning to be in trouble, stymied or thwarted, in an awkward position or out of luck. These are the rules that govern how to play snooker and english billiards. Vidya viswanathan pillai born 26 november 1977 is an indian professional player of snooker. Snooker school teachers and coaches may find it easier to study the key elements in the pdf rules book. Yellow valued 2, green 3, brown 4, blue 5, pink 6 and black 7. The first championship was held in 1927 and was won by joe davis. The first reliable reference to the game of snooker being played in england comes in the columns of the sporting life in 1887 and further details appear two years later in a book by majgen a.
Drayson who, in addition to instruction on the game of billiards, describes a variation of the game of snooker s pool, which is. When red is the ball on, if the cueball is obstructed from hitting different reds by. Sinuca brasileira, a brazilian version with only one red ball, and divergent rules. Peter david ebdon born 27 august 1970 is an english retired professional snooker player. The rules were rewritten for clarity late in 1994 and approved by the world professional billiards and snooker association wpbsa in 1994 and the ibsf in 1995. World under21s international billiards and snooker. I understand that by submitting this form, i will be providing world snooker with my personal datainformation. The objective in the winning game was to pot the opponents ball into a hazard for 2 points, players being penalised 2 points if the cue ball went into a pocket.
Red red in color, there are 15 at the start of the game colour one of the six balls that are neither red nor white ball values. Sep 28, 2019 american snooker is a cue sport played almost exclusively in the united states, and strictly on a recreational, amateur basis. In the final, she defeated german player diana stateczny 53 and claimed the title for this high prize money event. This limits the number of locations in which the game can easily be played. In the modern era, all billiards tables whether for carom billiards, pool or snooker provide a flat surface usually made of quarried slate, that is covered with cloth usually of a tightlywoven worsted wool called baize, and surrounded by vulcanized rubber cushions, with the whole. Mcq physical education recreation physical exercise. A billiard table, billiards table, or pool table is a bounded table on which billiardstype games are played. Snookerpool, a variant played on an american pool table with ten reds in a triangular pack.
The event series is sanctioned by the international billiards and snooker federation. There will be no more than five consecutive foul and a miss calls at any one time. Seedings in red final 5 luke simmonds england 1110 ryan day wales 3. The ibsf congress has been organised regularly since the first event was held on november 23rd, 1923 in paris. The bca book has the ibsf rules too, but the 1995 book has the old version before the major rewrite with some minor. There are four templates, two for the centre pockets and two for the end pockets. The tour had a record five ranking events in china, and three new ptc events in asia. Laxman rawat wins the world 6reds men championship 2019.
Pot to put a ball into a pocket and have it stay there foul to do something against the rules. The ibsf rules are a part of the bca rule book since 1993. Stroke a a stroke is made when the striker strikes the cueball with the tip of the cue. Indias emissions look set to continue their strong growth by an average of 6. A number of ibsf champions have gone on to successful careers in the pro ranks, notably jimmy white 1980, james. Bingham became the oldest masters champion in history aged 43 years and 243 days old with this win. The snooker world championship was first held in 1927. By comparison, carom billiards cues are generally shorter with larger tips, and snooker cues longer with smaller tips. The world professional billiards and snooker association uses its own set of rules in its tournaments these are the tournaments where players such as stephen hendry, john parrot, steve davis and jimmy white play in including the world professional snooker championships. The ibsf agm is normally held during the period of the ibsf world snooker championships. The welshman, who got as high as number 8 in the world rankings, remained unbeaten throughout after winning nine straight matches in the egyptian resort of sharmelsheikh. Snooker game rules and regulations get played in clubs and pubs by amateurs of all levels. Diverging from the original snooker, rules for american snooker date back to at least 1925, and have been promulgated by the billiard congress of america bca since the mid20th century. The playing area of a tournament snooker table, as standardized by the world professional billiards and snooker association wpbsa and the amateur international billiards and snooker federation ibsf which uses wpbsa rules, measures 11.
