Category: Features

6 Year old Hailey Cook, playing pool at Nana and Papa’s house.

When our grandchildren were very young, they would sit on our pool table and roll the pool balls. They loved the sound as the balls hit together, and would clap their hands and laugh with excitement when a ball went into a pocket. As they grew older, they stood on the side of the table, seeing who could roll the balls into the pockets. After watching their Papa (my husband, Sam) play pool one day, they decided that they wanted to be just like him.

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(Shanghai)–With a grand finale performance that spoke of true greatness, the Philippines Dennis Orcollo capped an amazing week in Shanghai, winning the 2012 China Open Sunday afternoon with a brilliant 11-9 win over never-say-day Lu Hui Chan of Chinese-Taipei in front of several hundred people at the Shanghai Pudong Yuanshen Stadium arena.

(Shanghai)–Britain’s Kelly Fisher came into Sunday’s final at the China Open feeling pretty good about her game. But even she had no idea just how good things were about to get.

With an eye squarely on the prize, and clearly on greatness as well, Fisher put in an electrifying performance as she completely routed an overmatched Zhou Doudou of China, 9-2, to capture the 2012 China Open.

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(Shanghai, China)–The 2012 China Open women’s event is now down to four players, and as befitting a tournament featuring the best in the world, the top three ranked players in the world will be part of the cast.

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(Shanghai, China)–Yes, perseverance does indeed pay off.

Wu Jing, the 12th ranked female player in China, had played 2009 World 9-ball Champion Liu Shasha on numerous occasions and never tasted victory against her famous compatriot.  But tonight on the TV table inside the Shanhai Pudong Yuanshen Stadium, the very unheralded Wu finally pulled it off. And what a time to do it.

By Ted Lerner/WPA Press Officer

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(Shanghai, China)–The 2012 China Open got underway on a rainy Thursday afternoon here in Shanghai, and it didn’t take very long for the fireworks to start going off inside the Shanghai Pundong Yuanshen Stadium.

FINLAND are the 2012 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool champions as they put paid to the dreams of Poland, winning 10-8 in a tight final in front of a packed crowd in Manila. It was blend of youth and experience as 39 year-old Mika Immonen, who has operated at the highest level for the past 15 years, paired up with 24 year-old Petri Makkonen to deliver the goods time and again.

So what’s next for TAP Canada? “œIn May 2013, we’ll be hosting our first annual TAP Provincial Classic, with total prizes exceeding $75,000,” says Williamson, proudly. “œWe expect over 100 teams ““ 8 ball and 9 ball – to attend. This will be the largest pool tournament in Canada. All of us on the TAP Canada team are very excited!”

The prize money amounts for the Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour’s “Turning Stone Classic XIX 9-Ball Open”.

Total prize fund $41,400.

The 2012 Vegas Masters 8-Ball State Championship & National Qualifier concluded on August 5^th.  It was a record year for this annual tournament with 36 teams and a total of 188 players.  Congratulations to the:

Vegas Masters 2012 State Champions, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, featuring Marcel Macias, Yvonne Thompson, Howard Dameron, Jim Eisenberg (Captain), Jerry Lerner, David Hanson and Keith Parker.