Category: Press Releases

APA RECEIVES GUINNESS WORLD RECORD AMONGST RECENT ACCOLADES
APA National Team Championships Recognized as World’s Largest Pool Tournament

LAKE SAINT LOUIS, MO (February 3, 2011) “” Two thousand ten was yet another banner year for the American Poolplayers Association (APA).  In October, APA Founders Terry Bell and Larry Hubbart were inducted into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame.

Then late last year, the 2010 APA National Team Championship, held in August in Las Vegas, was recognized by Guinness World Records as the  “œworld’s largest pool tournament.”Â  Shortly thereafter, APA set yet another membership milestone with a record 270,366 members in 2010.

CueSports International (CSI) announces players are now able to register online for all upcoming independent events via the CueSports Tournament System (CTS) website (www.ctsondemand.com).

The online registration section of CTS went live Friday, January 7th.

Online registration is now available for the following events:

“¢ The 15th Jay Swanson Memorial 9-Ball Tournament
“¢ The 18th U.S. Bar Table Championships
Players who register must pay their online entries by credit card using a Visa or Mastercard. All players will be sent an auto-generated email confirmation for each event they register for.

Fighting Talk From US Open Champ

DARREN Appleton believes Europe has the best pool players in the world and that will lead to a home victory in this year’s PartyCasino.com Mosconi Cup.

Appleton is part of the European side aiming to retain the trophy this week after slumping to a disappointing 11-7 defeat in Las Vegas in 2009.

However, Appleton believes that loss will serve as a ‘reality check’ and claims his side were complacent and not motivated enough last year.

“œThe problem last year was we all expected to win and that’s the wrong attitude to have, especially in pool as the game requires luck at the right time,” said Appleton.

An attempt to surpass the current Guinness Book of World Records for the “œLongest Marathon Billiards Match” will be made by Gareth Steele of New England 9-Ball and Steve Reynolds of TJ’s Classic Billiards. These committed players have teamed up to shoot for a record attempt of 100 grueling hours of continuous billiard play to benefit the Billiard Education Foundation (BEF).

The WPBA Board of Directors notified its player membership today that WPBA field size will be reduced from 64 to 48 players for all 2011events.  WPBA Vice President Tamre Rogers commented: “WPBA fields were, in fact, expanded by the Board in 2002 from 48 to 64.

Championship, LLC, a division of D&R Industries, announced today that Fred Cohen has been named President of the billiard cloth company. Mr. Cohen had served as the company’s Vice-President of Sales & Marketing since 1995.

Under Mr. Cohen’s leadership, Championship has emerged as the leading brand in the commercial/coin-operated cloth category, as well as the market leader in the home recreation category. “œIt was Fred’s marketing expertise that elevated our brand and gave each category of business and each brand its own place in the market,” said Dennis Ruber, President of D&R Industries.

“œOur business has grown in many directions and I’m excited to expand our business even more in the coming year with the launch of our New Varsity Brand outerwear material.  We’ve been lucky enough to attract top level personnel from our industry, which has allowed us to grow our business and categories”, said Cohen.

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. ““ The  & Hotel will host the best female billiard players in the world this December when the Women’s Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) Tour Championship comes to Western New York.

WPBA Women’s Amateur National 9-Ball Championships in November

Wynkoop Brewing Company in Denver, CO is hosting the WPBA Women’s Amateur National 9-Ball Championships November 19th-21st, 2010. The $1,500 added event also features a paid entry into the 2011 WPBA US Open. Any women amateur player can participate with the exception of the WPBA top-48 players post the WPBA 2010 US Open rankings.

More than $1 Million in prize money awarded in 30th Annual Team Championships

LAKE SAINT LOUIS, MO (September 3, 2010) “” The American Poolplayers Association’s (APA) 30th Annual National Team Championships saw a record number of teams compete in the newly expanded 10-day extravaganza. Nearly 2,000 8-Ball, 9-Ball, Doubles and Masters teams made the trek to Sin City to compete, Aug. 19 ““ 28, for more than $1 Million in prize money. Due to record participation, the event had to be extended an extra day.

If you are a fan of the WPBA and its players, you may be interested in the following information. On Wednesday, September 29, between 2pm and 8pm in the pro arena, the WPBA will be holding a Membership Drive Telethon that will be streamed live and free for the viewers. Tune in to wpba.com, the official website of the WPBA, for this special streamed show. Interviews and tips for your pool game by top players will be shown throughout the Telethon. For those who are interested in seeing what goes on behind the scenes, there will also be coverage of the players meeting and charity event. Several of the professional trick shot players will be making a special appearance for added entertainment.