UK pool organization updates policy to keep trans competitors out against women

Earlier this month, the Women’s Pool Tournament Championship was featured in the UK Two trans athletes The one who broke the women’s competition.

Harriet Haynes and Lucy Smith I went to my toes at the Ultimate Women’s Pro Series event 2 held at Robin Park Leisure Centre in Wigan. Both contestants each defeated four female opponents and reached the championship match.

However, weeks after the event, the organization banned biological men from competing with women.

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Ultimate Pool Policy Currently, “If it works from April 23, 2025, trans women are not eligible to participate in the Women’s Series and are eligible to be selected for international events in the Women’s category.”

The organization said it had requested an “expert report” to determine whether the pool is a “gender-affected sport” in which biological men can have competitive advantages.

“The clear conclusion of the biological and cue sports experts who co-authored the report is that eight ball pools are gender-affected sports, and in cue sports female players have unique disadvantages compared to male players, and transgender women retain the benefits of men,” Ultimate Pool said.

According to The ultimate pool groupSmith scored 62% of 848 frames out of 113 matches dating back to 2021 before entering the finals. Haynes owned a .750 win percentage in 241 lifetime matches and won 61% of the frame before riding Smith.

The two players faced each other in the semi-finals of the British Miniseries Pool Championship in October. Haynes won that matchup, but lost the biological women’s championship.

In August 2023, the World Eightball Pool Federation (WEPF) announced that it would update its guidelines to allow only those who are “born women” to play sports.

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“We understand that this decision may encourage questions and discussion within our sports. We want to emphasize that our commitment to maintaining sportsmanship, inclusiveness and compliance with regulatory standards remains unwavering,” WEPF said at the time. “Our ultimate goal is to ensure the continued growth and development of the sport we all love, and to maintain a harmonious balance between inclusion and competitive integrity. We recognize the importance of fostering an environment where everyone can participate and thrive, and we continue to focus on maintaining these principles to the fullest extent of our capabilities.”

However, in October of that year, WEPF reverse That protection. This led to the transgender competitors submitting proof of lower testosterone levels after identifying themselves as women for at least four years.

However, Ultimate Pool also said their decision was made when the UK Supreme Court defined the word “woman” under its biological meaning, not gender ideology.

“In this ruling, the Supreme Court ruled that gender recognition certificates do not change a person’s legal gender for the purposes of the Equality Act of 2010,” the new Ultimate Pool Guidelines states.

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“Barones Kishwar Faulkner, Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), has confirmed that the ruling is clear and that trans women are unable to participate in women’s sports and that the EHRC pursues an organization that does not renew its policies.

Jackson Thompson of Fox News contributed to this report.

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