Photo left to right: Bill Fain, Sonny Demetro, Kim White, Charlie Bryant, James Baraks
Demetro and Bryant Go Undefeated
There were 72 players at this past weekend’s Lone Star 9-Ball Event held July 7th-8th, 2012 at Bogies Billiards & Sports Bar in Houston, with Open and Amateur division entries totaling 106.
(Beijing, China)–Joy riding a powerful wave that had been building steadily all week, the four member Chinese-Taipei pool team cruised to an emphatic 4-0 finals victory over Japan, to lay claim to the 2012 World Pool Team Championship in the Beijing suburb of Tongzhou.
 TAP LLC, Corporate, would like to recognize as our June Licensee of the month, Dawn Fanty. Dawn Fanty is the licensee for Allegheny and Washington counties, Three Rivers TAP League (PA.).  She has been a licensee for a and a half years and a avid pool player for 10 years. Dawn’s love of pool and people has enabled her to grow her league from 14 to nearly 50 teams.
SHOOT IT OUT LOUD!
(Beijing, China)–With team supremacy and national pride riding on every shot, Great Britain and Japan stared down some heavy pressure and won dramatic sudden death shootouts to advance to the semi-finals of the 2012 World Pool Team Championship in Beijing.
MARXUQUERA РFr̩d̩ric Caudron was already the number one in the world ranking, after the Juanjo Trilles Challenge he is now the undisputed best player in the world. The Belgian today, on the final day of the battle in Marxuquera (Spain) on a golden clowd: he defeated the reigning world champion, Dick Jaspers, in a 600 points marathon match: 600-501 in 274 innings (averaging 2.190/1.828)
Photos courtesy Vinod DivaKaran, Doha Stadium Sports Weekly
(Doha, Qatar)–In one of the most thrilling and surreal finals ever witnessed in pool history, England’s Darren Appleton won the 2012 World 9-ball Championship, barely beating China’s Lee He Wen, 13-12 in front of hundreds of stunned fans inside Doha’s Al Sadd Sports Club.
Nine Ball Cheers – 9-Ball Vegas Masters State Champions
Donna Schwitters, Captain – Alfonso “AC” Contreras, Jan Schwitters, Danny Valdez, Hal Robertson and John McCarthy
Congratulations “œNine-Ball Cheers,” the 2012 9-Ball State Champions. The team took first place in the 3rd annual Vegas Masters 9-Ball State Championship & National Qualifier tournament held June 23 & 24 at Mickey’s Cues & Brews. They went undefeated with an outstanding finish, winning the match against team “œWhatever,” 3 to 0 in the finals.
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Queens, New York -Â The Official Website of the Predator World Tournament of 14.1 is now updated and running for the 2012 event! Fans and players alike can checkout www.Worldstraightpool.com for exclusive interviews with the pro stars, and all the latest and even archive news of the World Tournament. The site will cover the biggest straight pool tournament in the world at the Dragon Promotions & Dr.Michael Fedak produced event. It all takes place on July 29th – August 3rd,2012 at Carom Cafe in New York City.
THE DRAMA OF 9-BALL
32 PLAYERS ADVANCE TO THE KNOCKOUT STAGE AS CLIFFHANGERS ABOUND AT THE WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP IN QATAR
By Ted Lerner
With 17 Filipinos in the field of 128 players, including the legendary Efren Reyes, and Francisco Bustamante, the venue is never short of large and vocal crowds of Filipino overseas workers and this certainly spices up the already pressure filled atmosphere. They came out in force today as the winners of each group faced off for a quick chance out of the danger zone of the group stage and into the final 64, including Reyes who played in the first session.
Shenyang, China)–It’ll be a high quality battle of east vs. west as China’s Fu Xiaofang will meet Great Britain’s Kelly Fisher in the finals of the 2012 Women’s World 9-ball Championship.
The race to 11, alternate break showdown will take place at 7pm local time(GMT + 7).
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FU XIAOFANG, TSAI PEI CHEN, LUI SHASHA AND KELLY FISHER REACH THE SEMI FINALS OF THE WOMEN’S WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP
By Ted Lerner
Ga Young Kim
HAVING WON THREE IN A ROW, CHINESE WOMEN LOOK TO DOMINATE YET AGAIN IN SHENYANG, CHINA
With short races to 7 racks, the world’s best pool talent on hand, and the pressure of a world title at stake, pool fans have come to expect plenty of upsets in the opening stages of world championships.
But for Chinese 9-ball fans, Monday produced one of the biggest downers imaginable as China’s wildly popular Pan Xiaoting lost twice on the very first day of the 2012 Women’s World 9-ball Championship and was sent packing from the 64 player field.
It is in this atmosphere that the other big names in the women’s game will have to contend. Hall of Famer Allison Fisher, World Ten Ball Champion Kelly Fisher, and two time US Open Champion Ga Young Kim are all big time stars in their own right in China. But the home team seems to carry a massive advantage on Chinese soil. The numbers certainly speak for themselves. Over half the field of 64 players entered in this year’s championship is from China.
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