News From Around the Web

Below are headlines from various news sources in the pool and billiards industry. This list is updated every 2 hours and only contains the 10 most recent articles from each source.

AZ Billiards News

McMinn goes undefeated at Stop #3, his second of the 2024 Cuetec DFW 9-Ball Tour

The last time Shane McMinn and Gus Briseno met in the final of a stop on the Cuetec DFW 9-Ball Tour was this past September when Briseno fought back through nine, loss-side matches to make it possible. McMinn defeated Briseno in the final to claim the event title. Two months later, in the tour’s 2023 […]

Adams, Marple and Hairfield win three-fer on Tiger Tour stop at Q Master Billiards

If you can’t beat ‘em, the saying goes, join ‘em (together). Not content with the number of competitors that could be drawn to events that featured wide-open handicap ranges, regional tours began to host double brackets, initially separating higher and lower handicaps which would only merge near the end of a given event. It gave […]

BCA Re-Elects Philippe Singer as 2024-2025 Board Chairman

During its general membership meeting in Las Vegas, NV., on March 20, 2024, the Billiard Congress of America announced the results of its 2024-2025 Board of Directors elections, which are as follows: Category 1 (Manufacturer/Distributor) Wes Bond (Koda Sports), three-year term Colby Olhausen (Olhausen Mfg), three-year term In the follow-up election of BCA officers, Philippe […]

2024 Mosconi Cup To Be Held In Orlando, Florida as World Nineball Tour Dawns Fresh Chapter Nov 30th – Dec 3rd

Matchroom Multi Sport is delighted to announce that the Mosconi Cup, the showcase of the World Nineball Tour, will be held at the Caribe Royale resort in Orlando, Florida between Saturday, 30 November and Tuesday, 3 December, live on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom & Ireland and DAZN in the United States Traditionally hosted […]

Joss NE 9-Ball Tour at Yale Billiards April 6th – 7th

Congratulations to Stop 15 winners – Nick Charette ($1,000 main event), Rick Bentley ($300 second chance) & $1,500 Joss Cue raffle winner Jason Reese. Also to our current tour point leader Lukas Fracasso-Verner for a paid entry into Allen Hopkins Super Billiards Expo 9-Ball Pro Event (April 11-14 , 2024), Courtesy of Allen Hopkins!!!! The […]

Van Boening Captures Premier League Pool Title in Connecticut

Shane Van Boening lifted the Premier League Pool title on Monday evening, live from US 1 Billiards, West Haven, Connecticut on Matchroom.live and DAZN in the United States, defeating World Pool Master Ko Pin Yi 7-4 in the in the final. For Van Boening, this marks his first Matchroom title on the World Nineball Tour […]

Hung goes undefeated to claim her first WPBA title at $15k-added Fairfield Invitational

In the absence of the Women’s Professional Billiards Association’s top three competitors (Tzu-Chien Wei, Kelly Fisher and Jasmin Ouschan) at this past weekend’s (March 21-24) Fairfield Invitational, there was a clear opportunity for someone to step up and into the void created by their absence. The next 16 competitors on the WPBA’s rankings list (and […]

Final Six Confirmed As Heat Turned Up at Premier League Pool

The final six competitors, led by the Derby City Classic’s Master of the Table Joshua Filler, were confirmed on Saturday evening as four players were eliminated from Premier League Pool, held at US 1 Billiards, West Haven, Connecticut, live on Matchroom.live, DAZN in the United States and networks around the world. Joshua Filler, Ko Pin […]

Alexander Estevez chalks up first regional tour payout and win on Predator Tri-State Tour

In this time of the NCAA’s March Madness extravaganza, we are (more often than not) made aware of at least one ‘Cinderella’ story, the original of which is about a young woman who rises from literal ashes (thus, the ‘cinder’ part of her name) to attend a fancy-dress ball and after a series of daunting […]

Zielinski goes undefeated to claim $10k-added, McDermott Classic title in Malden, MA

Frost wins $5K-added One Pocket, Olson claims $1k-added One Ball/One Pocket title The two events overlapped, which had a way of reducing the number of players who competed in both. The 2024 US Open events at Griff’s in Las Vegas last week (four of them) began on Sunday, March 3 and didn’t conclude until just […]