ATLANTIC 9 BALL TOUR SEASON 2 EVENT # 1 NEWS!

Season 2 has begun and the first stop of the Atlantic 9 Ball Tour is now complete! This time, 98 of the Atlantic Provinces best 9 ball players competed from September 16-18, 2016. Each of these events has $1,600 in added money. Also, 1st place in each event is guaranteed $1000. The Grand Finale event will have a minimum of $15,000 in added money and is scheduled for 19-22 May 2017. You must have p... Read more

EATON STRIKES AGAIN ON GULF COAST TOUR

Gail Eaton, aka “Virginia Slim”, struck another blow in a strong field of semi-professional players, during the seventh stop on this year’s WPBA sanctioned, Gulf Coast Women’s Regional Tour. Eaton overcame Terry Petrosino in the finals to secure her third win of the season, and ignite a fierce battle for first place tour points. On October 8th, 2016, some of the most talented women in Texas conver... Read more

ROJAS AND BAUTISTA CAPTURE POISON LONE STAR TOUR FINALE

Not one of their opponents made it to the hill, as Leo Rojas and Ruben Bautista tore through their respective divisions, Rojas decimating his 52-player, amateur 9-ball division, and Bautista annihilating his 47-player, open 9-ball division, to capture their first-ever titles at the Poison Lone Star Billiards Tour Finale Event. On October 8th-9th, 2016, Bogies Billiards and Sports Bar (Houston, Tex... Read more

THE YOUNG GUNS DOMINATE!

What a tournament! With $1,000 added and two spots to the 47 extravaganza there was plenty of action at Shooters this Saturday. With a total prize pool of just over $3,000 there were 47 players that came out to compete for the $1,000 first place prize. There tournament was bound to be very competitive with the likes of previous winners such as: Shane Gummerson and Vince Chrysler. Additionally, oth... Read more

JOSS TOUR, $1,500/$500 ADDED, OCT 22 & 23, RAXX POOL ROOM SPORTS BAR & GRILL, W. HEMPSTEAD NY

Players & Fans, Congratulations to Stop # 4 winners Danny Hewitt ($1,000), second chance winner Dave Mills ($280) & our $1,500 Joss Cue raffle winner Charles Maitland. Stop # 5 of The Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour will take place this weekend, October 22 & 23 at Raxx Pool Room Sports Bar & Grill in W. Hempstead NY. Raxx is one the Northeast's largest rooms complete with a huge 50 foot bar, Great food... Read more

MASTERS SET FOR GIBRALTAR IN FEBRUARY

THE 24th ANNUAL WORLD POOL MASTERS will take place from Friday to Sunday 17th – 19th February as pool’s longest running invitational event moves to GIBRALTAR. 16 of the world’s best players will gather in the shadow of the famous Rock of Gibraltar to contest the Masters and determine the destination of the $20,000 top prize. The Masters’ venue will be the Tercentenary Sports Hall, Victoria Stadium... Read more

SHANE STRETCHES LEAD AS MORRIS AND DECHAINE DUKE IT OUT FOR THIRD

WITH A SPATE of three Mosconi Cup ranking events taking place over the past two weeks, it’s still Shane Van Boening who looks a certainty to be making his tenth appearance in Team USA colours. The South Dakota Kid took top honours at the Tornado Open in Florida to give himself a huge lead 77 point over second placed Skyler Woodward. Van Boening would need to go pointless at the final two events, w... Read more

TURKEY, STUFFING, AND GUMMERSON!

Amateur 9 Ball Tour #2 Report from Shooters What a weekend! Filled with turkey, stuffing, and of course… Pool! I wish you all a happy belated Thanksgiving, now on to the pool! There was an impressive turnout despite the festivities with more than 40 shooters coming out to compete for this week’s 9 Ball Amateur event. There were some big names that have just joined us for this season with the likes... Read more

JOSS TOUR, $1,500/$500 ADDED, OCT 15 &16, SALT CITY BILLIARDS, SYRACUSE NY

Everyone, Congratulations to Stop # 3 winners Bucky Souvanthong ($1,000 - main event), Nick Brucato ($300 - second chance event) & the $1,500 custom, engraved Joss Cue raffle winner, Hendrik Drost On Saturday & Sunday, October 15 & 16, the Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour will be at Salt City Billiards in Syracuse NY for Stop # 4 of our 2016-2017 (20th) season. This will be the first of 3 events at Salt... Read more

NAPT TAKING BIDS TO HOST THE DIVISION II CHAMPIONSHIPS

The North American Pool Tour is accepting bids from pool rooms to host the first Division II Championship.  The NAPT Division II Tour Committee is searching for a room that will facilitate 64-player field a 4-day tournament on January 12-15th.  This event brings the top ladies from the 10 Division II (regional) tours together to play for the coveted title of NAPT Division II Champion. Along with c... Read more