In recognition of her achievements, the government of karnataka has bestowed her with. The world snooker championship is the leading snooker tournament both in terms of prestige and prize money. Advani is also indias first world champion in 6 red snooker. The game is in decline, as the standardized international rules have. He was world champion in 2002, beating stephen hendry 1817 in the final, and won the uk championship in 2006 and seven other ranking events between 1993 and 2012.
Download billiards tutorial pdf version tutorialspoint. The sixth ibsf coaching cue zone was held today at the 2019 ibsf world snooker championships in the starlight resort hotel in antalya, turkey. The aims and objectives of the ibsf are to coordinate, promote and develop the sports of billiards and snooker on a nonprofessional level and, as the world governing body, to determine championship conditions, formats, dates and venues for the following. In 2014, his performance was world snooker 6 red, world team billiards, world billiards 150 points up, world billiards time format he is the only man to have won world titles in both 15red and 6 red snooker. Reventon continue to be a great supporter of australian snooker and billiards. European snooker championship men portugal albufeira 2020. Red 1 yellow 2 green 3 brown 4 blue 5 pink 6 black 7 snooker terminology. The game was developed in 1884 when its first set of rules was finalised by sir neville. There are 22 balls on the table which include 15 red, 6 colour balls and a. The sixred world championship also known as the sangsom 6 red world championship for sponsorship purposes is a sixred snooker tournament, played with the six colour balls and six reds.
The 201220 snooker season was a series of snooker tournaments played during 2012 and 20. In december 2012, asif won the ibsf world snooker championship held in sofia, bulgaria, by defeating englands gary wilson in august 2017, asif and babar masih representing pakistan2 defeated muhammad sajjad and asjad iqbal representing pakistan1 to win the ibsf world 6 red team championship in september 2018, asif along with babar masih won the asian team snooker. Young luke is only the third player to hold the world junior and. I refereed the final of the womens 6 red which was won by susan bussanich who defeated anna lynch 43. Snooker is an indoor sport in which a player has to make a strategy before shooting a. Snookerpool rapide, a variant of snookerpool, but with a 15second shot clock. If the striker pots a red ball, he or she must then pot one of the six colours. Glossary billiards and pool principles, techniques, resources. Top ibsf coach explains why we play across the cueball, nic barrow is the top ibsf coach, he can be contacted at.
World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive. Advani won the 2014 ibsf world 6 red snooker championship, on his debut in that discipline. Paul hunter died from cancer 2006 aged paul hunter what a player he would have been so sad that he died so you. Balls a striker uses the cue ball to pocket object balls like red, yellow balls. The oceania 6 red snooker championships starts on the 19th february at mounties in sydney, nsw. May 10, 2018 the 20172018 snooker season was a series of professional snooker tournaments played between 4 may 2017 and 7 may 2018.
The whole snooker world misses this young man mr paul hunter rip. Sir neville chamberlain finalized the rules in 1884. All the usual snooker rules apply with the following exceptions. Snooker rules and regulations simplified for beginners. American snooker is a cue sport played almost exclusively in the united states, and strictly on a recreational, amateur basis. Some of these records are official, others are unverified and probably unverifiable, such as magnificent runs during practice sessions. Bumper pool requires four white and four red object balls, and two special balls, one red with a white spot and the other white with red spot. Sixred snooker is a variant of snooker, but with only six red balls initially on the table as opposed to the standard fifteen.
Snooker for beginners snooker rules and refereeing. Record high runs and averages this is a collection of pool and billiards record high runs consecutive successful shots made. Breaks of 61, 60, 60, 45 and 30 were enough to keep his opponent kamal chawla at bay, although kamal kept the match close throughout, levelling to 44 from 42 down. The ibsf congress 2019 will take place in prague, czech republic on july 7th and welcomes more than 40 national federations along with race organizers, track officials, ibsf representatives and guests.