Archive for July, 2008
Pagulayan rules in Singapore Asian Tour
0 Comments Published by July 29th, 2008 in pool, 9-ball, Asian Tour, Singapore, 2008Alex Pagulayan from the Philippines won the Singapore leg of the Guinness Asian 9-ball Tour.
In the final he defeated countryman Dennis Orcollo 11-6.
Chang received $15,000 for the win. Orcollo got $6,000 for second place.
The Taiwanese pair of Ching-shun Yang and Chia-ching Wu shared third place.
Pagulayan’s win ended a terrific run for Jung-lin Chang (Taiwan). […]
Pagulayan rules in Singapore leg of Asian Tour
0 Comments Published by July 29th, 2008 in pool, 9-ball, Asian Tour, Singapore, 2008Alex Pagulayan from the Philippines won the Singapore leg of the Guinness Asian 9-ball Tour.
In the final he defeated countryman Dennis Orcollo 11-6.
Chang received $15,000 for the win. Orcollo got $6,000 for second place.
The Taiwanese pair of Ching-shun Yang and Chia-ching Wu shared third place.
Pagulayan’s win ended a terrific run for Jung-lin Chang (Taiwan). […]
Russell takes ninth world title in English Billiards
0 Comments Published by July 29th, 2008 in world championship, England, english billiards, 2008Mike Russell from England won the 2008 World Billiards Championship.
2006 champion Geet Sethi from India took silver after losing 1821-1342 in the final. Last year’s runner-up Chris Shutt (England) and David Causier (England) finished joint third.
Just like last year Russell had the two highest breaks in the event; a 588 and a 272.
He has now […]
Forthomme cruises to victory in Sang Lee International Open
0 Comments Published by July 29th, 2008 in carom, three cushion, USA, Sang Lee International Open, 2008Roland Forthomme from Belgium won the Sang Lee International Open.
In the all-Belgian final Forthomme defeated two-time defending champion Frédéric Caudron 50-41. Sweden’s Torbjörn Blomdahl beat Martin Horn (Germany) to claim third place.
Forthomme received $25,000 for the win. Caudron earned $15,000 and Blomdahl $12,000.
A great number of players had runs of 13 to tie for the […]
Potts and Horsburgh shine in World Eightball Pool Championships
0 Comments Published by July 14th, 2008 in world championship, 8-ball, women, England, men, wheelchair, juniors, WEPF, english pool, 2008, teamsGareth Potts (England) and Lynette Horsburgh (Scotland) came out on top in the Foster’s World Eightball Pool Championships.
Potts beat Jason Twist (England) 11-4 in the men’s final. In the semi-finals they both won in deciding games, against Adam Davis and Gareth Hibbott (both England) respectively.
This was Potts’ second title in a row and third overall. […]
Potts and Horsburgh shine in the World Eightball Pool Championships
0 Comments Published by July 14th, 2008 in world championship, 8-ball, women, England, men, wheelchair, juniors, WEPF, english pool, 2008, teamsGareth Potts (England) and Lynette Horsburgh (Scotland) came out on top in the Foster’s World Eightball Pool Championships.
Potts beat Jason Twist (England) 11-4 in the men’s final. In the semi-finals they both won in deciding games, against Adam Davis and Gareth Hibbott (both England) respectively.
This was Potts’ second title in a row and third overall. […]
Jaspers wins Porto World Cup
0 Comments Published by July 13th, 2008 in carom, three cushion, CEB, UMB, World Cup, Portugal, 2008Dick Jaspers from Netherlands won the three cushion World Cup event in Porto, Portugal.
In the final he defeated Daniel Sanchez (Spain) 3-1 (10-15, 15-1, 15-14, 15-5).
Tying for third were defending champion Torbjörn Blomdahl (Sweden) and Kyung-Roul Kim from South Korea. That’s a repeat of their positions in the previous World Cup event, in Sluiskil.
Frédéric Caudron […]