2016 BETFAIR MOSCONI CUP - EUROPE ON THE BRINK

2016 Betfair Mosconi Cup   Europe 10 – 3 USA   Appleton / Feijen 5 – 2 Dechaine / Van Boening Shaw / Ouschan 5 – 3 Morris / Woodward Albin Ouschan 5 – 4 Skyler Woodward Gray / Appleton 4 – 5 Bergman / Morris   TEAM AMERICA lives to fight another day at the Alexandra Palace as the pairing of Rodney Morris and Justin Bergman won the final match of the evening in the final rack to stal... Read more

2016 BETFAIR MOSCONI CUP - EUROS CONTINUE TO DOMINATE

2016 Betfair Mosconi Cup   Europe 7 – 2 USA   Feijen / Gray 5 – 2 Van Boening / Woodward Jayson Shaw 3 – 5 Rodney Morris Ouschan / Appleton 5 - 4 Dechaine / Bergman Mark Gray 5 – 1 Justin Bergman   TEAM EUROPE piled the misery on a floundering American side to take a five point lead into the third day of the 2016 Betfair Mosconi Cup at the Alexandra Palace in London. They won three... Read more

BETFAIR MOSCONI CUP DAY ONE

2016 Betfair Mosconi Cup Europe 4 – 1 USA   Europe 5 – 2 USA Gray / Ouschan 5 – 2 Van Boening / Morris Niels Feijen 5 – 2 Mike Dechaine Shaw / Appleton 1 – 5 Woodward / Bergman Darren Appleton 5 – 3 Shane Van Boening   TEAM EUROPE showed exactly why they are big favourites to retain the 23rd annual Betfair  Mosconi Cup as they enjoyed a convincing opening session, winning four out... Read more

WHEELCHAIR DIVISIONS ADDED TO 41ST BCAPL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

CueSports International, Henderson, NV (Dec. 2, 2016) – CueSports International (CSI) is excited to announce that Wheelchair Divisions will be added to the upcoming 41st BCAPL National Championships, which will be held July 19-29, 2017 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Wheelchair players have always been encouraged to participate in the BCAPL National Championships. However, CS... Read more

STREAMING DETAILS ANNOUNCED FOR EUROPE V USA SHOWDOWN

  THE 2016 MOSCONI CUP will this year be streamed through Matchroom Sport’s new pool streaming partner StreamAMG who will be providing both live and on-demand coverage of this year’s tournament which takes place from 6th to 9th December this year at London’s historic Alexandra Palace.   Matchroom are the world leaders in hosting, promoting and broadcasting 9-ball pool, with a portfolio o... Read more

AGE OVER BEAUTY

It is the second 3-7 10 ball tournament this season as part of Shooter’s new 10 Ball Tour. Even though there were only 21 shooters that was the most at any pool hall this cool weekend as there were tournaments all over the place. Waleed is back from China and looking to put his new found experience to use. There were also the regulars that showed up in the likes of Shane Gummerson, Cory Sharman an... Read more

PIERCE GOES UNDEFEATED AT GULF COAST TOUR FINALE

Kim Pierce, a.k.a. “Texas Heat”, went undefeated among a strong field of 43 semi-professional players during the final stop of this year’s WPBA sanctioned, Gulf Coast Women’s Regional Billiards Tour. San Antonio’s Helen Hayes lost her third-round match, and came back to win 6 consecutive matches, meeting Pierce in the finals. Pierce overcame Hayes in the first and final set, 7-1, securing her firs... Read more

2016 US OPEN 10-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES RELEASED ON YOUTUBE

CueSports International, Henderson, Nevada (Nov. 28, 2016) – CSI is pleased to announce that the 2016 US Open 10-Ball Championship matches have been released on the CSI YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/csipool?sub_confirmation=1). Fourteen (14) matches featuring Shane Van Boening, Skylar Woodward, Alex Pagulayan, Rodney Morris, Justin Bergman, Mike Dechaine and more can be viewed in t... Read more

ANOTHER ONE FOR JASMIN

Jasmin Ouschan just won the Treviso Women Open in BHR Best Western Hotel in Treviso, Italy, with a 7:3 victory over Kamila Khodjaeva (BEL). The final match started with an expected lead for Ouschan. Khodjaeva seemed to be nervous since she missed several possible shots. However, during the course of the match Khodjaeva stayed within close range to Ouschan and the Austrian suddenly started making u... Read more

ALCAIDE WINS DYNAMIC BILLARD TREVISO OPEN

David Alcaide In a more than thrilling final match, David Alcaide (ESP) won the Dynamic Billard Treviso Open against Joshua Filler (GER) with 9:6. The final match was as high class as expected. Alcaide and Filler came up with a great performance and delivered some high class pool action. However, due to the pressure also so... Read more

THE CHYSLER THAT CAN’T BE STOPPED!

