On Cue Billiards - 22nd July 2014
Season 1 - Week 5
Ryan KasperowitschMr. Consistent, Ryan Kasperowitsch, continued his fine run of form of late to win this week's tournament at On Cue Billiards. After sharing the spoils last week he was brimming with confidence and it showed on the baize with some superb play.
First on the hi...
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North American Poolshooters Association Announces They Now Offer Singles Leagues
The Ontario Chapter of the North American Poolshooters Association announced today that they now will be offering singles leagues as part of their billiards offering.
Besides Scotch Doubles and 3, 4 and 5 match Team Leagues, pool players will now have the option in playing in 8 Ball, 9 Ball, 10 Ball and Lagger's Choic...
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FAVORITES ROMP TO EASY WINS ON OPENING DAY
Teams stick to the predictable script as the 2014 World Pool Team Championship gets underway in Beijing.
By Ted Lerner
WPA Press Officer
Opening Ceremony
(Beijing, China)--Day 1 at the 2014 World Pool Team Championship at the Tongzhou Luhe High School in Beijing may have been short,...
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The North American Poolshooters Association (N.A.P.A) held their inaugural Canada Cup Challenge this past Saturday July 26th, at Raxx Billiards Bar &Grill in Kingston, Ontario. This pitted league members from Montreal against rival league members from the Kingston and surrounding area against one another.
The Québec team came with 15 shooters and the Ontario team had 11. This challenge included s...
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Photo provided by Rick Hansen
This past weekend the Memphis Open took place at High Pockets in Tennessee, July 23-27. The events included One Pocket Open, 10 Ball Open and Amateur 9 Ball. These tournaments were all well attended and the two open events featured some world class talent. It is no wonder why, as this tournament...
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25 teams from 24 nations ready to do battle for the 2014 World Pool Team Championship in Beijing.
By Ted Lerner
WPA Press Officer
(Beijing, China)--Professional pool holds much of its interest for fans around the globe from the very fact that it is a solitary pursuit in a dead-ball game. With plenty of time to think about that difficult shot just sitting there, nobody to pass the cue to or to off...
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Berlin, Germany (By Patrick Baumann) - The owners of brand-new Berlin-based pool hall Bata Bar & Billards didn’t think about it too long when they got the chance to host the only European qualifier for the prestigious ANDY CLOTH 74th World Tournament of 14.1. And so it came that 18 of the top european players met last weekend to fight for two spots for New Yor...
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One of the Plethora of events that occurred this week at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas was the 2014 W.P.A World Artistic Pool Championship. This event which took place July 17-20 saw 26 of the worlds best trick shot artists compete in an 8 discipline format with highest overall score claiming the title.
This years winner was none other than Montreal, Québec native and world famous trick...
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The WPA World number 2 is out of intensive care and recovering after undergoing heart surgery.
By Ted Lerner
WPA Press Officer
The World Pool-Billiard Association is pleased to announce that multiple world champion and current WPA World number 2 ranked player Kelly Fisher of Great Britain has successfully undergone surgery for her heart condition, and is now recovering in hospital.
WPA President I...
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The NAPA Ontario Refer A Player Promotion is Back for the Fall Session
The very successful "Refer a Player" promotion by NAPA Ontario is back for the Fall session.
Any existing NAPA Ontario player will receive $5 off their session for every new player they bring into a NAPA Ontario Pool League, to a maximum of $20.00.
There are some conditions and restrictions. For more information contact Rob Mac...
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On Saturday, July 26, 2014 starting at 12 noon in Kingston, Ontario, the Ontario and Quebec chapters of the North American Poolshooters Association(NAPA) will be having their first ever challenge for the NAPA Canada Cup Challenge. The challenge will consist of players from both leagues playing against each other. The challenge has been started by the league operators of both the Ontario and Quebec...
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The confident stroke must have the following characteristic - the shooting hand must draw back and return to the starting position (where the tip is directly behind the cue ball) with acceleration. This guarantees the maximum force is achieved at the moment of contact - many players think they do this effectively, only a few actually do.
This isn't achieved by trying to "stroke" smoothly though th...
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New York City - "King James" Rempe and Frank "Sailor" Stellman will be this year's Straight Pool Hall of Fame inductees. Both men are still alive and well, and are due to appear in New York City for the first time in a long, long, while. Rempe made a huge impact on the pro pool scene from the 1970's through the early 2000's, while Stellman influenced numerous top players in the mid-west with his 1...
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Sunday saw some major eliminations in the Open Men's 8 Ball Tournament with the field being narrowed down from 950 to the final 100 who will continue play today. The Grand Master 8 Ball got underway and played down to the winners side final. In the highest profile action of the day the first CSI invitational 10 ball champion was crowned.
In the Grand-Master 8-ball division, Canadian Jason Klatt l...
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2014 World Cup of Pool
Portsmouth to play host to World Cup of Pool IX
THE 2014 World Cup of Pool will be taking place at the Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth from 23rd to 28th September. Following four years of the event in Manila and then a successful return to the UK in London last year, the event will now play out in the vibrant maritime city on England’s south coast.
Now in its ninth year, the...
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On Cue Billiards - 15th July 2014
Season 1 - Week 4
Ryan Kasperowitsch
Ryan Kasperowitsch and Rob Newsome split the cash and the points this Tuesday as Week 4 at On Cue Billiards saw no final matchup between the A and B-side winners. Kasperowitsch was on fine form, never looked like missing and disposed of his A-side opponent...
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The action continues from the BCAPL National Championships at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas. Friday marked the beginning of the 16 player invitational Pro 10 ball tournament. Play also continued in the Amateur bar able tournaments as well as the Pro/Am ten ball tournament.
Straight-Pool is once again pleased to announce our second Canadian winner of this years championships, Ben Liu from Calgary, Al...
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Jason Klatt playing in Thailand
The 2014 BCAPL national championships are now underway and the winners are beginning to be crowned. Day one and two featured the 9 ball challenge, considered to be the most prestigious pro/am event along with the 10 ball challenge which starts today. Thursday also featured the Kamui challenge...
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Verkruyse & Karabotsos Win Chicago: OB Official Cue of ANDY CLOTH World 14.1 Tournament
Story by Dennis Walsh
Chicago, Illinois- Here are the results of the 2014 World Tournament of 14.1, Red Shoes Billiards Qualifier that was held a few weeks back. It was a small field but there were many quality contenders, including Michael Verkruyse, Tom Karabatsos, Ronald Dobosenski, Bob Cozzolino, Richa...
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BCA venue photo by Jason Klatt
One of the most anticipated weeks in the Pool community is upon us and that is the the 2014 BCAPL International Bar Table Championships. This series of week long tournaments includes 24 different divisions which will see play in 9 ball, 10 ball and 8 ball in women's and men's singles, teams an...
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