WILLNER PREVENTS AN ALL PORTUGUESE FINAL IN 10-BALL

Defending Champion Correia in the final Frank Willner (GER) over his winning 10-ball In a thrilling and action packed match, Frank Willner (GER) overpowered Manuel Pereira (POR) with the smallest of margins 7:6. Lady Luck seemed to be on Willner’s side most of the time during the match. He showed a strong performance but the ba... Read more

MATT KRAH FENDS OFF "IRON" MIKE DAVIS IN THE FINALS OF A 75-PLAYER FIELD AT BREAKERS SKY LOUNGE IN HERNDON, VA!

The Action Pool Tour (APT) held its 11th event of the 2011-2012 Session at Breakers Sky Lounge in Herndon, VA on the weekend of July 21-22, 2012.  In the midst of summer when participation is usually low, this 9-ball event drew an unbelievable field of 75 players which included the likes of “Iron” Mike Davis, Brian Deska, Larry Kressel and Matt Krah just to name a few. Play began at approximately... Read more

STAGE 1 INFO FOR YALIN WOMEN'S WORLD 10-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP

www.WomensWorld10Ball.com email womensworld10ball@gmail.com Three chances to qualify. Top 2 finishers each event except for 3rd final event is only 1 winner. Total 5 spots. Stage 1 : August 18th= 2 tournaments. Continued on August 19th Stage 1 = 1 Tournament (3rd and Final qualifier) Entry fee: $100 per qualifying tournament. 3rd Qualifier $75. Race to 7: single elimination Location : Star Billia... Read more

CORREIA TERMINATES PEETERS AT DYNAMIC BILLIARD EUROPEAN 10-BALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Defending Champion in 10-ball is right on track Tuesday, 07 August 2012: The 10-ball competition provided some high class action in the Stahlpalast in Brandenburg a. d. Havel, Germany. One tough shootout took place between defending Champion Enrique Correia (POR) and newly crowned straight pool champion Rene Peeters (NED). Correia defeated Peeters with 7:4 in the single elimination round of the la... Read more

RENE PEETERS IS THE DYNAMIC BILLIARD EUROPEAN STRAIGHT POOL CHAMPION!

Straight Pool competition finished In an open fight, Rene Peeters defeated his fellow teammate Gijs van Helmond (both NED) and won the straight pool competition of the Dynamic Billiards European Championship for seniors. Both players had a head-to-head race until the score was 55:52 in favour of Peeters. Then, after the exchange of a few safety shots, Peeters got momentum and ran away until he rea... Read more

ALL DUTCH CLASH COMING UP IN BRANDENBURG

Peeters v van Helmond in straight pool final The straight pool final in the senior’s division of the Dynamic Billiards European Championships 2012 will be played between Rene Peeters and Gijs van Helmond, both from The Netherlands. They had no easy tasks in their respective semi-final matches. Van Helmond had to deal with Jan Lundell (SWE) who had played a strong tournament so far. The match was p... Read more

DEFENDING CHAMPION IN 10-BALL LOSES HIS OPENING MATCH

Correia got smashed by Lundell What a catastrophic start for Enrique Correia (POR), last year’s European Champion in senior’s 10-ball. After having had a walk-over in the first round, he got creamed by Jan Lundell (SWE) with 1:7. Lundell, who won over Steve Lambrechts (BEL) in the first round with 7:4, left no chance to the defending Champion in the match. While Lundell advances to the single elim... Read more

WACK DEMOLISHED WOONINGS AT DYNAMIC BILLIARD EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Tough encounter between two great players In a high quality straight pool match, Ralf Wack (GER) demolished Martijn Woonings (NED) 75:35. The round is the single elimination round of the last 16 players in straight pool. On paper, the match between Ralf Wack and Martijn Woonings was not spectacular at all. But their achievements during this competition so far attracted the attention of the audienc... Read more

STRAIGHT POOL DOWN TO LAST 32 PLAYERS AT THE DYNAMIC BILLIARD EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Wirsbitzki with two straight wins Reiner Wirsbitzki (GER) is definitely one of the favourite players for the senior’s competition in any discipline. In straight pool, he has already claimed his spot among the final 32 players in the single elimination stage.  Wirsbitzki defeated Alberto Martini (ITA) with 75:27 in the first round. Then, he took on Mikael Andersson (SWE). Wirsbitzki shot 54 balls i... Read more

DYNAMIC BILLIARD EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR SENIORS AND LADIES 2012

In Brandenburg a. d. Havel, Germany, the next big event in pool-billiards was launched: The Dynamic Billiards European Championships for Seniors and Ladies. The event started today with the straight pool discipline. Straight pool is only played in the senior’s division. The defending Champion from last year is Stefano Bazzana (ITA). He and 56 other competitors will play off the 2012 Champion in... Read more