CASPER STRIKES THIRD BLOW ON GULF COAST TOUR

The second annual “Emma Davis Memorial Event” was the sixth stop on this year’s WPBA sanctioned, Gulf Coast Women’s Regional Tour, to honor fallen pool player, friend, wife, and mother, Emma Davis. Following a moment of silence, 9-ball action commenced, witnessing a slow start for Houston’s Ricki Casper who lost her second round match to Gail Eaton, 7-5.  Amidst a field of 31 players, Casper won 9... Read more

FROLAND SECURES THE “2-5” 9 BALL AT SHOOTERS…

It was the 3rd of October, 2016 whereby Shooters Snooker Club in the GTA hosted its famous Sunday Amateur “2-5” 9 Ball tournament. The day began with a few showers around North York and pool players were ready to come in and battle for the Championship that very day… It was a deadly start after the Calcutta as the games started intensifying. We then had Aqeel Mohamed facing Froland Magsanoc in the... Read more

CHRYSLER DOES A DRIVE THROUGH AT SHOOTERS!

Shooters hosts its first 10 ball event of the season, initially capped at 32 players due to popularity it was opened up to 40 players. With this being a 3-7 handicap event there would be lots of competition for the top spots. Some players competing for that included last week’s winner and runner up, Shane Gummerson and Nathan Clarke respectively. The top twelve included neither of these two player... Read more

GRIFFIN AND ACABA SECURE FIRST-TIME WINS ON POISON LONE STAR TOUR

Johnny Griffin was the big story at the Poison Lone Star Billiards Tour Fall 9-Ball Event, going undefeated in the 48-player, amateur 9-ball division, besting John McDowell in the final, 7-4. Filipino Champion, Edward “Ed” Acaba, captured his 38-player open 9-ball division, defeating Houston’s Blaine Barcus in overtime, 7-6. Congratulations to both players, who captured their first Poison Lone Sta... Read more

JOSS TOUR, $1500/$500 ADDED, OCT. 8 & 9, SHARP SHOOTERS, AMSTERDAM N.Y.

Players & Fans, Congratulations to Stop # 2 winner Jeremy Sossei ($1,000, main event), Bruce Nagle ($300, second chance) & the winner of the $1,500 custom, engraved Joss Cue raffle, Steven Zajac Stop # 3 of our Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour's 2016-2017 season will take place on October 8 & 9 at Sharp Shooters Billiards & Sports Pub in Amsterdam NY. Tim & Julie Berlin also own Trick Shot Billiards & S... Read more

2016 MOSCONI CUP - FEIJEN CLAIMS FIRST BERTH ON TEAM EUROPE

Feijen claims first berth on Team Europe HOLLAND’S NIELS FEIJEN is the first man to gain a spot on Team Europe as they look ahead to defending the Mosconi Cup at London’s Alexandra Palace from Tuesday to Friday 6th- 9th December. Feijen, 39, will be making his 12th appearance in the storied event which will put him third on... Read more

SHANE VAN GUMMERSON!!!!

With tournaments all over Ontario, Shooters had a strong field capped at 32 players to make it a one day event. Lots of big players were there including: Ryann Malinao, Waleed Hashem, Shane Gummerson, Carlin Sanderson and many more. The last 12 had very few surprises, on the A side there was Shane Gummerson versus Romeo Zulueta who had been playing strong all day and Nathan Clarke versus returnee... Read more

RESULTS FROM THE JOHN FURMAN MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT

I would first like to start off by thanking J.D. Botsford for the use of his Pool hall. I would also like to thank Chris Correia as he stayed open late to let us cram this event into one day. I would also like to thank Brad Lucas for his help with running the Tournament doing the Calcutta and Promoting this event. I would also like to thank all the players that showed up because without you this e... Read more

EATON POSTS SECOND WIN ON GULF COAST TOUR

Gail Eaton came out firing at the Gulf Coast Women’s Regional Tour Texas Open Warm-Up ladies’ 9-ball event held at Skinny Bob’s Billiards in Round Rock, Texas. Eaton fought her way through a talented field of 29 women, overcoming local favorite Jennifer Kraber in the first and final set, 5-2, to capture her second, consecutive, Gulf Coast Tour tournament title. On August 28th, 2016, Skinny Bob’s B... Read more

CARLIN DOES IT AGAIN!

9 And Under Invitational Event What a blast again for Carlin Sanderson, it is almost as if he is practicing again! Shooters was proud once again to add $1,000 to the prize pool. Not only that, Shooters gave away 4 spots to the November 4-7 Extravaganza! After many hours the 38 players that originally started the day eventually dwindled down to 12. On the A side there was the only British individua... Read more