English Amateur Championship
Annual snooker tournament / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the snooker tournament. For the golf tournament, see English Amateur. For the billiards tournament, see English Amateur Billiards Championship.
The English Amateur Championship, an annual snooker competition, is the highest-ranking and most prestigious amateur event in England. It is also the oldest and longest-running snooker tournament in the world, having been established in 1916, a full 11 years before the World Snooker Championship.
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Tournament information | |
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Country | England |
Established | 1916 |
Organisation(s) | English Partnership for Snooker & Billiards |
Format | Amateur event |
Recent edition | 2024 |
Current champion | Steven Hallworth |
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Five winners of the tournament went on to become world champion: John Pulman, Ray Reardon, John Spencer, Terry Griffiths and Stuart Bingham. A further three losing finalists, Joe Johnson, John Parrott and Ronnie O'Sullivan, would also lift the world title.