David Causier

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| High ranking = 1{{cite news |author=Wang Meng Meng |date=31 October 2013 |title=Cuesports: Peter Gilchrist beats world No.1 to win the World Billiards Championship |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/cuesports-peter-gilchrist-beats-world-no1-to-win-the-world-billiards-championship |work=The Straits Times |access-date=22 September 2019}}

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| World Billiards World Championships = 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 (Short)
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David Causier (born 1973){{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=n9B9J7ujfvWRx%2BAb4rz%2BAA&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=21 February 2022|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}} is an English world champion player of English billiards.

Biography

Causier won the English Amateur Billiards title in 1992, 1993, and 1995;{{cite web |url=http://www.eaba.co.uk/eaba/?p=6316 |title=The Amateur Champions of English Billiards |website=eaba.co.uk |publisher=English Amateur Billiards Association |date=18 October 2013 |access-date=22 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215142232/http://www.eaba.co.uk/eaba/?p=6316 |archive-date=15 February 2017 |url-status=live }} and the UK Championship in 2000 and 2001 (following which no UK championship was held from 2002 to 2014).{{cite web |url=http://world-billiards.com/?p=9957 |title=UK Championship History |website=world-billiards.com |publisher=World Billiards |date=19 August 2015 |access-date=22 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421220913/http://www.world-billiards.com/?p=9957 |archive-date=21 April 2016 |url-status=live }}

In 2012, the IBSF World Billiards Championship was merged with the former professional championship under the name World Billiards Championship, and tournaments were held in both points and timed format. Causier won the 2013 150-up ("short format") title, and was runner-up in the timed ("long") format. He went on to win the 2015, 2016, 2017 short titles and the long format titles in 2015 and 2017.

Causier won four trophies in the 2018/19 season, despite not playing in all of the circuit's events, including winning the UK Open and the World Matchplay title.{{cite web |url=https://www.wpbsa.com/causier-claims-both-titles-at-leeds-double-header/ |title=Causier Claims Both Titles at Leeds Double Header |website=wpbsa.com |date=27 April 2019 |access-date=22 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430093431/https://www.wpbsa.com/causier-claims-both-titles-at-leeds-double-header/ |archive-date=30 April 2019 |url-status=live }}

His job was managing The Normanby pub in Middlesbrough from about 2011 to 2018, and he only played billiards part-time.{{cite news |last=Steel |first=Adam |date=5 November 2015 |title=Teesside's David Causier loving life as a double world billiards champion |url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/other-sport/teessides-david-causier-loving-life-10386732 |work=Teesside Live |access-date=22 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012010945/http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/other-sport/teessides-david-causier-loving-life-10386732 |archive-date=12 October 2017 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Ian |date=5 October 2017 |title=Landlord fined after his wife serves measures 'significantly shorter' than what customers paid for |url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/landlord-fined-after-wife-serves-13717577 |work=Teesside Live |access-date=22 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625125341/https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/landlord-fined-after-wife-serves-13717577 |archive-date=25 June 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Love |first=Laura |date=24 April 2018 |title=Well-known pub is for lease – and rental offers are being invited |url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/well-known-pub-lease-rental-14565953 |work=Teesside Live |access-date=22 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424214450/https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/well-known-pub-lease-rental-14565953 |archive-date=24 April 2018 |url-status=live }}

