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| Scottish Pool in partnership with Rileys . . . . . | | |
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Affiliated to the World Pool-Billiard Association the Scottish Pool Association is recognised as the sole and official governing body representing the interests of Scotland's 8ball pool players.
With in excess of 17,000 members playing for 1,200 teams from 35 leagues, we compete as gents, ladies, youth, under-21, junior, learning difficulty and physical disability players at local, National, European and World level. Our national teams have amassed an impressive array of titles including a clean sweep at the World Championships. The SPA administer a series of individual and team events for players of all abilities.
And now we have teamed up with Rileys Ltd, the UK’s leading Pool and Snooker club operator. This partnership not only brings SPA members a range of special benefits and sponsorship but also represents a major, long-term investment in Scottish pool.
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| Cuesport TV and Boulder Creek Bag Sky Sports for Euro Blackball | | |  News Options |  Cuesport TV through a new partnership with leading TV Distribution company, Boulder Creek International, have secured a contract between Sky Sports and the European Blackball Association for coverage of the 2009 European Blackball Pool Championships in the Isle of Man.
The contract with Sky Sports will mean that the final day of the championships will be recorded and packaged up into a one hour highlights show that will be broadcast later in 2009.
Ross McInnes, of the EBA, had this to say, "Blackball has unfortunately not received the media coverage that it deserves over the last two or three years, but with this coverage on Sky Sports I can say I am delighted that we can finally showcase this amazing game to a strong audience throughout the UK. Blackball is the only 'small-ball' pool game to be officially recognised by the World Pool Association and in turn the International Olympic Committee and deserves it's place on our TV screens."
The event that runs from the 27th September until the 3rd October features teams from nine European nations and titles will be awarded in the following categories; Men's and Women's Teams, Men's and Women's B Teams, Junior Teams, Senior Teams, Learning disability teams, plus individual titles in Men's, Women's, Juniors, Seniors and Learning Disabilities.
In addition to the Sky Sports coverage which has added extra prestige to this already large scale event, Cuesport TV will be providing live Internet coverage from Tuesday 29th September until Friday 2nd October. Viewers can purchase a pass for the live coverage from just £2.95.
Pete Williams, Managing Director of Cuesport TV Ltd said, "I had an instant love of the game of Blackball when I was first introduced to it in early 2008. It is a game that will look fantastic on TV and the rules of Blackball make it a very attacking game to play and therefore quite exciting to watch. This is hopefully the first of many productions that Cuesport TV will be able to bring to mainstream TV through our partnership with Boulder Creek International."
A date has not yet been finalised for the actual broadcast of the highlights show but it is likely to be somewhere in November or December of this year dependant on Sky Sports schedules.
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| | | | News Options |  Corner Pocket will be holding a Qualifier for the English Poker Open 2009.
All details are below.
ENGLISH POKER OPEN 2009
BUY-IN $5300
DOUBLE CHANCE FREEZEOUT
ENTRY £100 & 1 REBUY OR TOP UP £50 (FIRST 2 HOURS)
STARTING CHIPS: 20,000 – REBUY CHIPS: 15,000
SATURDAY 5th SEPTEMBER 1pm REGISTER FOR 1.30PM START
BLIND STRUCTURE
1.30 – 2.30 50 – 100
2.00 – 2.30 100 – 200
2.30 – 3.00 150 – 300
3.00 – 3.30 200 – 400
END OF REBUY OR TOP UP PERIOD – 15MIN BREAK
3.45 – 4.15 300 – 600
4.15 – 4.45 400 – 800
4.45 – 5.15 500 – 1,000
5.15 – 5.45 1,000 – 2,000
45MIN BREAK FOR DINNER
6.30 – 7.00 1,500 – 3,000
7.00 – 7.30 2,000 – 4,000
7.30 – 8.00 3,000 – 6,000
8.00 – 8.30 4,000 – 8,000
8.30 – 9.00 5,000 – 10,000
9.00 – 9.30 6,000 – 12,000
BLINDS WILL REMAIN at 6,000 – 12,000 UNTIL FINISHED
PRIZE STRUCTURE (£4,000 BASED ON 32 PLAYERS WITH 50% TAKING REBUY/TOP UP)
1ST - ENTRY TO ENGLISH POKER OPEN (+ £400 EXPENSES)
2ND - £700
3RD - £450
4TH - £250
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| | | | News Options |  For Scottish pool players who would like a holiday and have a pool compitition as well, this festival in March 2010 is the one for you.
The events starts on Sat the 20th of March with a party night where all the pool players from all over Europe will be in attendance.
All main events will start at 6pm giving time for everyone to go to the beach or take trips to Barcelona, Salou or even Portaventura the largest waterpark in Europe, which is only 5 minutes away by bus.
The main pool events will be Mens, Ladies, Mixed doubles, Seniors, Cabbages and a 3 person team event will one A listed player one Lady or junior and one other player, all drawn out of the hat.
