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The World Blackball Championship ran
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BAPTO 32nd National Team Trophy 2008.
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| | | Isle of Man Festival of Pool |
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 |   With only a few weeks to go more and more players are booking their entries into the Isle of Man Festival of Pool.
The event is made up of three major competitions, we start off with the first weekend with the British Open, then from Monday to Friday we move on to the Isle of Man Festival of Pool and finish off on the next weekend with the biggest Pro/Am comp ever held.
With over £40,000 in prize money this is one of the largest in the pool calendar.
The Spanish contingent of 17 male and female having just arrived back from winning the World Pool Championships in Swaziland have now confirmed their attendance at this years Festival of Pool, having the Champions here along side the French players give Festival a great European flavour.
For the first time ever the British Championships will host competitions for Wheelchair and Learning Difficulties, normally these players only get to play at one major event each year but having heard how well the Isle of Man hosted the competitions in 2005 they really wanted to come over and see for themselves.
The first competition in the Cuesports TV £50000 Series starts off in the Isle of Man, it will then move on to Wales. Eire, England and Scotland.
With £10000 prize fund at each event this will attract the very best pool players.
All events will be filmed by Cuesports TV and shown live on the internet.
Borders TV have confirmed that they will be filming the event as well.
There are still places available in ALL events, Singles [men and ladies] Team events [men and ladies, amatuers only] Mixed doubles and Senior [over 40s]
You can come for a weekend all stay for the 5/6 days, its up to you, the venue, Villa Marina has been voted as the best by the pool players and the Tournament tables are second to none.
Anyone who has any questions please phone Ross McInnes on 07749 550440 or look up the offical website : festivalofpool.com | |
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| | | Irish Invitational Pro-Am 2009 |
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|   The following players listed are the invited players for this 2009 event which is a top class line up representing the following countries England, Scotland, Malta, Wales, N. Ireland and Rep of Ireland.
1. Gareth Potts (2005, 2007 and 2008 WEPF World Champion)
2. Lynette Horsburgh (2008 Ladies WEPF World Champion)
3. Mark Selby (2006 WEPF World Champion)
4. Tony Drago (Former World 9Ball Pool Masters Champion)
5. Jason Twist (2000 & 2002 WEPF World Champion)
6. Chris Melling (2001 & 2003 WEPF World Champion)
7. Ross Mc Innes (E.U.K.P.F. Muti - World 8Ball Champion)
8. Mick Hill (2004 WEPF World Champion, 2008 WEPF World Masters Champion)
9. Pat Holtz (1996 World PPPO 8Ball Champion)
10. Darren Appleton (4 times European 8Ball Champion)
11. Jason Shaw (Former World Junior Champion)
12. Karl Boyes (2007 World 9Ball Semi-Finalist)
13. Stephen Dempsey (2007 European Champion)
14. Carl Morris (1998 WEPF World Champion)
15. Pat O’Kane (Major tournament winner, Hall of Famer)
16. Ben Davies (2005 EUKPF Professional World Champion)
17. Imran Majid (Current UK No.1 9 Ball Player, former Mosconi Cup Player)
18. Andy Croasdale or Andy Lucas (Top Ranked PPPO Players)
Previous News Article: Here | |
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| | | Islands Blackball Association 2008 |
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|   The Second Islands Blackball Association Championships will be held in CJ's Hustlers Pool Hall, Rosyth from the 24th to the 26th October 2008.
This year the participants will be Gibraltar, Shetland, Orkney and Isle of Man.
Opposite see the 2007 Ladies Champions, Shetland.
Further detail :
IBA Web Site : Schedule 2008
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| | | European Blackball Championships 2008 |
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|  The European Blackball Championships are to be held in Selsey, West Sussex from Monday 29th September to Saturday 4th October 2008
Organised by the European Blackball Association (EBA) the following teams are said to have confirmed their attendance.
Men 'A' : England, Southern Ireland, Northern Ireland, France, Wales, Scotland, Gibraltar
Men 'B' : England 1, England 2, Wales 1, Wales 2, Scotland 1, Scotland 2, Southern Ireland 1, Southern Ireland 2, Northern Ireland 1
Ladies 'A' : England, Northern Ireland, France, Wales, Gibraltar
Confirmation is awaited from a number of other teams. There are also to be Men's Seniors and Special Needs events.
The venue is West Sands in Selsey, the second largest holiday park in Europe.
Visit : Bunn Leisure
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| | | World Championship Swaziland 2008 : Photographs |
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| World Blackball Championships 2008 Photographs
Courtesy : cuesportfever.com and iMedia8 Plus click 'read more' below .......
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| | | World Pool Champion To Conduct Workshops in Swaziland |
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| | | Blackball : The Sport of Kings |
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| | | World Championship 2008 : Morake is World Cup Best Player |
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|  South African Wetsi Morake is the World Cup Blackball Player of the tournament. Morake won the singles after outclassing his countryman Yulan Govender 10-5 in the final.
The final was undoubtedly the best game of the tournament as both players matched each other pound for pound in the opening games, as they went to break with the score at 5-5.....
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| | | Spain Crowned World Blackball Champions |
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|  Spain were crowned 2008 World Cup Blackball Champions during the official closing of the games at the Royal Swazi Sun Convention Centre.
The closing ceremony was graced by the presence of Prince Masitsela who was one of the invited guests.
Spain beat South Africa in the finals to win the world team title. Spain’s captain Joan Marminya, who is also leading the world blackball seedings, said this was a very tough tournament.......
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| | | World Blackball Championship 2008 |
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| The World Blackball Championships were held in Swaziland in 2008.
The open team event was won by Spain while South Africa became the Ladies World Champions.
Full results, tables, statistics, links and other information as follows : World Blackball Championship Report | |
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|  The 2008 PartyCasino.com Mosconi Cup will be staged in Malta for the first time ever.
A press conference was held on Friday to announce the event, which will feature five-man teams from Europe and America battling it out in one of pool’s most prestigious competitions.
"On behalf of Matchroom Sport, I'm delighted to announce that the 15th annual Mosconi Cup will take place at the Hilton Hotel in Portomaso from Thursday 11th to Sunday 14th December" said Barry Hearn, Chairman of Matchroom Sport
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Top South African blackball player Wetsi Morake will be conducting coaching clinics
Prince Masitsela of Swaziland has pleaded with Billiards Association of Swaziland (BAS) to introduce the sport of blackball in schools around the country. He had never taken the sport seriously in his life before watching the World Blackball Finals.
