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English billiards was the Billiards Association and Control Council (BACC or BA&CC), later known as the
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September 1969 that "The BA & CC and Professional Billiard Players Association have reached agreement
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Snooker (WWS) had changed its name from World Ladies Billiards and Snooker and Association (WLBSA) to World Ladies Billiards and Snooker when it became a subsidiary company of the WPBSA in December 2015. It moved to becoming World Women's Snooker in 2018. WWS supervises the Women's
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commented that "I am very disappointed and I can't understand why World
Snooker hasn't discussed dates with us", while Higgins and his manager Pat Mooney threatened legal action over the ranking points situation. Supported by a number of senior players, Hearn became the chairman of the WPBSA in
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Secretary. Membership of the Association was by application, with playing achievements and
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through the regulation and application of the rules of the association, the development of snooker and billiards as a sport and the sanctioning of the
Professional Snooker Tour". The governing body for the non-professional aspect of snooker and billiards is the
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matches scheduled five months earlier with World
Snooker approval, this caused four leading players (including Higgins) to miss the Bahrain event and consequently lose ranking points—Higgins called the clash "laughable". Premier League organiser
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Snooker has been successful in promoting the sport in China, a major growth area for the sport, and in other territories including
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1689:"Saudi Arabia to host World Snooker ranking event for first time"
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901:. Stourbridge: Snooker Scene Ltd. January 2021. p. 20.
808:"Get Inspired: How to get into snooker, billiards and pool"
1363:"John Higgins blasts snooker chiefs over scheduling clash"
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December 2009, with Mooney also joining him on the board.
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and non-ranking professional circuit. These include the
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110:Professional Billiard Players Association (PBPA)
1755:. World Snooker. 9 January 2019. Archived from
1658:"Dearth of sponsors has snooker in a back spin"
545:"WCBS: World Confederation of Billiards Sports"
478:in Tokyo. Another bid has been put forward for
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1278:. London: Bloomsbury Academic. p. 133.
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1507:. Edinburgh. p. 1. Archived from
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718:"Restructure For World Ladies Snooker"
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1749:"WPBSA launches parliamentary group"
1434:"Higgins excited about World Series"
1301:"Rival circuit gets the green light"
984:. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing.
696:"World Billiards Ltd: Incorporation"
581:. World Snooker Tour. Archived from
361:In 2001, in a legal case brought by
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942:Rowland, James (21 December 2001).
897:"Constitutional change for WPBSA".
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1038:"Lord Archer of Weston-Super-Mare"
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1261:. London. p. 36.
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2547:Other games
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2355:Cowboy pool
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1952:Ray Reardon
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446:Middle East
414:Chris Small
394:Barry Hearn
268:Barry Hearn
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2415:Speed pool
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2385:Kelly pool
2345:Bowlliards
2286:Eight-ball
2268:Cue sports
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1464:Buzzle.com
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838:"About Us"
575:"About us"
549:wcbs.sport
505:References
480:Paris 2024
301:John Virgo
260:China Open
256:Welsh Open
248:World Open
2799:U.S. Open
2782:Euro Tour
2744:champions
2722:champions
2695:champions
2650:Cue stick
2618:Resources
2584:Bagatelle
2537:Shoot Out
2492:Goriziana
2487:Four-ball
2474:Five-pins
2365:Cutthroat
2330:Bank pool
2302:Nine-ball
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1783:BBC Sport
1723:wpbsa.com
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1567:BBC Sport
1480:cite news
1259:The Times
1244:The Times
1052:9 October
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812:BBC Sport
782:wpbsa.com
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611:. WPBSA.
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317:Joe Davis
217:billiards
178:Joe Davis
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2380:Honolulu
2360:Cribbage
2335:Baseball
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