Champions Crowned at Shooting Star Classic

By Samm Diep, PoolTipJar.com The 2009 Shooting Star Classic 8-Ball Tournament crowned its first four out of five champions. Scotch Doubles matches were completed intermittently throughout the day between singles matches. In the end, the two teams of four Masters remained. Minnesota’s dynamic duo Runningen with Tony Hilla versus Iowa’s finest Jerrod Frideres with Dustin Gunia [...]

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Simonis Cloth Named Official Cloth of Galveston World Classic

Taylor Road Productions, promoters of the Galveston World Classic, is pleased to announce that Simonis Cloth is the official cloth of the Galveston World Classic. The billiard event features top professionals and amateurs in pool tournaments vying for $1,000,000 in prizes and will be staged at the Moody Gardens in Galveston, TX September 11-20, [...]

By |2009-09-06T23:59:40+00:00September 6, 2009|Billiard Tours, Industry, Tournaments|Comments Off on Simonis Cloth Named Official Cloth of Galveston World Classic

World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association

by Tim Dunkley The women’s snooker season kicks off this weekend with a double-header at the North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre, Clay Cross. A 20-strong field will be chasing more than £1,100 prize money in the third Wytech Ladies Masters Saturday, September 12. The following day, the Clay Cross club hosts the UK Championship, the first ranking [...]

By |2009-09-06T17:29:28+00:00September 6, 2009|Billiard Tours, Industry|Comments Off on World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association

Reyes and Bustamante Snare World Cup of Pool Title

Reyes & Busta Roll Back the Years for Glory Philippines Beats Germany in Epic Final Philippines B, made up of legendary cuemen Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante, delighted an entire nation on Sunday evening at the SM North Mall Annex in Quezon City, Manila, as they came from behind at the death to beat the German team [...]

By |2009-09-06T11:46:10+00:00September 6, 2009|Billiard Tours, Industry, World Cup of Pool|Comments Off on Reyes and Bustamante Snare World Cup of Pool Title

Runningen, Hilla, and Gunia Advance at the Shooting Star Classic

By Samm Diep, PoolTipJar.com On Friday, September 4th, 2009, the inaugural Shooting Star Classic 8-Ball Tournament kicked off with a 64-player Scotch Doubles event on Friday event. All were welcome to play and they did. Scotch teams saw the likes of former touring professional Jimmy Wetch and multiple masters champ Mario Parayno as a team. With [...]

By |2009-09-06T10:46:32+00:00September 6, 2009|Billiard Tours, Industry|Comments Off on Runningen, Hilla, and Gunia Advance at the Shooting Star Classic

Reyes and Busta Majestic In Victory

Defending Champs USA KO’d by China Philippines B consisting of Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante put in their best performance yet as they brushed aside the English challenge of Darren Appleton and Imran Majid 9-1 to advance to the semi-finals of the PartyCasino.net World Cup of Pool at the SM Mall North Annex in Manila on [...]

By |2009-09-05T10:53:23+00:00September 5, 2009|Billiard Tours, Industry, World Cup of Pool|Comments Off on Reyes and Busta Majestic In Victory

Pinoy A Team Advance to Semis

They Face Tough Match v Germany Dennis Orcollo and Ronnie Alcano, representing Philippines A, moved into the last four of the PartyCasino.net World Cup of Pool as they shook off the stubborn challenge of Poland to win 9-5 at the SM Mall North Annex in Quezon City, Manila. Like their countrymen Reyes and Bustamante, they were under [...]

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SureWest’s data center in Kansas completed

Roseville-based SureWest Communications said it has completed its new data center in Lenexa, Kan.

Company officials said the new center has state-of-the-art systems to guard against power outages and fires, and it lies outside flood- and earthquake-prone areas.

"The new Kansas City (area) data center helps address the existing demand among local businesses for disaster recovery and business continuity efforts," said Ed Butler, SureWest's executive director of commercial sales. "Our customers will now be able to take advantage of and protect their networks with the very same infrastructure and environmental protections that we have in place to secure our own enterprise network."

SureWest also operates two data centers in the Sacramento area.

SureWest expanded into the Midwest in February 2008 with the $173 million acquisition of the Lenexa-based telecommunications company Everest Broadband Inc., which provided services to Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan.

– Mark Glover

By |2009-09-05T03:00:00+00:00September 5, 2009|Billiard Tours, Industry|Comments Off on SureWest’s data center in Kansas completed

Philippines Billiard Team A Hit a Gear

Alcaide Gifts England In Act of True Sportsmanship Philippines A consisting of Dennis Orcollo and 2006 World Champion Ronnie Alcano finally hit a gear at the SM Mall North Annex in Manila as they won eight racks in row to overturn Russia and book their spot in the quarter finals of the PartyCasino.net World Cup of Pool [...]

By |2009-09-04T11:29:09+00:00September 4, 2009|Billiard Tours, Industry, World Cup of Pool|Comments Off on Philippines Billiard Team A Hit a Gear

Poland Billiard Team Marches On

Holland oust Japan Team Poland produced another great performance at the SM Mall North Annex in Manila as they took down the fancied Chinese Taipei side by 8-5 to book a spot in Saturday’s PartyCasino.net World Cup of Pool quarter-finals. The dynamic duo of experienced Radoslaw Babica and very solid up-and-coming Mateusz Sniegocki had too much for [...]

By |2009-09-04T10:33:34+00:00September 4, 2009|Billiard Tours, Industry, World Cup of Pool|Comments Off on Poland Billiard Team Marches On
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