Baribal Billiard Club
Tartu Highway 63/Hermanni 1
Tallinn
Estonia
www.olympic-online.com
www.baribal.ee
More photography from this event by Juss Saska
Saturday/Sunday 6-7 October 2012
Baltic Champions Denis Grabe in action in Tallinn.
All photography courtesy & copyright of ©Juss Saska.
Grabe still unbeaten at Olympic-Online Baltic Pool League
This weekend saw the fourth stage of the Olympic-Online Baltic Pool League 2012. The venue was Baribal Poolclub in the centre of Tallinn, Estonia, and the game was 8-ball. In the men's division the weekend didn't produce any surprises as Denis Grabe (Team Olympic-Online) claimed another stage victory. In the women's division it was Anna Prisjaznuka from Latvia that claimed the title.
It was quite clear from the early stages of the event that it would take a tremendous effort to stop Grabe as he stormed through the field with comfortable wins over all his opponents. In the semi-final Grabe needed to battle for a place in final with Latvian sportsman Peteris Ermansons (Team Olympic-Online). After trailing 1-2 it was all about Grabe in the end as he won rack after rack and the final score was 8-4. In the lower side of the chart it was not so one-sided. Kait Hinn from Estonia and Saulius Vaitukaitis from Lithuania were both up for the chance to try to break Grabe’s winning streak in the final. However first they needed 15 racks to decide who gets the hot seat in the final. It was the host Hinn that was a little better in the end and won 8-7.
The final started well for Hinn as he kept pace with his good friend Grabe. However Grabe turned up another gear at 5-5 and clinched another title with a final score 8-5.
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Baltic Champion Anna Prisjaznuka in action in Tallinn.
All photography courtesy & copyright of ©Juss Saska.
The women's final went to Anna Prisjaznuka
The start of the IV stage was anything but good for Prisjaznuka as she lost to Agne Jaruśauskaite in the earlier stages of the event. However she did recover from the loss and fought her way back to the semi-final through the loser's side where Simona Miliśauskaite from Lithuania was waiting. It was a dramatic match with both players having opportunities to win it. Nevertheless it was Prisjaznuka that was able to control herself and cue ball better in the end and win the match 6-5. In the other semi-final Anna Grintśuk from Estonia was drawn against Jaruśauskaite that showed a lot of heart to win this match. Namely Grintśuk was up 4-1, but in the end Jaruśauskaite got back in the match and won it 6-4. Therefore the final was a re-match of the earlier rounds where Jaruśauskaite had beaten Prisjaznuka. The final was a close encounter and with the score at 4-5 Jaruśauskaite had a good chance to make it 5-5. However she did not succeed in that and Prisjaznuka pocketed the eight ball to win it.
"To begin with I want to congratulate the winners and thank Gintaras Petrovas for his work as a referee. It was yet again a great event fulfilled with a lot of tense matches and positive energy. I am very happy to see that our event got once again 70 participants. That is a great recognition to our work and we are very thankful to all the players for participating. Although our next event in Vilnius in the end of October is a final event and therefore with a closed participation field with 32 best ranked men and 16 women we hope that there will be many fans cheering for the players. I thank all the sponsors, especially Olympic-Onlline and Baribal Poolclub,“ said one of the organisers of the event Juri Talu.
There were 70 players participating on this event from Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania. The event is sponsored by Olympic-Online, Baribal Poolclub, Biljardai, Mezz Cues, Strachan, Biljardai, Tieto, Aveiras and Entry Billiard Club. The official media partners of the event are AZBilliards, InsidePool Magazine and Pro9. The final stage of the event to which 32 best men and 16 best women players have qualified is held 27.10-28.10.12 in Vilnius.
Head referee Gintaras Petrovas
The Venue for the tournament
Mezz Cues main prize winner Milla Lehiö had already left !
Men's winner Denis Grabe
Womens III place Simona Miliśauskaite
Womens III place Anna Grintśuk
Womens II place Agne Jaruśauskaite
Womens winner Anna Prisjaznuka
Mens III place Peteris Ermansons
Mens III place Saulius Vaitukaitis
Mens II place Kait Hinn
Mens winner Denis Grabe
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| Steponkus Tomas Bauža Justinas Hussar Maario Kokkonen Eero Klindžāns Arturs Taube Gatis Lehiö Janne Marcinkus Alvīds Punnonen Tuomas Jemeljanovs Vadims Virtanen Kari Dučko Arturs Bišers Gvido Mecs Niks Dimants Kaspars Cemnolonskis Zilvinas | Vilnius Kaunas Voru Helsinki Riga Riga Helsinki Riga Helsinki Riga Helsinki Tukums Sigulda Sigulda Sigulda Kaunas | LIT LIT EST FIN LAT LAT FIN LAT FIN LAT FIN LAT LAT LAT LAT LIT |
| Laamanen Toni Bārtulis Artis Rudzītis Andris Lees Aarne Ozoliņš Mārtiņš Renerts Valdis Teesaar Raimo Iļjincevs Valērijs | Helsinki Riga Riga Tartu Sigulda Jekabpils Tallinn Jekabpils | FIN LAT LAT EST LAT LAT EST LAT |
| Kalnutis Laurynas Doniņš Reinis Varov Maikren Aleksonis Martynas Simsalu Reimo Kuusik Kristjan Volegovs Eduards Saska Juss | Kalnutis Laurynas Doniņš Reinis Varov Maikren Aleksonis Martynas Simsalu Reimo Kuusik Kristjan Volegovs Eduards Saska Juss | LIT LAT EST LIT EST EST LAT EST |
| Gedvygas Mindaugas Turunen Timo Strolis Henrikas Kavalnis Remigijus Timermanis Guntars Lepp Oliver Saska Joonas Grikšelis Rokas | Kaunas Helsinki Vilnius Vilnius Riga Tartu Tartu Kaunas | LIT FIN LIT LIT LAT EST EST LIT |
| Ulmanis Ivo Mališevs Aleksejs Rehepapp Mihkel Mägi Mark | Riga Riga Tallinn Tallinn | LAT LAT EST EST |
| Vaitukaitis Saulius Ermansons Pēteris | Vilnius Riga | LIT LAT |
| Hinn Kait | Voru | EST |
| Denis Grabe | Tallinn | EST |
| Guke Linda Juodžbalytė Jūratė Lehiö Milla | Riga Kaunas Helsinki | LAT LIT FIN |
| Šimkevičiūtė Alberta Tammaru Galina | Kaunas Tallinn | LIT EST |
| Laidro Irina Bobrova Anastasija | Tallinn Riga | EST LAT |
| Grintsuk Anna Milišauskaitė Simona | Tallinn Vilnius | EST LIT |
| Jarušauskaitė Agnė | Kaunas | LIT |
| Prisjažņuka Anna | Riga | LAT |
The two main event winners with their trophies.