Sanderson reigns supreme at Solihull 9 Ball Series Event 2
Posted by admin on Monday, March 18 2019 @ 10:33:01 UTC (135 reads)
2019 Rileys Solihull Series
Rileys American Pool and Snooker
Hobs Moat Road
Solihull
West Midlands
B92 8JN www.rileys.co.uk - facebook
Saturday 9 March 2019
Winner: Elliott Sanderson with Quarterfinalist: Alan Coton.
Sanderson reigns supreme at Event 2
Report by: Matt Hawthorn
Second City 9 Ball
Saturday 9th March 2019 saw Rileys Sports Bar, Solihull, host the second event of the Solihull 9 Ball Series. 45 players were in attendance all with an eye on gaining series ranking points, and the small matter of the £440 first prize. This promised to be a fiercely contested tournament, and it certainly delivered. The format for the day would be Double Elimination to the last 16, Single Elim from the last 16 onwards, races to 7 on both sides of the draw (including the final).
The draw was made on the evening of Wednesday 6th March and threw together together some interesting matchups. Zoltan Kojsza and Paul Taylor, both making their series debuts, faced off in the 1st round with Kojsza advancing comfortably 7-3. Darren Saxby continued his unfortunate Solihull tradition of drawing Elliott Sanderson and, despite a valiant effort, was sent left by his young opponent. Kurt Weaver came from behind to beat Andy Carter 7-5, and more victories followed to ensure Weaver would make the last 16. Terry Challenger also emerged unscathed from the double elimination phase, conceding just 5 racks in his opening 3 matches. Mark Eardley failed to register a win at event 1 but made amends this time with consecutive 7-5 wins against Matt Hawthorn and Ryan O'Neil. O'Neil kept his challenge alive by edging out the voice of the GB9 Chris Patient (7-4).
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WPA Player Allocations Set for WPA Players Championship in Las Vegas
Report by Ozzy Reynolds - CEO, CueSports International
The player allocations for the $50,000 added 2019 WPA Players Championship have been finalized. The following 48 players have been invited based on the WPA rankings and member federations.
The WPA Players Championship will be staged at Griff’s Billiards in Las Vegas, April 16-19, ahead of the US Open 9-Ball Championship, which will be held April 21-26 at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. This WPA Category 3 Ranking event, with $50,000 added prize money, will provide players, especially those competing in the US Open 9-Ball Championship, even more opportunity in Las Vegas.
Posted by admin on Wednesday, February 13 2019 @ 09:26:05 UTC (275 reads)
2019 Rileys Solihull Series
Rileys American Pool and Snooker
Hobs Moat Road
Solihull
West Midlands
B92 8JN www.rileys.co.uk - facebook
Saturday 26 January 2019
Finalists: Benji Buckley (winner) and Alan Coton.
Benji dominant in Solihull 9 Ball Series Event 1
Report by: Matt Hawthorn
There's a new series of 9-Ball Pool tournaments in the Midlands, and Solihull is where it's at.
Thirty-seven budding participants headed to Riley's Sports Bar for Second City 9 Ball's curtain-raising event. The flagship club, with it's three-metre HD screen and twelve freshly cleaned nine-foot tables, was all set for the day's play.
Local big-hitters Alan 'Chopper' Coton and Tony 'The Quick' Fry faced off early on, with The Chopper coming out on top 7-4. Chris Patient survived a nervy final rack decider against Coventry's Luke Hart, before beating Elliott Sanderson impressively 7-5, sending the talented Yorkshireman to the loser's side.
On the adjacent table meanwhile Shaun Berrisford, a relative newcomer to the game, pulled out a great win against Roy Kimberley, likewise at hill-hill.
Mark Stephenson had a solid run to the quarter-finals, despite drawing arguably the two tournament favourites along the way in Stewart Colclough and Benji Buckley, the latter finally putting an end to his run.
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"Killer" Filler wins the Dynamic Billard Leende Open 2019
Joshua Filler (GER) just won his first Euro-Tour tournament, the Dynamic Billard Leende Open 2019, with an impressive 9:7 final victory over Ruslan Chinakhov (RUS).
