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[7 Feb 2011 | No Comment | 838 views]
Gareth Potts Starts 2011 With a Win

Gareth Potts, twice former WEPF World 8-ball Pool Champion, has started the 2011 Strachan International Tour season…

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[7 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 796 views]
Ozone Billiards Sponsor 5th US Amateur Open

The 2010 Ozone Billiards US Amateur Open is back in its 5th year and will bring forth some of the best amateur talents around the country. The event starts on August 4 until August 8,2009 at Emerald Billiards in New Iberia,Louisiana. The Ozone Billiards US Amateur Open is produced by Dragon Promotions and will coincide with The DP Pro Classic events. This 5th installment of this amateur extravaganza will feature 7 total tournaments with 9-Ball and 8-Ball disciplines, with divisions in Open, Women, Seniors, and Mixed Doubles. No Pros, No Semi-Pros, No …

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[13 Apr 2010 | No Comment | 876 views]
Karl Boyes Lifts WPA World 8-ball Title

Britain’s Karl Boyes has lifted his first individual World title by defeating Niels Feijen at the WPA World 8-ball Championships in the UAE.
Boyes who recently won the WPA World Team title alongside Daryl Peach, Darren Appleton, Mark Gray and Imran Majid, has worked very hard over the last 18 months to be in a position to lift major international honours.
Jerry Forsyth picks up the story for us.
The World 8-Ball Championships final was a run-out fest between Niels Feijen and Karl Boyes. The First rack had …

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[22 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 622 views]
Monklands Win First SPA Super 11′s B Championships

Monklands are the, inaugural 2010 Scottish Super 11s B Champions, beating Glasgow B1 6 frames to 2 in the final…

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[5 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 1,931 views]
Breaking News: Familiarity does in fact Breed Contempt!

Imagine the scene; The World 8-ball Championship Final. In front of a packed crowd of thousands, Mick Hill and Rob Chilton are introduced by…

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[3 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 1,011 views]
The Emergence of the Catalonia Pool Festival

Only those within the fraternity realise that the Catalonia region of Spain have been playing english style pool for the last 25 years…

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[3 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 692 views]

Executive Billiards announced their support today for the ZO & MAGIC’S 8-BALL CHALLENGE to kick off the NBA All-Star Weekend in Dallas, Texas on February 11th.
ZO & MAGIC’S 8-BALL CHALLENGE is an annual fundraiser to support the mission of Alonzo Mourning Charities and the Magic Johnson Foundation. This upscale, intimate, fun and exciting event for the Who’s Who of the industry allows celebrities and athletes to kick-back and enjoy themselves as they prepare to usher in the weekend of festivities. Now entering year five, ZO & MAGIC’S 8-BALL CHALLENGE has …

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[14 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 1,014 views]
Potts the Likely Favourite in £20,000 Clash

Three-time World 8-ball pool Champion Gareth Potts faces a challenge of a different kind this weekend as he takes on former European Champion, Oly Bale, in a best of 59 frame match for a cool £20,000.
Gareth said recently, “Money matches like this do not come around very often so it is almost a once in a lifetime chance.”
Potts and Bale both make no secret of the fact that there is some dislike between them which should add additional bite to an already tense and exciting match.
Oly, who hails from Bridgwater, …

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[26 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 742 views]
Lovegrove Wins Super Tour Grand Final

Somerset’s Daryl Lovegrove produced an awesome display all weekend to lift the 8-ball Super Tour Grand Final event in Leicester last week…

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[23 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 1,072 views]
Pool Player’s Choice of Wear – Fashion or Playability?

Looking around the room, there is a range of choice of clothing in which to compete for approximately £3000. I would consider this quite a fair amount of money, of which, if I was playing to win, I would seriously consider what I’m wearing and how it will affect my state of play.
For example, I am currently watching two fairly young players, whom will remain nameless, one of whom is dressed plainly in blue jeans, black polo shirt and comfortable white trainers. The other has obviously taken more interest in …