Dark Horses Lead Lucasi Hybrid Classic

Dark Horses Lead Lucasi Hybrid Classic
Some heavy hitting teenage and lady talent will be hitting the men pros at the inaugural Lucasi Hybrid Classic July 30-Aug 3,2008 at Bankshot Billiards. Four top notch juniors and one tough female will be taking their shot at the Hybrid titles.

Jeannie Seaver, former top WPBA pro multi- Florida Pro Women’s champ, will be the sole woman in the field and playing 14.1 for her first time in major competition. Seaver has taken time off from the tour to go to nursing school, but still plays on weekends in women and men pro events. She finished 13th at the recent tough fielded Seminole Florida Men’s Tour event, so she knows how to play against men. Jeannie is house pro and player rep for Island Breakers, a new upscale billiard room in Merritt Island, FL.

Jeannie is a great representative of billiards and we enjoy supporting her play in women and men’s events. says LJ Granger, Co-owner of Island Breakers.

The juniors make up the other side of the dark horses as three national champions take stage to gun down the adult men. Austin Murphy of California, Reigning 19 Under USA Junior Champion; Landon Shuffett of Kentucky, 2x Reigning 14 Under USA Junior Champion; Dominic Jentsch, 3x German National Junior Champion. Also Adam Behnke, up and coming player and 4th place finisher at last year’s World Junior 10-Ball Championships.

Dominic Jentsch of Germany will be one to keep an eye out for in the 14.1 division. He is already an accomplished straight pool player and has many runs in the 150’s. Jentsch has also been given a spot into this year’s Predator World Straight Pool Championships.

I am telling the truth when I say this kid has an amazing amount of potential. He is very calm and has an excellent attitude. observed Thorsten Hohmann, Former World 9-Ball and World 14.1 Champion.

Without a doubt, I’m sure these really young,young guns are going to pull off some upsets during the event. forecasts Charlie Williams of Dragon Promotions.

The juniors will also be participating in the 2nd Annual Dragon Promotions World Junior 10-Ball Championships Aug 2-3,2008. Also coinciding with The Ozone Billiards US Amateur Open consisting of 7 events including Open, Women’s, Seniors, and Mixed Doubles in 8-Ball and 9-Ball.

All the events are sponsored by Lucasi Hybrid, Cue Case, Ozone Billiards, and Bankshot Billiards. Official equipment is Simonis Cloth, Aramith Balls, Master Chalk, and Delta-13 Rack. Clothing wear will be available at event by Gambler Clothing and cue repair by Image Que’s John Spidel.

Gulyassy Comes From Behind to Take Seniors Billiard Championship

Gulyassy Comes From Behind to Take Seniors Billiard Championship
Seniors Championship / Lexington, SC
by Skip Maloney
Mike Gulyassy battled back from three racks down in the final match to overtake John DiToro and win the Seniors Championship the weekend of July 18-20. Hosted by Grady’s in Lexington, SC, the $500-added event drew 18 total entrants.
Gulyassy was the last man standing in the winners’ side Sunday. He’d defeated Bobby Hibbitts as Gary Kaye was sending Billy Tyler to the one-loss side. In the hot seat match that followed, Gulyassy sent Kaye to the semifinals with an 11-8 victory.
On the one-loss side, DiToro was battling back from an early round defeat and dropped Hibbitts into fifth place, as Randy Epperson did likewise to Tyler. DiToro bested Epperson 11-4 in the quarterfinal match to face Kaye in the semifinals. He allowed Kaye only four racks, picking up speed as he entered the finals versus Gulyassy.
The two struggled back and forth to the midway point of the match. Tied at 5-5, DiToro surged ahead by three racks to reach the hill first. Gulyassy battled back to make it double-hill, took a deep breath after coming within inches of scratching during that final rack, and finally won it.
Results:
1st Mike Gulyassy
2nd John DiToro
3rd Gary Kaye
4th Randy Epperson
5th Billy Tyler
Bobby Hibbitts

Milliken SuperPro Makes Pro Billiard Tournament Debut

Milliken SuperPro Makes Pro Billiard Tournament Debut
Playing on Milliken SuperPro pool cloth for the first time in a major billiards tournament proved to be a success at the 2008 Generationpool.com 9-ball Championships. The event airs nationally on ESPN Saturday July 19 starting at noon.
Former Mosconi Cup player Jeremy Jones won $15,000 in taking the men’s title with China’s number one Xiaoting Pan collecting $15,000 for her victory in the women’s event.
Many players reported to US distributor Sterling Gaming their confidence in the cloth. Jeremy Jones said recently in an interview on Runout Radio, “ The Milliken played great. The cloth was more to my liking, and did not take as long as some other cloths to break in.” The company is now hoping to expand its influence in the US pool market.
Sterling Gaming is the exclusive supplier of Milliken SuperPro in the US. Spokesman Matt Carter said: “After such a great response from some of the top players in the world of pool, many pool room owners and home table owners are incredibly excited about recovering their table with Milliken SuperPro.”
Milliken takes its first steps into Canada in August when it sponsors the 2008 Canadian Cue Sports Championships featuring Milliken SuperPro in Toronto hosted by the Canadian Billiards Snooker Association.
For more information about Milliken SuperPro cuesports cloth contact Sterling Gaming at 1-877-283-7444.

Issued on behalf of Sterling Gaming Inc by Tony Haynes
Eastwood Public Relations +44(0)1242 253707.

