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SNOOKERZONE CREATOR/WRITER/JOURNALIST Chris Gaynor attended the 2024 British Open World Incapacity Snooker occasion at Woking Snooker Centre in Surrey over the weekend.
The occasion noticed a wholesome turnout of 80 plus gamers, which noticed 8 teams compete with quite a lot of disabilities. We managed to interview the WPBSA Chairman Jason Ferguson on day two of the occasion, the Saturday, and our a number of postings on X/Twitter (we nonetheless consider X as Twitter) have had a number of hundred views, as did our preliminary preview posting on X/Twitter within the #Surrey trending.
We additionally spoke to Matt Huart, we’ve spoken to him on a few events previously at WDBS occasions at Woking, and we needed to make clear a few issues.
Our EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with JASON FERGUSON was reposted by the WOKING NOTICEBOARD.
— Woking Noticeboard (@wokingboard) January 14, 2024
We additionally submitted it to BBC SNOOKER and BBC SPORT and GB NEWS.
A type of issues was relating to whether or not the World Incapacity or World Ladies’s Snooker Excursions ought to have particular participant contracts, the place gamers signal a contract that outlines a number of duties and advantages, together with an obligation to advertise the occasions they determine to enter.
Additionally, ought to gamers make RECORDED CENTURIES, or 147s, there must be an obligation for that World Tour to have the hyperlinks to these as a part of promotional materials for the World Tour.
Matt mentioned that gamers already signal TERMS and CONDITIONS to play on the World Excursions, and mentioned they’re a sort of SEPARATE TOUR already, but additionally nonetheless pathways to the MAIN TOUR, he mentioned.
He hinted on the occasion that if there have been BIG ENOUGH SPONSORSHIPS inside these World Excursions, they may turn out to be “PROFESSIONAL” Excursions in their very own proper, however that was a LONG WAY OFF.
SNOOKERZONE’S CHRIS GAYNOR’S ELIGIBILITY TO POTENTIALLY PLAY IN A FUTURE WDBS EVENT AT WOKING OR SOMEWHERE ELSE ON TOUR. CLARIFICATION?
We imagine we should always have performed within the two occasions which have handed (2023 and 2024 at Woking -and have been a long-standing member since 2015) due to our SHOULDER INJURY, which we’ve documented in a earlier publish right here on this web site.
OUR SNOOKER CREDENTIALS SO FAR…
When it comes to our snooker potential for an software, now we have made a 36 break in opposition to former Woking C’s Ivan Astin previously. These achievements had been made AFTER OUR BIKE ACCIDENT. Other than the 43 break, which was made means earlier than that.
The membership workforce (supervisor) knew about our shoulder subject at Woking as a result of we had instructed them about it in 2021, We may have additionally performed within the 2023 occasion and we imagine the supervisor of the membership, whom we’ve documented on this web site loads, ought to assist gamers ENTER these sort of EVENTS ought to they determine to understanding their specific “incapacity”.
Trying on the CLASSIFICATION LIST isn’t tough, however we’re nonetheless unsure.
Snooker is for everybody, and nobody must be EXCLUDED from occasions or seem like excluded on perceived grounds of potential. We have now additionally reached the semi-finals of the Handicap event as properly.
We have now performed in Cuestars over 40s, twice, nearly gained two matches there, and in addition performed within the Bob Mason 2023 the place we nearly gained a match there, and the Open Collection the place we bought to play PAUL BUNYARD, one of many elite gamers within the membership – all good experiences.
We have now performed snooker with a shoulder harm since 2021 and it has all the time been a battle to search out our correct alignment – regardless of having the odd teaching lesson and utilizing coaching aids. However, now we have stored going as a result of we love the sport.
However we should always have the question about whether or not we’re eligible for WDBS or not RESOLVED ONCE AND FOR ALL. We’re nonetheless at the hours of darkness about this – regardless of the inquiry on the WDBS occasion final weekend.
Having seemed on the CLASSIFICATION LIST on the WDBS web site, we imagine that probably, on the grounds of incapacity, we could be probably eligible to play in GROUP 3 of a future WDBS occasion, and PROFILE 16 on that listing appears to slot in with our SHOULDER ISSUE.
THE BACKGROUND CONTEXT – AGAIN…
Our proper shoulder doesn’t absolutely rotate due to RARE BONE GROWTH after an operation to repair it the place we broke it in 4 locations after a really unhealthy bike accident in 2020 and, regardless of PHYSIO, the RARE BONE GROWTH prevented us from FULL RECOVERY.
The Marketing consultant on the case mentioned that even when the RARE BONE GROWTH had not occurred, we nonetheless might not have had FULL ROTATION as a result of there was kind of an 80% probability of FULL EXTENSION.
There may be nothing that they will do for the second till there’s a breakthrough and the advisor on that case raised this RARE OCCURENCE with fellow consultants at a convention in London and it was going to be recorded apparently in a JOURNAL OF MEDICINE.
We can’t EXTEND our proper arm FULLY to the correct top or rotate it absolutely.
We can’t do FRONT CRAWL in swimming correctly, however we are able to, after all, do small breaststrokes in a swimming pool. We can’t LIFT weights to FULL top. And we can’t do WEIGHT LIFTING!
If that’s probably considered a incapacity and suits in with profile 16 on the WDBS listing, then can somebody from the WDBS reply that, please? WE’RE STILL NOT ENTIRELY SURE. That is extra for PEACE OF MIND than something.
What an incredible day I had yesterday seeing the work of @WDBSofficial Simply inspirational 🙏👏 https://t.co/DtKHOR7X7Q
— jason ferguson (@jasonferguson5) January 14, 2024
Congratulations to the general winners of the Teams…
Group 1/2 Shahab Siddiqui
Group 3 Nigel Coton
4 Carl Gibson
5 Dave Boulton
6 Scotland’s Alan Reynolds
6B James Hart
7/8 Lewis Knowles
Effectively achieved to the workforce at Woking, and to Cue Surrey for his sponsorship of gamers that did properly on the occasion. We briefly wished a few of them properly on the occasion once we noticed them which had been James Lodge, who loved his curry, he instructed us, and David Church, whom we’ve interviewed beforehand on this web site.
So it’s been an incredible weekend right here on the @WDBSofficial British Open.Congratulations to everybody that took half ,and all of the group winners .Effectively achieved to @triple_church who gained the sliver medal in GP4 .💫 Protected journey house everybody 🙂 @snookerhub @epilepsysociety #ProudSponsor pic.twitter.com/gAvTeRJql7
— Cue Surrey (@CueSurrey) January 14, 2024
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