CEB OFFICIAL NEWS -
18 September 2024
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From now on the former CEB Sport News takes the name of "CEB OFFICIAL NEWS".
This is an official CEB communication. All the recipients are kindly requested to take it into account for what they are concerned.
1. CONGRATULATIONS
With great pleasure we congratulate with the CEB representatives in the recent World Championships 3-Cushion Ladies and Juniors in Blois (France) and their respective National Federations. Our athletes have reached outstanding goals and great performances. In the Ladies championship: Charlotte Sørensen (Denmark, gold medal), Therese Klompenhouwer (The Netherlands, silver medal) and Karina Jetten (The Netherlands, bronze medal). In the Juniors U22 championship: Seymen Ozbas (Türkiye, gold medal), Amir Ibraimov (Germany, bronze medal), Marcos Morales (Spain, bronze medal).
2. CALENDAR NEWS
Latest added competitions to the CEB calendar; save the date.
LONGONI NEXT GEN Grand Prix 3-Cushion U21, Zoersel (BE), January 2025, 17th to 19th.
CEB Grand Prix Artistic, Izmir (TR), January 2025, 23rd to 26th.
PREDATOR Grand Prix 3-Cushion Ladies, Gandia (ES), May 2025, 9th to 11th.
9th Swiss Open 5-Pins, Zofingen (CH), May 2025, 23th to 25th.
BC Kladno 5-Pins Event, Kladno (CZ), August 2025, 20th to 24th.
PREDATOR Grand Prix 3-Cushion Ladies, Wedel (DE), August 2025, 29th to 31st.
3. LADIES WILD CARDS FOR THE EC 3C INDIVIDUAL OF THE SPORT SEASON 2024-2025
For the second concecutive year the CEB is awarding 2 wild cards to the top two athletes on the final CEB Ladies 3-Cushion ranking of sport season 2023-2024. This season the 2 wild cards are awarded to Therese Klompenhouwer and Karina Jetten, respectively number 1 and 2 on the CEB ranking at the end of sport season 2023-2024.
4. THE WORLD GAMES 2025
After the fantantastic achievements of the CEB representatives to the World Championship 3-Cushion Ladies, we are proud and delighted to announce the women nominations to The World Games that will take place in China in August 2025: Charlotte Sørensen (Denmark, World Champion 3-Cushion Ladies), Therese Klompenhouwer and Karina Jetten (The Netherlands, first two in the CEB 3-Cushion Ladies Ranking at Sept.2, 2024).
5. MEMBERS CORNER
CEB kindly reminds to all interested federations about the new section on CEB website ("Members corner") concerning best practices and useful materials. We invite all the federations to contribute to this section by sending us any kind of material they deem useful for the development of our sport.
6. CEB RULES AND REGULATIONS
CEB rules and regulations have been updated for the sport season 2024-2025. Concerned federations, officials and athletes are kindly requested to review the updated CEB rules.
7. CEB REFEREES CERTIFICATION
CEB, together with the Hellenic Federation of Precision Sports, has organized the first ever CEB Referees Certification course. It will take place in Athens in October 2024, 4th and 5th, in the Trisponto Billiard Club and the registration has been closed with the participation of 5 Greek and 2 Swedish referees. This is a training camp for referees of the 3-cushion discipline, with a final evaluation, for national federations that still do not have CEB referees. The participating candidates referees that will pass the final evaluation will be appointed by the CEB Board as provisional CEB referees until in the next CEB General Assembly they will proposed for a definitive appointment as CEB Referees.
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