Gareth Potts
- British-style eight-ball (B8B)
- Chinese eight-ball (C8B)
Gareth David Potts (born 30 June 1983) is an English pool player, nicknamed "the Golden Boy".[1] He is a two-time amateur and four-time professional world champion in British-style eightball/blackball, a co-champion in that discipline's pairs (doubles) event, and a three-time champion of a leading Chinese eight-ball competition.
Career
Turning professional in 2000, he won the 2000 and 2001 Junior World Pool Championships.[1][2][clarification needed]
He won the WEPF World Eightball Championship three times, in 2005,[3] 2007 and 2008,[4] and was IPA World Blackball Professional Champion in 2014.[5]
Potts won the Chinese 8 Ball Masters in 2013, beating Chris Melling 17–9 in the best-of-33 final. He successfully defended the Chinese 8 Ball Masters in 2014 by beating Shi Hanqing 15–6 in a match lasting 2 hours and 10 minutes.[6] As of 2015, Potts has concentrated his career on Chinese eight-ball pool.[7]
In 2021, Potts joined the Ultimate Pool circuit, a professional tour in the UK, in which his first win was Pro Series 7 (3–4 December 2021).[1] In that tournament, he defeated Rob Wharne 7–4, Karl Sutton 7–6, Greg Batten 7–4, Chris Melling 7–5, and Shaun Storry 9–4.[8][permanent dead link] In 2022, Potts and Mark Selby took the Ultimate Pool Pairs Cup Championship.[1]
Sponsorships
Potts first signed a contract with Joy Billiard, to sponsor him in the Chinese 8 Ball Masters tournament.[citation needed] He is also sponsored by the Finnish chalk, glove, and tip company TAOM Billiards.[citation needed]
Since 2010,[9] pool table retailer Home Leisure Direct has sponsored Potts; through them, he offers coaching services, as well as free instructional videos.[10][11]
Achievements
- 2000 Junior World Pool Championships
- 2001 Junior World Pool Championships
- 2005 WEPF World Eightball Championship
- 2007 WEPF World Eightball Championship
- 2008 WEPF World Eightball Championship
- 2013 Chinese 8 Ball Masters
- 2014 Chinese 8 Ball Masters
- 2014 IPA World Blackball Professional Championship
- 2017 Chinese 8 Ball Masters
- 2022 Ultimate Pool Pairs Cup Championship (with Mark Selby)
- 2024 O’Min Cuelees Duya Legends Golden Nine Masters
References
- ^ a b c d e "Gareth Potts (7)". UltimatePoolGroup.com. 2023. Archived from the original on 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023. Some details are on specific tabs at this page.
- ^ Potts, Gareth. "Biography". GarethPotts.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2023. [self-published source]
- ^ "Pool Champion – Gareth Potts". BBC News. 12 July 2005.
- ^ "World Pool Championships Hall of Fame". WEPF.org. World Eightball Pool Federation. 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012.
- ^ Trivass, Sean (4 February 2014). "Potts Wins IPA Blackball Championship". AZBilliards. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ "Gareth Potts retains his International 8-Ball Masters Crown". The Sentinel. Stoke-on-Trent. 17 January 2014. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ "What is Chinese 8-Ball?". Billiards Boutique. 26 January 2015. Archived from the original on 24 May 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ "Gareth Potts (4)". UltimatePoolGroup.com. 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ "Gareth Potts". HomeLeisureDirect.com. 2010. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Gareth Potts". HomeLeisureDirect.com. 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ "Select Your Channel: Gareth Potts". HomeLeisureDirect.com. 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2015. Inlined videos are via YouTube channel @HomeLeisureDirect.
External links
- Bio at Ultimate Pool Group Archived 13 December 2023 at the Wayback Machine, British eight-ball pro tour organiser
- Bio at sponsor, Home Leisure Direct
- GarethPotts.com, former personal website (as of 30 July 2016)
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- 1993: Chao Fong-pang
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- 2014: Darren Appleton
- 2015: Thorsten Hohmann
- 2016: Mika Immonen
- 2017: Lee Vann Corteza
- 2018: Thorsten Hohmann
- 2019: Shane Van Boening
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