Immonen Earns Second Consecutive U.S. Open Title U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships / Chesapeake, VA by Lea Andrews Mika “Iceman” Immonen tied with Nick Varner when he took his second U.S. Open Championships title in a row, winning 13-10 over Ralf Souquet in the extended final match. The Open began October 18 with 216 players and wound down...
Van Boening Eliminated, 16 to Return for Friday’s Billiard Matches U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships / Chesapeake, VA by InsidePOOL Staff The evening rounds have wound down at the 33rd Annual U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships in Chesapeake, VA, leaving eight players in the winners’-side bracket and eight in the one-loss bracket. Defending champion Shane Van...
USA and Germany Teams Survive USA 8 – 5 Croatia The American team of US Open champions Shane van Boening and Rodney Morris eased their way into the quarter-finals of the PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool but not without a struggle as they overcame the battling Croatian team 8-5 at the Outland in Rotterdam....
Kelly Fisher Earns New West Coast Billiards Title WPBA Pacific Coast Classic / Lincoln City, OR by InsidePOOL Staff After a stunning, hotly contested final match, Kelly Fisher has emerged the champion of the WPBA Pacific Coast Classic. This four-day event was hosted by the Chinook Winds Casino & Resort in Lincoln City, OR, and...
Van Boening Earns Another Billiard Title By InsidePOOL Staff InsidePOOL Magazine’s 2007 Player of the Year, Shane Van Boening, scored another home run at the Diamond Open 9-Ball Professional Players Championship when he defeated Shaun Wilkie in the finals. This event brought 64 of the top men in pool out to the 16th Annual...
Peach Wins in Controversy English billiard player Daryl Peach is through to the semi-finals of the 2007 Philippines World Championship following a sensational last eight victory against Filipino legend Francisco Bustamante. The game went all the way to a deciding final rack and there was plenty of drama and controversy as Bustamante, leading 10-9,...
Japanese Duo End Host Nation Hopes The host nation billiards team Holland A, consisting of Niels Feijen and Nick van den Berg, were once again backed by a capacity crowd at the Outland Nightclub in Rotterdam, Holland as they faced off against Japan in their second round match. Satoshi Kawabata won the lag for...
Allison Fisher Claims Another Title Making this her second consecutive win this season and her fiftieth Classic Tour victory, Allison Fisher eked out a double-hill win over Kelly Fisher in the finals of the Cuetec Cues U.S. Open 9-Ball tournament. The event, which started Thursday, August 2, brought out a full 64-player field to...
Clock and Snow Undefeated Viking Cues 9-Ball Tour / Logansport, IN By Rick Davis The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour offered a big weekend in Logansport, IN, where Coonie’s Rack and Cue drew in a total of 58 billiard players between the open and amateur events. After the March 24-25 open action completed, Charles Clock...