Merseyside & District Billiards & Snooker Association

Before the 2026/27 Merseyside Snooker Competition Calendar is organised and announced during the summer, we need to have in place a new team of TD’s who can help with organising a few competitions and communicating details to players / leagues across the Merseyside region. We also now have a new team of four referees in place which is great moving forward. Anyone interested should contact Tony on 07850030916

Congratulations to Josh Southworth who won the Merseyside Handicap Trophy yesterday, beating Andy Molyneux 3-1 in the final at Scotties. Josh had earlier beat Luke Palethorpe in the semi finals. Big thanks to Dean Bentley for overseeing and officiating yesterday’s proceedings.

Tomorrow Fri 26th June, the Garston Snooker League will be holding a very special awards night marking its 80th Anniversary at SAMH Club in Di**le. Former World Champion John Parrott MBE will be presenting the awards, with top live entertainment from internationally renowned artist Alison Daly. Radio presenter and actress / singer Clare Campbell O’Herlihy will be hosting the night which includes lots of former champions / teams etc. Current WPBSA Chairman Jason Ferguson will be travelling up to enjoy the evening which starts at 8pm. ENTRY IS FREE…Their may also be a few hydration breaks

The North Merseyside Snooker League hold their Open Final tonight between Adam Brown and Bob McCune over the best of 7 frames.

The match will be hosted by PSD Sports Lounge and will be live streamed on the PSD SPORTS LOUNGE page with a 7:30pm start.

Both players qualify for the next prestigious Merseyside Champion of Champions event, but who goes in as Champion will be decided tonight. Best of luck to both players. 🏆

The draw for this years Merseyside Handicap Trophy will take place tomorrow, Tuesday 26th May. All players that have entered will be notified of start times etc by the TD.

Congratulations to John Hughes who today retained his Merseyside Billiards Shield beating Phil Johnson in the final. Semi Finalists were Richard Whittle and Matty Jackson. This is the 8th year in succession that John has won this event which is testament to his quality of play. The Plate was won by Edward Fielding who beat Joe Maloney in the final. Highest break was an amazing 164 by Matty in the group stages against Antony Cooke. Full results in the photos. It was good to have two junior players today with Ethan Llewellyn and Ethan Grice both giving good accounts of themselves. As always big thanks to the Mill Brow Club for hosting the event.

This coming Sunday, former Individual Champions from the Garston & District Snooker League, which this year celebrates its 80th Anniversary, will compete in the Garston Champion of Champions at Scotties. Former champions attending include Ian Brumby, Josh Mulholland, Tony Rampello, Roy Bennett, and current champion Ian Weaver. Former champions also attending include Adam Brown, John Wignell, Andy Molyneux, Eddie Tully, Alex Wise, Tony Cook, Dave Rogers, Andy Pinder, Barry Lane.

It should be a great day of nostalgia and hopefully great snooker which starts at 10.30am

A fantastic finals day at Scotties where both the Senior Interleague and Intermediate competitions were played to a finish with drama to the very end.

Well done to the Garston League, winning the Merseyside Intermediate competition for the second successive time, beating Wirral 3-1 in the Quarter Finals, followed by a 3-1 win over NMSL ‘B’ in the last four before securing the title with a 3-1 win over St Helens ‘B’, with Danny Kwan sealing the victory. It was a great triumph for Garston in what is their league’s 80th Anniversary year.

In the Merseyside Senior Interleague competition, Ormskirk are the new champions following their dramatic blue ball shoot out over a gallant Prescot & Liverpool team after a tense 3-3 draw in the final. Earlier Ormskirk beat Formby in the semi finals which needed to be settled by a blue ball shoot-out win (2-0), whilst Prescot & Liverpool secured their place in the final following their (yet another 3-3 draw ) but a high quality blue ball shoot out against Wallasey.

Mersey Scratch League (MSL)

A format has been put together for a Team Scratch Snooker League, to hopefully begin in September that will not in anyway clash with any affiliated leagues across Merseyside. This has been the most important factor in putting this concept together.

For many years, players have wanted a scratch league due to them being handicapped out of the leagues they played in for years.

Brief format for the inaugural league to be discussed is as follows.

• One league consisting of 8/10/12 teams
• Two matches played by each team at a nominated venue every TWO months on a weekend day.
• A team to consist of 4/5 players (squad to be no more than 8 players)
• Each player will play TWO frames in a match.
• Team names can be named after a club, district, and have an extra name (Warriors,Tigers etc) similar to Rugby League etc., this will add to the new ethos and vibe of a new high quality scratch league.
• The league will be registered on the UK League Snooker website
• Each venue should have at least 3/4 tables to host 4 teams on one particular match day, one match played on two tables.
• There will also be a Team Cup KO and an Individual KO.
• There will be a Finals Day for both Team and Individuals competitions.
• Cost per team £200 with good cash prizes. Prize breakdown will be published after the meeting at Scotties on Sunday 14th June at midday.

Anyone wishing to enter a team, and any interested sponsors, should send an email to:
[email protected] or send a message via WhatsApp to 07850030916