Posted on 04/07/2025 7:10:59 AM PDT by Red Badger
A pair of male pool players who identify as females faced each other at a championship match in the United Kingdom.
Harriet Haynes faced Lucy Smith at the Ultimate Pool Women’s Pro Series Event 2 at Robin Park Leisure Centre in Wigan, after the trans players beat four female opponents each, Fox News reported.
Haynes led 6-3 early in the tournament, but Smith battled back to only one down. Despite the comeback, though, Haynes ended up winning it all.
Regardless, both trans players tore through their female opponents this season. Smith won 85 of his 113 matches and 62 percent of 848 frames since 2021. Hayes had a similar winning record, with a .750 winning percentage in 241 matches and 61 percent of frames before entering this week’s tournament, Fox News said.
The European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF) opened up its female categories to men who say they are transgender women. Consequently, it approved Harriet Haynes, who claimed to have “transitioned” to a female in 2014 at the age of 23. The World Eightball Pool Federation (WEPF) also moved to allow transgender players.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
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The woman have to band together in a private association and exclude these freaks.
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Surely you’ve heard of Jeannette “The Black Widow” Lee?
I have never done an reply All, but I want to say that men overall excel over women in many areas and it is not just because of testosterone.
Men are better at spacial relationships, so they would be better at pool (on a table).
Men not only tend to be taller, they also have different hip to shoulder ratios and differences in how their shoulders work; the latter is why they don’t “throw like girls.”
Men also differ in the ways their eyes work, so they literally see things differently from the way women do.
These are just a few of the differences which taking estrogen does not make go away.
Competitive sports developed as a way to train men in actions which they would traditionally need in their lives and are designed to show off *male* prowess.
Women’s sports are similar to men’s sports but lesser; as Serena Williams put it, “men’s tennis... is a completely different sport. The men are a lot faster, they serve harder, and they hit hard. It’s just a different game.”
Homosexuality is not normal, but pool is not a game of strength, so I don’t see why pool championships have men’s and women’s divisions to start with.
Here’s some more information:
https://x.com/WomensRightsNet/status/1860386284276973977
According to the above thread...
“Ultimate Pool” promised to exclude men from the women’s competition, but it reneged on that promise.
Another professional pool federation committed to excluding men, but one of the men (Haynes) has filed a lawsuit.
The Breitbart article mentioned that, twice, women walked away in protest, and Haynes won by default.
That X.com thread above shows the first woman walking away in 2023.
Here’s the second woman in 2024: https://x.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1763260177208250609
Some female pool players are making a similar argument. They say male pool players have a more “impactful break” because of their upper body strength.
Size can make a difference on a pool table. Height, arm
length, etc may be an advantage in some cases. jmo
Cool, but most of them will have to “walk away” if they want their sports back.
Yes, of course. Allison Fisher too.
Hmmm. Do women usually compete on lower tables? I’ve seen some matches of a man vs. a woman on the same table. The man won but it was his channel.
Humph, I wouldn’t say upper body strength but better spacial abilities.
But that’s just me, I guess!
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