The UPC are pleased to release the information for this season’s UPC Irish Intervarsity Pool Championships, to be staged at the excellent Antrim Sports Club!

UPC Irish Intervarsities Championships 2023-24

Individual Competitions:  9 – 10 February 2024
Team Competitions:  9 – 11 February 2024
Teams are made up of a maximum of six players, five of which play in a match

Composite Entry Fee: The entry fee per person will be €40.00 per player for institutions in the Republic of Ireland, or £35.00 per player for institutions in Northern Ireland. All entry fees must be paid before play commences on 9th February 2024. There will be no exceptions to this where those players will be refused to play at the event until all entry fees have been settled.

Google sheets showing fixtures and results:

Team Championship/Trophy

Individual Championship and Individual Trophy

Draws and hand-outs for the event:

Schedule for the event (PDF)

Answers to commonly asked questions Q&A (PDF)

Competition regulations (PDF)

Deadline for entries: Players have until Friday 26th January 2024 @ 11:59pm to enter the event on by sending your completed Player Details Form (see below) to ben.hubbard@upc-pool.org.uk. This should be sent to the UPC via your Sports Office or Athletic Union.

The entry information for this year’s event can be found at the following links:

UPC Irish Intervarsities Player Details Form (Excel)

UPC Irish Intervarsities Entry Guidance Notes (PDF)

FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT:

Ben Hubbard
Tournament Director & Executive Chair
Email: ben.hubbard@upc-pool.org.uk
or message the UPC Ireland Facebook group

Press release: New partnership between the Universities Pool Council and Ultimate Pool, and announcement of the BUCS-UPC Eight-Ball Championships 2023-24

We are excited to announce a new partnership between the Universities Pool Council (UPC) and Ultimate Pool! Please see the following press release statement for more information on this partnership, and this season’s BUCS-UPC Eight-Ball Championships: https://upc-pool.org.uk/cueaction/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/UPC-Ultimate-Pool-Press-release.pdf

The UPC is pleased to release all the entry information in relation to this season’s BUCS-UPC Nine-Ball Championships, which will be held, once again, at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds! The finest student players from all parts of the UK will convene over the weekend of 2nd – 5th December 2023 to compete in both team and individual competitions on behalf of their universities.

BUCS-UPC Nine-Ball Championships

Individual Competitions:  2 – 4 December 2023
Team Competitions:  3 – 5 December 2023
Teams are made up of a maximum of four players, three of which play in a match

Composite Entry Fee: £37.50 per person
(covers both team and individual entry, accommodation will not be provided)

Google sheets showing fixtures and results:

Team Championship/Trophy

Individual Championship and Individual Trophy

Draws and hand-outs for the event:

Schedule for the event (PDF)

Individual Championship registration schedule (PDF)

Individual Trophy registration schedule (PDF)

Answers to commonly asked questions Q&A (PDF)

Competition regulations (PDF)

Deadline for entries: Players have until 23:59 on Tuesday 14th November to enter the event on BUCS Play, following which AUs/SUs/Sports Offices will have until 23:59 on Thursday 16th November to approve their institution’s entries. There will be no extensions to these deadlines, so please make sure you have everything ready in time, including contacting your AU/SU/Sports Office in advance to make sure there will be someone with access to BUCS Play available to authorise your entries.

The entry information for this year’s event can be found at the following links:

Entry Guidance – 9 Ball (23/24) (PDF)

Player Details Form – 9 Ball (23/24) (Excel)

Thanks to the support of the venue and the players themselves, we have been able to increase the cap to a maximum of 48 teams season. Preference will be given to first teams, then second teams, etc, then to institutions highest in the competition rankings. Please share this post so that all interested individuals are aware and can organise their team and individual entry.

FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT:

Stephanie Laba
Tournament Director
Email: stephanie.laba@upc-pool.org.uk
or message the UPC Facebook group

Please see below the latest updates from the UPC as we head into the 2023/24 season. This update includes an update on staffing, and changes to the Eight-Ball ruleset.
https://upc-pool.org.uk/cueaction/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/UPC-Update-September2023.pdf

The UPC are pleased to release the information for this season’s UPC Irish Intervarsity Pool Championships, to be staged at the excellent Antrim Sports Club!

UPC Irish Intervarsities Eight-Ball Pool Championships:

Individual Championship & Trophy: 7 – 8 April 2023
Team Championship & Trophy: 7 – 9 April 2023
Teams are made up of a maximum of six players, five of which play in a match

Composite Entry Fee: The entry fee per person will be €40.00 per player for institutions in the Republic of Ireland, or £35.00 per player for institutions in Northern Ireland. All entry fees must be paid before play commences on 7th April 2023. There will be no exceptions to this where those players will be refused to play at the event until all entry fees have been settled.

Google sheets showing fixtures and live results:

Team Championship/Trophy

Individual Championship // Individual Trophy // Women’s Individuals

Draws and hand-outs for this weekend:

Individuals: Championship // Trophy (both PDFs)

Team Championship/Trophy group-stage draw (Image)

Schedule and captains briefing sheet (PDF)

Competition regulations (PDF)

The entry information for this year’s event can be found at the following links:

UPC Irish Intervarsities Team Details Form (Excel)

UPC Irish Intervarsities Entry Guidance Notes (PDF)

FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT:

Ben Hubbard
Tournament Director
Email: ben.hubbard@upc-pool.org.uk
or message the UPC Facebook group