IN MEMORIUM
ALBERT HANSON DIED (12th September 1998)
Albert Hanson was the Secretary of the English Amateur Billiards Association. He was also the Secretary of The Teesside Boys Billiards League and had worked very hard in that capacity for many years. His dedication to Billiards and Snooker was well recorded and he will be sadly missed by the readers of his regular weekly news column, along with his colleagues on the E.A.B.A committee. Albert stuck his neck out on many occasions on many issues for the good of the game of Billiards, his efforts made a great contribution to the success which the game is now enjoying.
Billiard and snooker lovers everywhere, and particularly in Teesside, will be deprived of a great worker for the game. The Pro-Am event at South Bank Albion— reported elsewhere in this issue—was entirely due to his efforts, and it is feared that his plans for future events at that club, and his new club in Billingham, will not now come to fruition. It is certain that no single person could hope to equal his achievements, or take over the vast amount of work which he was doing within the game.
At his funeral service, friends and admirers from around the country packed the small church hall in Dormanstown to pay their last respects. These included professional billiard and snooker players, representatives from the WPBSA and EABA and of course, lads from his beloved Boys Billiard League.
The name of Albert Hanson will be well remembered in association with the name of English Billiards, and the billiards fraternity will be forever grateful for the work that he put into the sport. The sympathy of all billiard players goes to Albert's wife Audrey and to their sons at this time, and to all Albert's friends and colleagues on Teesside.