Pendley Comes Back to nab Carolina Classic Amateur Billiard Title

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Pendley Comes Back to nab Carolina Classic Amateur Billiard TitleBy Joshua Johnson, Inside POOL MagazineSixty three players started the tournament on Saturday with hopes of going home with the $1000 first place prize here at Karl’s Korner in Cayce, SC.  After everything was said and done on Sunday, young Adam Pendley of Marion, NC had potted [...]

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Davis Takes Billiard Event for Mom

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Davis Takes Billiard Event for Mom
Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour / Wilmington, NC

by Skip Maloney

She’d told him at the outset that since it was her birthday and only the second time she’d ever seen him play, it was important to her that he win. Mike Davis delivered, offering his mom, Ingrid Davis, the birthday present she’d asked for and taking top honors in the main event of the Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour the weekend of January 2-4. The $1000-added main event, which drew 27 entrants to Breaktime Billiards in Wilmington, NC, was supplemented by a Friday night mini tournament, a Sunday second-chance tournament, and ladies’ and juniors’ events as well.

Davis finished the main event undefeated. From among the final four on the winners’ side, he sent Dennis Crist to the one-loss side with a commanding 7-1 victory and faced Jared McGee in the hot seat match. McGee had sent Sam Monday west after a hill-hill struggle and joined him when Davis gained the hot seat 7-2.

On the one-loss side, Scott Lewis was battling his way back to an eventual seat in the finals. He got by Zach Wilson in a hill-hill struggle and then Steve Ladner 7-2 for the right to face Crist. At the same time Michael Fuller got by Charlie Brinson 7-4 and shut out Larry Faulk for the right to square off against Monday. It was Lewis and Fuller advancing to the quarterfinals, where a 7-4 win put Lewis in the semifinals versus Jared McGee. Lewis dropped McGee into third place 7-5 and moved into the finals against Davis. In the final race to 9, Davis stayed in control, finishing it 9-5 and taking top honors.

Davis gave his mother a birthday present by winning the Jacoby Cues Tour event this weekend.

In the Friday night mini tournament, it was Michael Fuller walking away with the $200 first prize, having defeated Jim Barthule in the finals. Younger Chapman and Larry Faulk finished third and fourth, respectively. The second-chance tournament on Sunday was won by Russell Sasser, who brought home $130 for his efforts. Sidney Champion finished second, with Jay Calhoun and Larry Faulk tied for third place. Belinda Calhoun won the women’s event over Katie Cowan in the finals, while Brandon Carraway bested Caleb Grissom in the finals of the juniors’ event.

Results:
1st Mike Davis $1,000
2nd Scott Lewis $500
3rd Jared McGee $300
4th Michael Fuller $200
5th Dennis Crist $100
Sam Monday
7th Steve Ladner $75
Larry Faulk
9th Zach Wilson
Barry Irving
Russell Sasser
Charlie Brinson

Reyes Rings in the Billiards New Year

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Reyes Rings in the Billiards New Year
Tri-State Tour / Queens, NY

by Skip Maloney

Arturo Reyes joined the growing ranks of separate winners on the Tri-State Tour with a victory January 4. Reyes joined 31 entrants on hand at Master Billiards in Queens, NY for the $1,000-added, B-D handicapped event.

He began his final drive among the winners’ side final four with a 7-2 win over Mike Panzarella as Chris Luethi was dispatching Emily Duddy to the one-loss side with a 7-5 victory. Reyes gained the hot seat with a 7-3 win over Luethi, who’d return to face him in the finals.

Jose Cruz and David Jusis were waiting for Panzarella and Duddy on the one-loss side. From among the final 12, Cruz and Jusis had tallied identical 7-5 wins over Mike Harrington and Dmitry Rozenfeld, respectively, to meet Ryan McCarthy and Alex Borukhovich. Cruz survived a double-hill struggle against McCarthy to face Panzarella as Jusis defeated Borukhovich 6-2 to meet Duddy. Panzarella dropped Cruz into the tie for fifth place 7-3 as Duddy advanced to the quarterfinals with a 7-2 win over Jusis.

Arturo Reyes defeated Chris Luethi in the finals 7-5.

In a closely contested quarterfinal match, Panzarella defeated Duddy 7-6 and then fell to Luethi 7-5 in the semifinals. Luethi had his second chance at Reyes.

In the extended-finals format, Luethi needed to reach seven wins to extend the match to nine games and as the B+-handicapped player, he was giving Reyes a game at the start. Reyes added to that single game in hand and was ahead 5-2 before Luethi responded to tie it. It was as close as Luethis got. Reyes responded with two racks in a row and rang in the New Year’s first weekend with a first-place prize.

