ONSITE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR THE TRIPLE PLAY EVENTS AT THE BCAPL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (July 3, 2014) – CueSports International would like to remind everyone that onsite entries will be accepted for the 9-Ball Challenge, 10-Ball Challenge, and the Grandmaster 8-Ball at the BCAPL National Championships! Anyone can play in these events, regardless...
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2014 NAPA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
CROWNE PLAZA CINCINNATI, OH
AUGUST 28 to 31, 2014
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
SCOTCH DOUBLES TOURNAMENT RULES:
START TIME: THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2014 7:00PM EST
MAX NUMBER OF TEAMS: 64
PRIZE MONEY: BASED ON THE NUMBER OF TEAMS ENTERED
FORMAT: TRUE NAPA RACES COACHING 8BALL
TEAM FORMAT: 2MAN (ONLY 2 PLAYERS ON A ROSTER)
TEAM SL LIMIT: 179
RULES: v14.0 8BALL COACHING
RE...
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Rack-M-Up Summer Series#4:
Miller With First Win of the Season
Killer moments after sinking the final 9
For the third time in four tournaments a full field of 16 showed up to take part in the Rack-M-Up Summer Series this past Saturday. Once again the series saw a new winner as local player Justin "Killer" Miller(7) who was p...
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2014 PartyPoker Mosconi Cup
Double Dutch Lead Race to Blackpool
FOLLOWING HIS string of magnificent performances in capturing the WPA World 9 Ball Championship in Doha, Holland’s Niels Feijen has put himself in prime position to make his tenth appearance in the PartyPoker Mosconi Cup this December.
There are three automatic spots available on Team Europe drawn from three separate rankings and the...
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The Netherlands' Niels Feijen wins the 2014 World 9-ball Championship with a hard fought 13-10 win over Austria's Albin Ouschan.
By Ted Lerner
Niels Feijen
WPA Press Officer
Photos Courtesy of Richard Walker
(Doha, Qatar)--Finally, Niels Feijen snapped off the big one. And fittingly he did it in typical Niels Feijen style.
Pu...
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FOUR MORE FOR THE BIG SCORE
Taiwan's Chang, Austria's Ouschan, the Netherland's Feijen, and the Philippines' Haya storm into the semi-finals of the 2014 World 9-ball Championship in Doha.
By Ted Lerner
WPA Press Officer
Taiwan's Chang Yu Lung
Photos Courtesy of Richard Walker
(Doha, Qatar)--After a marathon day of pressure p...
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On Cue Billiards - 24th June 2014
Season 1 - Week 2
Ivar De Laat
Ivar De Laat joined the Hill Hill Pool fold this Tuesday at On Cue Billiards and did not disappoint on the baize at his first event. Much like the Dutch soccer team at this years World Cup, De Laat never looked like losing from the outset. A whitewash of Mirosla...
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RISE OF THE UPSTARTS
Shock upsets send the big boys packing as the field at the 2014 World 9-ball Championship gets down to the final 32.
By Ted Lerner
WPA Press Officer
Qatar's Waleed Majid
Photos Courtesy of Richard Walker
(Doha, Qatar)--Pool’s next generation of superstars took a giant leap towards claiming their place i...
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Erik Decious To Speak at BCA Summit Expo on Billiard Education Centers: Hidden Profits & Hidden Customers
Decious & Williams at the original launch of his Billiard Education Center, now a staple part of his Billiard Factory's 20,000 sq ft showroom.
Louisville, Kentucky- Erik Decious of Billiard Factory Jacksonville w...
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NOW IT’S ANYBODY’S BALL GAME
32 players battle through Judgement Day nerves and tension to grab a spot in the Final 64 as the real race for World 9-ball supremacy begins.
By Ted Lerner
Iran's Medhi Rasekhi made it through to the Final 64
WPA Press Officer
Photos Courtesy of Richard Walker
(Doha, Qatar)-- With plenty of cuein...
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Kwok Qualifies Two Years in a Row!
KAMUI Official Chalk & Tip of the World Tournament
New York City- Eddie Kwok wins the National Amateur Pool League (NAPL) to qualify for the second straight year to earn a shot to compete against the world's best players in the 74th World 14.1 Tournament! World famous KAMUI Brand is also now an Official Sponsor of the Worlds! Players from all over can pay a l...
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POOL’S ELITE STARE DOWN STERN TESTS
Darren Appleton, Mika Immonen and Thorsten Hohmann get taken to the limit before advancing to the Final 64 of the 2014 World 9-ball Championship in Doha.
By Ted Lerner
WPA Press Officer
Darren Appleton
Photos Courtesy of Richard Walker
(Doha, Qatar)--For Darren Appleton, the plan today was...
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Carlin Sanderson & Rod Arsenault
The Royal City Challenge 2013/2014 season finished up in grand fashion, as 45 of the potential 89 qualified players came out to compete. The entry fees collected and the $500 added from Tony’s Billiards, made the pot worth playing for, but the Calcutta drew in some hugh money, with everyo...
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EARLY HOUSE CLEANING AT THE AL SAAD
Losers shown no mercy as 32 players head for the exits on Day 2 at the 2014 World 9-Ball Championship in Doha
By Ted Lerner
WPA Press Officer
England's Daryl Peach
Photos Courtesy of Richard Walker
(Doha, Qatar)--Most of Day 2 at the 2014 World 9-ball Championship was given over to the lose...
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The Philippines' Dennis Orcollo barely survives an early test as most favorites win on Day 1 at the 2014 World 9-ball Championship.
By Ted Lerner
WPA Press Officer
Photos Courtesy of Richard Walker
(Doha, Qatar)--Long time followers of the WPA World 9-ball Championship know that the event is always full of surprises. The upstarts, the unknowns, the unexpected seem to make a splash in each and ever...
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Inaugural Canadian University & Colleges Pool and Snooker Championships Announced
It is only half way through 2014 and already cue-sports in Canada has had a banner year. Originally it was the success of the Richler Cup and Le Classique de Billiard. Now the University of Toronto Pool and Snooker Club has continued this positive trend by announcing the first ever Canadian inter-Universi...
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TIME FOR THE GOLD RUSH IN DOHA
The 2014 WPA World 9-Ball Championship kicks off on Saturday with a power packed field eyeing pool's ultimate pantheon.
A Collection of World 9-ball Champions(from Left): Ralf Souquet, Alex Pagulayan, Daryl Peach, Darren Appleton, Oliver Ortmann, Mika Immonen, Thorsten Hohmann, Yukio Akagariyama, Efren...
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We are very excited to announce the launch of a new era for our company and a new era for performance pool cue shafts. Since 2005, the design and performance of the OB Shafts have remained mostly unchanged....until now.
Introducing OB Plus Shafts:
The original laminated SR6 construction that we have used for the last 9 years has now been changed to a solid maple SR6+ construction.
All new OB P...
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Hello everyone, I hope these past two weeks have treated you well. Today we will be looking at the subject of bridging, something that is often overlooked in the process of building proper fundamentals. This is one of the most common areas where you will see a difference between amateurs and professionals; in this article I would like to help our readers understand those differences.
To start, th...
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'THEY'LL HAVE TO PLAY THEIR BEST TO BEAT ME'
As he gets set to defend the World 9-ball Championship in Qatar this week, Germany's Thorsten Hohmann opens up about the satisfaction of winning the event twice, why 9-ball is the best game in the world, and how he's plenty hungry for more.
By Ted Lerner
WPA Press Officer
Thorsten HohmannGermany’s Thorsten Hohmann kicked off his campaign in the 2013 Wor...
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