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Two Repeat Performances on Tiger Planet Pool Tour
Monday, June 06, 2005 - 12:18 PM EST

Two Repeat Performances o­n Tiger Planet Pool Tour

Repeating his performance from the month before, Shawn Putnam stormed through a field of 47 players o­n the Tiger Planet Pool Tour and came through without a scratch o­n him to win the tournament.  In addition to his back-to-back tour wins, Putnam also captured the first two UPA stops in a row earlier this year.

Held at First Break Café in Sterling, VA, over the weekend of June 4-5, this event had an all-star Northeast cast that included former Reno Open champion Mike Davis, “Earthquake” Keith McCready, and Ryan “Genie Man” McCreesh.  It was McCreesh whom Putnam met in the hot seat match, defeating his opponent 9-5 and sending him to the o­ne-loss side to do battle with Davis.  After ousting McCready, Davis met McCreesh in the semifinals, and David emerged to advance with a 7-2 win.  The undefeated Putnam awaited him in the final match, and although Davis put up a valiant effort, it wasn’t quite enough, for Putnam took the win by the close score of 11-9.

Sixteen talented ladies showed up to do battle in the women’s division, with the 17-year-old Pamela Treadway taking her fourth Tiger Planet Pool Tour title.  Not o­nly was it her fourth win, she also holds a 100% match record, having never been defeated o­n the tour.

Wendy Safford had her personal best finish o­n the tour when she took fourth place after being ousted by Tina Meraglio.  Coming through the o­ne-loss side, Meraglio had suffered a first-round defeat to My-Hanh Lac 7-5 and was looking for revenge in the semifinals but didn’t find it.  After being bested in the hot seat match 7-1 by Treadway, Lac was o­n a mission, and she swept through the semifinal match 5-2.  However, she didn’t have enough momentum to go through Treadway, who took home the title with a 9-4 victory.

Results:
1st Shawn Putnam
2nd Mike Davis
3rd Ryan McCreesh
4th Keith McCready
5th Todd Elkins, Mike Champagne
7th John Newton, Johnny Cisneros
9th Kevin West, Walter Koch, Brandon Shuff, Alvin Thomas

Ladies’ Results:
1st Pamela Treadway
2nd My-Hanh Lac
3rd Tina Meraglio
4th Wendy Safford

Alcano Tops Manila Leg, Earns World Pool Ticket
Monday, June 06, 2005 - 11:29 AM EST

Alcano Tops Manila Leg, Earns World Pool Ticket

Ronato “Ronnie” Alcano of the Philippines avenged his countrymen’s earlier setbacks as he defeated Yang Ching-Shun of Chinese Taipei 11-6, to claim the fourth and final leg of the San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour at the Robinsons Galleria Trade Hall late Sunday evening. 

Not willing to suffer the same fate as Efren “Bata” Reyes and Gandy Valle against Yang, Alcano capitalized o­n two crucial scratches committed by his Taiwanese foe late in the match and eventually broke free from the tightly contested encounter to snag the crown in front of a highly appreciative hometown crowd.

Yang, who edged Reyes 9-8 in the quarterfinals and defeated Valle 11-7 in the semifinals, couldn’t beat a third Filipino this time around. 

2nd Annual Korea International Championships Info
Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 12:07 PM EST

2nd Annual Korea International Championships

                                   (011)(82)(2) 838-1101
 
Event will be broadcasted o­n Korea's #1 network MBCESPN
 
Players, this event is a great opportunity to make the trip to asia worthwhile as it is 2 days after the World Championships in Taiwan. DP Staff will be at the airport to make sure players get o­n right bus to the venue

 
Starring  International Stars:

·      Charlie Williams(USA)- Defending Champion

·       Thorsten Hohmann (Germany)- 2003 World Champion

·       Rodney Morris(USA)- Former US Open Champion

·       Mika Davis(USA)- 2003 USA Rookie of the Year

·       Hiroshi Takenaka(Japan)- #1 in JBC Japan

·       Ralf Souquet(GER)- #1 WPA World Rankings

·        Young Hwa Jeong(KOR)- #1 Asia Rankings 2003

Seung Woo Ryu(KOR)- #1 Korea KPT Rankings
 

Starring  International Women's Stars

·       Miyuki Sakai (JAP)- Defending Champion

·       Sung Hyun Jung(KOR)- #1 Korea KPT Rankings

·       Yun Mi Lim(KOR)- #2 Korea KPT Rankings

·       Taiwan invite

·       JPBA Invite

·       USA invite

Stage 1 Men
First time a player pays for entry fee is $80. Each additional time after is $50. Example:If player skips first qualifier and then plays in 2nd Qualifier but it is his first time paying, he must pay $80 still. Everytime after is $50. He may wait to the 3rd or 4th qualifier if he chooses so.
 
Race to 7 single elimination
 
First  3 qualifiers Final 4 players qualify
4th qualifer o­nly final 2 players qualify
 
Stage 1 Women
First time a player pays for entry fee is $50. Each additional time after is $40. Example:If player skips first qualifier and then plays in 2nd Qualifier but it is her first time paying, she must pay $50 still. Everytime after is $40. She may wait to the 3rd qualifier if she chooses so.
 
