New Agreement to Promote Global Cue Sports Governance
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) and the Professional Billiards Association (PBA) are today delighted to jointly announce a new Memorandum of Understanding which will see both organisations cooperate in the global governance of cue sports.
The agreement will see both organisations assist each other in the general promotion of cuesports. This is to include the promotion of diversity, equality and to share best practice of sports governance, event organisation and player membership models.
The PBA was inaugurated in May 2019, together with its Commissioner Young-soo Kim, a former Minister of Culture and Sports who has a wealth of experience in the sector having previously served as the 3rd Incheon Asian Games Organising Committee Chairman. Last season’s PBA Tour saw seven prestigious events staged during the second half of last year, before its scheduled finals were postponed due to the current Coronavirus outbreak.
The agreement between the WPBSA and the PBA will also see both organisations co-operate to promote the selection of billiards sports as part of the Olympic Programme for the 2032 Games.
WPBSA Chairman Jason Ferguson said: “I am very pleased that the WPBSA will now work together with the PBA on the promotion and governance of our respective cuesports disciplines on a long-term basis. We have kept a close eye on the growth of the PBA and it has been particularly encouraging to see development of the organisation in such a clear and transparent manner.
“The high quality of events delivered by the PBA Tour to date and the number of blue-chip companies that have been attracted is most impressive and we look forward to working on projects together in the future.”
PBA Commissioner Young-soo Kim said: “It is a big honour for the PBA to cooperate with the WPBSA, which has been settled as the greatest professional sport association with a history of more than 50 years. We will try our best and cooperate to promote and develop billiards to the world, especially for the billiards to be designated as an official Olympic Games sports programme.”
