Gareth Potts

English pool player

British-style eight-ball (B8B)
Chinese eight-ball (C8B)

Tournament winsMajor3-time C8B masters championMinor2-time B8B junior world championWorld Champion4-time B8B world championhttp://www.HomeLeisureDirect.com/gareth_potts/

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)

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.{{cite web}}: 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)

World pool champions

Nine-ball
(men's)