Alumni - Josh Traynor (Class of 2018)

Josh, who left Priory six years ago with high ambitions, has won the pool U23 World Championships.

The World Eightball Pool Federation (WEPF)Championships were held at Blackpool in June.  Josh came away with two titles – the Under 23s World Champion and the Under 23s England Team World Champion.

Josh competed as a team of four to take away the England team world champions title.
He then went on to play in the singles events which tested him at the ‘very highest level’, winning his last 32 matches. Josh played against ‘one of the best players in the world’ who played ‘almost perfect’ pool – Karl Sutton.

Josh said: “I was absolutely made up to get that far and play a player like Karl deep into the tournament.”

He added: “It has been an ambition and dream of mine ever since I picked up a cue. I sacrificed a lot to achieve this and it really does show that if you put your mind to something and have the right support and people around you then you can be successful."

Back in 2018 Josh said he put a lot of his success down to his time at Priory as Principal Mr Eastham gave him time off to practice and attend tournaments.

“They were really good with me, they let me have days off and supported my dream. I really appreciated it all,” said Josh.