Category: Features
Sept 28th It’s England v Holland for the Betway crown
England A 9-6 Finland
Holland 9-1 Austria
LAST YEAR’S runners-up Holland will get a shot at redemption on Sunday evening when they face England A in the final of the 2014 Betway World Cup of Pool at the Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth after both teams came through their semi-final matches against European opposition.
Sept 26 2014 Betway World Cup of Pool
2014 Betway World Cup of Pool
Soaraway Finns send Poles packing
Round 2Â Finland 7-0 Poland
Austria 7-5 Qatar     Holland 7-4 Switzerland
FINLAND registered a second 7-0 victory to set up a titanic quarter-final tussle with Philippines as Austria and 2013 finalists Holland also progressed to the last eight of the Betway World Cup of Pool at the Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth on Friday afternoon.
THREE of the big guns of the sport enjoyed victories at the Betway World Cup of Pool
Sept 25 Day 3
2014 Betway World Cup of Pool
Dutch, US & England A go through
Holland 7 ““ 3 Sweden
USA 7 ““ 2 Croatia
England A 7 ““ 6 Spain
THREE of the big guns of the sport enjoyed victories at the Betway World Cup of Pool as the first round continued at the Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth. Holland, USA and England A all had wins and will take their place in the second round.
Day 2 2014 Betway World Cup of Pool
24 September
2014 Betway World Cup of Pool
Super Qatar topple Taiwan!
Poland 7 ““ 4 Australia
China 7 ““ 5 Czech Republic
Qatar 7 ““ 5 Chinese Taipei
QATAR upset the applecart at the 2014 Betway World Cup of Pool as they turned over the highly fancied Chinese Taipei pairing of Chang Yu-lung & Hsu Kai-lun to take their nation through to the second round for the first time in the event’ nine year history.
Taking place at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth, the Betway World Cup of Pool features 32 two-man teams from around the world vying for a $250,000 prize fund, and it was Qatar who still has their eyes on the prize following an exciting 7-5 win.
Darren Appleton -AMERICAN 14.1 STRAIGHT POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
This year a 40 player field of the top Straight Pool players in the country arrived in Virginia for Friday afternoon warm-ups, check out the equipment of 11 Brunswick Gold Crowns and 3 Diamond tables, recently covered with new Simonis 760 cloth. Players were anxious to get in a few hours of practice, as competition this year would be fierce among one of the strongest fields ever.
Allison Fisher joins the OB Pro Team of Players!
Plano, Texas – Hall of Fame player Allison Fisher and cutting edge Texas based billiard manufacturer OB Cues proudly announce the signing of Allison to the OB Pro Team of Players. “As a fan of pool, I have always admired Allison’s game but how she conducts herself away from the table is equally as impressive” said Royce Bunnell, President of OB.
Dick Jaspers is back at the top winning World Cup
© Harry van Nijlen/Kozoom By Frits Baker of Kozoom Dick Jaspers on the podium with Roland Forthomme, Peter Ceulemans and Sung-Won Choi PORTO – After three seasons without a major victory, Dutchman Dick Jaspers...
2014 World Cup of Pool Full line-up announced for pools battle royal
WITH THE ANNUAL World Cup of Pool set to get underway on the 23rd September, the full line-up of players can now be confirmed and it is arguably the strongest set of players ever assembled in the nine year history of the event.
Taking place at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth from Tuesday 23rd to Sunday 28th September, there are 16 first round matches over the first three days.
Earl Strickland Has promised he and partner Shane Van Boening will win the World Cup of Pool for US
APA Hosts World’s Largest Pool Tournament in Las Vegas
More than $1 Million in prize money awarded at 34th Annual APA Team Championships
LAKE SAINT LOUIS, MO (September 9, 2014) “” The world’s largest pool tournament returned to Las Vegas in mid-August as thousands of amateur poolplayers competed for more than $1 Million in prize money! More than 1,800 8-Ball, 9-Ball, Doubles, Ladies and Masters teams made their way to Sin City to compete, Aug. 14-23.
USBA Open Tour at U.S. Billiards Houston, TX
3rd Sang Jin Lee, 1st Hugo Patino, 2nd Pedro Piedrabuena
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Sky Woodward Wins Smoking Ace’s Bar Box Open
By: Markus Noé
For the second time in a row a young upstart player walked away with the 20k top prize from the Smoking Ace’s Bar Box Open. Last time it was Justin Bergman, this year it was 21 year old Sky Woodward who went through this star studded field undefeated.
Woodward might be young but he is definitely not an unknown. For American fans he has been been known for a few years already. For the rest of the world this year has been his coming out party, winning the banks ring game at Derby City. In the last month he has followed that up winning the Grand Masters event at the BCAPL and now this event.
