Newsbites #1

The Newsbites series is meant to cover stuff not included in other entries. Here is the first edition.

News in General

• IPT Updates (International Pool Tour)
  
• I don't want pity, just to stand up straight (Edinburgh Evening News)
• Strickland Finally Gets the Attention He Deserves (AzBilliards)
• Greatest Snooker Player to Compete in World Pool Championships (AzBilliards)
• Behind the Red Curtain (AzBilliards)
• Three Cushion Debuts on American TV (Billiards Digest)
• World Pool Championship to Reach 130 Million Households (AzBilliards)

Recent events

• Qualifying Results from around the World (World 14.1 Straight Pool Championship)

Upcoming events

• May 5-7
  2006 San Miguel Asian 9-ball Tour (Inside Pool Magazine)
• May 10-14
  European 3-cushion championship (CEB)
• May-Jun
  Qualifiers for the North American 8-ball Open Championship (International Pool Tour)
• May 30 - Jun 4
  World Straight Pool Championship
• Jun 13-15
  World Eight-ball Championships 2006 (World Eight-Ball Pool Federation)
• Jun 16-18
  World Pool Masters (Inside Pool Magazine)
  
• Aug 9-10
  International Challenge of Champions (Inside Pool Magazine)
• Nov 4-12
  World Pool Championship
  
• Nov 9-17
  Blackball 2006 World Championship 9-17 Nov 2006 (World Pool-Billiard Association)