Ultimate Pool Group
TAKE OFF FOR THE ULTIMATE POOL GROUP The Ultimate Pool Group is on a mission to take English 8-Ball Pool into a new era of prosperity. It is widely understood that English 8-Ball Pool is now the most competitively played cuesport in the United Kingdom. However, whilst professional snooker enjoys extensive live television coverage, exposure in the wider media and a multi-million-pound global circuit, the small table discipline – despite positive steps over the past few years – does not.
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f course, snooker is an established mainstream sport with a rich heritage and an international audience, but how come English 8-Ball Pool is such a poor relation? Like snooker, the game is also entrenched in British culture; pubs, clubs, venues and arcades house pool
tables – it is a social activity enjoyed by the masses, easily accessible and relatively cheap to play. Former twotime world junior champion Jordan Church once said in a promotional video “I don’t know anyone who hasn’t picked up a pool cue.” There are several reasons why the sport isn’t as big as what it should or
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could be, but there is now cause for excitement within the community after the recent launch of the Ultimate Pool Group who are already organising and promoting professional events featuring the world’s top players. In a fragmented sport where politics have often been the obstacle, two powerhouse promoters joined forces