As the first snow falls for the year Shooters’ third 404 9 Ball Tour event came and gone. This time there were 34 shooters that came out to compete for a prize pool just short of $1,500. Coming down to the last 12, on the A side the matches were Nito Bucais versus Dean Mcnaughton and Froland Magsonac versus Vince Chrysler. On the B side, we had Mike Fischer versus Jehlar Fernandez, Aqeel Mohamed v... Read more

HEWITT WINS FALCON CUES QUEBEC TOUR STOP #6

Here are the complete payouts from the tournament this past weekend at billard le Terminus in Gatineau: 1- Danny Hewitt $1,100 2- Maxime Villeneuve $875 3- Luc Richard $660 4- Kitty Solomon $480 5-6 John Leblanc, Luc Salvas $320 7-8 Pierre Normand, Samuel Matthew $200 9-12 Alain Martel, Dany Nguyen, Jason Hubert, Christopher Villeneuve $100 13-16 Andrew Aupin, Eric Cloutier, Jared Amyot, Simon B... Read more

MACIOL WINS THE SILVER MEDAL

The European Medallists: Zielinski, Maciol, Hofmann, Dudanets, Pehlivanovic and Khodajeva (left to right) In an exciting and thrilling final match in the U19 division with China’s Kong De Jing, Daniel Maciol could not get his best performance on the table and lost clearly with 2:11. Throughout the whole event, Maciol demons... Read more

FIVE BRONZE MEDALS AND ONE CHANCE FOR GOLD

Team Europe has conquered five Bronze Medals already with one chance for a Gold Medal left. That is the brilliant summary for Team Europe so far from the World Junior 9-Ball Championships in Shanghai, China. Daniel Maciol Day three started with loser’s round matches where Dina Fatikhova, Diana Khodjaeva and Fedor Gorst all tri... Read more

APA SPONSORS MOSCONI CUP TEAM MEMBERS

APA Sponsors Mosconi Cup Team Members Team USA Members to Host Live Q&A Sessions with APA Members LAKE SAINT LOUIS, MO (Nov. 18, 2016) — Like most of the pool world, the American Poolplayers Association (APA) is excited about the upcoming Mosconi Cup in early December.  So much so that they’re sponsoring Team USA members: Skyler Woodward, Justin Bergman, Mike Dechaine and Rodney Morris in... Read more

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS CLAIM FIRST CASUALTIES

Fedor GorstWhile most European players still have a chance for a Gold Medal, Kostas Koukiakadis and Kristina Tkach have exited the event already today. In the girls division, team Asia is dominating the field at large. Kristina Tkach lost her winner’s round match to Chen Chia Hua (CHN) 4:7. The same result was valid for Diana... Read more

DAY ONE PROVIDES ALMOST A CLEAN SLATE

Team Europe has finished a very successful day one at the WPA World 9-Ball Championships for Juniors. Out of 11 matches, 10 victories were taken with only one defeat to be recorded. In the U17, Sanjin Pehlivanovic (7:0), Fedor Gorst (7:1) and Wiktor Zielinski (7:2) were able to come up with clear victories that were never compromised. The results speak for themselves. Kestutis Zadeikis had some mo... Read more

“47” EXTRAVAGANZA!

What an event! The Shooters 47 Extravaganza has come and gone with the biggest field and payout of any tournament in Toronto this season! Shooters had a whopping 78 players come out to compete for over $12,000 in prize money and over $6,000 in calcutta. With regulars and non-regulars making the trek out to Shooters it would be hard to predict a winner in such a large field. With this tournament th... Read more

WORLD JUNIOR 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIPS READY TO GO

The WPA World Junior 9-Ball Championships in Shanghai, China, are ready to kick off. Team Europe is in good shape already. After the press conference in Huimin Middle School, an International Fun Cup was played with 5 players per continent. There were 4 different exercises and drills to play and team Europe has taken the first victory there already. A good writing on the wall for the upcoming Cham... Read more

PARKS AND PARKER WIN U.S. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES

Parks and Parker Win U.S. Amateur Championship Titles Champs Advance to Pro Event in 2017 LAKE SAINT LOUIS, MO (Nov. 15, 2016) — It’s about leaving a legacy. Sure, there’s perks too.  Like a getaway to Tampa, one of the premier vacation destinations in the world.  An all-expenses paid trip to a pro event next year courtesy of the APA.  Oh, and let’s not forget the championship troph... Read more