Category: Industry
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Chavez and Testa Split Mezz Tour Honors
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Chavez and Testa Split Mezz Tour Honors Mezz Pro-Am Tour / Drexel Hill, PA by Jose Burgos The Mezz Pro-Am Tour’s first stop went off with a bang, hosted by Drexeline Billiards in Drexel Hill, PA, January 31. A strong field of 53 players came out, including Eddie Abraham, Shaun…
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Reyes and Fisher Named Billiard Players of the Decade
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Reyes and Fisher Name Billiard Players of the Decade Efren Reyes, who amassed nearly $1.7 million in prize money, and Allison Fisher, who won 27 Women’s Professional Billiard Association Classic Tour titles, were named Player of the Decade by the United States Billiard Media Association, the USBMA announced today. Reyes,…
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Ussery Ices the Jacoby Field
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Ussery Ices the Jacoby Field Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour / Burlington, NC by Lea Andrews Is there a better way to spend an icy, snowy, wintry weekend than in the heat of competition? The four men who braved conditions hazardous enough to push North Carolina into a state of…
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Evans Closes in on 50 Straight Wins
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Evans Closes in on 50 Straight Wins World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association Press Release If Reanne Evans wins her first match at the South Coast Classic in Eastbourne this weekend, she will have chalked up a staggering 50 straight singles victories on the World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association…
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Wilms Finds a Way
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Wilms Finds a Way Billiard Congress of Wisconsin Amateur 9-Ball Tour / Sturtavent, WI by Jonathan Demet Twenty-seven amateur players made their way out for the $300-added Billiard Congress of Wisconsin Amateur 9-Ball Tour January 31. This handicapped event was hosted by Boomers Billiards in Sturtavent, WI, and was won…
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Day Two of the World Team Championships
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Day Two of the World Team Championships On the second day of the World Team Championships in Hanover/Germany, most of the seeded teams had their first appearance. The Philippines, with two-time world champ Ronnie Alcano; Germany 1 with the reigning 8-ball world champion, Ralf Souquet; and the Britain team, with…
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Andoni Aces Tri-State Event
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Andoni Aces Tri-State Event Tri-State Tour / Brooklyn, NY by InsidePOOL Staff Borana Andoni went undefeated at the 1-30 installment of the Tri-State Tour, besting Justin Muller in the final match to take the title. A total of 28 B-D players showed up at Gotham Billiards in Brooklyn, NY, to…
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Hard Times Billiards Welcomes Corey Harper as New House Pro
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Hard Times Billiards Welcomes Corey Harper as New House Pro In an effort to add value for their customer clientele and further promote the sport billiards, Hard Times Billiards – Bellflower, Ca (Voted “Best Billiard Room” in America by Billiards Digest Magazine) has added to their staff Touring Pro Corey…
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iPad gets mixed reception at Arden Fair
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Event guests play with the new Apple iPad during an Apple Special Event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts January 27, 2010 in San Francisco, California. CEO Steve Jobs and Apple Inc. introduced its latest creation, the iPad, a mobile tablet browsing device that is a cross between the…
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iPad, anyone? Hospitals looking at the mobile device
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Young doctors have taken to iPhones – could iPad be next?Apple’s new creation, the iPad, may be a novelty to many consumers, but hospitals are already starting to abandon paper-and-pen clipboards for hand-held digital tablets. In Sacramento, Kaiser Permanente is in the midst of experimenting with one brand of computerized…