Lynne Pinches, a 53-year-old pool player from Norwich who campaigned for transwomen to be banned from female competitions, has launched a £30,000 discrimination claim against Ultimate Pool Group (UPG), the professional body for eightball pool. She alleges she was excluded from tournaments because of her stance on the issue, marking a notable escalation in the ongoing dispute over transgender participation in women's sport.

Pinches, who once walked out of a national final against a trans opponent, says she began wearing a bodycam on police advice after receiving abuse for demanding "fairness". She claims she was later expelled from a venue where her young son was competing—despite offering to remove the device—and subsequently banned after she challenged the organisers' account of the incident and refused to state in writing that she had dropped her complaint. UPG denies the allegations, calling the case "factually and legally misconceived" and vowing to defend it "vigorously".