Archive for June, 2009

Ouschan conquers all in 2009 Great Lakes Classic

Submitted by Billiard Pulse Blog
Austra’s Jasmin Ouscan captured her third career win on the WPBA Classic Tour by taking the 2009 WPBA Great Lakes Classic.
In the final she dominated England’s Kelly Fisher 7-2.
Karen Corr (Ireland) and Xiaoting Pan (China), finished joint third.
Defending champion Allison Fisher (England) lost 9-4 to Kelly Fisher in the quarter finals.
This [...]

Hogan and Evans win European Snooker Championships

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David Hogan (Ireland) and Wendy Jans (Belgium) won gold medals in the 2009 European Snooker Championships.
Hogan defeated fellow Irishman Mario Fernandez 7-4 in the final of the men’s event while home favourite Jans whitewashed Anna Mazhirina (Russia) 5-0.
Hogan blanked Germany’s Sascha Lippe in the semis while Fernandez beat yet another Irishman, [...]

Rubilen Amit wins inaugural 10-ball World Championship

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Rubilen Amit from Philippines won the 2009 Women’s World 10-Ball Championship on home soil.
In the final she defeated two-time world 9-ball champion Shin-mei Liu (Taiwan) 10-4 to grab the $20,000 first prize and become the first world champion in women’s 10-ball. Liu received $9,000 for second place.
Amit defeated Japan’s Akimi Kajitani [...]

Sánchez wins European Three Cushion Championship for a third time

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Daniel Sánchez from Spain won the 2009 European Three Cushion Championship.
In the final he edged Belgium’s Frédéric Caudron 3-2. The set scores were 15-11, 2-15, 15-2, 9-15 and 15-13. Torbjörn Blomdahl (Sweden) and Tayfun Tasdemir (Turkey) shared third place.
The final was a relatively low-scoring affair with Sánchez averaging 1.435 and Caudron [...]

Going to Las Vegas for the APA National 8-ball competition

Written by Black Entertainment USA
So some of my readers may be wondering where I was over the weekend. The source of my silence was linked to my American Poolplayer’s Association pool league. As I have mentioned in the past, I play in the Central New York APA. My team in 8-ball and 9-ball represent the [...]