Predator New Zealand Junior 10 Ball Tour - Under 17 Northshore Open

**UNDER 17 ENTRY LINK ONLY - U21 and U19 see other post for entry link**

Welcome to the second tour event of the 2023 Predator New Zealand Junior 9 Ball Tour, the Northshore Open! Our junior players will be competing for ranking points that will be used to select the team to compete in the WPA Predator World Junior 9 Ball Championships in Austria in October 2023! The tour follows the same age groupings as the World Championships in that we have under 17 and under 19 age divisions. However, we have mixed age divisions in terms of gender, rather than having separate divisions for boys and girls. We have also included an under 21 division to cater for those juniors moving from junior to senior play (there is no WPA competition for this age group).

The Northshore Open leg of the tour will take place on Sunday April 23 at Pool and Blues, and play will start at 9:30am. Entries will be accepted via Cue Score and will close on Friday April 21 at noon. To help remove financial barriers to participation and to help grow the sport at the junior level, the Board of the New Zealand Pool Association has decided that all junior tournaments will be free to enter. Annual membership dues will not be required to have been paid for this tournament as our online system is still being developed. The annual NZPA membership for juniors will be $10 for 2023.

Powered by Predator, the Northshore Open leg of the 2023 Predator New Zealand 9 Ball Tour will be played using Predator Arcos II billiard balls along with the Predator Aerorack billiard triangle.

This event is open to all juniors, and while some will be aiming to gain a spot to represent New Zealand, we strongly encourage all juniors of all levels to enter, even those giving the sport a go for the first time. Cue sports is a game for life and there’s no better time to start than now!