Champions Set to be Crowned Tomorrow in Willingen

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Champions Set to be Crowned Tomorrow in Willingen
by Jerry Forsyth
Only four young ladies and four young men remain in the running in the WPA World Junior Championships in Willengen, Germany. On Friday all but one male and one female will fall to the wayside and make way for the new billiard champions.
On the ladies’ side, last year’s champion, Mary Rakin of the USA, has made it into the semifinals by turning aside the sharp cue of Kristina Schagan of Germany by the slimmest of margins, 9-8. She will find herself battling another German, Kim Witzel, in her semifinal match. Witzel earned her berth by destroying Si Ming Chen of China 9-4.
The other ladies’ semi will find Tina Buhnen of Germany matching up against the only remaining undefeated female, Sabrina Neverschnig (pictured) of Austria. Buhnen won 9-6 against Sina Petry, today while Neverschnig barely got by Denise Wilkinson of New Zealand 9-8.
The final four men include Kui Ming Lin of Taipei who will face his countryman, Pin Yi Ko. These two arrived here after Lin bested Tomoya Iima of Japan 11-8 and Attila Bezdan of Hungary 11-10, while Ko defeated Hao Xiang Han of Hong Kong 11-2 and Mathew Lawrenson of Great Britain by the same wide margin.
On the other half of the bracket the two advancing cueists are the defending champion, Yu Lun Wu of Taipei, and Yusuke Shibata of Japan. Wu remains undefeated this week, today overpowering Nico Wehner of Germany 11-6 and Hee Sup Kim of Korea 11-6. Thomas Luttich ended the run of the final American, Landon Shuffett, 11-6 and then lost to Shibata 11-9 after Shibata had already bested Rusian Chinahov of Russia 11-8.
For full brackets please see www.wpa-tour.com (http://www.wpa-tour.com) and click on “sheets” on the left-hand side of the page.

McDermott All American Tour Results from Match-Ups

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McDermott All American Tour Results from Match-Ups

The fifteenth stop of the 2007/2008 McDermott All American Tour, produced by the American CueSports Alliance (ACS), was hosted at Match-Ups in Fort Collins, CO, on the weekend of November 24-25 for the annual 8-ball Turkey Shoot. The $1,000 added event drew thirty-five billiard players in a double-elimination 8-ball format on 7-foot bar boxes.
Nick Smith ran undefeated to the finals. In the hot-seat match, Smith handled Dave Gomez, 5-1. Earlier in the A-bracket semi-finals, Smith tripped Mike Hellmer, 5-4, while Gomez eclipsed Johnny Vasquez , 5-1. In the B-bracket quarterfinals Mark Haddad eliminated Mike Hellmer 5-3, while Vasquez upended Nathan Smith, 5-4. In the semifinals, Haddad toppled Vasquez 5-2, and he continued his momentum in the B-side finals by ousting Gomez 5-4. The tourney finals featured Nick Smith versus Mark Haddad, and Smith continued his winning ways to claim the title by a 5-4 margin!
By virtue of Nick Smith being the highest-finishing ACS member in the event, he qualified for a free 8-ball singles entry into the 2008 ACS Nationals in Las Vegas – courtesy of the ACS. The ACS wishes to thank sponsors McDermott Handcrafted Cues, Championship Billiard Fabric and Nick Varner Signature Cases for their support in donating “Value-In-Kind” product for this and all stops on the McDermott All American Tour. Sponsorship opportunities are still available for the 2007/2008 All American Tour by contacting the ACS.
The Tour switches over to the “Pechauer Custom cue All American Tour” on December 1, and the first Pechauer-sponsored stops that weekend will include a $500 added 8-ball event at cue Masters Billiards in Dubuque, IA (contact Bill Kramer at 563-557-0875); a $1,500 added 8-ball event for men and women at Spikes Bar Grill in Faribault, MN (contact John Stich at 507-210-7558); and a $500 added 8-ball event at Sharky’s Billiards in Sedalia, MO (contact Mellody Allee at 660-826-5855). Further information, entry details and schedules for the 2007/2008 Pechauer All American Tour are available at www.americancuesports.org (http://www.americancuesports.org).
The ACS is a non-profit, national organization dedicated to heightening the interest and awareness of cue sports through the support and sanctioning of organized competition throughout the United States.
Final Results:
1st Nick Smith (Colorado Springs, CO) $550 + Free entry to 2008 ACS Nationals
2nd Mark Haddad (Westminster, CO) $400
3rd Dave Gomez (Northglenn, CO) $300
4th Johnny Vasquez (Fort Collins, CO) $150
5-6th Mike Hellmer (Fort Collins, CO) $75
Nathan Smith (Colorado Springs, CO)
7-8th Ray Padilla (Denver, CO) $50
Warren Woodson (Greeley, CO)
Top Female – Terry Duncan (Englewood, CO) $50