Category: Industry

Seminole Pro Tour / Goldsboro, NC by Raymond Linares Fast Eddie’s Billiards in Goldsboro, NC, is playing host to the fifth stop of the Seminole Pro Tour season. This beautiful room is the second of three stops taking place outside of the state of Florida. The 36-player field is littered…

Taylor Road Productions, promoters of the Galveston World Classic, have issued more information to help clarify the eligibility of players participating in the Galveston World Classic at Moody Gardens. The announcement has come after heavy contact from players and teams wishing to participate in the upcoming event. The Galveston World…

By Sally Lee Ozone Billiards joins as the Presenting Sponsor of the 69th Annual Predator World 14.1 Championship. The Dragon Promotions event had called upon the billiard industry and patron individuals to assist with the funding of this year’s event, and Ozone Billiards has joined in to help answer the…

Mike Stone oversees Stephanie Shijo as she demonstrates a tree splitter that she and other students manufactured last month in a technology class at Franklin High. Stone, who retired last month after teaching summer school, started teaching auto mechanics 32 years ago.Mike Stone started teaching auto shop 32 years ago…

The Nielsen Co. said Thursday that 29,390 households in the Sacramento region were not equipped to receive digital TV signals as of Sunday, a month after the nationwide analog-to-digital changeover. That was an improvement from Nielsen’s estimate of 64,000 area homes on June 12, when U.S. TV stations stopped analog…

Danny DiLiberto to guest at the FREE WebCast of the $10,000, 10-Ball Jackpots, LIVE from the Accu-Stats Arena. Expect the unexpected as BCA Hall of Fame nominee Danny DiLiberto, one of pool’s great “Rackontuers,” is likely to pull no punches Thursday & Friday night, 8pm EST. during the FREE internet…

ACS Elects New Directors At its recent Annual General Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, the American CueSports Alliance (ACS) elected new directors and officers. Steve Allee (MO), Cheryl Armenta (CO), Craig Arnold (WA), Gerard Louviere (LA), Toby Perry (GA), Jay Wegener (MN) and Lee White (AZ) joined the board of…

Ewa Mataya Laurance Becomes APA League Operator WPBA Star Takes Over APA League in Myrtle Beach, S.C. As a major sponsor of the WPBA Classic Tour, Ewa “The Striking Viking” Laurance has associated for years with the American Poolplayers Association (APA). Ewa has traveled to various APA Leagues around the…

More than a month after the historic nationwide switch to all-digital TV, some Northern Californians are still struggling to receive signals and watch their favorite programs. The Federal Communications Commission said the June 12 changeover from analog to digital signals went well for most Americans. The Nielsen Co. said recently…

Billiards Tour Makes Debut After much anticipation, we are very proud to announce the Allen Hopkins Presents: Tiger Products and Team DMIRO’s Nationwide 10-Ball Tour. Team DMIRO was started by Mike Andrews and Geoff Bradshaw after they approached Allen in May about starting a nationwide 10-ball tour. Allen was excited…