OB CUES & CHAMPIONSHIP CLOTH EFREN REYES PRO SHOWS AT AMSTERDAM BILLIARDS & CASTLE BILLIARDS

New York City & New Jersey - Amsterdam Billiard Club in NYC and Castle Billiards in East Rutherford, NJ will be hosting Efren Reyes for one night only! The OB Cues Efren Reyes Pro Show will be Monday August 6th in New York City while Tuesday night Efren will appear at The Championship Cloth Pro Show with Efren Reyes. Both nights will start 7pm until 10pm. Efren Reyes is considered by most pros and... Read more

AMERICA'S JOHN SCHMIDT IS THE WORLD TOURNAMENT OF 14.1 CHAMPION

Queens, New York- Europe's dominance of straight pool has ended. John Schmidt of Hesperia, California put USA back on top again in the 100th anniversary tournament of the game. A fitting end for the oldest pool tournament in the world. To do so, Schmidt had to defeat a field of international superstars whom most put well ahead of Schmidt as favorites. Undeterred by critics, Schmidt proved to the... Read more

OVNEA JUNIOR ONTARIO STATS

Singles Event Final Standings Minor 1st Derek Sarazin (Windsor) 2nd Stuart MacTaggart (London) 3rd Danielle Bird (London) 4th Ryan Derosier (North Bay) 5th Shaiana Thibault (North Bay) 5th Ben Bernatchez (Windsor) 6th David Moyer (London) 6th Dustin Delisle  (North Bay) 7th/8th Ethan Slaughter (London) 7th/8th Katie Robson (Windsor) 7th/8th David Slaughter (London)... Read more

JOHN SCHMIDT PUTS USA IN PLAY FOR THE GOLD

Queens, New York- It has been 22 years since an American has won the World 14.1 . John Schmidt can change that tonight. Schmidt blew out Ralph Eckert of Germany 200 to 60 in a match that only took Schmidt 3 innings to win. John moves into the finals against Efren Reyes of the Philippines. John Schmidt - www.charleseamesphotography.com... Read more

REYES VS APPLETON IN SEMI-FINALS OF PREDATOR WORLD TOURNAMENT OF 14.1

Queens, New York- The 57 year old Filipino cue master has gone undefeated thus far in 8 consecutive matches in his first ever World 14.1 competition. Though not a student of the game and having not played straight pool in decades, no one doubted that he would not perform well as the world's most creative player. Still, making it to the semi-finals is quite a feat. "Efren likes to win new big tou... Read more

SCHMIDT UPSETS HOHMANN FOR USA SEMI-FINAL BERTH AT WORLD 14.1!

Queens, New York- John Schmidt is the only survivor of the seven Americans that were left in the final 16 of the World Tournament. To do so, he had to face the biggest challenge of the event: defeat the reigning World Tournament of 14.1 Champion Thorsten Hohmann. The match was full of nerves and drama. Neither player was able to score any big runs, though there were moments of great shotmaking in... Read more

GERMANY AND POLAND TAKE THE TEAM GOLD

Dynamic Billiards Youth European Championship has come to an end In the final matches of the Team competition, Germany took the Gold Medal in the junior’s division while Poland took the Gold in the pupil’s division. The German juniors were never really in danger against their Russian opponents. Finn Eschment (GER) won the straight pool over Andrey Seroshtan (RUS) with 100:-1. While Vladislav Zabor... Read more

DELGADO TAKES OUT BERMANEC AT DYNAMIC BILLIARD EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Too many mistakes prevent the final for Bermanec Friday, 03 August 2012: The 9-ball semi-final matches at this year’s Dynamic Billiards European Youth Championships have been played. Jose Delgado (ESP)One tough encounter could be viewed in the junior’s division, where Jose Alberto Delgado Hernandez (ESP) eliminated Filip Berman... Read more

EUROPE 4, USA 3, & EFREN

Queens, New York-  Only 8 players remain for the title of World Tournament of 14.1 Champion. Europe has 4 barrels left while USA has 3. And of course, there is always still Efren. The winner of the event will have his name inscribed on the 14.1 Trophy that has listed players starting from 1912 until now 100 years later.  An American player has not won the event since its 2006 revival, with Bobby... Read more

EFREN REYES EYEING WORLD 14.1 TROPHY : ARCHER DEFEATS STRICKLAND AGAIN

Queens, New York- Efren Reyes has entered into the quarter finals with his dominating win over Mika Immonen 200 to 87 points. Reyes took the lead early in the match even after he missed an easy shot during the opening rack. Immonen failed to take advantage and missed 4 balls later and Efren built a 140+ ball lead from there. Asia has another entrant in Zion Zvi of Israel. When informed that Israe... Read more