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HENRICK LARSSON CLAIMS 9-BALL WORLD WHEELCHAIR TITLE
Congratulations to Sweden's Henrik Larsson for winning the 2014 WPA Wheel Chair 9-ball World Championship. The event, which took place from November 21-23 at the Hansa Shopping Mall in Turku,...
2014 World 9-Ball Championships for Juniors
By Ian Anderson WPA President Played over the last four days the event has proved to be a great success. We had 72 players from more than 20 countries participating. There were accolades from all...
LIU MAKES IT TWO!
By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy Tai Chengzhe (Guilin, China)--Lui Shasha did it again. Not only did the diminutive and feisty 21 year old win her second WPA Women's World 9-ball...
THE FINAL FOUR REACH FOR POOL IMMORTALITY
By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy Tai Chengzhe (Guilin, China)--The 2014 Women's World 9-ball Championship has come down to the final four, and with the biggest prize in women's pool...
ROUND OF 32 BEGINS IN A WILD RIDE
By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy Jin/ my147.com (Guilin, China)--If you like your pool to resemble a roller coaster ride with plenty of hair raising twists and turns, then the next...
FISHER RISES FROM THE DEPTHS
By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy of Jin/my147.com (Guilin, China)--Kelly Fisher has been around professional pool long enough to know that sometimes in this sport, as in life, you...
GLAMOUR GIRLS, ETHNIC CULTURE AND 9-BALL POOL
By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy Jin/my147.com & Alison Chang (Guilin, China)--Visitors to China, especially those traveling here for events, conferences, trade shows, and other...
THE LADIES GO FOR GLORY THIS WEEK IN GUILIN, CHINA
By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer A veritable slugfest on the cloth pitch awaits fans around China and throughout the world this week, as the 2014 WPA Women's World 9-ball Championship kicks off in...
PHILIPPINES TO DUEL CHINA 2 FOR WORLD POOL TEAM SUPREMACY
By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy of Tai Chengzhe (Beijing)--One team took the easy road. The other had to claw tooth and nail and barely made it through. But when they meet tomorrow...
CHINESE FORTUNE SMILES IN BEIJING
By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy of Jin/my147.com & Tai Chengzhe (Beijing)--With an eye on making history, and another on wanting to please the legions of their fellow countrymen...
PINOY PRIDE EYES THE PRIZE
By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy of Tai Chengzhe (Beijing)--Whenever the Philippines and Chinese-Taipei square off in pool, it's a guarantee that the sparks are going to fly amongst...
2014 WPA World Artistic Pool Championship Crowns 9 World Champions!
This event was held during the 38th BCAPL NationalChampionships under the sponsored venue umbrella of CSI (Cue SportsInternational). There were 26 Artistic Pool Playing Artists from around the...
TWO FOR THE MONEY ROUNDS
By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy Tai Chengzhe (Beijing)--Now, the fun begins. After three days of round robin group play, in which 25 teams from all over the globe dueled in a...
COMING THROUGH IN CRUNCH TIME
By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy of Tai Chengzhe/China Foto Press (Beijing)--Ina Kaplan doesn't have the big time experience, the world titles, nor the time logged in under the...
FAVORITES ROMP TO EASY WINS ON OPENING DAY
By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy Tai Chengzhe/China Foto Press (Beijing)--Day 1 at the 2014 World Pool Team Championship at the Tongzhou Luhe High School in Beijing may have been...