Results:
1st Arturo Reyes $775
2nd Chris Luethi $460
3rd Mike Panzarella $260
4th Emily Duddy $150
5th David Jusis $100
Jose Cruz
7th Ryan McCarthy $70
Alex Borukhovich
9th Mike Harrington
Geoff Bauer
Dmitry Rozenfeld
Tony Eglesias

Indian Pool Star Raj Hundal Joins Dragon Promotions

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Indian Pool Star Raj Hundal Joins Dragon Promotions

Raj Hundal of India has signed on with global events producer Dragon Promotions to be exclusively represented as one of pool’s rising stars. Hundal, known as The Hitman, has in a short time proven to the pool world he is a force to be reckoned with. He first turned heads in 2005 when he defeated #1 seed Yang Ching Shun of Taiwan at the World 9-Ball Championship, and then shocked the field as the dark horse winner of the 2005 World Pool Masters taking down veteran Rodney Morris (USA) in the finals. In 2008 Hundal played his first full year on the US Pro Tour circuit starting out the year unranked and ending the year ranked  number 6. 
 
“Raj has an enormous amount of confidence in himself, and that’s going to take him a long way in this game. He never gets down on himself and he has a smooth, fast paced game that fans enjoy watching.” commented Charlie Williams. “Plus he has a ton of charm and witty sense of humor that makes people from all over root for him.”

Hundal has been rising up the pro ranks for the past several years.

Dragon Promotions will be expanding into India in 2009 with events and goal of promoting the growth of billiards there. DP has been highly successful in other markets such as Korea and the United States in producing international billiard events, and has garnered the confidence of industry sponsors such as Brunswick who is investing substantially into India and Asia. Hundal is also confident of India’s future and potential.
 
“Dragon Promotions is a great company that I would have loved to join regardless, but when I heard about the expansion into India it gave me a boost of electricity! My roots are in India and though I lived in London awhile, I’ve been to India enough to know the sport could become massive there. If anyone can do it, it’s Dragon Promotions and I am looking forward to helping the sport grow there as much as I can.” said Hundal.
 
“Raj by far is the most established and most successful Indian player in billards history. His credentials of wins against top players and international coverage is significant, and on top of that he works hard off the table as well. It was a no brainer to bring him on board with us.” explained Cindy Lee, CEO of Dragon Promotions.
 
Hundal will join an elite group of selected players managed by DP that include Mika Immonen of Finland, Rodney Morris of USA, Yu Ram Cha of Korea, Shanelle Loraine of Guam, and top American stars Jeanette Lee, Mike Davis, and Charlie Williams.

McGovern in Charge of Billiards in Addison

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McGovern in Charge of Billiards in Addison
Pechauer All-American Tour / Addison, IL

by InsidePOOL Staff

Mike McGovern was on fire at the December 27 stop of the Pechauer All-American Tour, dominating from start to finish. Hosted by The Pyramid Club in Addison, IL, the $500-added event featured 28 players in a double-elimination 8-ball format on 7-foot bar boxes. 

In McGovern’s march to the finals, he successfully dispatched John Carvell 5-0, Jack Wu 5-3, Jeff Mohl 5-3, Ernesto Contreras 5-1, and Ricky Weir 5-0 in the hot-seat match. Weir had earlier toppled Areil DiAngeles.5-0, Greg Spencer 5-2, Jim Engels 5-3, and Tony Gong 5-4 prior to his loss to McGovern. 
 
On the B-side, Mike Monegato and Keith Schneiderman were ousted at seventh place by Jim Engels 5-0 and Eddie Balderas 5-3, respectively.  Balderas then lost to Gong 5-3, while Engels clipped Contreras 5-4, tying both at fifth place.  Gong then tripped Engels into fourth place by a 5-4 margin, but Gong in turn ended his day in third place resulting from a second 5-4 loss to Weir.  Weir gave McGovern some good competition in the finals, but McGovern continued his hot stick to win the title match 5-3.  

Mike McGovern was on fire at the December 27 stop of the Pechauer All-American Tour, dominating from start to finish. Hosted by The Pyramid Club in Addison, IL, the $500-added event featured 28 players in a double-elimination 8-ball format on 7-foot bar boxes.

Results:
1st Mike McGovern $400
2nd Ricky Weir $275
3rd Tony Gong $165
4th Jim Engels $95
5th Ernesto Contreras $78
Eddie Balderas
7th Mike Monegato $54
Keith Schneiderman