Players Confirmed for 2026/27 EPSB Junior Elite Programme

The line-up of players for the fourth season of the English Partnership for Snooker and Billiards (EPSB)’s Junior Elite Programme has been confirmed.

The top eight eligible ranked players from last season’s English Junior Tour will be seeded for this year’s campaign – qualifying directly into the second day of competition at each of the five events across the season.

These players are as follows.

• Vladislav Gradinari
• Dylan Smith
• Kaylan Patel
• Daniel Boyes
• Edward Jones
• Shaun Liu
• Adam Abbas
• O’Shay Scott

In addition, six further players have been invited to take part in the two Development Days staged to assist and advise on all areas of building a career in snooker. These wildcards have been selected based upon their achievements at EPSB Junior competitions and other tours such as the World Women’s Snooker (WWS) Tour and World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) Tour.

• Yashnai Parmar (Highest ranked non-seed in English Junior Tour)
• Nicholas Ayers (English Under-16 Championship finalist)
• Jack Wilding (English Under-14 Championship finalist)
• William Thomson (English Junior Billiards Tour (South) Number One)
• Tallulah Cousins (World Women’s Snooker Tour)
• Christopher Woodward (World Disability Billiards & Snooker Tour)

Further details on the dates and venues for the Development Days will be announced in due course.

The English Junior Tour begins this weekend (12-13 September) at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds and you can follow the event via WPBSA SnookerScores