The British Junior English Billiards championship is an
English billiards
English billiards, called simply billiards in the United Kingdom and in many former British colonies, is a cue sport that combines the aspects of carom billiards and pool. Two (one white and one yellow) and a red are used. Each player or team ...
competition for players in the UK. There are three divisions, the "Girls" Championship for all female players under 19 years, the "Boys" championship for players under 16, and the "Junior" championship for players under the age of 19.
The competition was originally organised by the
Billiards Association and Control Council.
Rex Williams
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,
Mark Wildman
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,
Mike Russell,
Peter Gilchrist,
David Causier, and
Chris Shutt
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Biography
Shutt started playing billiards as a child, after he broke his leg whilst playing football. He found he h ...
all won Junior titles before going to win the
World Billiards Championship.
World Snooker Championship
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winners to have recorded wins in the Junior Billiards event are
Walter Donaldson
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,
Dennis Taylor
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and
Steve Davis
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.
Fred Davis, champion in 1928, went on to win world professional titles in both billiards and snooker.
In 2022, William Thompson of Southampton, Hampshire(9 years old) became the youngest-ever winner of the Under-16 event.
Robin Wilson (Middlesbrough) holds the record for the most wins in the Championship, with 2 wins in the Boys and 5 in the Junior.
The highest Championship breaks recorded in each event are, Hannah Jones (Derby), 43 in the 2011 Girls, Donald Cruikshank (South Shields), 130 in the 1936 Boys and Glen Cromack (Middlesbrough), 150 in the 1989 Junior.
Under-16 Champions
Source: English Amateur Billiards Association,
unless stated otherwise.
Under-19 Champions
Source: English Amateur Billiards Association,
unless stated otherwise.
Girls
The Girls' championship was first held in 1933.
The age limit was 16 for the 1933 event, but was raised to 18 the following year.
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References
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Cue sports