Davis Lights Up Atlantic City Billiards Club

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Davis Lights Up Atlantic City Billiards ClubBlaze 9-ball Tour / Egg Harbor, NJ

by Jose Burgos
After earning a hard-won ninth-place finish at the Turning Stone Classic IX, Mike Davis traveled to Atlantic City Billiards Club to take first place on the Blaze 9-ball Tour. This August 19 event was held in Egg Harbor, NJ, and boasted a tough 33-player field, including world champion Ronnie Alcano, Shaun “Get Some” Wilkie, and Matt Krah.
Alcano took charge of the top half of the bracket, notching wins over Jay Jones 7-4, Adam Kielar 7-2, Gary Barnish 7-1, and Bob Maidhof 7-2. On the bottom half, Davis scorched through all opponents in his path, defeating Barry Bowman 7-1, Joey Testa 7-5, Liz Ford 7-0, and Mike Miller 7-3.
Davis met Alcano in the hot seat match and dominated the world champ, sending him to the one-loss side with a 7-5 victory. Miller was waiting for Alcano in the semifinals, and Alcano managed a comeback win to take the match 6-4. In the double-elimination finals, Alcano won the first set double-hill, but Davis took control of the last set and won 6-4 to claim the event.

Results:

1st
Mike Davis

2nd
Ronnie Alcano

3rd
Mike Miller

4th
Bob Maidhof

5-6th
Matt Krah

Shaun Wilkie

7-8th
Adam Kielar

Carl Morgan

All Lampert at Hunter Classics Amateur Women

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All Lampert at Hunter Classics Amateur Women’s Tour
Hunter Classics Amateur Women’s Tour / Corpus Christi, TX

by InsidePOOL Staff

Tropical Storm Erin moved away from the Texas coastline just in time for the Hunter Classics Amateur Women’s Tour to descend at Paradise Billiards in Corpus Christi, TX, August 18-19. The weather was beautiful, the sun was shining, and there was no bad water to be found, despite media reports earlier in the week.

Climbing through the brackets to meet in the hot seat match were Amanda Lampert and Heather Lloyd, with Lampert advancing with a 7-4 win. On the one-loss side, an over-two-hour match with numerous safeties ended with Leslie Anne Rogers over Terry Petrosino 7-4. Rogers went on to play Lloyd for third place, and it came down to one game. At 6-6, Lloyd was down to the 9 ball and was ready to bank it in the corner when someone got in her line of sight. She stood back up, readdressed the shot, and decided to shoot a thin cut instead of the bank, which she made.

This led to a rematch between Lloyd and Lampert in the double-elimination finals. Lloyd started off strong, sailing through the first set 7-3. The opposite result happened in the next set, though, as Lampert prevailed with some strong shooting to win 7-2 to capture her first Hunter Tour win of the year and the WPBA qualifier as well.

Results:

1st
Amanda Lampert

2nd
Heather Lloyd

3rd
Leslie Anne Rogers

4th
Terry Petrosino

5th
Melinda Hinojosa

Jennifer Kraber

7th
Michelle Yim

Shayla Neris

9th
Maria Rodriguez

Kyu Yi

Samm Diep

Monica Anderson

Daulton Dominates Great Southern Billiards Tour

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Daulton Dominates Great Southern Billiards Tour
Great Southern Billiard Tour / Macon, GA
by InsidePOOL Staff
Tournament director Shannon “The Cannon” Daulton took out a top field of 42 other players to take first place on the August 18-19 stop of the Great Southern Billiard Tour. Hosted by The Hole Thang in Macon, GA, this was a $1,500-added event.
With players such as Larry Nevel, Scotty Townsend, and Cliff Joyner, anything was possible. The field whittled down to 16 returning Sunday, which saw a hill-hill nail-biter between Townsend and Nevel, which saw Townsend advance after dropping the 9 ball on the break.
Daulton moved steadily through the winners’ side of the chart, defeating four strong players in Horace Godwin, Sammy Odom, Paul Turner, and finally George Rothrock to earn the hot seat. Now on the west side, Rothrock tried to fight his way back to the finals but was ousted by Towery, who went on to meet Daulton. On fire, Daulton gave Towery no shot, and he ran seven racks in a row to win the match 9-1.

Results:

1st
Shannon Daulton

2nd
Adam Towery

3rd
George Rothrock

4th
Scotty Townsend

5th
Cliff Joyner

Paul Turner

7th
Horace Godwin

JR Rossman

USBA Announces 2008 National 3-Cushion Billiards Championship

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USBA Announces 2008 National 3-Cushion Billiards Championship
The 2008 USBA National Championship Tournament for 3-Cushion Billiards will be held on January 9-13, 2008 at the Executive Inn in Louisville, KY. Further details will be announced in the future.Number of billiard players will be limited to 42. The top 4 finishers from 2007 are automatically given first priority, leaving 38 available spots.
These spots will be filled by winners of qualifying tournaments first, and then will be made available to the membership in the following order of priority:
1) Players who have played in a Qualifier ($ 300.00 entry fee) on a first paid/first served basis.
2) All others ($ 500.00 entry fee) on a first paid/first served basis.
All players who qualify through their Regional Qualifier will receive $ 200.00 expense money when they arrive to play at the National Championship Tournament.
Entry fees are now being accepted, however, this will NOT guarantee you a spot in the Nationals.
Information on the United States Billiard Association is available at USBA.net.

The WPA World Tour Final

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The WPA World Tour Final
February 2008
The WPA is happy to announce that the idea of their new world tournament series is finally brought to life. Developing the success of European Eurotours, EPBF will become the host of the first World Tour Final, which will be held in February 2008. The participation of the best players from all continents, a big prize fund, and high-standard television production is about to turn The WPA World Tour Final into one of the biggest events of next season.
From 2009 onwards they are planning to have four World Tours every year.
Event Information
Date: End of February 2008
Discipline: 9-ball
Venue: T.B.A.
Format: 64 players coming out of qualifying events from around the world; D.K.O. till last 16; 16 players qualify for final 24 + 8 wildcards will be added to 16.
Last 24 play in 8 groups of 3 round robin as follows:
Match A: Player 1 vs Player 2
Match B: Loser Match A – Player 3
Match C: Winner Match A – Player 3
Group winners advance to quarterfinals with single K.O.
Prize Fund: US $100,000 or more
Participants:
AAPA (South Africa) 1 Qualifying event 4 players
APBU (Asia) 4 Qualifying events 16 players
BCA (North America) 2 Qualifying events 8 players
BCA (Canada) 1 Qualifying event 4 players
OPBA (Oceana) 1 Qualifying event 4 players
CPB (Latin America) 1 Qualifying event 4 players
EPBF (Europe) 5 Qualifying events 20 players
Main Event 1 Qualifying event 4 players
The qualifying events should be played by December 31, 2007, and are meant to be organized by WPA members supporting the idea. Standard requirements for the qualifying events are: race to 10; entrance fee of US $200 per person; D.K.O. format; 2 winners and 2 winners from the one-loss side are qualified.
If the continental federation wants to change the number of delegated players, it can be discussed with the WPA.

Sanctioning: WPA World Tour Final is organized and sanctioned by the World Pool Association, which is the world governing body for pool and administers the game at many levels across the globe. The WPA is made up of continental members from South Africa, Asia, North America, Canada, Oceania, Latin America, and Europe. Individual national associations are in turn members of their continental associations.