Dear sports friends,
I address this message to you all, specially to Players, Officials, referees, volunteers, and billiards Friends, to inform you that due to the recent resignation of our President, Mr. Jean-Claude Dupont, and in accordance with the UMB Statutes, it is my duty to take over the UMB Presidency.
I herewith express my gratitude, respect and admiration to Jean-Claude Dupont for the work and achievements realized during his Presidency.
I accept this new responsibility with the experience obtained during many years in all organizational levels of our sport and with the confidence to be able to work intensively to bring our billiards sport to the highest possible level, developing the objectives by the UMB Committee.
The Union Mondiale de Billard will maintain all regular operations and daily tasks. I am very grateful, by forehand, to the collaboration and assistance that I am sure to receive to accomplish this mission.
I am, from my side, at your complete disposition.
Fernando Requena,
Interim President.