Author: Paul
Atlanta Billiard Show
Atlanta Billiard Show October 1-3, 2010 Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia Tournaments will include Open Amateur, Senior Amateur, Women’s Amateur, Juniors and Bobble Ball “9 Ball Tag”. For spectators, the Women’s Professional Billiard Association ESPN...
Mosconi Cup Captains Named
Mosconi Cup Captains Named
Varner and Ruijsink Go Head to Head
MATCHROOM SPORT can announce that Nick Varner and Johan Ruijsink will lead America and Europe respectively into battle at the 2010 PartyCasino.net Mosconi Cup.
Both captains have plenty of experience of the tournament with Varner leading his men to an outstanding victory in Las Vegas last December and Ruijsink having skippered Europe to their first Mosconi victory in five years in the same city in 2007.
The 17th running of the PartyCasino.com Mosconi Cup takes place from Thursday 9th to Sunday 12th December at East London’s famous York Hall, following an eight year absence.
Glass City Open Is Back
The Glass City Open is Back!
But Now It’s a Whole New Ball Game
TOLEDO, OH – September 21, 2010 – The Glass City Open, Toledo’s namesake pool championship is back, but it’s different. The event is now a 5-player Open Team 8-Ball Triple Elimination Tournament, limited to 64 Men’s teams and 24 Ladies teams. They will compete for $40,000 in prize money at the Ramada Hotel and Conference Center Thanksgiving weekend, November 26-28, 2010.
Efren Magical in Manila
Reyes May win his first title at home
Efren Reyes is now the official Champion of the 10th Annual Predator International Championship. Young gun Gomez took over the match early leading 5-1 and later 7-4, but could not keep Reyes from the title.
Gomez came out strong at the onset of the match and had a look of steely determination. He quickly dismantled the older Reyes and it seemed inevitable the grand master of billiards would have to bow down to his younger aggressive opponent.
RISING PINOY STAR LEE VANN CORTEZA WINS PREDATOR SWEET 16
MANILA—-LEE VANN “œTHE SLAYER” CORTEZA of the Philippines hacked out an 8-5 victory over Rodney “œThe Rocket” Morris of the United States in the finals to capture the Predator Sweet 16 Tournament at the Block, SM City North Edsa, Quezon City Tuesday night.
New England 9-Ball Series
Laddy Mills
Mills holds off one-loss side challenge from Petrov to win New England 9-Ball season opener
Laddy Mills stopped a 7-match, one-loss side winning streak by Ivo Petrov to go undefeated and pick up the victory on the opening stop of the New England 9-Ball Series on Sunday, September 12. The $100-added event drew 26 entrants to Buster’s Billiards in Somersworth, NH.
China Wins World Cup of Pool
China Wins World Cup of Pool
Second Title in Four Years for Fu and Li
China 10-5 Philippines
CHINA, represented by Fu Jianbo and Li Hewen, won their second PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool crown as they dismantled the Philippines by a 10-5 scoreline and silenced a huge home crowd at the Robinsons Place Mall in Manila.
THOUSANDS FLOCK TO APA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
More than $1 Million in prize money awarded in 30th Annual Team Championships
LAKE SAINT LOUIS, MO (September 3, 2010) “” The American Poolplayers Association’s (APA) 30th Annual National Team Championships saw a record number of teams compete in the newly expanded 10-day extravaganza. Nearly 2,000 8-Ball, 9-Ball, Doubles and Masters teams made the trek to Sin City to compete, Aug. 19 ““ 28, for more than $1 Million in prize money. Due to record participation, the event had to be extended an extra day.
Amateur pool league is a hit in southwest Riverside County
With 143 players and 21 teams, Riverside TAP will send three teams to Las Vegas for the 2010 TAP National Championship at Bally’s.
“I think about half of the players in my league have the photograph of Bally’s on the their cell phone,” said Brock, a longtime Temecula resident who recently moved to Wildomar. “The league is freaking going crazy. You work for 365 days and it comes down to this one day where you have three matches and you got to get it done.”
Steve Roy wins Rolling Rock Challenge
L-R – Steve Goulding, Billy Lanna, Stevie Roy, Mhet Vergara, Ray McNamara
Steve Roy wins Rolling Rock Challenge
After seven weeks of qualifiers Snookers Sports Billiards Bar & Grill of Providence RI held the finals of the $5000.00 Rolling Rock Challenge on August 28th and 29th. The only way to play in the finals was to finish in one of the top three positions in a qualifier. Players were divided into 3 classes “A”, “B”, and “C”. Players ranked in the “A” class raced to 8, “B” to 7 and “C” to 6. There were separate qualifiers for each class so you only had to compete against equal skill levels to qualify. Once 64 players qualified (21 for each division and one random draw from non winning entrants) they held the finals doing a random draw for all 64. Each player in the finals raced to the level as used in the qualifiers (6,7 or 8).
