Category: Features

March 30, 2013 (Englewood, CO): On March 23rd, despite the biggest snow storm of the year and highway closures, the Str8 Shots team and Felt Billiards staff gave a packed house of pool fans and players a warm place to spend their Saturday. Headed by Mark Cantrill, the Legends & Champions Pool Tour treated the mile high city to an unforgettable engagement. 8-time world champion and hall-of-famer Nick Varner was joined by two-time world champion Thorsten Hohmann of Germany for an extravaganza dedicated to raising money for the juniors of the Billiard Education Foundation (BEF).

#1 World Ranked Torbjorn Blomdahl To Play

USBA – partner Gabriels Billiards has taken the initiative to promote three cushion billiards in China by presenting a three-cushion billiards exhibition. The event. known as the Gabriels 3-cushion billiards challenge 2013 will take place at the Guangzhou International Billiards Exhibition (GBE) from April 3 to 5, 2013, at the China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex in Guangzhou, China. Now in its 7th year, the GBE has become an important business destination for the billiards industry, featuring vendors from around the globe.

MENOMONEE FALLS, WI (March 1, 2013) ““ McDermott Cue Mfg. LLC is a leading manufacturer and worldwide distributor of pool cues, performance shafts and billiard accessories. McDermott is proud to announce the March 2013 Custom Cue of the Month Giveaway.

John Walker, undefeated in Skill Level 6/7

Tina Moden, who went undefeated in Skill Level 2/3

Carlo Butto, Skill Level 4/5

The 1^st Annual TAP Vegas Masters 8-Ball Singles MVP State Championship was held on March 9 & 10 at the Las Vegas Cue Club with 53 players, each competing In one of 3 tournament brackets. Congratulations to the 2013 8-Ball Nevada State Champions:

Klatt and Frideres Crowned 2013 USBTC 8-Ball Champions

CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (March 3, 2013) ““ The 20^th US Bar Table Championships final divisions concluded Sunday, March 3^rd at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno, Nevada. Jason Klatt from Canada and Jessica Frideres from Iowa fended off their respective and highly competitive fields to be crowned the champions in the USBTC men’s and women’s 8-ball divisions.

Winners of Facebook Free Cue Giveaway Sweepstakes Announced

MENOMONEE FALLS, WI (March 1, 2013) ““ McDermott Cue Mfg. LLC is a leading manufacturer and worldwide distributor of pool cues, performance shafts and billiard accessories. McDermott is excited to announce Frank Rachuba as the grand prize winner of the Facebook Free Cue Giveaway Sweepstakes.

The American Cuemakers Association (ACA) is proud to present three special awards at this year’s annual banquet at the Allen Hopkins’ Super Billiards Expo.  The Expo will be held April 4-7, 2013, at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center in Edison, NJ.  The ACA was formed in 1992 to both educate the public on and promote the American made cue, as well as establish a standard of excellence in the art of cue making.

After playing in pool leagues for the past 20 years and giving players the chance to play in a home grown cash league the opportunity to build TAP in Southwestern Ontario came along.  As we enter into our 9th year we reflect on our growth and pleasures we have received from being part of the TAP family.

Ronnie ‘Fast Eddie’ Allen Dies

As a tournament player, Ronnie won major One Pocket events over three decades:

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....