The finals will be held on Friday 26th at 8 pm followed by the going away party, to many other things to tell you just now, all details will be put on the offical website www.cataloniapoolfestival.com which will be up and running by September.
ps; girls play their single event on the Wednesday night and the guys go to Barcelona for the fottball match that night.
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| 2009 Scottish US Open 9-Ball Championship Qualifier | | | News Options |  The Scottish qualifier for the US Open 9-Ball Championships will be taking place at Riley’s Stirling on Sunday 5 July 2009. The winner-take-all prize is paid entry into the 2009 US Open 9-Ball Championships, being held in Chesapeake, Virginia, as well as, dependent on the number of entries, money towards flights and accommodation.
The event is limited to 64 players and entry is £25. Entries must be made in advance and no entries can be taken on the day. The matches will be races to 9 racks with alternate breaks.
The event is being organised and run by Stephen Capaldi, organiser of the popular handicap tournaments previously held at Glasgow’s Q Club. Like those events, this tournament will also be a Single Elimination handicapped event. The seedings will be based upon the current SAPPA ranking list, with alterations made at the tournament director’s discretion. The seeds will be grouped into groups of 8 players.
The tournament will start at 11am with the 2 lowest groups of players being drawn with each subsequent round starting around 90 minutes later. The players in the lower group will have a one-rack start and winning players will carry their start onto subsequent matches, therefore, with a full field, if a player from the lowest group wins his way through to the last 16 he will have a 7-rack start in a race-to-9 match.
To enter, please either telephone Stephen Capaldi, the tournament organiser, on 07968 564 184 or by visiting the SAPPA Forum at www.scottish9ball.com/forum You can also find more details and have your questions answered on the forum.
Please remember all entries must be made in advance and that the tournament is limited to 64 players, so get your names in as soon as possible.
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| Arbroath Open and ADPL Finals Day 2009 | | | News Options |  Saturday past saw the 4th annual playing of this event on a very hot day at Seaton House. The field that entered was pretty hot too and we had a record turnout for this event of 76 including players from Arbroath, Dundee, Carnoustie, Brechin, Monifeth, Friockheim and even one snooker professional from Aberdeen.
Congratulations to Greg Alexander who beat Davy Jack in a high quality final.
The quality of the starting field was reflected in the many awards spread throughout including 7 former ADPL Singles winners, 5 Tayside Singles Champions, a clutch of Dundee Singles winners and all 3 previous winners of this event. The numbers also boosted the prize pot to £500 and allowed the payouts to reach down to the Quarter-Finals.
The turnout did cause a problem in that it was higher than expected and the format of the day had to be changed to accommodate everyone.
The format put all 76 players into action in a Preliminary Round which produced 38 winners and 38 losers. To retain some semblance to a double-eliminator, the 38 losers played off to provide a further 19 winners. The 57 winners in total were then redrawn into the Last 64, which then became a straight draw to conclusion. In all, some 113 ties were played and a total of 407 frames of pool!
At the end of the day we saw some outstanding skills in the final between Greg Alexander and Davy Jack, with Greg winning 4-3. A cruel end to the deciding frame saw Davy accidentally potting the black when trying to disturb his own colours. The first 5 frames were all 8-ball clearances off the breaks with Davy setting the pace from the first frame and Greg responding in kind and it was a pity that only a few people saw them as the finishing was top drawer.
As a reward Greg claimed the trophy and top prize of £200. He also becomes the first player to have won the Open and the ADPL Singles, which are now considered to be our two main events. Given he has also won Tayside Singles there isn’t much left for him to win domestically hence his interest in 9-ball, where he is also making waves, winning the first of this year’s SAPPA events.
For Davy, he can console himself with the prize of £100. Taking nothing away from Greg, Davy played probably the best pool on the day winning some 22 frames and losing only 7 and in doing so he steamrollered his last 4 opponents without losing a frame en-route to the final (Josh Brannan, Dean Anderson, Ian Webster and Gary Mitchell).
Beaten semi-finalists were Steve Webster who lost 4-2 to Greg and Gary Mitchell who got £50 for their efforts and the 4 Quarter-Finalists (Scott Yeaman, Ian Webster, Tam Smith and John McHugh) received £25 each.
Special thanks must go to Ross McInnes and Scott Ross who travelled up from Glasgow at 56mph to deliver the 6 tables. Ross did us proud and the table conditions were excellent and noted by all. Easily the best quality we have staged an event with and this will help us tremendously in attracting entries for future days.
Also like to thank the following non-committee guys who unselfishly gave up their time on Friday and Monday to help set-up and strip-down the tables. They were Ian and Tom Webster, Phil Bowman, Paul Kelly, Lee Smith, Gordon Dickson, Steve Hallam, Dale Leith, Mark Crozier, Bob Whitelaw, Mick Gallagher and John Majury.
Finally a huge thank you to Crown Park/Seaton Estate for hosting the event and to their bar/kitchen staff, in particular Niki Kingston. This was easily the best venue we have had for any one-day event and the feedback received was excellent. Players from outwith Arbroath noted that their leagues had never run an event of this scale in such a great place and this is a major compliment.
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