Estonia’s first Billiard sport academy with eight APEX 9ft Pro tables opens doors in T1 Mall of Tallinn, welcoming all billiard enthusiasts. Predator Group, the US-based billiards leader, is proud to announce the opening of a brand new, “Predator powered” Billiard Academy located in the T1 Mall of Tallinn, Estonia. Predator Billiard Sport Academy will accommodate Estonia’s first Predator Apex 9ft Pro pool tables – the same tables that are used in the World’s biggest competitions, most recently at the Predator World 10-Ball Championship in Las Vegas, where Predator team player Denis Grabe ..read more

The World Nineball Tour are delighted to announce that BetVictor, a leading online gambling company, will be the title sponsor for the 2024 UK Open Pool Championship, at Telford International Centre, Telford, England May 7-12, live on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom & Ireland. PURCHASE YOUR TICKET HERE! Bringing together an impressive field size of 256 competing players, including the top 128 World Nineball Tour professional players as well as football icon Troy Deeney, the 2024 UK Open Pool Championship is set to be one of the most iconic nine-ball major events on the WNT calendar this y ..read more

Rick Rodriguez and Mark Antonetti Lampaan and Halpin split top prizes in upper-bracket tournament In an increasingly regular format for regional tours, the Garden State Pool Tour split its entrants to create separate, paying events at a stop in Wayne, NJ this past weekend (Sat., April 20). Mark Antonetti went undefeated to win the lower bracket event for Fargo Rates of 510 or lower, while Levien Lampaan and Jason Halpin split the top two prizes in the upper bracket for Fargo Rates between 511 and 660. The upper bracket drew 20 entrants and the lower bracket drew 19 at the event hosted by Sho ..read more

Donnie Proctor 9-year-old Donnie Proctor wins very short-field juniors event and ‘gifts’ his Mom with a cue It’s generally known as serendipity, “the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.” Young Donnie Proctor (9) came to Big Tyme Billiards in Spring, TX this past weekend (April 20-21) to compete in a juniors tournament, held under the auspices of the DL Billiards Tour. What he most likely did not expect (in other words, by chance) was that he would defeat every other competitor in the event, which drew four entrants. He would also likely not have expec ..read more

WNT is thrilled to announce the return to the heart of Vietnam for the eagerly awaited Mansion Sports Hanoi Open Pool Championship October 8–13, sponsored by the prestigious leading sports investment firm, Mansion Sports & Entertainment Group. In partnership with Nineball’s host UK broadcaster Sky Sports, this electrifying spectacle on the World Nineball Tour will once again grace the Hanoi Indoor Games Gymnasium within the Vietnam National Sports Complex. SPECTATORS TICKET INFORMATION TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON   • Mansion Sports to title sponsor Hanoi Open from 8-13 October ..read more

Billiard TV – the first 24/7 television channel devoted to the sports of billiards – has partnered with the Women’s Professional Billiards Association to stream up to 12 events a year. With the WPBA partnership in place, Billiard TV now streams more than 1,000 hours of live events each year. The partnership will kick off this weekend with Billiard TV streaming the Borderline Brunswick Invitational live from Bristol, TN. “We are proud to welcome the WPBA to Billiard TV,” said Brendan Canning, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Triple B Media, which owns Billiard TV. “We are confident th ..read more

We found a new home at The Renaissance Resort in St. Augustine, Florida, and we couldn’t be happier.   The International will be hosting a variety of new events, featuring the best professional pool players in the world. Nov. 18-22, 2024: The International 9-Ball Open Nov. 18-22, 2024: The International Semi-Pro 9-Ball Open Nov. 20-22, 2024: The International Junior 9-Ball Championship Nov. 23-24, 2024: The International 10-Ball “Big Foot Challenge” Invitational Nov. 23-26, 2024: The International Straight Pool Open (formally known as Peter Burrow’s American 14.1 Straight Pool Championshi ..read more

Molina Ortíz It’s hard to figure how the Northwest Women’s Pool Association (NWPA) Tour can draw an average of 49 entrants over its last seven stops to sites that are in the vicinity of a geographic, west-east line that ends in Portland, ME. The tour opened its 2024 season last weekend (April 27-28) with a stop at Players Sports Bar in Kennewick, WA (pop., approx. 85,000) which drew 47 entrants. With its millions, the New York City Tri-State area’s regional pool tournaments (and there are quite a few of them) struggle at times to get entrant numbers into the 40s, of any gender, let alone wom ..read more

World Nineball Tour No.1 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz has heralded a grand, new era for the sport as he looks forward to defending his world title at this year’s World Pool Championship – which marks the beginning of a major 10-year partnership for the premier tournament in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The crown jewel of the WNT, the World Pool Championship, will be held at the Green Halls, Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between 3-8 June, in partnership with the Saudi Arabian Billiard & Snooker Federation (SABSF) and the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Sport. 128 of the world’s elite cueists wi ..read more

Skyler Woodward Owners Billy Sharp, Mark Avery and Jim Henry and their staff welcomed players to their 11th Annual Big Tyme Classic. Held in Spring, TX, a suburb of Houston, this $14,000 added event featured three divisions – Open 9-Ball, One Pocket and Ladies 9-Ball. Local sponsors included attorney Joseph J. Long, Brutal Game Gear, Star City Amusements, Diamond Billiard Products, Simonis, Aramith, Savage Billiards, Jim Stinson of AM Inc. and the Fort Worth Billiards Superstore as well as Big Tyme Billiards and PoolActionTV.com. Kicking off on Wednesday evening was the $5,000 added One Pock ..read more