Congratulations to Brendan O Donoghue who has been selected by the IBSF to take part in the World games in Cali, Columbia from the 25th July to the 4th August. The IBSF and World Snooker will select 8 players each to participate in the snooker event which is in the class of precision sports.
The Champions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania and Americas will represent the IBSF in Cali, if the Champion is not available or on the Main Tour his place will be given to the runner up of the region. The 3 remaining places will be given to the IBSF World Champion and Runner-Up and IBSF U-21 Champion. World Snooker have still to confirm who will be representing them at the games.
Peter Ebdon won the event 4 years ago.
Here is a link to the official website of the World games http://worldgames2013.com.co/
The World Games, first held in 1981, are an international multi-sport event, meant for sports, or disciplines or events within a sport, that are not contested in the Olympic Games. The World Games are organised and governed by the International World Games Association (IWGA), under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Some of the sports that were on the program of the World Games eventually made it as Olympic sports (such as triathlon) or have been Olympic sports in the past (like tug of war). Participation in past World Games is included in the evaluation criteria used to select new Olympic sports adopted by the IOC on August 12, 2004. However, with the current position of the IOC to limit the Olympic Games to 10,500 participants, it is unlikely that many of the World Games sports will be elevated to Olympic sports.
