At the last meeting of the Billiards Control Club Council it was resolved to institute an open amateur championship under B.C.C. rules. In order to ensure that none but bona fide amateurs can enter, the Council have laid down the following conditions:—
The following are not eligible:—
1.—Professionals who have been, or are, earning money by playing the game.
2.—Anyone who has marked or is marking the game for which services he is, or has been, in receipt of a wage or money fee.
3.—Anyone holding a post as manager, salesman, clerk, or is working in any capacity in the office or factory of any billiard table manufacturer or supplier of billiard goods.
4.—The proprietor or manager of a public billiard saloon.
5.—Anyone holding a licensed victualler's licence, or anyone employed in any capacity in a licensed house in which a billiard table is situate.
The Council also reserves to itself the right to refuse any entry without giving any reason.
It is proposed to hold the meeting about the middle or end of January, 1914, in the Holborn Hall, or some other suitable place.
Competitors are requested to send in their entries as soon as possible to enable the necessary arrangements to be made.
Those present at the Council meeting were: Messrs. A. Hatchard (in the chair), R. W. Henderson, H. Pritchard, Alfred J. Peters, Dr. Frank Smith, and Sir J. H. Dimsdale, with G. H. Nelson, secretary, in attendance.
Full particulars will be issued later. Secretary, Billiards Control Club, Great Windmill House, Piccadilly Circus, W. Entrance fee, one guinea.