supporting the paul hunter foundation
forthcoming events
- Hunter Snooker Initiative Breaks-Off - April 2008
The Kids Into Snooker (KIS) programme funded and supported by the Paul Hunter Foundation will 'break-off' in April 2008.
As the World Snooker Championships at The Crucible approaches, kids across the UK will be chalking their cues, some for the very first time, thanks to the Paul Hunter Foundation and Cuefactor.com.
The death of Paul Hunter at the age of 27, robbed the snooker world of a potential world champion and more importantly a sportsman unanimously popular with his peers and the public.Once described as “the Beckham of the Baize”, Hunter did what the former England captain has done for football; he opened snooker to a whole new audience.
The KIS programme will be staged initially as a six-week 'pilot' scheme in Yorkshire (Paul's home county) and South Wales (the scene of his first major tournament win).
The objective of KIS is to provide a safe, fun and educational environment in which the future snookering population can receive professional coaching and get involved in the game of snooker.Top coaches and former professionals will be on hand to pass on their expertise through a series of fun-based activities, including Steve Prest, the man who coached Shaun Murphy to his world title in 2005,
The provisional No1 Murphy is backing the idea and said, "The Paul Hunter Foundation was set up with the specific aim of giving young people the opportunity to get involved with the sport that brought Paul so much enjoyment. It is an honour to be working on something so worth while. I know Paul would have been so proud."
The KIS programme will include coaching, competitions, games and quizzes. Throughout the six-week course, there will be an emphasis on FUN, with prizes and rewards to encourage participation and performance.The KIS programme will ‘break-off’ in Yorkshire and Wales in April 2008.
More information on the K.I.S. programme is available on www.cuefactor.com
Any juniors wishing to be involved, can contact us at info@cuefactor.com
recent events
- Clash of the Titans
29th November 2007 - The two biggest names in snooker clashed once again! - Maplin Snooker
28th November 2007 - Local snooker fans played a once-in-a-lifetime frame against Mark Selby one of snooker’s rising stars - Big Night Out
On 15th September 2007 a 'BIG NIGHT OUT' was held at Ilkley Lido. - The Northern Snooker Club, Leeds
From the 13th - 19th August 2007 The Northern Snooker Club held a pro-am tournament and raised £1404 - The Pilot Boat Inn, Anglesey
The Pilot Boat Inn raised £600.70 from a raffle, sponsored quiz night and football cards - Adel Workingmens Club
A snooker night was held at the Adel Workingmens Club and raised £658 - Lindsey Hunter and Jimmy Michie
Lindsey and Jimmy raised £918 after running a half marathon in May 2007 - BGC Partners (Paul's former sponsors)
BGC held a golf day and auction at Goodwood Park, Sussex on the 15/16th May 2007, monies raised at present £50,000 - Sega Computer Games
Sega Computer games donated £30,000 from sales of their snooker game - 888.com
888.com raised £1250 from the media sweepstake during the world championship at Sheffield - The BBC 48 hour Snooker Marathon
This event held during the 888.com world champiohsip raised £470 - Betfred
Betfred donated £10,000 from the Premier League, along with £6,250 from Steve Davis and £1,000 from Ding Junhui