The final match was determined by high class pool billiards by both players. The pressure and the heat was on for the athletes. They took racks in turn and kept the match open for a long time. After 11 racks, Chinakhov missed an easy shot on the 6-ball when he could have gotten a 2-rack-advantage over Filler. But instead, the young German who just claimed his first World Champion title in 9-ball last year, levelled the match at 6:6. Then, he broke dry and gave the table back to Chinakhov. A safety battle occurred with Filler coming out as the winner. But now he showed some nerves and missed a makable 2-ball. However, the Russian could not capitalise from Filler’s mistake and allowed Filler to get to 7:6. The next rack was a break-and-run by Chinakhov, so the heat was really on at 7:7. With Filler on the break shot, the World Champion kept his nerves together and got on the hill with 8:7. Then, Chinakhov broke and to his horror the cue ball scratched, giving Filler an open table with ball in hand. The layout was not easy, but Filler stayed as cold as ice and ran the rack, winning the match with 9:7 over Chinakhov who also performed extremely well during the Dynamic Billard Leende Open 2019.
„I can’t even describe how happy I am“, stated Filler when asked after the awards ceremony. „It was a long day with some really tough matches form me and now I’m really tired but extremely satisfied“, Filler added. When asked, was his next goal is after winning his first World Champion title a few months ago and now winning his first Euro-Tour, Filler’s answer came without hesitation: „US Open Champion“ !
Posted by admin on Tuesday, February 05 2019 @ 08:39:00 UTC (471 reads)
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Shaw putting it all on action this month!
Jayson Shaw is ramping up the tension and excitement with a slew of big-money live streams featuring tough matches against top opponents from the USA.
First up is Ray Hansen's "PoolActionTV" presenting their "Stakehorse" production...
"Extreme firepower from "Eagle Eye" Jayson Shaw vs Justin Bergman "Iceberg's surgeon like precision."
"Live from Steakhorse Restaurant & Billiards. THE place for pool action! Starts this Thursday at 5 pm eastern."
Slated as a 10 Ball Champions Challenge, The Iceberg Justin Bergman vs Eagle Eye Jayson Shaw will start this Thursday at 5pm (local time) on February 7-11th, 2019 with races to 25 each day featuring best 3 out of 5 wins for the match.
This is going to be a full production show with multiple HD camera angles, instant replays and will feature expert commentary from Jeremy Jones - live on PPV at www.PoolActionTV.com and as they say, it's definitely...
Going to be explosive!!! With $48,000 on the line!!!
Shortly after Jayson Shaw was selected over Joshua Filler for the European Mosconi Cup team with the final wildcard pick, the fiery young German realized a couple of things.
First, he had much work to do to become the professional pool player that he believed he could be. Additionally, what better time to start than now? Under the instruction of coach Michael Wahl, Filler started working on his game between four-to-eight hours a day in the weeks after the selections were made.
The new commitment continued to pay dividends this weekend, as Filler fought his way through an elite field of 50 players to win the Predator Grand Final, defeating countryman and mentor Ralf Souquet 17-11 in the finals Sunday night at Astoria’s Steinway Billiards. The victory was a continuation of a masterful and lucrative 30-day stretch for the 20-year-old, who bested Carlo Biado of the Philippines at the WPA World 9-Ball Championships late last month in Qatar.
“I played pretty well. It was a tough field,†Filler said. “I feel like in the second half I had a little more confidence.â€
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2019 GB9 Midlands Classic will be official UK qualification event for 2019 US Open
GB9 are delighted to announce that the 2019 GB9 Midlands Classic will be the official UK qualification event for the 2019 US Open, taking place at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino from 21-26 April.
The winner will receive a guaranteed spot in the event, with any additional monies raised going towards flight and accommodation expenses.
Players wishing to enter this event will need to be signed up to play in the GB9 Midlands Classic, opt to enter the US Open Qualification and are required to pay an additional £100 to enter.
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