Winner Hanna Kwon photo by Edwidge Cavanna
This weekend Le Skratch Brossard played host for the inaugural and long anticipated Billard Feminin du Canada tour stop. Edwidge Cavanna, player and promoter, recognized the need for a women's tour and made it so. Using her contacts from the Women's Professional Billiard Association...
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Monica Webb (USA) just won the Dynamic Billard Austrian Open Women Euro-Tour event in beautiful St. Johann/Pg., Austria, with a convincing 7:3 victory over favored hometown hero Jasmin Ouschan (AUT).
Monica Webb
It has been Webb’s tournament from the very beginning. She played great throughout the whole event. Results like 7:...
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Denis Grabe from Estonia just won the Dynamic Billard Austrian Open 2014 with a clear 9:1 defeat over Nikos Ekonomopoulos (GRE) in the final match.
Denis Grabe
Ekonomopoulos had to deal with #1 ranked player in the semi-final, Nick van den Berg (NED). He played really strong and did not allow van den Berg to find his game eve...
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Sumon Sakar and Paul Duell
Paul Duell secured his 3rd 1st Place finish, in the last of the RCC Event’s before the final.
On May 17th players came out from all over to compete in the last of the events before the big finale on June 21-22nd.
Results:
Results
Player
Tournament
Calcutta
1st
Paul Duell
$480
$610
2nd
Sumon...
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story & photo by Michael Bradford
Boynton Beach, Florida- Slate Billiards in Boynton Beach, FL played host to the first World Straight Pool qualifier of the year this weekend. Players participating in the event, included World Straight Pool Tournament Sponsor, Dr. Michael Fedak and special guest appearance Charlie Williams...
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Probably the most famous casualty of day 1 of the Dynamic Billard Austrian open in Hotel Alpina, St. Johann, Austria, is BCA Hall of Famer Ralf Souquet (GER). He lost two straight matches against Maksim Dudanets (RUS) with 7:9 and then to completely unheralded Andreas Koukiadakis (GRE) also with 8:9 after being in the lead with 8:4. After having won the last Euro-Tour in Kyrenia, North Cyprus, thi...
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It is one of the most beautiful sceneries for the Euro-Tour. Located in St. Johann / Pg. in Austria, the host hotel is the Alpina Wellness Hotel in Alpendorf. That is an amazing place for a pool tournament. The tennis hall has been turned into a professional pool arena with 24 Dynamic III Matchtables. In order to get into the arena, the whole valley can be overviewed from the location of the tour...
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APA’S TOP OPERATORS RECOGNIZED
World’s Largest Pool League Awards League Operator of the Year Awards
LAKE SAINT LOUIS, MO (May 21, 2014) — The American Poolplayers Association (APA) recognized five of their top franchisees with League Operator of the Year awards during the APA Annual Convention in late April in Las Vegas. The five were selected from a group of more than 270 League Operators thr...
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CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (May 20, 2014) – CSI is proud to present The Tiger Challenge: Dennis Orcollo vs. Jung-Lin Chang. This exciting match will take place July 22, 2014 at 6:00pm pacific time during the BCAPL & USAPL National Championships at the beautiful Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Those in participating in the BCAPL or USAPL National Championshi...
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APA MEMBERS POCKET MORE THAN $600,000 IN CASH AND PRIZES AT NATIONAL SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPS
World’s Largest Pool League Crowns Eight Amateur Champions in Las Vegas
LAKE SAINT LOUIS, MO (May 20, 2014) — More than $600,000 in cash and prizes were awarded to APA members at the APA National Singles Championships held May 1 – 4 in Las Vegas at the Riviera Hotel & Casino. The National Singles Champi...
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Johnny with the trophyYesterday was finals day at the 5th annual Classique de Billard des Appalaches. This long weekend was jam packed with matches as two full fields of 32 in the 9 and 10 ball played down to the final 4. The arena was near capacity during the entire event as we were all spoiled with world class shooting.
9 Ba...
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Team USA is coming to San Diego!
America’s finest pocket billiards stars on a mission
The best pool players in the United States are visiting San Diego from May 22nd to 26th as part of the national squad’s preparations for an assault on the Europe v USA Mosconi Cup this December.
The eight man troop of the nation’s finest shooters have been selected to wear their national colors, and will represe...
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World Class Shooting with a Hint of Controversy
Mike Dechaine
Day two at Thetford mines was the beginning of the 10 ball event, as well as second chance for those who washed out early in the 9 ball to make a little bit of money before leaving town. This day had a little bit of everything; great crowds, world class pool and so...
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Jayson Shaw shooting while Johnny Archer looks on.
The pleasantries of yesterday were a distant memory as the amateur and professional 9 ball tournaments got underway. With $5,000 guaranteed for first in the pro event and a cap at 32 players, many who are world class, today promised to be an exciting day for those in attendanc...
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From left to right Francis Crevier, Michael Bernier, Jeff Blais, Dany Nguyen
Tonight players and fans who decided to come a day early were treated to a team event between some of the best players from Ontario, Quebec and U.S.A. Originally it was planned to play some bank pool and speed pool but for simplicity and time restra...
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AVOID LATE FEES FOR THE BCAPL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS!
CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (May 16, 2014) – This is a reminder that all registrations for the BCAPL National Championships must be completed online, faxed, or post marked by June 2 in order to avoid late fees. After June 2, a late fee will be added to each entry.
Registration Deadlines
June 3 – Late fees begin
June 16 –...
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Team Sponsorship for NAPA Ontario Teams that Play Out of Petrinas in Ajax for Summer
Petrinas Billiards in Ajax has made it a whole lot better to play in the Ontario Chapter of the North American Poolshooters Association this summer.
Petrinas is offering sponsorship for teams that play at or out of their location. For every league NAPA Ontario runs, Petrinas will sponsor the first 8 teams that su...
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The anticipation is almost over as tomorrow dozens of players will make the trip to Thetford Mines Quebec, for the 5th edition of "La Classique De Billard Des Appalache." With a star studded field that any promoter would be proud to have, and with all the amateur divisions at capacity this years edition promises to be the best yet.
Being that the tournaments do not start until Saturday and most p...
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The winner of the Lucasi L2000 jump cue valued at $135.00 is...................
Ken McKeigan from Moncton, New Brunswick.
Happy jumping!
The next prize will be a set of Super Aramith TV Pro Cup balls that were used at the 2014 Canadian Championships and valued at $350.00. In addition to this great prize, the cue ball has been signed by the following top Canadian players:
Erik Hjorleifson 2014 Can...
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Jacksonville, Florida- The Billiard Factory will have it's 3rd Annual Pool Tournaments this weekendMay 17th, and a special private pool class on May 18th, 2014. The Pure X Cues 10-Ball Amateur Open will have $400 added with a full 32 field while the Andy Cloth Mixed Doubles 9-Ball will add $300 to its 16 team field. There will even be a free pool clinic with renown pro Charlie "Dragon" Williams be...
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