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Dynamite Darren is POY
Darren Appleton has won the 2010 Player of the Year honors from AZBilliards. He was the number one money winner for the year and took home in excess of  $118,000 for his efforts, but it was his consistency and his ability to come through with clutch shots when they were needed most that truly made him the undeniable choice for the year.

Appleton’s year began with a team loss in the Asia Vs Europe Challenge but he quickly bounced back with a victory in the World Team Championship in Hanover, Germany. He took second place honors in the 8-Ball division at the US Bar Table Championships and then traveled over to the UAE for a third place finish in the World 8-Ball Championships.

It is less than 6 months before thousands of pool players from around the world compete in the 35th Annual BCAPL National 8-Ball Championships in Las Vegas (May 11-22, 2011), widely recognized as “œThe Greatest Pool Tournament in the World!”

2011 Tour Season Kick Off to Feature World’s Top 48 Women Pool Players
MT. PLEASANT, MI – The Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort will host the best female billiard players in the world January 5-9, 2011 when the Women’s Professional Billiard Association WPBA Masters kicks off the 2011 Women’s Pro Billiard Tour season.

Between Thursday, January 6, and Saturday, January 8, the top 48 players will cue off during two sessions each day in double elimination play. The tournament will culminate on Sunday, January 9 at 1 p.m., when the final four players remaining will compete for the title of WPBA Masters Champion. These final-round matches will be taped by ESPN for future television broadcasts, beginning in January.

Corey Deuel Takes Win at Turning Stone XVI Corey Deuel has defeated Stevie Moore to claim the champions spot at the Turning Stone Classic XVI in Verona, NY. This week featured some of the most memorable matches of the year with Johnny Archer coming from behind to narrowly escape Karen Corr 9-8 and Dennis Hatch and Earl Strickland shooting at lightning speed in a match that found Hatch emerging the winner.

2010 World Junior 9-Ball Champions Crowned

North America Wins Gold and Two Silver’s

2010 WJC N.Am group:
L-R: Ryan Spence,Pod Shognosh,Landon Shuffett,Danny Olson,Jesse Engel,Billy Thorpe,Brendan Crockett,Liz Lovely,Briana Miller,Jauslinn Arnold,Brittany Bryant

The United States was host to the XIX World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) World Junior 9-Ball Championships on November 29th – December 1^st. Junior billiard champions 19 years or younger traveled from around the globe to Reno, Nevada to compete for the world titles in both the boys’ and girls’ divisions. Twenty different countries from six continents were represented, and at the end of the tournament, North America dominated the girls’ division with a gold and silver medal, while the boys’ division claimed a silver medal. The United States Pool Players Association (USPPA) and Rail Bird Project produced this prestigious junior event alongside the WPA World Wheelchair 9-Ball Championships at the Peppermill Resort.

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In 2011 the U.S. Bar Table Championships will be expanded to include Women’s 10-Ball and Women’s All Around bonuses. Event producer, CueSports International (CSI), is also adding more money to total $25,250 added. Celebrating its 18th anniversary, the event will be held February 21-27, 2011 at the tournament’s long time host location, Terrible’s Sands Regency Casino Hotel in Reno, Nevada.

Europe Storm to Mosconi Cup Triumph!

USA 8 ““ 11 Europe
Shane Van Boening 2 ““ 6 Darren Appleton
Corey Deuel 4 ““ 6 Ralf Souquet

EUROPE are the 2010 PartyCasino.com Mosconi Cup champions after Darren Appleton and then Ralf Souquet took the requisite two points to see their side over the line for their third triumph in four years.