World Championship Finals record

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bgcolor="FFFFFF" style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" \| 2013 \|style="text-align:center"\| Short{{cite web\|last=Pathak\|first=Vivek\|title=David Causier, the new champion for World Billiards (Short format)\|url=http://www.ibsfnews.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=144%3Adavid-causier-the-new-champion-for-world-billiards-short-format&Itemid=187\|publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Federation\|accessdate=20 April 2014\|date=25 October 2013\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421135103/http://www.ibsfnews.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=144:david-causier-the-new-champion-for-world-billiards-short-format&Itemid=187\|archivedate=21 April 2014}} \|bgcolor="FFFFFF"\|{{flagicon\|England}} David Causier \|bgcolor="FFFFFF" style="text-align:center"\|6-1 \|bgcolor="FFFFFF"\|{{flagicon\|India}} Alok Kumar
bgcolor="FFFFFF" style="text-align:center"\| Long{{cite web\|title=IBSF Long up Billiards Championships Long up – Leeds / England 2013\|url=http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2013/msBA/en/show_drabinka.php?id_t=22\|publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Federation\|accessdate=20 April 2014\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191844/http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2013/msBA/en/show_drabinka.php?id_t=22\|archivedate=4 March 2016}} \|bgcolor="FFFFFF"\|{{flagicon\|Singapore}} Peter Gilchrist \|bgcolor="FFFFFF" style="text-align:center"\|1,500-1,085 \|bgcolor="FFFFFF"\|{{flagicon\|England}} David Causier
bgcolor="FFFFFF" style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" \| 2015 \|style="text-align:center"\| Short{{cite web\|title=World Championships (150-up)\|url=http://www.wbeventsonline.com/?page_id=57&TID=191\|website=wbeventsonline.com\|publisher=World Billiards\|accessdate=4 August 2016\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804051146/http://www.wbeventsonline.com/?page_id=57&TID=191\|archivedate=4 August 2016}} \|bgcolor="FFFFFF"\|{{flagicon\|England}} David Causier \|bgcolor="FFFFFF" style="text-align:center"\|6-1 \|bgcolor="FFFFFF"\|{{flagicon\|England}} Robert Hall
bgcolor="FFFFFF" style="text-align:center"\| Long{{cite web\|title=World Championships (long up)\|url=http://www.wbeventsonline.com/?page_id=57&TID=192\|website=wbeventsonline.com\|publisher=World Billiards\|accessdate=4 August 2016\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070400/http://www.wbeventsonline.com/?page_id=57&TID=192\|archivedate=4 March 2016}} \|bgcolor="FFFFFF"\|{{flagicon\|England}} David Causier \|bgcolor="FFFFFF" style="text-align:center"\|1,500-1,277 \|bgcolor="FFFFFF"\|{{flagicon\|Singapore}} Peter Gilchrist
bgcolor="FFFFFF" style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" \| 2016 \|style="text-align:center"\| Short \|bgcolor="FFFFFF"\|{{flagicon\|England}} David Causier \|bgcolor="FFFFFF" style="text-align:center"\|8-6 \|bgcolor="FFFFFF"\|{{flagicon\|India}} Dhruv Sitwala
bgcolor="FFFFFF" style="text-align:center"\| Timed \|bgcolor="FFFFFF"\|{{flagicon\|England}} Mike Russell \|bgcolor="FFFFFF" style="text-align:center"\|2,224-1,115 \|bgcolor="FFFFFF"\|{{flagicon\|England}} David Causier
bgcolor="FFFFFF" style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" \| 2017 \|style="text-align:center"\| Short \|bgcolor="FFFFFF"\|{{flagicon\|England}} David Causier \|bgcolor="FFFFFF" style="text-align:center"\|8-4 \|bgcolor="FFFFFF"\|{{flagicon\|India}} Sourav Kothari
bgcolor="FFFFFF" style="text-align:center"\| Long \|bgcolor="FFFFFF"\|{{flagicon\|England}} David Causier \|bgcolor="FFFFFF" style="text-align:center"\|1,500-779 \|bgcolor="FFFFFF"\|{{flagicon\|Singapore}} Peter Gilchrist
2022 \|bgcolor="FFFFFF" style="text-align:center"\| Long{{cite web \|last=Day \|first=Michael \|title=2022 Grand Cuvee World Championship\| url= https://world-billiards.com/2022-world-billiards-championship/ \|website=World Billiards \|date=24 November 2022 \|access-date=10 May 2023}} \|bgcolor="FFFFFF"\|{{flagicon\|England}} David Causier \|bgcolor="FFFFFF" style="text-align:center"\|1776-1092 \|bgcolor="FFFFFF"\|{{flagicon\|Singapore}} Peter Gilchrist
2024 \|bgcolor="FFFFFF" style="text-align:center"\| Long{{cite web \|title=David Causier Wins World Billiards Championship \|url=https://wpbsa.com/david-causier-wins-world-billiards-championship/ \|website=WPBSA \|date=31 October 2024}} \|bgcolor="FFFFFF"\|{{flagicon\|England}} David Causier \|bgcolor="FFFFFF" style="text-align:center"\|2088-1109 \|bgcolor="FFFFFF"\|{{flagicon\|Singapore}} Robert Hall

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|style="text-align:center"| Short{{cite web|last=Pathak|first=Vivek|title=David Causier, the new champion for World Billiards (Short format)|url=http://www.ibsfnews.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=144%3Adavid-causier-the-new-champion-for-world-billiards-short-format&Itemid=187|publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Federation|accessdate=20 April 2014|date=25 October 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421135103/http://www.ibsfnews.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=144:david-causier-the-new-champion-for-world-billiards-short-format&Itemid=187|archivedate=21 April 2014}}