Three Winners Crowned at GB9 British Grand Prix Imran Majid ended a two-year wait for British silverware at the Barceló Daventry Hotel July 17 by taking down man-of-the-moment Karl Boyes with a staggering 9-2 scoreline to win the GB9 Pro Cup. Looking like the calm and composed Maharaja of old, Majid’s quest for glory...
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Eberle Joins VA State 9-Ball Free Live Streaming Production
The Virginia State Pool and Billiards Association and Inside POOL Magazine are pleased to announced that Max Eberle has joined the free live streaming production of the Virginia State 9-Ball Championship. The event, hosted by Diamond Billiards in Midlothian, VA, will be held July 17-18,...
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Four Men Left With A Shot at Greatness in Doha
We are down to the final four in Doha at the WPA World 9-Ball Championships. The four men left from the filed of 128 who began the week are Johnny Archer of the USA, Kuo Po Chen of Taipei, and Filipino countrymen Antonio Lining and...
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Ozone Billiards Sponsors BEF Junior Nationals Scholarships
The Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) is pleased to announce that Ozone Billiards will sponsor the Junior Nationals Scholarship awards. Ozone Billiards is one of the nation’s largest retailers of billiards supplies. They continue to strengthen our sport by pledging to sponsor junior billiard programs. “We are grateful for...
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Bad Day for Champs at World 9-Ball
Sometimes being a World Champion puts a big target on your back. Defending Champion Daryl Peach will not repeat his feat as he has gone two and out in Doha and his countryman and former World 10 Ball champion Darren Appleton shared that fate.
Peach lost his matches to...
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Local Players Have Edge in Mezz 10-Ball
Hard Times Mezz 10-Ball Open / Bellflower, CA
by InsidePOOL Staff
The field at the Hard Times Mezz 10-Ball Open is closing in on the $4,000 first-place prize. Only eight players remain at the event, which is being hosted by Hard Times Billiards in Bellflower, CA, and sponsored by...
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Day Four of the World 8-Ball Championships
Jerry Forsyth
WPA Press Officer
The World 8-Ball Championship in Fujairah, UAE, held the round of 32 first today. This is single-elimination so that any loss means the end for the losing player. It is a race to ten games with the winner breaking. Our first round featured half of...
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Van Boening Retakes Professional Players Title
Super Billiards Expo / King of Prussia, PA
by InsidePOOL Staff
After suffering a close 9-7 loss Saturday night to Johnathan “Hennessee” Pinegar in the final four of the winners’ side of the Diamond Open 10-Ball Professional Players Championship, Shane Van Boening came back through the one-loss side to win it...
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Strickland Aces 8-Ball Champs
U.S. Open Bar Table Championship / Reno, NV
by InsidePOOL Staff
Former world 9-ball champion Earl Strickland took home the 8-ball division title of the U.S. Open Bar Table Championship February 28, besting Darren Appleton in the finals. The 8-ball division was the final of a three-pronged event, hosted by the Sands Regency...
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Van Boening Captures 9-Ball U.S. Bar Table Title
U.S. Open Bar Table Championship / Reno, NV
by InsidePOOL Staff
Shane Van Boening has had a busy week so far, and it’s not over yet. Not content with winning the 10-ball bar table division at the U.S. Open Bar Table Championship, he has also taken the 9-ball crown...
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