David Causier (born 1973)[2] is an English world champion player of English billiards.
| Born | 1973 (age 50–51) |
|---|---|
| Sport country | England |
| Highest ranking | 1[1] |
| World Billiards Champion | 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 (Short) 2015, 2017, 2022, 2024 (Long) |
Biography
editCausier won the English Amateur Billiards title in 1992, 1993, and 1995;[3] and the UK Championship in 2000 and 2001 (following which no UK championship was held from 2002 to 2014).[4]
In 2012, the IBSF World Billiards Championship was merged with the former professional championship under the name World Billiards Championship, and tournaments were held in both points and timed format. Causier won the 2013 150-up ("short format") title, and was runner-up in the timed ("long") format. He went on to win the 2015, 2016, 2017 short titles and the long format titles in 2015 and 2017.
Causier won four trophies in the 2018/19 season, despite not playing in all of the circuit's events, including winning the UK Open and the World Matchplay title.[5]
His job was managing The Normanby pub in Middlesbrough from about 2011 to 2018, and he only played billiards part-time.[6][7][8]
World Championship Finals record
edit| Date | Format | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Short[9] |  David Causier
|
6-1 |  Alok Kumar
|
| Long[10] |  Peter Gilchrist
|
1,500-1,085 | David Causier
| |
| 2015 | Short[11] | David Causier
|
6-1 | Robert Hall
|
| Long[12] | David Causier
|
1,500-1,277 | Peter Gilchrist
| |
| 2016 | Short | David Causier
|
8-6 | Dhruv Sitwala
|
| Timed | Mike Russell
|
2,224-1,115 | David Causier
| |
| 2017 | Short | David Causier
|
8-4 | Sourav Kothari
|
| Long | David Causier
|
1,500-779 | Peter Gilchrist
| |
| 2022 | Long[13] | David Causier
|
1776-1092 | Peter Gilchrist
|
| 2024 | Long[14] | David Causier
|
2088-1109 | Robert Hall
|
Career highlights
edit- English Amateur Billiards Champion 1992, 1993, 1995
- 2000 UK Champion
- 2001 UK Champion
- 2013 World Billiards Champion (150-up)
- 2014 World Billiards Championship (English billiards) runner-up (Long-up)
- 2015 World Billiards Champion (150-up)
- 2015 World Billiards Champion (Long-up)
- 2016 World Billiards Champion (150-up)
- 2017 World Billiards Champion (150-up)
- 2017 World Billiards Champion (Long-up)
- 2019 Irish Billiards Open Champion[15]
- 2019 European Billiards Open Champion[16]
- 2019 UK Champion
- 2022 World Billiards Champion[17]
- 2024 World Billiards Champion[14]
References
edit- ^ Wang Meng Meng (31 October 2013). "Cuesports: Peter Gilchrist beats world No.1 to win the World Billiards Championship". The Straits Times. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ "The Amateur Champions of English Billiards". eaba.co.uk. English Amateur Billiards Association. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "UK Championship History". world-billiards.com. World Billiards. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Causier Claims Both Titles at Leeds Double Header". wpbsa.com. 27 April 2019. Archived from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ Steel, Adam (5 November 2015). "Teesside's David Causier loving life as a double world billiards champion". Teesside Live. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ Johnson, Ian (5 October 2017). "Landlord fined after his wife serves measures 'significantly shorter' than what customers paid for". Teesside Live. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ Love, Laura (24 April 2018). "Well-known pub is for lease – and rental offers are being invited". Teesside Live. Archived from the original on 24 April 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ Pathak, Vivek (25 October 2013). "David Causier, the new champion for World Billiards (Short format)". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- ^ "IBSF Long up Billiards Championships Long up – Leeds / England 2013". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- ^ "World Championships (150-up)". wbeventsonline.com. World Billiards. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ "World Championships (long up)". wbeventsonline.com. World Billiards. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ Day, Michael (24 November 2022). "2022 Grand Cuvee World Championship". World Billiards. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ a b "David Causier Wins World Billiards Championship". WPBSA. 31 October 2024.
- ^ "Causier Wins Irish Billiards Open". ribsa.ie. Republic of Ireland Billiards and Snooker Association. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Causier Wins European Billiards Open". ribsa.ie. Republic of Ireland Billiards and Snooker Association. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Dave Causier". World Billiards. Retrieved 10 May 2023.