Hello ladies!
Snooker & Billiards NSW is excited to be moving ahead with this Women's National ranking event & development camp in May, after being postponed in 2020 due to COVID-19.
I would love for you to be a part of this exciting event
Snooker & Billiards NSW (with Theresa Whitten's assistance) have secured NSW Government funding to assist with a new project which includes a snooker ‘development camp’ and incorporates a new national women’s ranking event. The project focuses on building skills through coaching, sports psychology, team building, competitive match-play and other activities to help female players improve/hone their abilities. This will be relevant and useful for players of all abilities.We're also hoping to utilise as many female referees as possible, so that we're able to really showcase women's abilities in all facets of our game! Travel subsidies will be available for all players, which will assist with the average cost of flights (or car travel) from most major locations around Australia. (accommodation & entry fee will be at players expense). More information on this to follow soon.
WESTS ILLAWARRA WOMEN'S SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP
DATES: 21 - 23 MAY 2021
VENUE: Wests Illawarra Leagues Club, 1 Hargreaves St, Unanderra NSW
ENTRY FEE: $80.00 (Under 21’s - FREE)
NOMINATIONS CLOSE: 10th May 2021
Prize Money: $1500 sponsorship (minimum) + entry fees
The event itself will run over 2.5 - 3 days. Here's a rough outline (final details to be confirmed):
Day 1: Start approx midday (allows players to arrive in the morning if needed). Half day seminar with speakers covering a number of topics, coaching, and welcome function/ dinner. (Seminar attendance is a requirement of tournament entry)
Day 2: Start 9am. Tournament - round robin groups
Day 3: Start 9am. Tournament - quarter finals onwards. Additional mini coaching clinics (either small groups or one-on-one), for those players that are interested. Limited sessions, based on table availability.
Closing ceremony/ presentation - with light refreshments.
Our wonderful venue & sponsor, Wests Illawarra Leagues Club will be contributing $1500 in sposorship, all of which will go towards prize money. This is a terrific venue, with great facilities including a recently refurbished snooker room with 6 tables.
They are located in Unanderra (about an hour south of Sydney, near Wollongong).
If you know of any ladies and/or junior girls that may be interested, please encourage them to join us.
We're very excited about this project, and hope to see many of you pariticpate!
Entry forms and travel allowance information will be made available as soon as possible.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards
Carlie Tait
Board member & Women's delegate
Snooker & Billiards NSW
