Posted in Billiard News on Jul 26th, 2010
White Whips Great Southern Billiards Competition Great Southern Billiard Tour / Greenville, SC by Lea Andrews Brian White, who earned his first Great Southern Billiard Tour victory in March, made an undefeated run through the tour’s July 25-26 stop to earn his second. The $1,500-added event, which was sponsored by Nick Varner Cues and Cases, brought 57 competitors to World Cup Billiards in Greenville, SC. White sailed through the winners’ side until he came upon B-ranked David King, who gave White his first close call of the weekend, pushing the score to hill-hill. But AA-ranked White came out on top of the weighted match 11-6, advancing to the hot seat match against Gary Cairnes, who’d sent fellow B player Aaron Megia west 7-5. Megia managed just two games against White, though, and he moved over to the semifinals while White awaited an opponent. On the left side of the bracket, recent winner Jordan Grubb, who’d suffered an earlier loss to White, moved past B-ranked John Thompson 9-3 and A-ranked Matt Mancini 9-6 to face Megia. Meanwhile, Josh Newman, a past winner who’d fallen to Megia, ousted B players Justin Price 9-5 and BEF Junior Nationals 14-and-Under Boys’ champion Billy Thorpe [...]
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Posted in Billiard News on Jul 21st, 2010
Frost Keeps His Cool at GSBT Event Great Southern Billiard Tour / Fairfield, OH by Lea Andrews When the Great Southern Billiard Tour sets up camp in the North, one can expect the unexpected, like a Frost in the middle of summer. Robert Frost went undefeated through a tough 48-player field at the $1,500-added July 18-19 stop, which was held at Michael’s Billiards in Fairfield, OH, and sponsored by Nick Varner Cues and Cases. A smooth 9-5 victory over B-ranked Joe Pierce put A-ranked Frost into the hot seat match against Joe Brown, who’d just sent fellow A player Alex Olinger west 9-7. That score got flipped on him against Frost, though, who sent him to the left side to try to earn his way back. On the one-loss side, BEF Junior Nationals 14-and-Under Boys champion Billy Thorpe made his way past Bill Farmer 7-2 and last week’s winner Jordan Grubb 7-6 to meet up with Olinger. The 13-year-old Thorpe, who started the weekend as one of the three junior champions competing in the event (Boys 19-and-Under champ Landon Shuffett and Girls 19-and-Under champ Liz Lovely finished out of the money), ended the weekend as the one who went furthest, [...]
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Posted in Billiard News on Jul 12th, 2010
Shuffett, Miller, Thorpe and Lovely Claim Junior Billiards Titles
22nd Annual Junior National 9-Ball Championships Results
The Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) has crowned four champions at the 22nd Annual Junior National 9-Ball Championships. The event was hosted by Northern Illinois University (NIU) and will run through July 11, 2010.
The event will crown national champions in four separate [...]
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Posted in Billiard News on Jul 9th, 2010
22nd Annual Junior National 9-Ball Championships Kicks Off
The Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) 22nd Annual Junior National 9-Ball Championships has kicked off. The event is being hosted by Northern Illinois University (NIU) and will run through July 11, 2010.
The event will crown national champions in four separate divisions. The divisions include:
Boys 19 and Under [...]
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Posted in Billiard News on Jul 9th, 2010
BEF Junior Nationals to be LIVE Streamed
The most prestigious junior pool tournament in North America, the Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) 22nd Annual Junior National 9-Ball Championships will provide LIVE Streaming sponsored by CueSport College International on Saturday and Sunday, July 10th & 11th. Please visit the BEF website at www.BilliardEducation.org or Click here.
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Posted in Billiard News on Jul 3rd, 2010
Ozone Billiards Sponsors BEF Junior Nationals Scholarships
The Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) is pleased to announce that Ozone Billiards will sponsor the Junior Nationals Scholarship awards. Ozone Billiards is one of the nation’s largest retailers of billiards supplies. They continue to strengthen our sport by pledging to sponsor junior billiard programs. “We are grateful for the [...]
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Posted in Billiard News on May 7th, 2010
BEF Junior National Qualifiers Underway
The Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) would like to invite junior billiard athletes to participate in qualifying tournaments for the 22nd Annual Junior National 9-Ball Championships. Qualifying tournaments are currently underway throughout the United States and will continue through June. Junior players that qualify will be eligible to participate in the Junior [...]
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Posted in Billiard News on Nov 23rd, 2009
Shuffett Shoots to Win
Great Southern Billiard Tour / Fairfield, OH
by Lea Andrews
Fifteen-year-old Junior Nationals champion Landon Shuffett came up one set shy of undefeated on the way to his second win this year on the Great Southern Billiard Tour, which traveled farther north than usual for its November 21-22 stop. The $1,500-added, A-B amateur [...]
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Posted in Billiard News on Oct 12th, 2009
Junior Billiard Champions to Compete for World Title
The Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) is pleased to announce that seven (7) junior players will be representing the United States in the XVIII World Junior 9-Ball Championships, November 3-8, 2009, in Managua, Nicaragua.
The World Junior 9-Ball Championships will comprise over fifty (50) of the world’s best junior players [...]
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Posted in Billiard News on Aug 23rd, 2009
J. Pechauer NorthEast Womens Tour / Deptford, NJ
by Lea Andrews
Nothing, not even an early-round loss, could stop Bora Jeong on her way to the finals of the August 22-23 stop of the J. Pechauer NorthEast Womens Tour. The $1,500-added event, a WPBA qualifier for the Colorado Classic, drew 24 ladies to Hot Shots Billiards [...]
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