• Youth

      13 Year Old Girl Qualifies for World 10-Ball! China & Taiwan Split Second Qualifying Heats 

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      2. Youth,
      3. Women,
      4. Asia,
      5. Taiwan,
      6. China,
      7. Philippines
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      Teenage sensation Centeno(far right 2nd to end) with Filipina World Champion Rubilen Amit & Marcel Sobiano CFO of Championship Cloth next to Iris Ranola SEA Games Gold medalist during the Press Con Dinner

      by Charlie Williams







      Manila, Philippines- Mark this name as one to remember in the near future, Cheska Centeno. The Filipina 13 year old won the 3rd qualifying heat of the Yalin Women's World 10-Ball Championship Stage 1. She will be joining her first World Championship amongst the world's elite such as Kelly Fisher of England, Austria's Jasmin Ouschan, and even following the footsteps perhaps of Philippines most prized women's athletes, Rubilen Amit. ...
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      Eschment and Wahl Win Dynamic Billiard European Championships Youth 2012 

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      2. Youth,
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      Eschment and Wahl go for the Gold !

      Straight Pool finals decided in Brandenburg a.d.Havel
      Saturday, 28 July 2012: The final matches have been played in the Straight Pool
      competition. Finn Eschment and Raphael Wahl (both GER) have taken the Gold Medals. The match in the junior’s division was pretty one-sided.

      Eschment played the highest run of the tournament so far. He was leading 13:5 in ...
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      Strong Performances Shown at Dynamic Billiard European Championships Youth 2012 

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      One of the things that make sports so special is that one cannot always predict what is going to happen. In the first winner’s round, defending 9-ball European Champion and runner-up at last year’s juniors World 9-Ball Championship, Wojciech Szewczyk (POL) got clearly defeated by unheralded Berk Mehmetcik (TNC) with 10:100. Mehmetcik played very well and used the few chances that he was given. ...
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      ACUI’s Collegiate 9-Ball Championships at Indiana University 

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      2. United States,
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      BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Dozens of collegiate billiards and table tennis players from across the country are at Indiana University this weekend, when the Bloomington campus hosts the ACUI’s first combined Collegiate 9-Ball and Table Tennis Championships. These events are sponsored by the Association of College Unions International, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to enhancing campus life.

      The Indiana Memorial Union will host the 9-Ball championship games in the Back Alley, while the table tennis competition will take place at University Gym. With 40 men and 23 women registered for the tournament, this year marks the largest field in the nearly 80-year history of the ACUI Billiards Program.

      “It’s an honor to be able to host the national championships for collegiate billiards and table tennis, and we welcome these athletes ...
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      2012 BEF JUNIOR NATIONALS HEADS TO WISCONSIN 

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      2. Events,
      3. Tournaments,
      4. Youth
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      The Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) is pleased to announce that Romine’s High Pockets in Greenfield, Wisconsin will host the 24th Annual BEF Junior National 9-Ball Championships on July 11 -15, 2012.

      The stage is set for over 150 young billiard athletes, ages 18 and under, who will qualify to participate in the most prestigious junior tournament in North America. Romine’s High Pockets ...
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      Germany wins European Junior Team Cup 2011 in Budapest 

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      2. Players,
      3. International,
      4. Tournaments,
      5. Youth,
      6. Europe
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      Team Germany I defeated Team Slovakia with 3:0 in the final match

      Monday, June 20, 2011: After a very convincing and high-class performance, Team Germany I won the European Junior Team Cup with a clear 3:0 victory over Team Slovakia in the final match. The European Junior Team Cup was hosted in the Miami Billiard Club in Budapest, Hungary, this year and 10 teams from 5 different nations competed for the title.
      The 10 teams were split into two groups of five; in the ...
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      High School Billiards: A Decade of Champions 

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      The 2011 BEF Texas State High School 9-Ball Championship completed the historic 10th year of the successful BETTER High School Billiard Program based in Dallas, Texas on May 17th, 2011. Last years runner-up, the South Garland H.S. Colonels, rebounded from a heart-breaking loss in the previous years finals to a very respectable 17-1 record and their first championship title in this 10th anniversary of high school billiards. The Colonels join the short ...
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