Race to 6 single elimination Final 2 players qualify
 
3 qualifying events
 
Stage 2 :

64 Player Mens Division
20 Koreans Invited
30 Invited International players
14 Qualifiers( from 4 qualifier events )
 
Stage 2 Women :

25 Player Womens Division
8 Korean Women Invited
11 Invited International players
6 Qualifiers( from 3 qualifier events )
 
 
Guaranteed Prize Money
 
Men
1st  $6000
2nd  $2700
3-4th  $ 1300
5-8th  550
9-16th 300
 
 
Women
1st  $3000
2nd  $1300
3-4th $550
5-8th  200
 
 
 
 
Stage 2 International Players MEN:   

Race to 9 ; and all TV matches Race to 7
USA  Johnny Archer
USA  Rodney Morris
USA  Charlie Williams Defending Champion
USA  John Schmidt
USA  Mike Davis
USA  Charlie Bryant
USA  Max Eberle
GER  Ralf Souquet
GER  Thorsten Hohmann
GER  
FIN    Mika Immonen
JAP   Hiroshi Takenaka(JBC)
JAP   (JBC)
JAP   (JPBA
JAP   (JPBA)
CAN   Luc Salvas
SPA   
AUS   
PUER    
SWE    
PHI     
PHI    
PHI    
ROC   
S.AM  
CHN   
NET     
NET    
INDO   
SING  
 

Stage 2 International Players WOMEN:  

Race to 7 ; and all TV matches Race to 6

USA  
USA   
JAP    Miyuki Sakai (JBC) Defending Champion
JAP    Hayashi (JBC)
JAP    Saeko Moori (JBC)
JAP    Yukari Matsufusa(JBC)
JPBA
JPBA 
JPBA  
ROC   
CHN   
MALA   
AUST     
DP Staff will be at the airport to make sure players get o­n right bus to the venue

Special 1 1/2 Hour TV Special:

King of the Hill Challenge

Starring:

Johnny Archer
Rodney Morris
Efren Reyes or Bustamente or Pagulayan
Kunihiko Takahashi or Takenaka
Jeong or Park or Kim or Seung Woo
Wild Card
Wild Card
Wild Card
1st  $8000

2nd  $3500

3rd $2500

2nd Annual Korea International Championships

July 12-15,2005  at Novotel Geumcheon-Gu Seoul South Korea

The WPA and  Korea Pocket Billiard Federation(KBF)  is pleased that Dragon Promotions(DP) will be producing The 2nd Annual Korea International Championships. This will be the biggest ever international field of top pool stars from around the world competing in Korea! There will be a Mens and Womens Division. Please be aware of the following:

Tournament Dates:         Stage 1 :  July 12     Stage 2:  July 13-15
 

Tournament Venue:    

Novotel
1030- Doksan 4-Dong,
Geumcheon-Gu Seoul 153-014
South Korea

Reservation number:
(011)(82)(2) 838-1101

     Contact for hotel and tournament entry:  DP General Manager  James West (Korea phone) 82- 017-378-0011    (USA) 1-407-782-4978                           

Hotel Room Rates:   approx. $92 a night for 1 or 2 beds

    
Airport Transportation:  DP Staff will be at the airport to make sure players get o­n right bus to the venue
(approx. 60 minute bus drive)

                                    Charge - approx. $8 USD dollars o­ne way

                                    Bus Time Schedule - Departs every 20-

                                    30  minutes From airport:

Event Sponsor:              Brunswick Billiards, Brunswick Centennial Cloth, Brunswick Centennial Balls, Sardo Tight Rack, Master Chalk

Dress Code for the event is collar shirt or dress shirt with dress slacks and dress shoes. No Tshirt, shorts, tennis shoes, or khakis. 

Players Meeting:            The Players Meeting will be at 11 am for Stage 1 o­n July 12 at Novotel

Stage 2 Players Meeting will be July 13 at 10am
 

To join event or book rooms: email at koreapropooltour@yahoo.com or jameskwest@gmail.com

Yang Prevents All-Filipino Semifinals, Boots out Reyes
Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 10:14 AM EST

Yang Prevents All-Filipino Semifinals, Boots out Reyes

Yang Ching Shun of Chinese Taipei played the spoiler’s role as he edged out hometown favorite Efren “Bata” Reyes of the Philippines 9-8 to prevent an all-Filipino cast in the semifinals during the final leg of the San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour at the hot and humid Robinsons Galleria Trade Hall. 

Playing inside the venue without air-conditioning because of a power trip, Yang displayed enough coolness under pressure as he stormed back from a 5-7 deficit to beat his Filipino rival and in the process clinched the overall Tour title. The Taiwanese will have at least 200 Tour points after making it to the semifinals for the fourth straight time this year.  Reyes, as a result of his quarterfinal loss, will o­nly get 150 points, while fellow Filipino Gandy Valle, who made it to the semifinals, can reach at most 170 points if he wins the Manila leg.