Firth earns national call-up
Bradford Telegraph and Argus
Bradford No 1 captain Kevin Firth is celebrating selection for the England Seniors snooker side for the home internationals which take place from September 9-16 at Pontins in Prestatyn. This is just reward for Firth, who had a fine …

UK riots: when does a defender become a vigilante?
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
If I am honest, the sight of the Turks of Dalston massing with baseball bats and snooker cues to protect their property from looters on Monday night made me first cheer, and then a little bit …

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Promotion battle opens
Ripley Today
Premier Division: Gate Inn (Loscoe) 4 (203), Out of Town 3 (204); The Kestrel 2 (176), Strutt Club 5 (185); Somercotes Snooker Club 1 (192), Station (Westhouses) 6 (200); Heanor Town FC 5 (177), Carnfield Club 2 (176); Staff of Life 7 (220), …

Segregation for Rangers opener
Staffordshire Newsletter
At half-time, on police instruction, away fans will enter the social club through the snooker room and have access to the Boro Suite, while Rangers supporters will leave by the main gate and enter the bar through the patio entrance. …

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Cash boost for clubs
Tivyside Advertiser
… competitive basketball club, qualify coaches and purchase equipment; Cardigan Swimming Club, £1500; Velo Teifi Cycling Club, £450; Cardigan Walks Festival, £400; Menter Aberteifi, £935; Rhydlewis Snooker Club, £790 and Canolfan Plant JigSo, £1000. …

Newbottle binman jailed for causing care worker's death
Sunderland Echo
Allison, who worked at St Mary's care home in Chester-le-Street and lived in Great Lumley, loved dancing, shopping and nights out at the village snooker hall, but was most passionate about her family. The incident happened on May 19 last year as Spoors …
Binman jailed over death of Great Lumley auntChronicleLive

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Bolton Wanderers: Four?
Vitalfootball
… respective clubs this season (Tuncay played four times for Wolfsburg after his mid season sale in January) and should realise that football is the defining reason for joining a club, not how many snooker tables you can fit into your sports room. …

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Southall Sikhs defend their temple from London riots
Metro
The men, who have been hailed as heroes, armed themselves with baseball bats and snooker cues and sent the mob packing. 'The police were telling us not to chase them,' kebab shop owner Omer Asili later said, 'but it was only down to us that they went …

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A Canadian On British Media
LeftLion
… do about the eating habits of the Australian brush-turkey (I care about sport slightly more now, but even as a half-Brit, the thought of thumbing through an entire paper devoted to cricket and snooker literally makes my balls whimper, but anyway). …

Kenny Dalglish Endorses Boccia World Cup
University of Ulster Online
Competitors must have the accuracy of a darts player, the geometric precision of a snooker star and the tactical nous of a chess Grandmaster and there are individual and team events which will see athletes compete against their peers in contests based …

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