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

Earlier this month, a championship in the UK Women’s Pool Championship was presented two transgender athletes who beat their women’s competition.

Harriet Haynes and Lucy Smith He went to his finger to heels at the Ultimate Pool Women Pro Series Event 2 at the Robin Park Leisure Center in Wigan. Both competitors defeated four opponents to reach the championship.

But weeks after the event, the organization banned biological males to compete against women.

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End pool policies Now, “With the effect of April 23, 2025. Trans women will not have the right to participate in women’s series, nor will trans women be eligible for elected international events in the female category.”

The organization said she ordered a “expert report” to determine if the pool was “gender hit by gender” in which biological males could have competitive advantages.

“A clear conclusion of a biological and importance expert that the joint author of the report was that the Osijek pool was a gender that influenced the gender and that they had unique disadvantages in the CUE sports players compared to male players and that transgender women retained men’s advantages,” said Ultimate Pool.

According to Ultimate Pool GroupSmith won 85 of 113 matches and 62% of 848 frames from 2021 before he entered the finals. Haynes owned a 0.750 percentage in a 241 lifetime game and won 61% of the frame before taking over Smith.

Two players ended up each other in the semi -finals of the UK pool championship in October. Haynes won that match, but he lost the championship to a biological woman.

In August 2023, the World Federation of the Otter Pool with an eightball pool (WEPF) announced that it updated its guidelines to enable only those who were “born female” to play sports.

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“We understand that this decision can encourage questions and discussions in our sport. We want to emphasize that our commitment to supporting the value of sports management, inclusivity and adherence to regulatory standards remains unwavering,” Wepf said at the time. “Our ultimate goal is to ensure the continuous growth and development of sports that we all love, retaining a harmonious balance between inclusivity and integrity of competition. We recognize the importance of encouraging the environment in which anyone can participate and progress, and we remain dedicated to supporting these principles of the best of our abilities.”

But in October that year, WEPF reverse that protection. He enabled transgender competitors provided that they identified themselves as females for at least four years and filed evidence of a decreased testosterone level.

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

“In this verdict, the Supreme Court ruled that a certificate of gender recognition does not change the legal gender of a person for the purpose of the 2010 Act,” they say new guidelines for the ultimate pool.

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“The President of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights (EHRC) Baroness Kishwer Falkner confirmed that the verdict had brought clarity and that trans women could not participate in women’s sports and that Ehrc would deal with organizations that do not update their policies. UPG welcomes the clarity that this judgment brings.”

Fox News’ Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.

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