Snooker Blog

Reigning Philippine National Pool Champion Lee Vann Corteza settled for third place in the JPBA Nine Ball Festival in Saitama, Japan on june 23-24.

7 days, 84 tables, 1.000 cueists, 15 national competitions, snooker & trickshot exhibitions and the International Open were the basic data of the CEP Spanish Pool Championships on July 2-8.

Chinese Taipei continued to dominate the group stages of the Guinness 9 Ball Tour in Singapore, despite losing the Order of Merit list leader Chang Jung-Lin in a nail-biting 8 – 9 loss to Alex Pagulayan of the Philippines.

This title was overdue: The last 2 decades’ most successful 14.1 player captures in East Brunswick (USA) the 2007 Straight Pool World Championship crown.

The United States Professional Poolplayers Association (the “UPA”) recently made some administrative transitions to in-affect renew the association and its presence in the pool community.

Last year he was a pupil, this year this year he’s the junior champion - Germany’s Nico Wehner captures the EPBF European Youth 8-Ball crown.

2nd Puerto Rico 9-Ball Championships, Guaynabo

Wu Chia Ching celebrates first Major win in 2007 at Brunei 9-Ball Invitational, september 7-8

There were no surprises on day one in the Women’s 8-Ball Pool Singles competition at Macau 2007. All of the top-seeded athletes enjoyed a bye in the Round of 32, with only four actual matches being played, and only two of those involving top-seeded players. Singapore’s Shu Wah Hoe was tested by Korea’s Eun Ji Park, but Shu Wah Hoe eventually prevailed 7-6. Other competitors advancing were Thailand’s S. Jaisuekul and Moulrudree Vujanic, as well as Yukkiko Hamanishi of Japan.

Roschkowsky, Kaplan and Dremsizis capture German Pool titles - 15 year old pupil Dominic Jentsch causes quite a stir again