Cambridgeshire

About

Cambridgeshire is best known globally for it's world class University of Cambridge in the county town, which has made famous many well known names including Stephen Hawkin, Hugh Lawrie, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, Charles Darwin, Richard Attenborough and many more, further enhanced by the rock band Pink Floyd and the politician Oliver Cromwell.

EPA county pool in Cambridgeshire is organised and run with Region 4 of the EPA by the Cambridgeshire Pool Association.

The county pool association organises county level pool matches within the region and has one of the largest interleague setups of any county in England, regularly with ten or more teams in any one season. The basis of interleague is where teams represent their own local league and compete in both an annual league and a knock out cup for places in the national finals.

EPA registered players affiliated by the Cambridgeshire Pool Association have over the years reached some of the absolute pinnacles of the game, and include:

• Luke Gilbert
• 2023 U23's World Champion (Won 8-4 over Jack Schofield in the final)
• 2023 Men's European Champion (Won 8-3 over Dejan Grech in the final)
• 2023 U23's European Champion (Won 8-2 over Aaron Doherty in the final)
• 2019 U23's World Champion (Won 8-4 over Karol Galka in the final and was runner up in 2022)
• 2018 Junior World Champion (Won 8-7 over Jordan Synott in the final)
• 2019 U23's Home Internationals Singles Winner (Won 5-4 over Josh Gooderham in the final)

• Steve Singh
• 2019 Senior's World Master's Champion (Won 6-5 over Steve Chambers in the final)

• John Roe
• 2012 Men's World Champion (Won 11-7 over Lee Kendall in the final)

• Phil Harrison
• 2009 Men's World Champion (Won 11-7 over Mick Hill in the final & was runner up in 2011, 2017 & 2018)
• 2019 Men's World Master's Champion

• Carly Peachey (née Smith)
• 2009 Ladies European Champion (Won 7-5 over Anne Roccia in the final)
• 2000 Ladies European Champion (Won 6-4 over Karen Elsworth in the final)