Bradford derby in World Billiards Championship
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association's World Billiards Championship gets underway on Monday at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, with three Bradfordians rubbing shoulders with the game's best.
Mark Hirst has been, without doubt, Bradford’s finest billiard player for some years and is paired in the same group as Bradford’s Jason Devaney, world No 7 Peter Gilchrist, Rob Hall and Manish Jain.
Brian Watson faces a tough group, with world No 2 Dhruv Sitwala, Devandra Joshi and Billy Bousefield all capable of going the distance.
The competition runs until the following Sunday and prior to that this Saturday and Sunday at the same venue is the EBOS Jim Williamson Memorial Open , named in honour of the former owner of the Northern Snooker Centre who sadly passed away last year.
In Snooker, Bradford No 1 remain unbeaten after their trip to Sheffield No 3 in the Yorkshire Inter- District League at the weekend.
Activities scheduled to bolster awareness of domestic violence
BLOOMINGTON — October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and a variety of activities are planned for McLean County.
The annual “It’s Time to Talk Day” — sponsored by the Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence and several community organizations — will be Tuesday at Second Presbyterian Church, Bloomington. Discussion topics at a noon presentation will include how to identify an unhealthy relationship, what to do about it and sources of help.
An all-day conference Tuesday at the church will focus on compassion fatigue in those caring for domestic violence survivors. Sponsored by the 11th Judicial Circuit Family Violence Coordinating Council, the conference costs $12 and registration is at http://compassionfatigueunrecognized.eventbrite.com .
Other activities include:
-- A lunch and learn on recognizing unhealthy relationships at noon Tuesday at Lancaster’s Restaurant, Bloomington.