Bonney Wins English Ladies Open Billiards Championship

Bonney Wins English Ladies Open Billiards Championship
World Ladies Billiards Snooker Association / Norfolk, UK

by Tim Dunkley
Birthday girl Emma Bonney added the English Ladies Open Billiards Championship to her three world titles in Norfolk July 13.
Forced to get up at 5 a.m. on her thirty-second birthday to make the 180-mile trip from her home in Portsmouth, Bonney won all four 45-minute round robin matches at The Maltings Cue Club, Kings Lynn.
“I managed to score well and win quite convincingly which was pleasing,” she said. “I was glad I made the long journey.”
Bonney defeated former Swedish pool star Eva Palmius 186-62 in a repeat of the World Ladies Billiards Snooker Association world championship final in Cambridge in May.
And she proved too strong for Karin Wannemacher, Austrian women’s snooker champion in 2006 and 2007; 15-year-old Joanne Davies from Derby; and Kings Lynn 13-year-old Beau Elliott, who is seventeenth on the EABA junior rankings.
The WLBSA-sanctioned ranking event was run by Phillip Welham, English Amateur Billiards Association (EABA) regional coach and chairman of the EABA Junior Committee.

Results:
1st Emma Bonney
2nd Eva Palmius
3rd Karin Wannemacher
4th Joanne Davis
5th Beau Elliott

Tri-State Invitational a Success

Tri-State Invitational a Success
Tri-State Tour / Parsippany, NJ
by John Leyman
The eleventh annual Tri-State Tour Invitational took place July 12-13 at Comet Billiards in Parsippany, NJ, bringing together highly skilled amateurs hoping to sharpen their game en route to the pro circuit and ambitious upstarts looking to advance in class. The weekend was a huge success with 8 A and A+ players, 32 B and B+ players, 32 C and C+ players, and 16 D and D+ players. Comet Billiards owner Bill Haley and his staff were gracious hosts and provided a professional and engaging atmosphere for the event.
As each day began, organizers John Leyman, Todd Fleitman, and Bill Focaccia congratulated the players on reaching the top of their classes for the season and handed out awards to the top players of the year in each class. The Tri-State Tour added $4,000 in cash prizes, and sponsors Viking Cues, Fury Cues, Stealth Cues, Sterling Gaming, Ozone Billiards, Phil Capelle, Wild Eyes Creations, Pool Tees.com, Jim Murnak Custom Cue Cases, InsidePOOL Magazine, Billiards Digest, Pool Billiards, Professor-Q-Ball’s News, Blue Book Publications, Amsterdam Billiards, and Romer’s Trophies went out of their way to provide the event with some great equipment and prizes. All of the sponsors are owed a debt a gratitude for their dedication to the game and the players—their efforts and generosity are what made the event so special and such a great success.
The awards went to the top three players in each class and to the most improved player of the Year. The top players of the year in their respective classes were Adam Kosmin, Stewart Warnock, Eddie Medina, Dave Shlemperis, George Osipovitch, Mike Davie, and Borana Andoni. The top female player of the year was awarded to Naomi Fingerhut. Starting out the season as a C player, Christopher Luethi moved up three classes to the B+ class and claimed the coveted Most Improved Player of the Year. This year the Pro/Open class was won by Shin Park. Additionally, each year the tour gives out an award to a player we think exemplifies what is good about the sport, and this year’s Sportsman of the Year award went to Sal Lanuto.
The action in the tournament got going around ten on Saturday morning, with B+, B, C+ and C players kicking off the event. The B+, B, and C classes were all won by players who went undefeated for the day. In the C+ class, Ben Sadowski played strong and consistent all day, with his only real challenge coming in the finals against Michael Seas. Seas had lost his third match of the day to Sadowski and defeated everyone else to get back to the finals. This time, though, the match turned in the other direction and Seas won 7-3.
The C class was won by Gail Glazebrook, who bested Ed Miller in the finals 6-4 and all her other opponents handily to win. In the B+ class Christian Smith played very well, with his two toughest matches being his first and last of the day. Smith won both of those matches on the hill with the finals match against Tom McCloud being his toughest win of the day. The B class was another story. Wazeer Abassi cruised to easy victories all day with the exception of one hill-hill match against Jim Murnak in the second round. In the finals Wazeer bested Jason Blanchard 7-4.
On Sunday, the A+/A class was dominated by two players—Wilson Cruz and John Alicea. As they came to the hot seat match, both were playing well, but Aliciea moved ahead by defeating Wilson 7-3. Wilson then won his one-loss-side match against Noel Bensurto on the hill, and then in the rematch Alicea continued to play well and won 7-5.
The D+/D class was also dominated by two players—Mike Poisler and Jeff Dworzanski. As in the the A class, Dworzanski defeated Poisler in the hot seat match 5-1 and then again in the finals 5-2.
This left the top players in each class to meet in the playoffs. Christian Smith continued his dominance and crushed his next two opponents, Wazeer Abassi 7-4 and John Alicea 7-3, giving him the honor of competing for the overall champion. Gail Glazebrook continued to play with heart and conviction and went on to win, besting Michael Seas on the hill to advance and then defeat Dworzanski 6-4 to guarantee her spot in the finals against Smith.
Smith, who had won this event back in 2005, started off slow and Glazebrook took immediate advantage and pulled out to lead and got on the hill first. Smith fought back, playing well and not really affording any opportunities for Glazebrook to take advantage of. He made a 9 on the break and got some good rolls and brought the match to hill-hill. In the hill game Smith broke and made a ball but did not have a run-out. He tried to make something positive happen but relinquished the table. Smith came to the table but also had a tough time and gave it back to Smith, who was running out when he made a slight mistake, which allowed Glazebrook back to the table. Glazebrook made the 7 ball but missed the 8 ball and left a two-ball out for Smith, who won the event to be crowned the Tri-State Tour Invitational Champion for the second time in four years.

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