Welcome to the Second part of the Festival of Pool 2018 – Pro-Am Series

A very warm welcome to the 2018 Festival of Pool – two superb weekends of pool, for players of all skill levels and abilities! This festival is our biggest to date and we’re delighted to announce a few improvement. Include the introduction of our new schedule and results website; a new look carpeted streaming arena, the introduction of a Special Needs event and a revamped Golden 8 Ball logo.

Event Schedule

Thursday 15th June

  • 09:00 - Arena opens for practice
  • 15:00 - Team registration opens
  • 15:00 - Men's qualifiers start
  • 19:00 - Flyers
  • 20:00 - Ladies qualifiers start
  • 01:00 - Bar shuts
  • 02:00 - Arena closes

Friday 16th June

  • 08:00 - Arena doors open
  • 08:15 - Opening ceremony
  • 08:30 - Round robin part 1 (Groups 1 - 16)
  • 14:30 - Round robin part 1 (Groups 17 - 32)
  • 20:30 - Men's Singles
  • 21:00 - Ladies Singles
  • 01:00 - Bar Shuts
  • 02:00 - Arena closes

Saturday 17th June

  • 08:45 - Arena doors open
  • 09:00 - Bronze playoff
  • 11:00 - Bronze & Wooden Spoon knockouts
  • 13:00 - Gold playoff
  • 15:00 - Gold & Silver knockouts
  • 17:00 - Mixed Doubles
  • 17.00 - Men's Singles - will play if not in mixed, otherwise to be played after first round of mixed
  • 19:00 - Flyers
  • 20:00 - Mixed Doubles continued
  • 01:00 - Bar shuts
  • 02:00 - Arena closes

Sunday 18th June

  • 08:45 - Arena opens
  • 09:00 - Last 16 knockout (all team trophies)
  • 11:00 - Prize payout
  • 17:00 - Closing ceremony

Live results

We have made a significant investment in customised event software called iPES – Intelligent Pool Event Software. This is an ongoing investment and development project, where we intend to launch new features each year to give players a better tournament experience.

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Wear a flat cap in Aggie’s memory

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Raising money for Wizzybugs

Players may have seen 'Summer' (pictured) at one of our events, motoring around in her Wizzybug scheme, to enable more children to become mobile in such a fun way. The Wizzybug is a powered wheelchair, provided by Designability - a charity for children under five who,...

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Enter 2018 Festival of Pool Now!

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Amateur Series LIVE: Men’s singles fixtures released.

This year's Men's Singles will commence at 9:00 pm on Friday evening. Best of 5 Frames.

Amateur Series LIVE – Singles registration will close at 12:00pm…

We will be closing registration for the all the singles event by 12:00 pm today (9th June 2017). Players wishing to enter the singles and haven't yet done so, please see the top table to request a registration form. Singles Format £20 entry for Men or Ladies. Singles...

Changes to the doubles event 2017

Due to the low number of mixed doubles entries, we will be holding both a 'Mixed Doubles' and 'Mens Doubles' event Thursday 8th June 2017. The prize fund will be shared between the two events.

Join our popular Facebook group!

We have a great community group, dedicated to Golden 8 Ball players and spectators. Meet new people, have some banter, find player action pictures from previous years and much more. You might even find pictures of yourself! We post regular tournament updates within...

Digital Jukebox for Charity

Raising money for Wizzybug charity – play your choice of music all weekend!

Fantastic bar prices

Raising money for Wizzybug charity – play your choice of music all weekend!

Martin Peach Photography

Martin will be taking amazing action shots and team pictures all weekend.

Thursday night DJ and music videos

Awesome music by ‘Supper Daz’ DJ mixing music and videos in the arena from 9:00pm til late.

Live streaming arena by Tsunami Streaming

Tsunami Streaming are hosting the TV arena on two tables throughout the festivals.

Live Pool Scores

Tsunami Streaming are hosting the TV arena on two tables throughout the festivals.

View the results

Facebook Group

Join our Facebook group today – this is where the tournament gets discussed

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Freebies

To celebrate the launch of our new logo, we’re giving away a selection of cue case stickers.

Our sponsors

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