Ellesmere PortSnooker League

Competitions guide

Guide

Alongside the league, the EPSL runs team and individual competitions. Draws and results are on the Cups page.

Adopted Monday 19 October 2026.

Section 1Team cups

  1. Roy Baker Cup

    A team knockout, played in the winter season. All teams are entered.

    Played like a league match, off handicaps: four singles and two doubles. If it ends 3-3, the team with the higher aggregate score wins.

  2. Chris Edwards Cup

    A team knockout, played in the winter season. All teams are entered.

    Played like a league match, off handicaps: four singles and two doubles. If it ends 3-3, the team with the higher aggregate score wins.

  3. Summer League Cup

    A team knockout, played in the summer season. All teams are entered.

    Played like a league match, off handicaps: four singles and two doubles. If it ends 3-3, the team with the higher aggregate score wins.

Section 2Individual competitions

  1. Roy Procter Singles

    Singles, played off scratch (no handicaps). Open to registered league players. Winter season.

    Best of 3 frames. Entry £3.

  2. Handicap Singles

    Singles, played off handicaps. Open to registered league players. Winter season.

    2 frames; the higher aggregate score over the two frames wins. Entry £3.

  3. Handicap Doubles

    Doubles, played off handicaps. Open to pairs of registered league players; both players must be from the same team. Winter season.

    2 frames; the higher aggregate score over the two frames wins. Entry £3 per pair.

  4. Dave Sharpes Memorial

    Summer season only. A 6-red shootout for singles players, played off handicaps. Entry £3.

    Sponsored by Kevin Thomas.

Section 3How the competitions run

  1. Entries go through team captains. The competitions secretary, Jason Nalder, posts each competition in the captains' WhatsApp group with its entry deadline, and collects the names.

  2. After entries close, the draw is made and posted in the captains' group and on the website, with the deadline for the first round. A preliminary round may be needed to even up the draw. Each later round has its own deadline.

  3. Only players registered with the league can enter.

  4. Matches are played by the date set for each round, unless both sides agree another date and tell the League officers. A match not played before the next round is forfeited by the side that asked to move it.

  5. The format a competition starts with is used throughout, including the final.

  6. Finals are played at a neutral venue on a date set by the committee. In team finals the captains toss for first choice of players.

  7. Cup matches don't change handicaps.

If in doubt, ask the secretary.

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