Archive for June, 2006
Borg and Jans defend Euro snooker titles
0 Comments Published by June 16th, 2006 in women, snooker, 2006, men, seniors, European Championship, Romania, EBSAAlex Borg from Malta and Wendy Jans from Belgium came out on top in the European Snooker Championships. The event was held 5-15 June in Constanta, Romania.
Borg beat Jeff Cundy (England) 7-5 in the final while Jans whitewashed Isabelle Jonckheere (Netherlands) 5-0.
The Maltese star probably had his toughest battle in the semis against Norway’s Kurt […]
Selby and Thompson are new world eightball champions
0 Comments Published by June 16th, 2006 in world championship, women, 2006, England, men, wheelchair, juniors, WEPF, english pool, eightballSnooker pro Mark Selby (England) and Sue Thompson (Scotland) won the IYP.com World Eightball Championship.
Selby, who had to rely on a sponsor’s wildcard to get into the tournament, beat favourite Darren Appleton (England) 11-7 in the final. Appleton also finished second in 1994. First prize was £10,000.
Thompson defeated Northern Ireland’s Emma Cunningham 8-6 in the […]
Marcus “Napoleon” Chamat rules in Austria
0 Comments Published by June 11th, 2006 in pool, 9-ball, IBP, EPBF, Euro Tour, 2006, Austria, Austria OpenSweden’s Marcus Chamat won the ImproveYourPool.com Austria Open.
In the final he defeated Netherland’s Nick van den Berg 10-7. Tour leader Thomas Engert (Germany) and Niels Feijen (Netherland) finished joint third.
With this victory Chamat moves from 6th to 5th in the Euro Tour Ranking. Engert retains his lead and Feijen stays put in second. van den […]
Hohmann wins World Straight Pool Championship
0 Comments Published by June 5th, 2006 in pool, world championship, WPA, USA, 2006, straight pool, 14.1Thorsten Hohmann confirmed his reputation as one of the world’s top players by winning the World Straight Pool Championship, in New Jersey, USA.
This was his second world title. In 2003 he won the World 9-ball Championship.
The 26 year old German beat his countryman Thomas Engert 200-80 in the final. The losing semifinalists were Max Eberle […]