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EPT - Raising the bar for UK pool

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Date: Saturday, January 13 2007 @ 13:40:24 UTC
Topic: 8 Ball



The Empire Pool Tour
The Player's Pool Tour
Press Release
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Saturday 13 January 2007



Top 64 ranked to be "Pro Tour Division"

The Empire Pool Tour will be raising the profile of our sport. After the 4 ranking events of 2007 are over, and the ranking positions are concluded, the following season's events will be slightly different.

"Read more" for the details by EPT founder Daryl Peach.

There will still be a maximum of 6 events per season, but players will be split into 2 divisions. The top 64 ranked players will have the opportunity to compete in the "pro tour" division, these will be 64 man events, with guaranteed prize money in each event. the next division will be made up form everyone else outside of the top 64 ranked players, this will be called the "challenge tour" division, and this will also have guaranteed prize money for each event. Once the season has concluded, the bottom 16 players on the Pro tour will drop out and go into the challenge tour, and the top 16 players on the challenge tour will take their place.

Many other big sports use a similar structure, and we believe this is the way forward in order to raise the profile of our game, and also attract sponsors.

By adopting this system it enables all players to compete against players of a similar level, which in turn gives everyone a chance to win, and makes the prize money spread out more evenly. And it also gives players realistic targets to aim for.

The 2 tours will run along side each other with the Pro tour being ran over 2 days (Sat/Sun) and the challenge tour ran on the Sunday at the same venue.

Entry fees, payouts, and a more detailed announcement will be coming soon.


If any of you are thinking of trying to get into the top 64 on the EPT rankings, and you have only entered 2, 1, or even no events, there is still time for you to get there as the final rankings will be determined from your best 5 results from the 7 events (3 last year, and 4 from this).

.......And even if you don't manage it, the challenge tour will have prize money very much worth playing for.


Visit www.empirepooltour.com for info, or to enter an event.