Amateur Championships 2023 Qualifier Entry

The Ultimate Pool Amateur Championships return for 2023 with a new format, increased entries and a new regional qualifying system aimed at truly finding the best amateur player in the UK.

The tournament, reformatted since 2022's edition that was won by now Ultimate Pool Pro Ryan Fleming, will see 12 different regional qualifiers take place across the UK and Ireland over the coming months. Those regional qualifiers are:

LANCASHIRE: GRAND HOTEL, BLACKPOOL - 15TH JUNE - £50
YORKSHIRE: PILKYS CUE SPORTS & BAR, KEIGHLEY - 24th JUNE - £50
LINCOLNSHIRE: THE SPORTSMAN, BOSTON, 1ST JULY - £50
ESSEX: LEGENDS SPORTS BAR, BRAINTREE, 1ST JULY - £50
KENT: CHATHAM POOL & SNOOKER CLUB - 1ST & 2ND JULY - £100
CHESHIRE: OFF THE RAILS, CREWE - 8TH JULY - £50
NORTHANTS: WELLINGBOROUGH CUE SPORTS - 8TH JULY- £50
MILTON KEYNES: MK SPORTS BAR - 15TH JULY - £50
SOMERSET: BULLETS SPORTS BAR - 22ND JULY - £50
SCOTLAND: BULLSYE SPORTS BAR, GREENOCK - 22ND JULY - £50
WISBECH: LEGENDS POOL & SPORTS BAR - 22ND JULY - £50
SOMERSET: ALLSTARS, TAUNTON - 29TH & 30TH JULY - £100
CAMBRIDGSHIRE: THE COURT CLUB, PETERBOROUGH - 29TH JULY - £50 HERTFORDSHIRE: FRANKS POOL & SNOOKER CLUB - 29TH JULY - £50
CORNWALL: THE EDGCLIFF, NEWQUAY - 29TH JULY - £50
NORFOLK: PINCHES POOL & SNOOKER - 5TH AUGUST - £50
GREATER MANCHESTER: PLAYERS LOUNGE, ATHERTON - 5TH AUGUST - £50
CUMBRIA: QZONE, CARLISLE - 6TH AUGUST - £50
OXFORD: J’S SPORTS BAR - 12TH AUGUST - £50

Entry & Format

Entry is £100* and there are two chances to qualify over each regional qualifier's duration with tournaments being played down to a predetermined number on both of the 2 days.

Where a qualifier is held on one day, the entry is £50. 1 Player will qualify per 8 confirmed spaces.

If a local qualifier has 32+ runners, that region will gain 8 entries into the Main Draw. If a local qualifier has 16 or above, but less than 32, that region receive gain 4 entries into the Main Draw.

The main tournament itself will begin on the 30th September, live on Ultimate Pool TV, and will last over the course of nine weekends in the autumn featuring all of the regional qualifying players from around the UK.

The full format, based on 64 players, will see 16 groups of 4 players, with each weekend featuring two groups.

On the Saturday, the groups will play off in a round robin format to eliminate two players from each group, with the top two players from each progressing to the Sunday.

On the Sunday, it will be round robin again to decide the top 2 players, before a weekly final decides who moves on to Finals Day.

The winner stands to bank £5,000 with further prize structure information to be announced.