Jun 23 to Jul 5, 2013

World Eightball Pool Championships 2013

World Eightball Pool Championships 2013. Click here to visit the WEPF website for full details

Location: Puma Imperial Hotel, Blackpool. FY1 2HB

Strachan has once again been selected by the International Billiard and Snooker Federation as their official cloth supplier. The new contract means that Strachan 6811 Tournament cloth will continue to be used at the IBSF World Championships for years to come.
 
Strachan cloth is manufactured by WSP Textiles Ltd in Stroud, UK. Its flagship cloth, Strachan Championship No 10, has featured at the Professional World Championship at the Crucible in Sheffield for over thirty years.

Newly elected IBSF President Jim Leacy said the game needed the highest quality products to help it continue to be a success and bring through the next generation of global stars.
 
He said: “We are delighted to agree a new contract with Strachan, making this one of our longest partnerships. We have chosen Strachan 6811 since 1997.  Strachan cloth gives us the speed, consistency and control that modern players need, to perform at the very highest level.
The high quality playing conditions provided at our tournaments are the best in the world. This is a key factor in the rising standard of play as we push to develop and grow the sport in an ever increasing list of countries.”
  
Strachan Sales Director, Duncan Kettell added: “Cloth is vitally important to the success of an event. As a natural product, great expertise is needed to provide the characteristics demanded by top players and tournament organisers. Speed, response and control are vital to the success of an event”.
The new contract is already starting to create opportunities as Strachan look to new markets around the world where tournament organisers are keen to be part of the success story that is Strachan snooker and pool cloth.
 
“Strachan offers their full support to the newly elected board headed by Leacy and the newly signed contract is our vote of confidence in their ability to run events of the highest quality and support the game going forward,” added Kettell.

IBSF events this year will take place in China, Thailand and Latvia.

WEPF executive board meet IBSF President Jim Leacy.

The World Eightball Pool Federation (WEPF) were proud to be the hosts for the contract signing between Strachan and the IBSF which will mean Strachan 6811 tournament cloth will continue to be the official cloth supplier for the Federation. Both the IBSF for Snooker and the WEPF for Eightball Pool share a long standing connection with Strachan who have supplied fabric and sponsorship for the 21 years that the World Eightball Pool Championship have been held.

Strachan 6811 has also been used at the Professional World Championships for over thirty years and at IBSF World Championships since 1997.
The signing was at the European Eightball Pool Championships, held at the 4 star Imperial Hotel in Blackpool, which attracted record attendance of over 500 players and supporters. Whilst in Blackpool, Jim held a meeting with the executive members of the WEPF to discuss positive directions for future involvement between the World Snooker Bodies and the World Eightball Pool Federation. Further meetings are planned in the near future with the possibility of planning joint ventures between the Cuesport organisations. On behalf of the WEPF, General Secretary Alan Benton thanked Jim Leacy the newly elected IBSF President for taking the time to visit the European Championships and looked forward to welcoming him back to Blackpool in July as the guest of honour, when the World Eightball Pool Championships will be televised for SKYSPORTS transmission. Alan also thanked Stuart Gardiner, Strachan Senior Account Manager for the valuable support and 3 year contract which was recently signed between Strachan and the Eightball Pool Federation. The signing was at the European Eightball Pool Championships, held at the 4 star Imperial Hotel in Blackpool, which attracted record attendance of over 500 players and supporters.
Whilst in Blackpool, Jim held a meeting with the executive members of the WEPF to discuss positive directions for future involvement between the World Snooker Bodies and the World Eightball Pool Federation.  Further meetings are planned in the near future with the possibility of planning joint ventures between the Cuesport  organisations.
On behalf of the WEPF, General Secretary Alan Benton thanked Jim Leacy the newly elected IBSF President for taking the time to visit the European Championships and looked forward to welcoming him back to Blackpool in July as the guest of honour, when the World Eightball Pool Championships will be televised for SKYSPORTS transmission.   Alan also thanked Stuart Gardiner, Strachan Senior Account Manager for the valuable support and 3 year contract which was recently signed between Strachan and the Eightball Pool Federation.