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After playing in another league for about 15 years TAP came to the Atlanta area in 2003. My team and I looked at the rules and decided we wanted to try something slightly different....

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Max Eberle wins Straight Pool Champion

Day 9, the final day, of the Derby City Classic saw Max Eberle crowned the 2013 Straight Pool Champion. Max defeated Niels Feijen in the Semi-Final and Dennis Orcollo in the final.

Day eight of the 15^th Derby City Classic saw the completion of the “œBig Foot” 10 Ball event.  Ronnie Alcano and Johnny Archer eliminated but each going home with $5,000. The final was Niels Feijen versus Dennis Orcollo. Niels would take and early lead but see it disappear as Dennis came charging back it what looked to be blow out match. But Niels kept grinding it out but came up short at 9 to 11. Dennis Orcollo wins the first “œBig Foot” 10 Ball and takes home the $20,000 prize money. Niels Feijen takes second and the $10,000.

When the smoke cleared Alex Pagulayan was moving on to the final. The up and down final at 5 to 5 saw Alex take the lead and with a 9 to 6 win becoming the 2013 9 Ball Champion.  Francisco Bustamante, the 2013 Banks Champion would also take home the $20,000 Master of the Table. Bustamante’s finished first in the Banks, second in One pocket and 6^thin the 9 Ball.

Reported by: Ricky Bryant

Corey Duel wins One Pocket

After four days of play and nine rounds of play the One Pocket competition is down to 8 players. Three players still have re-buys, Francisco Bustamante, Benny Conway and Corey Deuel. The raining 2012 Champion Shane Van Boening and the remaining four other players, Darren Appleton, Joseph Gray, Danny Harriman and Sylver Ocho have one loss. The finials for the One Pocket are Thursday nigh, streamed PPV by Accu-Stats.

Billiards star earns top honors from the Women’s Professional Billiard Association

Billiards superstar Jeanette Lee, known throughout the world as “œThe Black Widow,” will be inducted into the Women’s Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Feb. 6 prior to the start of the 2013 WPBA Masters at Soaring Eagle Casino in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Lee, who has won over 30 national and international titles, is currently ranked as the No. 3 billiards player in the world.

Photo By Ricky Bryant

 Justin Hall wins Ring Game & Francisco Bustamante wins 9-Ball Bank

Tuesday, Day five of the tournament will start with the third round of the One Pocket which is down to 147 players from the original 280.

The “œBig Foot” ten ball challenge will also start on the 10 foot tables. The event has 32 players with $1000 buy in competing for a piece of the $50,000 prize fund which will go to the last 8 standing in the single elimination event.

Congratulations Shannon!!

Tuesday was the Banks and One Pocket Hall of Fame induction dinner. The inductees for this year were Shannon “œThe Cannon” Daulton and Larry Price.  Larry Price was one of the great players we lost in the past year. He was inducted into the Banks HOF having won the DCC banks in 2002 and 2008.

By Ricky Bryant

Day one of the 15th Derby City Classic was kicked off with a field of 353 players in the 9-Ball Banks event.  The event is single elimination with a onetime buy back option. Round...

Left to Right:   Jesse Hernandez, 1st place, Crispian Ng, 2nd place

Jesse Hernandez probably thought he’d seen the last of Crispian Ng on the weekend of January 19-20, when he sent him west during the Omega Billiard Tour’s 2013 season opener Saturday night.  Ng, though, came back from the one loss side to challenge Hernandez in the finals, pushing him to double hill before Hernandez prevailed to claim the season-opening event title.

I bought the North Coast TAP League January 1st of 2012 with great enthusiasm. I am happy to say we are gaining interest and growth everyday. This of course, couldn’t have been accomplished without the great support and structure that TAP Corporate has in place, including Team Help from fellow Licensees, always there when you need them.