9-Ball Billiards

2007 ACUI National Championships The Association of College Unions International (ACUI) proudly announces its 2007 Collegiate International 9-Ball Champions. Minnesota State University Mankato hosted this international championship, now in its 70th year, on July 10-12 in conjunction with the Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) Junior National Championships. Eleanor Callado made history this year as the only player ever to have snatched four ACUI titles ('03, '05, '06, and '07). Andy...

KIA Motors Becomes Pool's First Modern Car Sponsor Seoul, Korea- KIA Motors has signed on as the title sponsor of four televised events produced by billiard promotions giant Dragon Promotions. KIA will be title sponsoring Masters of the Trickshot, Showdown in Seoul, and the 4th Annual Korea International Championships. I believe this marks the first time in pocket billiards history that a major automobile manufacturer has been involved as...

Mills Makes it in Springhill J. Pechauer Southeast Open 9-Ball Tour / Springhill, FL by InsidePOOL Staff Holding home field advantage, Florida’s Donnie Mills triumphed over Reno Open champ Richie Orem to take first place on the July 14-15 stop of the J. Pechauer Southeast Open 9-Ball Tour. This event was hosted by Capone’s Billiard Lounge in Springhill, FL, and boasted a $1,000-added purse. Mills easily slid through the winners’ side undefeated...

Corr Takes Command New Jersey State Championships / South Amboy, NJ by Rick Davis Karen Corr was crowned champ of New Jersey after dominating the field at the championship event held July 14-15 at Prime Time Billiards in South Amboy, NJ. The event offered up plenty of top tier players among the 31-entry field, although Corr hardly noticed as she streaked through the event undefeated. On the winners’ side Corr defeated My-Hanh...

Canadian 9-Ball Tour Grows Again The Canadian 9-Ball Tour has been a steady grower during its first two years and has just announced that the growth continues into year three as the 2007-2008 season will see the tour increase from six to eight stops across Canada and the prize monies will leap up to $10,000 added money for each event, a doubling of that amount from previous years. Exciting things are happening in Canada as this tour has just acquired major sponsorships...

Butera Bats Down Hjorleifson Canadian 30K Tour / Newmarket, ONT by Willy Hermoza The Bigwigs boys had the room spic and span with the tables newly re-clothed with Simonis, and the Canadian 30K Tour players showed their approval. The July 14-15 stop in Newmarket, ONT, brought a gathering that was mid-range in handicaps with Erik Hjorleifson, Chris Orme, Rob Brandenburg, and Scott McDonald as the top dogs. Stop winner Tony Butera went...

Barney, Rakin, Shuffett, and Miller Triumph in BEF Junior Nationals The 2007 Junior National 9-Ball Championships has crowned the 2007 winners and was a huge success. Over 130 players representing 29 states and Ontario, Canada, demonstrated great talent throughout the week of July 12-15. This event was held in conjunction with the ACUI Collegiate 9-Ball Championships at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Nearly 350 people attended the Thursday evening banquet to welcome the junior players, to honor the winners of...

Samm's Side Pocket Sponsors Viking Cue 9 Ball Tour Biliard Industry News - Samm's Side Pocket is pleased to announce their involvement and participation as a sponsor of the Viking Tour. Providing fun and unique products for pool players created by a pool player, Samm's Side Pocket Productions, LLC will harmonize perfectly with the Viking Cue 9 Ball Tour's passion and dedication to players of all levels. Samm Diep, Cherry Bomb , owner and competitor herself, commenting from her Denver, Colorado...

Ouschan's Exacts Revenge at Predator World 14.1 Hohmann On Course for Top Seeding Billiard News - The non-stop straight pool continued today with all the players fighting hard to stay alive or gain pole position for the final 32 player board. Dennis Orcullo and Warren Kiamco are keeping Filipino hopes strong with a 5-0 win record and 4-1 respectively. Unknown USA Ed Hodan is surprising fans with his solid play keeping him the leader in Group 4 with the likes of...

Souquet Stepanov Step It Up at Predator World 14.1 Billiard News - The battles have begun. Even the most elite 14.1 players would not be able to avoid defeat the first day as titans clashed early on. Russia's Konstatin Stepanov, also ranked #1 currently in Europe, won all three of his matches including a 100- 55 trouncing of legendary Allen Hopkins in which he ran 77 balls. Dennis Hatch suffered a...