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 New Essex venue opens with 9 ball tournament on Sunday

9 BallGO9 Pool Room
Above the Forge
Public House
The Pantiles
Queens Park
Billericay
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Sunday 25 January 2009


Essex gets a new 9 ball pool venue

There's a new place to find pool action in Essex, and it's very nine-ball friendly, in fact they have a tournament there on Sunday if you're quick you may still get to enter, and I'll be there too, reporting from the front line and taking a selection of goodies from The Pro Shop as well!

The club is run by Darren Saxby, you may have met him on the most recent GB9 Ball Tour event in Solihull, or you can see me putting him on the spot in the most recent video uploaded at The Pro Tube today, where he talks about the new club and his ambitions on the tour.





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 New league season to kick off in February for Bournemouth players

9 BallBournemouth American 9 Ball Pool League
Rileys American Pool and Snooker - Bournemouth
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New League starting February 2009


New Monday night American 9-Ball league starts in Bournemouth

Simon Clarke takes charge of the new 9 ball league this season in Bournemouth, with an estimated £1,200 prize fund (subject to 20 entries @ £65) for the regular Monday night handicapped event.

Structured so that players of all abilities can enjoy themselves and have a crack at the cash available, and there's plenty of table time thrown into the deal too, with two matches a night from a best of 16 racks format, and players will be divided into two divisions, a Pro League and an Amateur League.

For more info contact Simon Clarke on 07980992713
or email him at contra.kid@ntlworld.com

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 CCI Home Counties - East Anglia - & West Country Pool Series

English PoolCue Club International
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Home Counties Pool Series
East Anglia Pool Series
West Country Pool Series
Cue Club International
Rileys Pool and Snooker Clubs


Cue Club International in conjunction with Rileys Pool and Snooker Clubs are pleased to announce details for the upcoming £11,500 Home Counties Pool Series.


Cue Club International in conjunction with Rileys Pool and Snooker Clubs are pleased to announce details for the upcoming £8,000 East Anglia Pool Series.


Cue Club International in conjunction with Rileys Pool and Snooker Clubs are pleased to announce details for the upcoming £8,000 West Country Pool Series.

Played to World Rules and spread across 4 or 6 events with the 'Top Gun' final event carrying an enhanced prize fund, this is a not to be missed opportunity to get yourself registered for what will undoubtedly be one of the premier English pool series of 2009.

With an entry fee of just £135 which covers all four events of the series (£180 for the Home Counties featuring 6 events) and also supplies you with a tour shirt which must be worn at every event, we at CCI feel this represents excellent value for money, especially when 1st and 2nd round losers get free entry into a plate event to help and ensure a full day's play for most players.

Further details and entry forms are available simply by CLICKING HERE!!

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 Marcus Chamat wins Open Internacional de Billar Pool

8 BallI Open Internacional de Billar Pool
"Ciudad de Dos Hermanas"
I Aniversario club Speed Pool
Andalucía
Spain

Saturday-Sunday 17-18 January 2009


The winners receive their trophies on the podium.

Report and photos from Seville by Peter Aprile

The 8 Ball tournament in Seville this weekend for which nearly 100 players turned up, was won by Swedish visitor Marcus Chamat.

Chamat surprised everyone by turning up for this tournament but surprised nobody by his superior play. He ploughed through the field effortlessly as far as the quarter finals where he met local hero David "Pumita" Lopez.

This was one of the games of the tournament and Lopez had the measure of Chamat throughout but a couple of dry breaks were his downfall and Chamat took advantage at 6-6 and won the two racks necessary to get himself into the semi final.

Previously another visitor, Fabio Petroni, had to give way to the young David Lopez in the last sixteen losing by 8 racks to 4.

Yet another visitor, this time from England, Richard Lacey who at one time had lived in Spain and was the equal in his day of players like Alcaide, Cabello and Tapies etc. showed that he can still play a bit.





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 GB9 Ball Tour 2009 Midlands Classic - Press Release

GB9The GB9 Midlands Classic
- also featuring the Solihull Challenge Cup & Pro Cup

Rileys American Pool and Snooker - Solihull
Hobs Moat Road
Solihull
West Midlands
B92 8JN
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www.gb9balltour.com

Friday-Sunday 9-11 January 2009


The ceremonies kicked off with Imran Majid being presented with this truly magnificent
"2008 GB9 Player Of The Year" trophy for his incredible domination of the 2008 season.

The GB9 Ball Tour starts 2009 by praising 2008's Player Of The Year!

The GB9 Ball Tour is constantly receiving plaudits from it's players for the outstandingly professional manner in which it is run, and it's clear to see the unflagging effort that the organisers take to make sure that the events run as smoothly as a well oiled machine.

