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Taiwan-based billiard cloth manufacturer ANDY has generously supported the WCBS Solidarity Anti-Doping Fund. Andy Lin, the owner of ANDY, emphasized his long-standing commitment to initiatives that help propel billiards toward inclusion in the Olympic Games.

We are thrilled to announce that Min, a leading Korean manufacturer of professional billiard tables, has committed to supporting the WCBS Solidarity Anti-Doping Fund for the next two years, officially earning the Silver Partner status.

Today at High End Snooker Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Waratthanun Sukritthanes of Thailand lifted her career’s second World Women 6Red Snooker title. In the final today she defeated India’s Vidya Pillai in straight sets of frames 4-0. Previously Waratthanun won the World Women 6Red Snooker title in the year 2018.

S. Shrikrishna from India has become the World Men 6Red Snooker Champion for the year 2022. He defeated Habib Sabah of Bahrain 5-1 in the final played here at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The Thailand Masters’ team comprises of James Wattana and Noppadon Noppachorn won the World Masters Team Snooker Championship 2022 here at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia after defeating Team Iraq of Ihab Al-Salih and Firas Kamil Shaba 4-0 in the final.

Aloysius Yapp successfully defended his Seybert’s Michigan Open title with a 4-2, 4-1 win over Robbie Capito in the final, and Kelly Fisher won her fourth Pro Billiard Series event with a shootout victory over Wei Tzu Chien in the women’s final at the Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek.

The billiard world already knew he was a great talent. Now it is evident that he is a champion as well: 16-year-old Burak Hashas from Turkey is the new UMB 3-cushion Junior World Champion. In a spectacular but one-sided final, he beat Greece’s Dimitrios Seleventas to win the 2022 title: 35-10 in 19/18 innings.

What a triumph for Andrea Quarta! At the just-finished World Championships in 5-Pins- Billiards, the 40-year-old Italian won the title and thus secured his second World Championship after 2008.

In front of his home crowd in Calangianus/Sardinia, Quarta played a great final against the Argentinean Ricardo Dieguez, which he won in the end with 4:0 sets.

The UMB Ladies 3-cushion World Championship had a towering favorite: Therese Klompenhouwer. And the Dutch lady from Nijkerk delivered: undefeated in the tournament, never really in danger. She dominated the final against Korean talent Ji Eun Han from the start with an early run of eight and finished it 30-16 in 22 innings.

The WCBS Solidarity Anti-Doping Fund recently took a significant step forward in its mission to promote clean sport by presenting its action plans at the Pardubice Stabedo Open in the Czech Republic. Marcin Krzemiński, Chairman of the Fund, shared the fund’s goals and strategies with the event’s participants, emphasizing the importance of maintaining integrity within billiards sports.

The Philippines defeated Great Britain 3-0 in the final in Klagenfurt, Austria to be crowned 2022 Predator World Teams Champions, eight years after finishing runners-up the last time the event was staged.

Chou Chieh-Yu is the 2022 Predator World Women’s 10-Ball Champion.

The WCBS Solidarity Anti-Doping Fund actively promoted its initiatives during the 7th International Billiard Festival in Kielce, Poland on September 2, 2022. The Fund’s logo was displayed on various posters and banners throughout the event, helping to raise awareness of its mission and activities. This visibility contributed to highlighting the Fund’s commitment to promoting clean sport and educating athletes on anti-doping regulations.