WDBS Heads to Belgium

World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) is today delighted to announce the 2018 Belgian Open, the first WDBS competition to be held outside of the UK.

The landmark event will be staged at The Trickshot, a fully accessible venue home to 11 full-size snooker tables and located close to the centre of the historic city of Bruges, from 23-25 March 2018.

The main two-day tournament will be open to players with physical disabilities including ambulant and wheelchair users (WDBS Classification Groups 1-5). As with previous WDBS events, there will also be a free Friday open day held for people with any disabilities, with opportunities to practice and receive advice from qualified WPBSA World Snooker coaches.

Local support

Deklerck Wins 22nd National Title

The WDBS has received support from a number of key personalities involved with snooker in Belgium including World Snooker referee Olivier Marteel and also Kurt Deklerck, who has played wheelchair cuesports for over 40 years and earlier in 2017 won the Belgian National Wheelchair Snooker Championship for an unprecedented 22nd year in a row. He is also a four-time world disability snooker champion, winning the event in 1989, 1990 (twice) and finally 1994.

“I’m delighted to be part of this event that will be played in Belgium,” said Deklerck. “The last time an international snooker tournament for disabled people was organised was January 2005. For me it’s an honour to be an example to many other players. I hope they will see that this is a great opportunity to be part of something special.”

Further information

We are planning to offer a WDBS hotel deal, inclusive of one meal per day for players at the venue. Further information, including the full event entry form will be released in due course.

If you have any further questions in the meantime please contact us using our contact form.