It could be expected that these tributes would be a rare thing when dealing with 128 discerning players who pay between £500 and £700 ($700 - $1,000US) a year membership fees for the privilege of playing on the tour, 96 of whom are attempting to qualify for promotion to the elite Pro Division of 32 players - and the proof that they are doing something very right and very well is that applications to join the tour have always been over-subscribed.

So it's heartening to see that they have decided to start the 2009 season with a hark-back to the previous one, by rewarding last year's stand out player with a truly beautiful trophy.

Imran Majid's domination of the tour in 2008, winning no less than four of the six main events put him at the top of the rankings with an unassailable points lead, and because of the rolling six event system utilised by the tour, each new event now means that he has to try to defend his maximum points at each of the events he won, knowing that even the slightest slip will see the rest of the pack closing the gap.





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 An early heads-up for the BowlCircus Finnish Open 9-ball

9 BallBowlCircus Finnish Open 9-ball
BowlCircus Flamingo
Flamingon elämyskeidas
Tasetie 8
01510 Vantaa
A-porras, K2-kerros
puhelin 010 841 8841
www.finnishopen9ball.fi
www.bowlcircus.com

Saturday-Sunday 30-31 May 2009


BowlCircus Finnish Open 9-ball

We have already opened a website for the event, www.finnishopen9ball.fi, which is at the moment only in Finnish, but we're on top of translating it and getting the English version of the site up later this week, Friday the latest.

The tournament itself will be played on 30-31 May 2009 in Vantaa, Finland, 2 minutes from the Helsinki-Vantaa international airport. The main event will be played with 32 players. The venue is located in a big shopping center, Flamingo, with restaurants, cinema, night clubs, a big spa and a high quality hotel. The venue itself, BowlCircus, is a bowling and pool hall, which will be modified for the main event. Finals will be also televised on national sports channel.

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 Sensational 3 for 2 offers at Rileys

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 Midlands Classic - Valentine wins Pro Cup - Petty takes Challenge

GB9The GB9 Midlands Classic
- also featuring the Solihull Challenge Cup & Pro Cup

Rileys American Pool and Snooker - Solihull
Hobs Moat Road
Solihull
West Midlands
B92 8JN
www.rileysltd.com
www.gb9balltour.com

Friday-Sunday 9-11 January 2009


Mark Gray presented with the GB9 Midlands Classic trophy by tour sponsor Klaus Zobrekis,
who travelled from Germany to represent his Z9 Billiard Cloth company at this event.

Mark Gray beats Daryl Peach in final of GB9 Midlands Classic!

The final of the GB9 Midlands Classic, the main event of this three day tournament, saw an out of sorts World 9 Ball Champion Daryl Peach convincingly beaten by a slick Mosconi Cup potting machine named Mark Gray with a one-sided 11-6 margin.

Saturday evening saw the first two events played to completion - in the Pro Cup semi-finals Darren Appleton beat Imran Majid and Michael Valentine beat James Kay creating a mouth-watering Appleton vs Valentine final.

Appleton had only just returned from the Philippines where he had been getting plenty of match practice and went into the final as the strong favourite, however Valentine knew he had a tough match ahead and as he has frequently shown before he rises to the tougher challenges and often plays his best pool under those conditions - this was the case today as he eventually beat Appleton 9:6.

The Challenge Division semi-finals saw Steven Petty beat Matt Ford and Anthony Ginn triumph over Gareth Steele setting up a Petty versus Ginn final.

Once again there appeared to be a strong favourite, and once again the tables were turned as experienced veteran Ginn was edged at the finish line with an 11:9 scoreline from fellow Londoner and GB9 newcomer Steven Petty.






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 GB9 Season II - The road to glory starts with the Midlands Classic

GB9The GB9 Midlands Classic
- also featuring the Solihull Challenge Cup & Pro Cup

Rileys American Pool and Snooker - Solihull
Hobs Moat Road
Solihull
West Midlands
B92 8JN
www.rileysltd.com
www.gb9balltour.com

Friday-Sunday 9-11 January 2009


It's back, and we're all raring to go - it's the first GB9 tour event of 2009!

There will be a players meeting for all tour players today, Friday 9 Jan at 4.30 pm - a time to reflect on achievements last year, and look at what’s new for GB9 in 2009 before the matches get under way.

Around 40 new players will feature in the 128 player field which will also include 3 current world champions and 2 current Mosconi Cup winners.

Last year's tour superstar Imran Majid will be aiming to do the virtually impossible and maintain his points lead, but the tiniest slip will see the pack begin the big catch up. A similar challenge will face World 10 Ball Champion Darren Appleton after he finished No.1 ranked in the Pro Cup division rankings last year, and perhaps an even tougher year awaited Thomas Ainsworth-Smith, rewarded for "topping" the 2008 Challenge Division with a promotion to the Pro Cup in 2009 but unable to find sufficient funds from sponsorship this season he has had to relinquish his spot!

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