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[3 Sep 2010 | No Comment | 41 views]
Immonen Leads European Charge at Predator 10 Ball

The World’s #1 ranked player and European star Mika Immonen will be one of the heavy favorites at this year’s 10th…

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[9 Aug 2010 | No Comment | 130 views]
Rocket and Iceman Team-up For Poison Pro Win

Hawaii and Helsinki may seem strange bedfellows, but Rodney Morris and Mika Immonen seemed to make…

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[5 Aug 2010 | No Comment | 272 views]
Book Review: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LOSING – TRICKS, TRAPS & SHARKS

An understanding of the art of gamesmanship is a valuable string to any sportsperson’s bow. Does Rafael Nadal realise…

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[29 Jul 2010 | No Comment | 1,735 views]
Souquet Dominates Day 1 at World Series of Pool

World no. 3 Ralf Souquet of Germany positioned himself as the man to beat at the 2010 Guinness World Series of Pool – 10Ball Challenge…

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[28 Jul 2010 | No Comment | 574 views]
Predator International 10 Ball Moves to Asia

Asia will be getting another huge event under its belt with the recent acquisition of the Predator International 10-Ball Championship…

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[14 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 261 views]
Tege Wins First Eurotour 10-ball Event

Sascha Tege has had a breakthrough win at the 2010 German Open held in Brandeburh last week. The 31-year-old German picked up the €5000 first prize in his home nation much to the surprise of many involved with the tour.
Tege defeated some very notable players en route to the final where he came up against reigning WPA World 8-ball Champion Karl Boyes. On paper Boyes was probably the favourite but in some less than ideal conditions it was the German who came out on top.The 8-6 victory showed it was …

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[8 Feb 2010 | One Comment | 457 views]
Great Britain Win the World Team Championships

The Great Britain team made up of Darren Appleton, Imran Majid, Daryl Peach, Mark Gray and Karl Boyes have put their names into the history books…

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[5 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 221 views]

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 could well be the most interesting event ever with its unique format. All countries have to opportunity to nominate a four, five or six person team, and all matches will …

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[30 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 256 views]
Mika Immonen Wins World 10-ball Title

The 2009 US Open Champion, Mika Immonen, has continued his astonishing few months by lifting the World Ten Ball Championships in Manila today.
In the final ‘The Iceman’ defeated Lee Van Corteza of the Philippines 11-6 to take the crown.
Earlier in the day Immonen booked his place in the final with a 9-7 victory over Antonio Lining, Corteza defeated Spaniard Davud Alcaide by the same scoreline.
Further details will follow later.

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[30 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 224 views]
Appleton Falls in Defence of Ten Ball Title

The first order of business today at the WPA World Ten Ball Championship was to winnow the field of 32 down to the Sweet Sixteen. Comebacks seemed to be the order of the day as Lee Van Corteza, who had trailed Yu Lung Chang 7-2, roared back with a display of break and runs to win the match 9-8. Daryl Peach had trailed Satoshi Kawabata 5-1 but turned that around and won 9-7 after denying any control of the table to Kawabata in the second half of the match. Finally …