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Earlier this month, a women’s pool tournament championship appeared in the United Kingdom Two transgender athletes who defeated their female competition.
Harriet Haynes and Lucy Smith He faced face to face at the Ultimate Pool Women’s Pro Series 2 at Robin Park Leisure Center in Wigan. Both competitors defeated four female opponents each to reach the championship fight.
But weeks after the event, the organization has banned biological men against women.
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An overview of the Three Cushion World Championship at the facilities of the Türkiye Billiard Federation in Ankara, Turkiye, on September 6, 2023. (Osmancan Gurdogan/Anadolu agency through Getty Images)
Ultimate Pool policies He now states: “In effect, as of April 23, 2025, trans women will not be eligible to participate in the women’s series or eligible to be selected for international events in the women’s category.”
The organization said it commissioned an “expert report” to determine if the group is a “sport affected by gender” in which biological men could have competitive advantages.
“The clear conclusion of the expert in biological and reference sports that jointly created the report was that Ochoball Pool was a gender sport affected by gender and that in the sports players of the signal they have unique disadvantages compared to male players and that transgender women retain the male advantages,” said Ultimate Pool.
According Definitive pool groupSmith won 85 of 113 games and 62% of 848 tables dating from 2021 before entering the final. Haynes had a winning percentage of .750 in 241 life games and won 61% of the frames before facing Smith.
The two players met in the semifinals of the Mini Championships of the United Kingdom Mini series in October. Haynes won that confrontation but lost the championship against a biological woman.
In August 2023, the World Eighth Pool Federation (WePF) announced that it would update its guidelines to allow those who were born “were born female” to practice the sport.
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“We understand that this decision can cause questions and discussions within our sport. We want to emphasize that our commitment to defend the values of sportsmanship, inclusion and fulfillment of regulatory standards is still unwavering,” said the WePF at that time. “Our ultimate goal is to guarantee the continuous growth and development of sport that we all love, while maintaining a harmonious balance between the inclusion and integrity of competition. We recognize the importance of promoting an environment where everyone can participate and prosper, and we continue dedicated to maintaining these principles to the best of people.”
But in October of that year The Wepf invested That protection. It allowed transgender competitors under the condition they identified as women for a minimum of four years and presented a test of low testosterone levels.
However, Ultimate Pool also said that his decision occurred when the UK Supreme Court defined the word “woman” under its biological meaning, instead of gender ideology.
“In this judgment, the Supreme Court ruled that a gender recognition certificate does not change the legal sex of a person for the purposes of the 2010 Equality Law,” says the new guidelines of the pool.
Progress flag of inclusive intersexing along with a union flag on June 10, 2024 in London, the United Kingdom. The flag includes the stripes of the rainbow flag to represent the LGBTQ+communities, with colors of the transgender pride flag and also represent people of color. (Mike Kemp/in pictures through Getty Images)
“The president of the Commission on Equality and Human Rights (EHRC), Baroness Kishwer Falkner, has confirmed that the ruling has brought clarity and that trans women cannot participate in the sport of women and that the EHRC would pursue organizations that do not update their policies. UPG welcomes the clarity that this trial offers.”
