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.
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.
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.”
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).
2008 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool winners, Team USA, made their way into the last 16 after coming through a life or death struggle against the Swedish pair of Marcus Chamat and Thomas Mehtala.
The American axis of Johnny Archer and Rodney Morris, currently ranked Nos. 1 & 2 on the US rankings, were big favourites in advance of the match, but Chamat has one of the biggest hearts in the game and Mehtala, making his big-time debut held his end up.
Hi all! I’m so excited to announce the newest addition to the Breedlove Clan! Savannah Lee Breedlove, was born on August 31st, 2010 at 6:51pm. She came into this world 6lbs, 12.9 ozs and was 19 1/2 inches long. She took her time joining us, it took 17 hours of labor, WITHOUT an epidural, spinal block, etc, due to problems getting the injection through all the scar tissue in my back (over 100 injection attempts in all! ) In the end, we decided to keep her anyway. Lots of jet black hair, a sweet face, super long fingers and toes, wonder who she gets that from? :
If you are a fan of the WPBA and its players, you may be interested in the following information. On Wednesday, September 29, between 2pm and 8pm in the pro arena, the WPBA will be holding a Membership Drive Telethon that will be streamed live and free for the viewers. Tune in to wpba.com, the official website of the WPBA, for this special streamed show. Interviews and tips for your pool game by top players will be shown throughout the Telethon. For those who are interested in seeing what goes on behind the scenes, there will also be coverage of the players meeting and charity event. Several of the professional trick shot players will be making a special appearance for added entertainment.
FRANCISCO Bustamante hopes he and Efren Reyes can claim the World Cup of Pool title for a third time.
The PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool begins on Tuesday at Robinson’s Place in Ermita, Manila, Philippines, with Bustamante and Reyes aiming to win the competition in front of their home fans for the second year running.
MATCHROOM SPORT can announce that England’s Karl Boyes, the current European No.1 ranked player, is the first man named to take part in this year’sPartyCasino.com Mosconi Cup.
BILLIARD EDUCATION FOUNDATION AWARDS 2010 ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS
The Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) Academic Scholarship Program is pleased to announce the 2010 recipients of its annual scholarship program. The scholarships are divided into two categories: BEF Excellence in Education scholarship ($5,000 awarded over a two-year term) and BEF Aiming for Higher Education scholarships (7 x $1,000 award). The objective of the BEF Academic Scholarship Program is to grant scholarships to high school seniors who have benefited from the sport of billiards and are pursuing a college education.
Gold Medalist and Silver Medalist Fu and Fisher
All photo courtesy by www.top147.com & Tai Chengzhe
Shanghai, China- A new name in the billiards world will stand out as China’s Xiao-Fang Fu has been crowned the 2010 Women’s World 10-Ball Championship. Fu toppled a star studded field and overcame legendary Allison Fisher in the finals to become the second consecutive Chinese woman to win the World 9-Ball.
Here is an update on services to be held for our beloved Billiards Buddy “œWalt Harris”.
Walt Harris May 13, 1929 – August 21, 2010.
Walt devoted most of his adult life promoting the sport of 3 Cushion Billiards. Author of the 4 volume “œBilliards Atlas” and founder of the United States National “œSenior Tour” there was never a time when he was not thinking of or playing Billiards. A friend and mentor to almost every Billiards player through out the world he was admired by many and loved by all!
A celebration of Walt’s life will be held 12PM on Thursday September 2, 2010 at:
The church of Our Saviour
5301 North Atlantic Avenue
Cocoa Beach, FL 32931
Please click the link below to sign his guest book.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/floridatoday/obituary.aspx?n=walter-harris&pid=144986507&fhid=5912
$25,000 Added “Turning Stone Classic XV 9-Ball Open.
Here are the payouts
An amateur 9-Ball tournament will be held this fall concurrently with the famed U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship. CueSports International (CSI), one of the largest creators of pool events in North America, is introducing the BCAPL Chesapeake 9-Ball Challenge at the Norfolk Marriott Chesapeake in Chesapeake, Virginia on October 20-23, 2010.
