Author: Paul
OB Cues Ladies Tour Championship
It was a smashing weekend November 13th & 14th at Casper’s Billiards in San Leon, Texas.   The weather was just how we liked it”¦..rainy and cool, prime conditions for being indoors and playing 9-ball all weekend long. Casper’s Billiards is like no other pool room on our tour.
WPBA Announces Changes for 2011
The WPBA Board of Directors notified its player membership today that WPBA field size will be reduced from 64 to 48 players for all 2011events. WPBA Vice President Tamre Rogers commented: “WPBA fields were, in fact, expanded by the Board in 2002 from 48 to 64.
The Pearl Strings Together A Victory
The 2010 Steve Mizerak Championship kicked off on Thursday November 4 from inside the Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FL. 71 Players registered to compete for the championship. An impressive field of players lined the brackets, including all winners the 2010 Seminole Pro Tour winners: Johnny Archer (Mr. Cues II Atlanta, GA); Stevie Moore (Bankshots Billiards, Jacksonville, FL); Rodney Morris (Hollywood Billiards, Hollywood , CA and Strokers Billiards, Palm Harbor, FL); Donny Mills (Capone’ Billiards, Spring Hill, FL); Shane Van Boening (Marietta Billiard Club, Marietta, GA); Corey Deuel (Diamond Billiards, Cape Coral, FL); Mike Dechaine (Raxx Pool Room, West Hempstead, NY)
Hennessee & O’Neal Double Dip at Lucky Break
Fair Game hosted another great tournament weekend! This time we were at Lucky Break Billiard Club in Manchester, TN (http://luckybreakbilliardclub.com), John Hennessee’s new room, with 4 7″² valleys and 4 7″² Diamonds and 3 IPT Diamond 9″² tables, along with darts and great food, it is quite a room. John put up a guaranteed $750 for first place in the open tournament, a race to 9 on the winner’s side and a race to 7 on the losers, plus adding $200 to the race to seven mini-tournament on Friday night.
Junior Billiard Champions Take Aim at World Title
The Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) is pleased to announce that eight (8) junior players ( 19 years old or younger) will be representing the United States in the XIX WPA World Junior 9-Ball Championships, November 29 ““December 1, 2010. The United States Pool Players Association (USPPA) and the Rail Bird Project will produce the World Pool-Billiard Association’s (WPA) most prestigious junior event, which will be held at the Peppermill Resort in Reno, Nevada.
9-Ball Championships N.W.P.A
On October 29th 14 players came together at “œThe Rack” in Memphis, Tn
to play in the 9-Ball Championships Sponsored by N.W.P.A
The Inaugural Atlanta Billiard Show
Amateur and professional players descended on the Atlanta area for the inaugural Atlanta Billiard Show, held October 1st through the 3rd 2010. Dawn Hopkins of Dawn Hopkins Promotions put together a great show and event for pool players from all as far away as Montreal Canada.
Finally! Jasmin Ouschan Clenches Yalin Women’s World 10-Ball Championship
Ouschan has accomplished one of her lifelong dreams
Manila, Philippines- Trailing 4-0 to Korea’s monster Ga Young Kim, Jasmin Ouschan could feel the World Championship slipping away. But the determined young Austrian, backed by a vocal crowd of Jasmin fans, turned the tide and fought back to win the match and her first ever World Championship win. This was the conclusion of the 5 day Yalin Women’s World 10-Ball Championship that drew 48 of the world’s best women in billiards.
