Singapore’s Aloysius Yapp, players in limbo after world pool body issues ultimatum

SINGAPORE – Singapore’s top player Aloysius Yapp is used to hunting down solutions on the pool table but the former world No. 1 now faces his toughest challenge – choosing between playing in World Pool Association tournaments, or risk losing his Sports Excellence Scholarship and the right to compete at the SEA and Asian Games.

In its latest statement, the WPA said that all players will be given five months to choose if they will continue representing their national federations under WPA or to participate in only non-WPA events and tournaments. WPA added that players competing in non-WPA events from March 2024 will lose ranking points and will not be allowed to participate at national, continental and global level event under the WPA.

When contacted, world No. 27 Yapp, said: “It is quite unfortunate that it has to come down to this. But I am going to let this stuff be handled by Cuesports Singapore. What they just told me is to just focus on playing in whatever tournaments I can play in right now.” Yapp’s biggest paychecks have come from Matchroom events – his runner-up finish at the 2021 US Open saw him pocket US$25,000 . In 2022, he earned more than US$20,000 from events like the World Cup of Pool, World Pool Masters and Premier League Pool.Pool player Sharik Sayed noted that he will see a dip of about $30,000 in earnings if he sits out of Matchroom events.

Chuah said: “We can’t say that we have taken an official position on this issue. Ultimately, it is a player’s choice as to what tournaments they want to participate in. “We will continue to partner Cuesports Singapore to ensure that its high performance initiatives and national athletes are supported. We are monitoring the situation and will be in close communication with Cuesports Singapore and our national athletes.”

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