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WESPA Rules Update to version 4

An updated version of the WESPA rules will come into effect from 1st January 2020.

Since the ABSP automatically adopts new versions of the WESPA rules, this means that the 2020 UK Open will be the first ABSP-rated tournament to use these rules, although as always there could be league games or similar taking place prior to that.

The WESPA rules committee, led by Jessica Pratesi, has produced the updated document, together with the summary of the changes between version 3 and version 4:

  • Full version of the version 4 rules (PDF)
  • Summary of changes since version 3 (PDF)

These links are also on the ABSP publications page.

If you have any feedback on the changes, please share this with our WESPA rep Peter Thorpe or WESPA rules committee directly if you prefer.


Last updated: 31 December 2019

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