WPA General Assembly to Convene in Manila



Pictured above: WPA president Ian Anderson


The World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) will convene its General Assembly in Manila on November 27 this year, in the same week that the Philippine capital will host the 2nd World Ten Ball Championship (WTBC) at the World Trade Center.


Long in the planning, the biennial meeting of the world’s governing body of pool was officially announced by WPA president Ian Anderson, and he relayed the same in a letter to Raya Sports chairman Yen Makabenta.


“I would like to inform you that I have chosen Manila as the venue for the upcoming general assembly of the WPA,” said Anderson in the letter. “This is a meeting that is held every two years, and I thought it appropriate that we hold it this time in Manila during the period of the World Ten Ball Championship.”


The WPA Assembly will be attended by representatives of the six continental federations: the European Pocket Billiards Federation (EPBF), Asian Pocket Billiards Union (APBU), Billiards Congress of America (BCA), All African Pool Association (AAPA), Confederacion Panamerica de Billar (CPB) and the Oceania Pocket Billiards Federation (OPBF).


Slated to tackle vital matters affecting pool sports, the meeting will be held at the Heritage Hotel, the official hotel of the WTBC and where WPA members and officers will be billeted.


“All our members are looking forward to attending, and to having the opportunity to witness some of the great matches that will undoubtedly take place during the

Championship,” Anderson said.


Meanwhile, the Billiards and Snooker Congress of the Philippines (BSCP), led by its president Mr. Sebastian Chua, has welcomed the choice of Manila as assembly venue as “fitting recognition” for the role that the country is now playing in the development and propagation of pool worldwide.


During the visit of the WPA officers and members, the BSCP will host a dinner in their honor.