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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
McKeon Cracks Pechauer Billiards Competition
Pechauer All-American Tour / Colorado Springs, CO
by InsidePOOL Staff
The fiftieth and final stop of the 2007/2008 Pechauer All-American Tour was hosted by Antique Billiard Museum in Colorado Springs, CO, the weekend of May 3-4. The $1,000-added event featured a $5 entry and drew 72 players in a double-elimination 9-ball format on 7-foot bar boxes, with Jeff McKeon recovering from an early loss to take top honors.
Ruben Silva marched undefeated through his bracket to the finals, while McKeon, despite an earlier round 9-4 loss to Silva emerged from his bracket to the finals.
In the last eight, Jim Barber eliminated Mark Morgan 7-3, while Nick Smith dominated Adrian Ayala 7-1. Both Smith and Barber fell at fifth place in the next round at the hands of Nate Smith and Bobby Hibbetts, respectively. Hibbetts, whose only loss came at the hands of Silva earlier, kept his momentum by dumping Nate Smith at fourth place by a 7-2 margin. Hibbetts’ recovery ended on the hill in the next round, courtesy of a 7-6 loss to once-defeated McKeon. The final match was a single race to 11, and McKeon took a small lead over Silva and...
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 |
Billiard Congress of America Releases Results of Annual Membership Study
Findings Focus on Issues Specific to Billiard Retailers and Pool Room Operators
The Billiard Congress of America (BCA) announces the availability of the results of its annual membership study, including two in-depth and comprehensive reports specific to the billiard retailer and pool room operator segments of the BCA membership.
The BCA, in partnership with Ellison Research, of Phoenix, Arizona, conducted the annual membership study in January of 2008. The main goals of the study were to understand the overall state of the BCA, in addition to providing retailers and room operators with specific information about their respective parts of the industry. A total of 300 interviews were completed during the course of the study, including 153 billiard retailers and 61 room operators. Information gathered from the participating retailer and room operator BCA members was used to compile the two reports.
During the course of conducting interviews, billiard retailers and room operators were asked a series of questions that were unique to their specific businesses. The information gathered provides insight...
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Monday, 05 May 2008 |
Viking Cues Photo Caption Winner for April
Congratulations to Terry Chrtt of IL for submitting the winning entry in the Viking Pool Cues Photo Caption Contest for the month of April.
Terry has won a Viking Pool Cue that has a retail value of $300-400 and a one year subscription to Inside POOL Magazine.
The winning caption was, Along with other new products, The Pool Table Tanning System was a big hit at a recent event.
Inside POOL Magazine and InsidePOOLmag.com host the Viking Cues Photo Caption Contest every issue.
The winners are announced on InsidePOOLmag.com at the beginning of the month and in the photo caption section of Inside POOL Magazine.
This month features a photo of a WPBA Touring Pro Kelly Fisher surveying the table after a shot at the Super Billiards Expo in Valley Forge. Visitors can submit entries via email by going to the Photo Caption Contest Entry Page.
You can enter every day, one time per day.
Photo Caption Entry Form
See the past winner of the Viking Cues Photo Caption Contest
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Monday, 05 May 2008 |
United States Professional Poolplayers Association Takes Stand Against World-Pool Billiard Association
Press Release
PHOENIX, AZ (May 5, 2008) - The United States Professional Poolplayers Association (UPA) announced today that the organization and its players plan to take a stand against the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) effective immediately due to its meddling within the United States men's professional pool scene.
The UPA, as an organization, officially received word just hours ago that a press release was being provided to media from the Billiard Congress of America (BCA) concerning a change in ranking and player communication overview. In the press release by the BCA, it stated that the decision to manage the men's professional rankings system and player communications duties was to be performed by the BCA.
The President of the UPA, Frank Alvarez, commented that it is regrettable that I was only informed of this hours before the release. I sit on the BCA/WPA committee and this topic somehow was not presented to the very player's association that is directly involved. The UPA is officially recognized by the BCA as the 'governing body' and yet...
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Monday, 05 May 2008 |
McDermott Handcrafted Cues Introduces Cue for the Cure to Benefit Breast Cancer Research
McDermott Handcrafted Cues debuted a stunning masterpiece: the Pink Ribbon Limited Edition Cue to benefit the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation, a New Jersey non-profit corporation dedicated to raising public awareness and supporting research of triple negative breast cancer.
The specially designed cue features a pink breast cancer awareness ribbon to support those touched by breast cancer.
“We are proud to display the Triple Negative Breast Cancer ribbon on our latest limited edition cue,” says Nat Rosasco, President and CEO of McDermott. “We all know someone who has been affected by breast cancer and we are pleased to be working with an organization that makes a difference and ultimately saves lives.”
The Pink Ribbon cues features highly figured Birdseye maple, aged burl wood, six floating points, 134 total inlays, Everest tip by Tiger, stainless steel joint and German brass rings. This cue is the latest masterpiece from renowned cue designer, Larry Liebl.
As with all McDermott cues, the new Pink Ribbons come standard with McDermott’s Lifetime...
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Monday, 05 May 2008 |
BCA Resumes Control of Men’s Rankings and Communications
The Billiard Congress of America (BCA) today announced it will manage the men’s professional rankings system and player communications duties in its role as the North American representative to the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). Most recently these duties were handled by the U.S. Professional Poolplayers Association.
“The tremendous international expansion of men's events in recent years has made it clear that the BCA needs to take steps to solidify the men’s professional ranking system,” said BCA Board President Ivan Lee. “We have grown from a single World 9-Ball Championship to WPA World Championships in 8-Ball, 9-Ball, 10-Ball and 14.1, and it is imperative that we maintain a ranking system that consistently allows us to send the best players North America has to offer to compete and represent our continent in these events.”
This decision was made after the BCA learned that an American pro event was conducted in direct conflict with the World 8-Ball Championship. The conflict resulted in players being required to choose between competing in the World 8-Ball event and...
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