2 New International Events
Two New International Pocket Billiard Events Announced for 2011 WPA President Ian Anderson today announced the successful conclusion of discussions with organizers in the Middle East that have resulted in the creation of two new International WPA Ranking events. In the Spring of 2011 the new Dubai Open will mark its initiation and then later [...]
CSI / BCA Sponsor Players to 2010 Junior Nationals
CSI / BCA Pool League Proudly Sponsor Players to 2010 Junior Nationals CueSports International (CSI), under its BCA Pool League division, is proudly sponsoring 13 young players to participate in the 22nd Annual Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) Junior National 9-Ball Championships. This prestigious event is being held July 7-11, 2010 at Northern Illinois University in [...]
Reno Open Finds a new Home
United States Pool Players Association & Reno Open To Re-Rack at The Peppermill With Full Fields In All Events Prize Money will Exceed $200,000 San Francisco, California – May 10, 2010 – After 27 years and over 45 events, The United States Pool Players Association (USPPA) is pleased to announce the Reno Open will relocate [...]
Only Two Men Left in Fujairah
-Jerry Forsyth- WPA Press Officer The great eight had their shot at the spotlight in Fujairah and three of them made the most of the early going. 45 minutes into the round Ruslan Chinakhov led Jeff de Luna 5-1, Karl Boyes enjoyed the same lead over Vicenancio Tanio and Darren Appleton had a 4-1 gap over [...]
Day Four of the World 8-Ball Championships
-Jerry Forsyth- WPA Press Officer The World 8-Ball Championship in Fujairah, UAE, held the round of 32 first today. This is single-elimination so that any loss means the end for the losing player. It is a race to ten games with the winner breaking. Our first round featured half of the remaining field and there [...]
WPA Update – Eliminations Complete for Round of Thirty-Two
-Jerry Forsyth- WPA Press Officer The final day for qualifying in to the round of 32 in Fujairah bore few surprises but some impressive comebacks. Marcus Chamat trailed 5-0 to Won Sik Ham but reached deep to come out 8-6 on top. World #1 Mika Immonen was also in bad trouble early as he trailed Mohammed [...]
WPA World Eight Ball Championships – Day 2 Update
Etisalat WPA World Eight Ball Championships Opening Day -Jerry Forsyth- WPA Press Officer The Etisalat WPA World 8-Ball Championship began today with a press conference, the players meeting and a welcoming dinner. At the press conference the organizers thanked the players for their participation and the sponsors for making the event possible. The Gold Sponsor [...]
WORLD TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP 2010
From the 30th January to the 7th February the inaugural WTC event will take place in Hanover, Germany. With prize money of $400,000 on offer, it assures the very best players from all around the world will be competing. This event is supported and sanctioned by the WPA. It promises to be very exciting, and [...]
WPA Elects Officers
WPA Holds General Assembly in Manila The World Pool Association held their General Assembly at the Heritage Hotel in Manila, Philippines on Friday November 27 in conjunction with the World Ten Ball Championships. At this year’s assembly Ian Anderson of Australia was re-elected to his post as President and Jerry Forsyth of the BCA, Georgina [...]
Two New World Champions!
Two New World Champions! -Jerry Forsyth, WPA Press Officer- Ruslan Chinakhov of Russia and Keng-Chun Lin of Taipei are the new WPA World Junior Champions. The final day of play began with Anja Wagner (GER) defeating Konishi Samia (JPN) 9-7. Then Keng-Chun Lin ended the winning streak of Liz Lovely (USA) by that same 9-7 [...]
