Master’s 10-Ball To Accommodate Traveling Pro’s By: Jerry Forsyth The Tournament Directors for the Master’s 10-Ball Championship in Chesapeake, VA, Ken Shuman and Jay Helfert, in conjunction with the promoters of the event, Shannon Behrman Paschall and Barry Behrman, in order to accommodate the many players who are traveling from events in the United...
Players Championship to Earn Ranking Points for American Pros The Billiard Congress of America, after conducting an email survey of the top male professional players in America, has now added the Players Championship to the roster of BCA ranking events for 2011. The BCA was informed on Monday of this week by promoter Allen...
Karl Boyes Wins in World 8-Ball Finals Jerry Forsyth WPA Press Officer The World 8-Ball Championships final was a run-out fest between Niels Feijen and Karl Boyes. The First rack had a bit of back and forth action and was taken by Boyes. Then he broke and ran three consecutive racks to lead 4-0. When he came...
Only Two Players Left in Fujairah Jerry Forsyth WPA Press Officer The great eight had their shot at the spotlight in Fujairah and three of them made the most of the early going. 45 minutes into the round Ruslan Chinakhov led Jeff de Luna 5-1, Karl Boyes enjoyed the same lead over Vicenancio...
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...
Eliminations Complete for Round of Thirty-Two Jerry Forsyth WPA Press Officer The final day for qualifying in to the round of 32 in Fujairah bore few surprises but some impressive comebacks. Marcus Chamat trailed 5-0 to Won Sik Ham but reached deep to come out 8-6 on top. World #1 Mika Immonen was also in bad...
Day Two Complete at World 8-Ball Championships Jerry Forsyth WPA Press Officer The second day of competition at the Etisalat World 8-Ball Championships in Fujairah, UAE, began with a round of winner’s side match-ups. The Russian powerhouse, Ruslan Chinakhov, got his day underway with a satisfying 8-6 victory over David Alcaide after Alcaide had led the match...
First Round of Play in the UAE WPA World 8-Ball Championships Jerry Forsyth WPA Press Officer The first round of the elimination stages began today at the Etisalat World Pool-Billiards Association (WPA) World 8-Ball Championships in Fujairah, UAE in the beautiful Fujairah tennis club. In the very first group to go out Joven Alba set what must...
World Pool-Billiard Association Holds General Assembly in Manila The World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) held their General Assembly at the Heritage Hotel in Manila, Philippines on Friday November 27 in conjunction with the World Ten Ball Championships. At this year’s assembly Ian Anderson of Australia was re-elected to his post as President and Jerry Forsyth of...
Immonen Wins World Ten Ball Championship Jerry Forsyth, WPA Press Officer There can be no doubt as to who the best player in the world is now. Mika Immonen of Finland has won the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) World Ten Ball Championship in Manila scant weeks after winning his second consecutive US Open and the Challenge...