Mar 17, 2011 | World Artistic Championships

2011 WPA World Artistic Pool Championship

This magnetic and prestigious event took place at the Valley Forge Convention Center in King of Prussia, PA from March 10 – 13.

The artistic pool playing artists competed in the 8 skilled and varied disciplines of the sport as follows: Trick and Fancy, Prop / Novelty / Special Arts, Draw, Follow, Bank / Kick, Stroke, Jump, and Masse. In addition, a special Sportsmanship medal was presented to one player selected by player vote. (See accompanying results)

This year made history as the players in the semi – finals and finals were filmed for Television in 3-D, which has never been done before. Center City Film and Video did the filming and production for Comcast, and it was absolutely amazing. Helping the film crew, I was fortunate to get a look back stage at the artistic pool shots the players were pulling off for the cameras — awesome!!

You will not believe what you are seeing when you get a look at it for the first time with the balls jumping off the screen and the players moving around the table in special depth perception effects like you have not seen before.

By Sunday the field was reduced to just 4 players with Andy Segal (USA) vs. Gabi Visoiu (Romania) in one semi final match, and Tim Chin (USA) vs. Jamey Gray (USA) in the other semi final match. The final match found Jamey Gray and Andy Segal battling for the WPA World Artistic Pool Championship Title. This head to head shootout started very close, but Â¾ of the way through the match, you could tell that Andy was in dead stroke and pulling away. Andy was taking no chances as he finished strong, leaving nothing in question as to who was the 2011 WPA World Artistic Pool Champion.

This was another great artistic pool event for everyone in attendance. The players had a wonderful time and want to thank Allen Hopkins for this opportunity and his hosting this tournament. The sponsors that made it happen were Simonis Cloth, Diamond, Mueller, Runout Sportswear, Crown Cues, and Dr. Cue Promotions. A special thanks also goes out to the WPA Artistic Pool Division and APTSA boards and select player staff for their dedication and effort in making this event a complete success.

For all of you up and coming Artistic Pool players / fans of our sport, please go to the official site for Artistic Pool – APTSA.US. Future Artistic Pool updates, “trick shots and so much more” special features, and all tournament information for the APTSA (Artistic Pool and Trick Shot Association) tour initiatives program for 2011 and beyond can be found there.

Mark Dimick
President WPA-Artistic Pool Division

Jim Sommers
Vice-President WPA- APD

Tom Kinzel
Chairman, APTSA Board

1st, 2nd and 3rd winners RESULTS

Pl.	Player	Pts
1	Andy “The Magic Man” Segal	268
2	Jamey “Sharp Shooter” Gray	250
3	Tim “The Dragon” Chin	229
4	Gabi ” Mr. Perfect” Visoui	225
5	Nick “Quick Nick” Nikolaidis	220
6	Abram “Too Tall” Diaz	216
7	Florian “Venom” Kohler	196
8	Jamie “The Bayou Bullet” Moody	193
9	Tom “Dr. Cue ” Rossman	214
10	Chris “Trickyshot” Woodrum	210
11	J. R. “Daddy-O” Owens	191
12	Bruce “The Big Guy” Barthelette	187
13	Dave “Triple Jump” Nangle	185
14	Mark “Dr. Popper” Dimick	167
15	Jason “The Michigan Kid” Lynch	165
16	Tom “Too Kool” Kinzel	164
17	Steve “Stellar” Geller	160
18	Gordon “The Wolf” Hedges	159
19	Sebastian “The Matador” Giumelli	157
20	Joe “Jersey Joe” Bonge	153
21	Steve “Triple C” Markle	152
22	Javier “The Polar Bear” Gomez	139
23	Paul “Book’em” Danno	131
24	Jimmy “The General” Glanville	120
25	Gerry “Jersey Gerry” Woodlief	111
26	Bob “T.V. Bob” Neal	111
27	Jim “Coach” Barnard	110
28	Roberto “Chapita” Mendoza	107
29	Jason “My Son” Kane	104
30	Curtis “Red Neck Buddy” Robertson	97
31	Peyton “Almost Perfect” Thomas	93
32	Rocky “Rocko” Haden	77
33	Arkadiy “The Professor” Loshakov	53