The 1st Annual Southern Classic is underway in Tunica, Mississppi. We got updates for some of our local players who made the drip down south. The first round is over in the banks, Derby City Banks Champion John Morra lost a heartbreaker to Josh Ulrich. Morra was up 2-0, Josh played some good banks and made it a match squaring it up at 2-2. Josh then went on to win the match after trailing 3-1...
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Shuffett, Miller, Hampton and Larson Triumph
The Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) crowned four winners in the 24th Annual BEF Junior National 9-Ball Championships. Nearly 130 junior pocket billiard players from 28 states gathered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at Romine’s High Pockets on July 11th -15th. Players took aim to win a title, scholarships, prizes and an entry into the World Pool-Billiard As...
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Queens, New York - Former World All Around Champion and straight pool legend Danny DiLiberto and 5x New Jersey State 14.1 Champion "Gentleman Jack" Jack Colavita will be inducted into this year's Straight Pool Hall of Fame . Both players have had a long fruitful career in 14.1 accomplishments and both became huge influences on the promotions of the game as well. The 77 year old Diliberto will be...
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The 24th Annual Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) Junior National 9-Ball Championships is currently underway at Romine’s High Pockets in Greenfield, Wisconsin. Junior billiard athletes, ages 8 – 18 years old, traveled from 28 states to participate in this prestigious event. Players are competing for scholarship funds, prizes and an opportunity to represent the United States at the 2012 World Poo...
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The 404-Tour continues all summer long. Shooters Snooker and Sports Club in Toronto hosted the second event of the summer series on July 7-8th with 27 players enjoying the shade. The tournament went well, as everyone enjoyed the shift to playing 10-ball. Room owner and tour promoter John White anticipates moving to run more 10-ball events in the upcoming seasons 404 events.
Results
1st - Rob Ha...
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by Melanie Marquez Domingo
New York, New York - Women 14.1 players and female fans of the game will have their shot to play in the premiere tournament of straight pool. Amsterdam Billiards will be hosting the ladies only tournament this weekend, Saturday July 14th. The winning ladies will get their chance to match up against legends such as Efren Reyes, Thorsten Hohmann, Johnny Archer, Mika Immone...
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by Melanie Marquez Domingo
Manila, Philippines- OB Cues has become the Official Cue of the WPA 2012 Yalin Women's World 10-Ball Championship! The all-American made cue company will join Asia table giant Yalin Billiards, Aramith Balls, and TV network broadcasters ABS-CBN and ESPN Star Sports. This year's edition will take place August 20th-24th once again at Robinson's Galleria Mall, which has now...
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2012 European Mosconi Cup Rankings Latest
2010 PARTYPOKER.COM Mosconi Cup MVP Darren Appleton gave his 2012 selection chances a massive boost in Qatar as he claimed the World 9 Ball Championship in dramatic style, beating China's Li Hewen 13-12 after leading 11-3 and 12-6.
Darren AppletonThe victory moves Appleton to th...
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Windsor Claims 4 Titles
The Island Gurls Sweep
The 17th Annual Lucasi Hybrid 2012 CCS Canadian8/9 Ball Championships were held April 3rd – 7that the Delta Meadowvale Resort Hotel in Mississagua ON.
As usual, competition was fierce but friendly throughout all 18 Divisions of 10 different Events ofSingles, Scotch Doubles and Team play. There is no other tourney like it where you have great playe...
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FOURSOME FROM TAIPEI ROUTS JAPAN TO WIN THE 2012 WORLD POOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP IN BEIJING.
By Ted Lerner
(Beijing, China)--Joy riding a powerful wave that had been building steadily all week, the four member Chinese-Taipei pool team cruised to an emphatic 4-0 finals victory over Japan, to lay claim to the 2012 World Pool Team Championship in the Beijing suburb of Tongzhou.
Today’s performance was y...
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WHITE HOT CHINESE-TAIPEI CUTS DOWN THE BRITS, WHILE A LOOSE JAPAN SHOCKS CHINA TO MOVE INTO THE FINALS OF THE WORLD POOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP IN BEIJING
By Ted Lerner
(Beijing, China)--Team Japan, who have laughed and smiled their way through this entire event, had the last laugh tonight as they stunned a shell shocked China 2 team via a sudden death shootout in front of hundreds of vocal Chinese par...
