EPSB Membership 2022/23 | Now Available

EPSB Players Membership for the 2022/23 season is now open via the WPBSA SnookerScores website.

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All players who wish to enter our national championships and tour events or are nominated by the EPSB to compete at international events, must hold current membership to be eligible.

Membership Options

This season’s membership rates are as follows:

• General Adult Playing Membership: £30.00
• Junior Membership (Under-14 on 31 December 2022): £5.00
• Disability / Women’s / Billiards Membership: FREE
• Referee Membership: TO FOLLOW

Please note that should players holding Billiards Membership wish to enter snooker tournaments, they must also purchase our General Adult Membership.

For instructions on how to purchase membership, click HERE.

2022/23 Update

We can today also take this opportunity to provide an update as to the planned changes to the EPSB competition structure that will be implemented from the start of the upcoming 2022/23 season.

Since the EPSB assumed responsibility for the governance of amateur snooker in England in 2019, during the two full seasons of competition that have followed, we have continued to largely follow the tournament model previously in place. This has provided stability and certainty during the initial transition and a subsequent period of great uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Following these two years, it has, however, become clear that fundamental changes to this expansive model – which has comprised some 10 individual national championships and 7 national tours – are now necessary in order that we can continue to provide a sustainable calendar of events going forwards.

Key changes:

• The English Amateur Tour will be restored to a series of five two-day events, in place of the one-day format used during the 2021/22 season.
• Total prize money for both the English Amateur Championship and English Amateur Tours will be increased by at least 30%.
• The creation of two new Series’ for junior players, aimed at Under-21 and Under-16 age groups. These events will replace the Regional Under-20 Tour. It is further planned that the Under-21 Premier Tour will end following the 2022/23 season and transition to a single tour at this age group.
• The English Amateur Championship qualification process will be updated, with players to qualify for the final stages on a pro rata basis, subject to regional entry.
• The English Under-18s, Under-21 Championship, 6-Red Championship, Women’s Championship and Billiards Championships are to become national one-day events (subject to entry).
• The Seniors Championship and Seniors Tour will merge to form a single Tour of events for players aged over-40.
• The following events/series are not planned to be staged during the season: Billiards Tour, Regional Junior Billiards Tour, Women’s Tour, Under-16 Championship and Over-55 Championship. The EPSB will pursue alternative options to support and develop these areas of our sport.

We understand that these are significant changes. However, during what is a challenging economic period for players, venues and officials alike, we have concluded that the consolidation of events – alongside the continuation of the hugely successful and popular EPSB Open Series – is necessary.

We can further confirm that prior to the start of the new season, the EPSB will publish its international selection criteria so that every player can make an informed decision as to the events that they enter.

Further information, in particular with regards to the formats of the two new Junior Tours, will follow as soon as possible. In the meantime, we hope that you all enjoy the summer and we look forward to seeing you in the new season.