Juniors and Wheelchair Billiards Championships The Billiard Congress of America (BCA) and the United States Pool Players Association (USPPA) today announced plans for the USPPA to host the 2008 World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) Junior World 9-Ball Championships and 2008 WPA World 9-Ball Championship for Wheelchair Players in Reno, Nevada, November 30-December 3, 2008. These...
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Ice Man Cometh to You Online
Ice Man Cometh to You Online Mika Immonen Launches New Blog Fans of Finnish billiard professional Mika Immonen can now hear straight from the Ice Man’s cool fingertips as he recounts his latest triumphs (and tragedies) in his pool career. Fans will enjoy the personable accounts of the former World 9-Ball Champion. People may...
BCA Resumes Control of Men
BCA Resumes Control of Men’s Rankings and Communications The Billiard Congress of America (BCA) today announced it will manage the men’s professional rankings system and player communications duties in its role as the North American representative to the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). Most recently these duties were handled by the U.S. Professional Poolplayers Association....
KPT Championships Kick off
KPT Championships Kick off Players from around the world once again arrived to take part in one of Korea’s premiere events, The KPT Championships. The upscale Novotel Doksan is hosting this prestigious event and its second time working with Dragon Promotions under the leadership of Novotel Doksan GM Rodney Trutwein. Countries represented included Japan,...
Souquet Gets Revenge and Wins WPA Damas 8-Ball World Title
Souquet Gets Revenge and Wins WPA Damas 8-Ball World Title WPA Damas World 8-Ball Championships / Fujairah, UAE by InsidePOOL Staff If revenge truly is a dish best served cold, then billiard player Ralf Souquet has waited two years to get satisfaction. Souquet, who lost in the final match of the 2006 World 9-Ball...
Latin America with Opportunity to Send Biggest Contingent Ever to Predator International 10-Ball Cha
Latin America with Opportunity to Send Biggest Contingent Ever to Predator International 10-Ball Championship San Juan, Puerto Rico – Dragon Promotions has alotted 12 spots for billiard players from America’s Southern continent this year for the upcoming Predator International 10-Ball Championship in Las Vegas at the Riviera Hotel Casino during the BCA Pool Leagues...
96 Player Field Fills Canadian 9-Ball Tour
96 Player Field Fills Canadian 9-Ball Tour The field is filled to capacity in Edmonton for the second leg of the Canadian 9-Ball Tour. The Q Club on Stony Plain Road is the host this week in a billiards event sponsored by Cineplex Entertainment, Chapters and Indigo Bookstores, Canada Billiard and Bowling, Dufferin Billiards,...
ThorstenHohmann.com is Officially Launched
ThorstenHohmann.com is Officially Launched New York City, NY – After extensive work and creative development, the latest and perhaps one of the greatest pocket billiards player website has launched. ThorstenHohmann.com has the latest news of the 2 Time World Champion as well as many special features that fans will love. I thought my site...
Gerda Hofstatter
Gerda Hofstatter A recent graduate from New York University, Gerda “G-Force” Hofstatter was born February 9 in Friesach, Austria. She started playing pool as a teenager but considered it more a hobby than anything until she won the 1987 Austrian National Championship. In the early 1990s, Hofstatter moved to the U.S. to further pursue...
John Morra Takes Down Stan James in Toronto
John Morra Takes Down Stan James in Toronto The final match in Toronto came down to a face-off between Danny Hewitt and John Morra. Morra came into the final undefeated, having sent his father Mario left in the ‘A’ side final 9-8 after besting Tyler Edey 9-6. Hewitt had a rougher road. He lost...