Category: Features
TAP – RALLY IN THE VALLEY – VALLEY FORGE, PA
TAP, LLC celebrates 15 Years of Rally in the Valley Events!
Little River, SC, Mar. 17th, 2011 – TAP Pools Amateur Tour is about family and tradition. TAP is also about innovation, taking the old and mixing it with the new, striving to be better, promoting the industry with sportsmanship and class, with an owner that is the key to our success because of his unbelievable foresight. TAP has been learning from our past to take us all to a very bright future.  TAP is one team, with one goal.
In 1996, TAP’s founder and owner Loyd Schonter started the Rally in the Valley Dream Team event and concept, in conjunction with his good friend Allen Hopkins, who had the Super Billiards Expo, in Valley Forge, PA.
A recap of Champion of Champions
Piedrabuena, Champion of Champions set a new standard for 3-Cushion
Pedro Piedrabuena of San Diego wowed three-cushion enthusiasts, thousands of pool players and internet viewers with a career-best performance and clear domination of the field at the Invitational Champion of Champions three-cushion billiards tournament at the Allen Hopkins Super Billiards Expo held at the Valley Forge Convention Center March 10-13th 2011.
Jason Egeln wins at Sandcastle Billiards’ C/D Tri-State event.
Left To Right
Allen Wong - 3rd; Center  Jason Egeln - 1st place; Right Mike Aldenderfer
Tenzin, stronger than Steele, wins 5th Annual Robert Dionne Memorial
Choneyi Tenzin got by Gareth Steele twice to go undefeated in the 5th Annual Robert Dionne Memorial tournament, held on Sunday, March 20, under the auspices of the Lucasi Hybrid New England 9-Ball Tour. The $1,000-added event commemorated the death of Robert Dionne, father of tour director, Marc Dionne, who died the day preceding the first event held in his name. Proceeds from the event are slated to go to the St. Jude Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. Hosted by Buster’s Billiards in Somersworth, NH, the event drew 77 entrants.
Construction on Championship’s new headquarters
LINCOLNWOOD, IL “” Proving that there are positive signs in what has been a trying time for the billiard industry, Championship LLC announced expansion plans both in its product offerings and its physical footprint.
Champion of Champions 8 Player Chart
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The anticipation is building for tonight very special “œArtistic Billiard” Demonstration performed by 2008 USBA National Champion Miguel Torres.
A nice size crowd is enjoying two good matches on day two of the Champion of Champions 3-Cushion. Current National Champion Jae Cho is playing very well and putting up points in bunches.
The players are making it look easy for the crowd of pool players. After day 1, many of the spectators stayed to ask questions and try their hand at 3-cushion for the first time. Paul Frankel & Merrill Hughes was on hand to answer and demonstrate 3-cushion billiards to them.
This event will make history as 8 past champions come together to battle it out to see who will become the first Champion of Champions.
ALL AT THE ALLEN HOPKINS SUPER BILLIARD EXPO
Yalin Women’s World 10-Ball Airs 45 Days Straight on ESPN Star Sports
Asia – TV network giant ESPN Star Sports will be airing the Dragon Promotions produced Yalin Women’s World 10-Ball Championship from February 15 through March 31,2011. It’s a record total of 45 days straight airing every televised match of the event. The event took place in October with the main event at Robinson’s Galleria Mall connected to the Crowne Plaza. The championship brought together 48 international pro women fighting for the title in 10-Ball, considered to be the sport’s most challenging game.