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WITH DRAMATIC SHOOTOUT WINS, JAPAN AND GREAT BRITAIN JOIN CHINESE-TAIPEI AND CHINA 2 IN THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE 2012 WORLD POOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP IN BEIJING
By Ted Lerner
(Beijing, China)--With team supremacy and national pride riding on every shot, Great Britain and Japan stared down some heavy pressure and won dramatic sudden death shootouts to advance to the semi-finals of the 2012 World Pool Te...
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POOL'S BEST IN UPHILL CLIMB TO THE TOP
CHINESE-TAIPEI, PHILIPPINES, CHINA 1 AND 2, JAPAN AND GREAT BRITAIN HEAD INTO THE KNOCKOUT STAGES OF THE WORLD POOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP IN BEIJING
By Ted Lerner
(Beijing, China)--The 2012 World Pool Team Championship has arrived at the business end of the proceedings as the field of 24 pool playing nations has been reduced down to 16 teams, who will now square...
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Queens, New York - Finally! The Magician will weave his magic for the very first time in a world competition for straight pool. 14.1 fans will be going crazy to see Efren showing his cue ball mastery in the ultimate game of patterns and control. Reyes can be seen at the Predator 72nd World Tournament starting on July 29th - August 3rd, 2012 at Carom Cafe in New York City. Fans and players alike ca...
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TOP TEAMS WIN AGAIN ON DAY 2 OF THE 2012 WORLD POOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP IN BEIJING
(Beijing, China)--While the atmosphere here in sultry Beijing amongst pool’s elite has certainly been cordial and relaxed, on the table the heavyweights of the pool world were in no mood for gift giving as all the favorites cruised to emphatic victories on Day 2 of the 2012 World Pool Team Championships.
Surprises in...
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GREAT BRITAIN, CHINA 1, THE PHILIPPINES, CHINESE-TAIPEI ALL LOOK STRONG ON THE OPENING DAY OF THE 2012 WORLD POOL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP IN BEIJING
By Ted Lerner
(Beijing, China)--It’s not often that the best pool players in the world perform their normally solitary craft as members of a team. But this week in hot and muggy Beijing, we’re about to find out if the game’s top players can coalesce with ea...
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SINGLES EVENTS: 9-BALL
9-Ball Men Singles Masters
5th-6th Roger Chau (Town & Country Amuse.) $300
5th-6th Vince Chambers (Selectomatic Games) $300
9-Ball Women Singles Master
5th-6th Nicole Scott (Town & Country Amuse.) $100
7th-8th Maureen Vandeven (G & G Enterprises) $55
9-Ball Men Singles Intermediate
5th-6th Sam Boyacigil (G & G Enterprises) $300
13th-16th Steve Broadhead (G & G En...
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IN A LEGENDARY EPIC THRILLER, DARREN “DYNAMITE” APPLETON WINS THE WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A 13-12 VICTORY OVER LEE HE WEN
By Ted Lerner
Photos courtesy Vinod DivaKaran, Doha Stadium Sports Weekly
(Doha, Qatar)--In one of the most thrilling and surreal finals ever witnessed in pool history, England’s Darren Appleton won the 2012 World 9-ball Championship, barely beating China’s Lee He Wen, 1...
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APPLETON BEATS OHI, LEE TAKES DOWN SOUQUET TO SET UP FINALS CLASH IN DOHA
By Ted Lerner
(Doha, Qatar) --After clocking in workmanlike performances, England’s Darren Appleton and China’s Lee He Wen have advanced to the final of the 2012 WPA World Pool Championship in Doha, Qatar.
The two will face each other in a race to 13, alternate break final which will begin at 6pm Doha time,(GMT +3). The winn...
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APPLETON, OHI, LEE AND SOUQUET REACH THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE 2012 WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP IN DOHA
By Ted Lerner
(Doha, Qatar)--After a brutally taxing day of championship pool at the highest levels, England’s Darren Appleton, Japan’s Nayoki Ohi, Germany’s Ralf Souquet and China’s Lee He Wen all made it into the semi-finals of the 2012 World 9-ball Championship in Doha, Qatar.
Both semi-finals car...
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