Category: Billiard Tours

  • Iceman Snows Predator Competition

    Iceman Snows Predator Competition Predator 9-Ball Tour / Queens, NY by Jerry Tarantola World number-one-ranked player Mika Immonen made another first-place appearance at the Predator 9-Ball Tour, winning over Mike Dechaine in the finals. “Iceman” was joined by 40 other strong players at BQE Billiards in Queens, NY, the weekend…

  • Chases Brushes Away the Competition

    Chases Brushes Away the Competition Tiger Bay Area Amateur Tour / Holiday Fl $300.00 added 15 players Bettina Chase took home top honors at the October 10 stop of the Tiger Bay Area Amateur Tour, winning over Michell Monk in the final match. The stop …

  • Junior Billiard Champions to Compete for World Title

    Junior Billiard Champions to Compete for World Title The Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) is pleased to announce that seven (7) junior players will be representing the United States in the XVIII World Junior 9-Ball Championships, November 3-8, 2009,…

  • Miller Mops Up for First JPNEWT Win

    Miller Mops Up for First JPNEWT Win J. Pechauer Northeast Women’s Tour / East Rutherford, NJ by Lea Andrews The 14-year-old Briana Miller, an ever-present force on the J. Pechauer Northeast Women’s Tour, made an undefeated run though the field to n…

  • Manalo Makes It Happen

    Manalo Makes It Happen Seminole Pro Tour / Palm Harbor, FL by Raymond Linares The 2009 Seminole Pro Tour season found its conclusion at the beautiful Strokers Billiards in Palm Harbor Florida the weekend of October 9-11. The eighth and final stop of th…

  • Archer Sweeps Carolina Open Field

    Archer Sweeps Carolina Open Field 2009 Carolina Open / Goldsboro, NC by Lea Andrews Johnny “The Scorpion” Archer, who last won the Carolina Open in 2004, reclaimed his throne by making an undefeated run through a strong field. The $1,800-added 10-…

  • Quake prediction, protection still shaky

    In the hours before the quake hit provincial China in 1975, small tremors raced this way and that. Well water turned muddy. Snakes stirred from their subterranean slumber and crawled out into the cold. But most quakes, like Loma Prieta, strike without warning. In the 20 years since that Bay…

  • Bourbeau Bounces Back for Maine Billiards Win

    Bourbeau Bounces Back for Maine Billiards Win Maine State Ladies’ 9-Ball Championship / Waterville, ME by Lea Andrews A late bid from Donna Bendiksen didn’t keep New England powerhouse Stacie Bourbeau from claiming the cash at the Maine State Ladies’ 9-Ball Championship. The $110-added event drew 13 ladies to TJ’s…

  • Evans Scores East Anglian Championships

    Evans Scores East Anglian Championships World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association by Tim Dunkley Reanne Evans has extended her remarkable unbeaten run on the women’s snooker circuit to 46 matches with victory in the East Anglian Championship. A 3-0 win over Portsmouth ’s Emma Bonney in the final at Cambridge…

  • Murgia Scoops Comet Billiards Field

    Murgia Scoops Comet Billiards Field Tri-State Tour / Parsippany, NJ by InsidePOOL Staff Gary Murgia topped the 35-player field that came out to play October 10 on the Tri-State Tour, taking home first place over Steve Thomas. The tour was hosted by Comet Billiards in Parsippany, NJ, and offered a…