Category: Industry

  • February Billiards Magazine Available for Free

    February 2010 Issue of Inside POOL Magazine Available for Free Download Dennis Hatch Powers USA Team to Mosconi Cup Glory The February issue of Inside POOL Magazine, which again features Dennis Hatch on the cover as Team USA wins the Mosconi Cup at the MGM Hotel and Casino in Las…

  • McDermott Cue MFG, LLC New Exclusive Elephant Ball Distibutor

    McDermott Cue MFG, LLC is the new exclusive distributor of popular Elephant Ball MENOMONEE FALLS, WI – McDermott Cue Mfg., LLC is a leading manufacturer and world-wide distributor of Pool Cues, performance shafts, and billiard accessories. McDermott is proud to announce an agreement with Elephant Balls LTD to be the…

  • Van Boening Crowned 10-Ball Champ in Reno

    Van Boening Crowned 10-Ball Champ in Reno U.S. Bar Table Championship, 10-Ball Division / Reno, NV by InsidePOOL Staff Shane Van Boening went undefeated through the 115-player field at the 10-ball division of the U.S. Bar Table Championship to take the title and the $5,000 first-place prize. The event was…

  • Harada Halts Harper for U.S. Open 10-Ball Qualifier Spot

    Harada Halts Harper for U.S. Open 10-Ball Qualifier Spot A special one day qualifier for the 2010 U.S. Open 10-Ball was held Saturday, March 20 at Butera’s Billiards in Moorpark, California. The unique single elimination qualifier was highly competitive as it attracted several top players traveling from the Southern California…

  • Van Boening in Reno 10-Ball Hot Seat

    Van Boening in Reno 10-Ball Hot Seat U.S. Bar Table Championship, 10-Ball Division / Reno, NV by InsidePOOL Staff The 10-ball division of the U.S. Bar Table Championship is in the homestretch at the Sands Regency Hotel and Casino in Reno, NV. From the original field of 115 players, only…

  • Elk Grove Unified to open a virtual school

    Kristin Allen, a junior at Valley High, studies Algebra II in a computer lab. This fall, the Elk Grove school district will have a virtual school up and running: Students will receive their online course work at home.This August a few hundred students in the Elk Grove Unified School District…

  • Local firm cashes in on growth of online insurance

    Brad Cooper, a senior vice president with InsWeb, said, “The growth of insurance shopping on the Internet has been incredible, and we’ve grown along with it.” He said the company’s multiple sites have it well-positioned to compete.Quick, name a locally based company that does business in all 50 states. If…

  • Immonen Captures Mezz Billiards Victory

    Immonen Captures Mezz Billiards Victory Mezz Pro-Am Tour / Egg Harbor, NJ by Jose Burgos Mika Immonen, recently crowned Player of the Year for 2009, took off the Mezz Pro-Am Tour’s February 21 stop, defeating Eddie Abraham in the finals. The $1,000-added stop was hosted by Atlantic City Billiard Club…

  • Orange Outlasts Great Southern Billiards Field

    Orange Outlasts Great Southern Billiards Field Great Southern Billiards Tour / Duluth, GA by Lea Andrews After a weekend of play that ran over into the early hours of Monday, Tim Orange remained undefeated, taking care of John Maikke twice on the way to his first-place finish on the Great…

  • Bowman, Jones and Rousey Outshoot the Shooters Field

    Bowman, Jones and Rousey Outshoot the Shooters Field Midwest 9-Ball Tour / Olathe, KS by Lea Andrews Though James Barracks tried twice to take him down, Jesse Bowman turned out to be invincible in the 9-ball division of the February 18-21 Midwest 9-Ball Tour stop. The $5,000-added event, which also…