Polach creamed Makkonen
Jaroslav Polach (SVK) was able to win against Petri Makkonen (FIN) with 8:4 in the early rounds of today’s 8-ball competition.
With straight pool and 10-ball already finished, today the 8- ball competition started at the Dynamic European Championships. One of the feature matches was the clash between Slovakia’s Jaroslav Polach and Finland’s Petri Makkonen. Polach q...
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Jentsch and Luton also grab the titles
Jasmin Ouschan (AUT), Dominic Jentsch (GER) and Daniel Luton (GBR) are the 2012 European 10-ball Champions!
Jasmin Ouschan had to deal with youngster Natalya Seroshtan (RUS) in the women’s final. That was the exact rematch from last year, when the encounter was a clear affair for Ouschan. Seroshtan, 14-years old at the time, lost 1:6. This year, Ouschan stil...
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Cohen & Jentsch, Ouschan & Seroshtan, Luton & Dinsmore
The Dynamic European Championship 10-ball competition is down to the final matches. In the men’s division, the final will be played between Stephan Cohen (FRA) and Dominic Jentsch (GER). Cohen defeated Onur Yildirim (TUR) with 8:5, then David Alcaide...
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Albin Ouschan (AUT) defeated Karlo Dalmatin (CRO) by a whisker with 8:7 and made his way into the final 16 players of the Dynamic European Championships 10-ball event. The tension before the match was definitely there. Both players know each other very well and even seem to like one another. But when the referee asked them to lag for the break, they just turned into “tournament mode” and everythi...
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Ortmann, Ederer, Drago and Grabe also on their way into the last 64 player’s field
Dominic Jentsch (GER) has eliminated Evgen Novosad (UKR) from this year’s 10-ball Dynamic European Championships. He defeated Novosad with 8:4. Both players showed really good pool and played extremely strong in the beginning of the match. They both had only one problem: The break shot! Jentsch won the lag, bro...
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Not all defending Champions win their opening matches
Laetitia Dos Santos (FRA) showed no mercy and steamrolled her opponent Katarzyna Wesolowska (PO) with 6:1. The match was completely determined by Dos Santos. From the very beginning, she seemed to be more focussed than Wesolo...
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Czuprynska wins over Gradisnik
World 9-Ball Champion in the girl’s division, Oliwia Czuprynska (POL) just defeated Ana Gradisnik (SLO) with 6:4.
Today, the 10-ball competition has started at the Dynamic European Championships Pool-Billard in Alvisse Parc Hotel, Luxembourg. In one of the first encounters, two young ladies had to face each other: Junior World 9-Ball Champion Oliwia Czuprynska and An...
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Kjoersvik and van den Berg take the crowns
Line Kjoersvik from Norway and Nick van den Berg from the Netherlands are the newly crowned European Champions 2012 in straight pool.
In an all Dutch clash, Nick van den Berg managed to roll over Niels Feijen with 125:18. Van den Berg was better in all aspects. “It was a long day. I pocketed 750 plus today plus the ones that I’ve missed, so probably aroun...
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In an intense battle, Nick van den Berg (NED) literally destroyed his opponent, Mario He (AUT) with 125:51. It was the re-match from last year’s European Championship 9-ball final. Would He be able to take revenge for his loss? Van den Berg took a quick lead in the match due to He’s rather risky way of approaching the table. He took a comfortable 59:0 lead over He but then missed a shot. He, who...
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With a very good performance, Niels Feijen (NED) ousts Albin Ouschan (AUT) from the straight pool event with 125:1. The setup itself was really interesting. On two of the three tables in the final arena we had favourite players playing against “underdogs” that are known to be strong and dangerous. But in all three cases, the favoured player won. Probably the best performance was offered by “The T...
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At the Dynamic European Championships 2012 in the straight pool division, Ruslan Chinakhov (RUS) creamed Dominic Jentsch (GER) with 125:4 in just 4 innings. The German player never had a chance in the single-sided match. Chinakhov opened the match and played a good safety shot. Then Jentsch played a safety shot himself, leaving a tough long shot at the 4-ball for Chinakhov. The Russian made it an...
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Tamara Rademakers sends favoured Kjoersvik to the loser’s side
In a tight match, Georgiev Lyudmil (BUL) defeated Ozgur Akkurt (TUR) with 100:68. Both players seemed to struggle their way into the match. None of the two had a great advantage over the opponent and it was Lyudmil to get momentum first. He managed to gain a 51:35 advantage over Akkurt. The Turkish player obviously could not...
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Dynamic European Championships opened with straight pool matches
In a furious match, Konrad Piekarski (POL) defeated “The Tornado” Tony Drago with 100:85 in 49 minutes!
The writing was on the wall that the match would not be a slow one. Drago is known to be one of the fastest players in po...
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Opening ceremony just finished in Luxembourg
“I herewith declare the 2012 European Championships for Men, Women and Wheelchair athletes for opened”. These were the final words during the opening ceremony with which the President of the EPBF, Gre Leenders, opened the event. The ceremony started with an impressive walk-in of all participating nations. Athletes from 34 European countries carried the...
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Saratoga, Wyoming- Players from the west and all around the US will return to Saratoga once more for the 5th Annual Wyoming Open. The event is renown to be the biggest and best pool event in the state drawing over a 150 players in different divisions. From beginner, intermediate, and even pro/open level tournaments will all be available March 30- April 1. The event kicks in $8000 and every year p...
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On Saturday, February 2nd at Shooters Billiards in North York, 77 players showed up to compete in the fourth Ontario event for the Ontario/Quebec Challenge Tour. It was “The Big Unit” John Kenyon who stormed through the A-Side with his cool, composed style of play. Kenyon defeated Al Porter in the A-side final. Al then won his match over John Timmermans to get another chance a Kenyon in the Fi...
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On Saturday, Dec 1st at Shooters Billiards in North York, 76 great players showed up to compete in the third Ontario event for the Ontario/Quebec Challenge Tour. The caliber of play seems to get stronger in every event. This non-handicapped format seems to bring out the best in all the participants. We need to see more tournaments of this type in the future.
Only 16 players would make it to th...
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On Nov 24/25, Raxx Bar & Grill in London hosted the 3rd OBSA 9-Ball qualifier for the 2002 Canadian Championships. Thirty-four players came out for this double elimination event, but only the first place finisher would earn the spot with a value of $475.
Mike Nash played very well to beat Rocco Cirano in the A-Side finals. Rocco would now face Andrew Attard in the B-side finals. Andrew had lost...
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Le Skratch Billiards in Ottawa hosted the 1st tour stop for the Quebec/Ontario Challenge on Sept 7/8. This will be the fifth season for this tour as it continues to grow each year. There will be 8 events in each province (Qu/On). The top 32 players from each province will qualify for the Championship Tournament to be held in Quebec at the end of the season.
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Dunlop Billiards in Barrie, Ontario was the host of the 4th event for the 2002-2003 Quebec/Ontario 9-Ball Challenge. Fifty-Four players made the trip to Barrie and the field was very strong. Sunday’s play was very exciting to watch as most of the remaining players had the talent needed to win the $1000 first prize.
I had the pleasure to watch the 2001 Junior Canadian Champion Chris Jenkins and V...
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