BRADFORD’S Kevin Firth and Lewis Walsh have earned the right to represent and have been called up for the England Masters team for the Home International Series, which starts at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds tomorrow and finishes on Monday.

The criteria for selection was based on the North, South and Midlands each having six tour events last season, with ranking points available at each event.

After the six events were completed, the three regions were combined and the 16 highest-ranked players then competed for the National Masters title, where Walsh made the last 16 and Firth was knocked out in the quarter-finals. Two teams have been chosen, with England A comprising Shaun Wilkes, Jamie Bodle, Wayne Brown, Graham Beardmore and Aiden Owens, with Firth and Walsh playing for England B alongside Lee Martin and Stephen Broadhead.

This is Walsh’s first call-up for his country, whilst Firth has represented England twice before, winning the Home Internationals in 2011 and 2012, as well as travelling to Bulgaria with the side in 2012 to compete in the European Championships. The teams will be in action once or twice each day, with matches against Wales, the Republic of Ireland and two sides from Scotland.

The tournament can be followed via the Home International Billiards & Snooker Federation website at www.hibsf.com.

Firth and Walsh are in action on Tuesday at Queensbury Conservative Club (8pm), as Firth’s Undercliffe Cricket Club A take on Walsh’s Eccleshill Victoria Conservative Club in the final of the South Bradford Summer League.