Since 1977 ● Organised by UK Pub Pool
The BAPTO Double Weekender
Britain's longest-running pool event, 49 years strong. Two weekends at the Norbreck Castle Hotel in Blackpool, played under Blackball rules.
Dates
29 Oct — 8 Nov 2026
Prize fund
£35,000
Venue
Norbreck Castle, Blackpool
Entries, fixtures & results
Everything to do with entering lives on bapto.co.uk
Team and singles entry, dates, venue details, draw sheets and results are all handled there by UK Pub Pool. This page explains what the event is and how it is structured.
The 2026 programme
Two weekends, two team trophies
Weekend one ● Thu 29 Oct — Sun 1 Nov
Three Player 'Halloween' Novice Trophy
For emerging talent and pub players, with team entry criteria that keep it genuinely novice. Sunday knockouts decide it.
Weekend two ● Thu 5 — Sun 8 Nov
Five Player Amateur Team Trophy
The classic amateur team competition and the centrepiece of the weekender — the direct descendant of the 1977 Grand Finals.
Singles
Individual competition alongside both team events.
Doubles & ladies
Mixed doubles and ladies' events, both with their own prize funds.
Hainsworth Speed Pool Trophy
Quick-fire frames on Hainsworth Precision cloth.
Formats, entry criteria, prize fund breakdowns, schedules and live results are published on bapto.co.uk. Live scoring runs on livepoolscores.com during the weekends.
Illustrative image. Photo: Matheus Bertelli / Pexels.
Who plays
Pub leagues first, always
The Grand Finals began as the place league winners went to find out who was best. That is still the spine of the event: sides who play their pool on a Tuesday night in a pub, given a national stage for a weekend.
Teams and players from Ireland, France and Spain have competed alongside British sides since BAPTO's membership went international.