It's Peach over Sniegocki in the 2010 Italy Open

Daryl Peach from England bagged his third Euro Tour trophy in the 2010 Italy Open.

In the final the 2007 world 9-ball champion defeated recent EC silver medalist Mateusz Sniegocki (Poland) 9-7. The victory was worth €5000. Sniegocki received €3300 for second place.

The semifinals were one-sided affairs with Peach and Sniegocki both winning 9-2, against Stephan Cohen (French) and Chris Melling (England) respectively.

This was Peach's first win in the Italy Open and third Euro Tour win overall, from four finals. He has previously won the 2007 German Open and the 2009 Portugal Open.

The win lifts him from eighth to second in the Euro Tour Ranking. Losing finalist Sniegocki improved from fifth to fourth. Ralf Souquet (Germany) is still on top and Imran Majid (England) drops one place to third.

The tournament was played 15-17 April 2010 at the Basso Hotels & Resorts Spa, Treviso, Italy. It was the second event of seven on the 2010 Euro Tour. Next up is the German Open which runs from 10-12 June 2010.

See also:

• Italy Open 2010 (Event page)
• Italy Open Photo Gallery (eurotouronline.eu)
• Official Website of the IBP Eurotour
• Diamond Nine - Euro-Tour/ Dynamic Italian Open (Pro9.co.uk)
• Italian Euro Tour - Treviso (Pro9.co.uk Forum)
• Daryl Peach wint Eurotour Italie (Poolkrant - Dutch)
• Daryl Peach (Wikipedia)

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• Majid wins in Italy (2006 Italy Open)
• Christian Reimering victorious in Italian Open (2007 Italy Open)
• Darren Appleton captures Italy Open (2008 Italy Open)
• Alcaide wins 2009 Italy Open (2009 Italy Open)
• Feijen wins French Open for the second year running (2010 Euro Tour)

Jaspers takes top honors in 2010 Suwon World Cup

Dick Jaspers from Netherlands won the 2010 World Cup event in Suwon, South Korea.

Dick Jaspers sneaked past Filipos Kasidokostas (Greece) 3-2 in the final. The frame scores were 1-15, 15-11, 14-15, 15-10 and 15-9.

He received €5,500 for the victory and Kasidokostas got €3,500 for second place.

Jeremy Bury from France and Tayfun Tasdemir (Turkey) lost out in the semifinals. Defending champion Frédéric Caudron (Belgium) lost 3-1 to Tasdemir in the quarterfinals.

This was Jaspers' 18th World Cup title and first since Spain 2008. He also won in Suwon in 2008.

The former world champion has had a terrific start to the year, having also won the recent AGIPI Billiard Masters.

Jaspers had the highest general average among the 56 competitors with 2.153. Caudron had the highest single match average in the final stage with 2.700. Korean Bong-so Kim's 15 was the highest run in the event.

The Dutchman moves into top spot in the 2010 World Cup Ranking with his win. Kasidokostas advances from fourth to third. Kyung-Roul Kim (South Korea) drops from first to second.

The win also moved Jaspers from fourth to second in the World Players Ranking. Kasidokostas improved from ninth to sixth. Caudron stays on top with Eddy Merckx (Belgium) dropping one place to third.

The event took place 6-11 April 2010 at the Manseok Park Badminton Gymnasium, Suwon, South Korea. It was the second of at least four events on the 2010 World Cup. The next event is in Matosinhos, Portugal, 12-18 July 2010.

See also:

• Tournament Details (UMB)
• Worldcup Suwon Korea 2010 (Entrada 51 - Spanish)
• Prachtige zege in loodzware finale in Worldcup Suwon (Dick Jaspers - Dutch)
• Dick Jaspers (Official page - Dutch)
• Dick Jaspers (Wikipedia)

Related posts:

• Daniel Sánches claims World Cup win in South Korea (2007 South Korea World Cup)
• Jaspers continues three cushion domination with South Korea World Cup win (2008 South Korea World Cup)
• Caudron hoists second World Cup trophy of 2009 season in Suwon (2009 South Korea World Cup)
• Kyung-Roul Kim lifts first World Cup trophy in Turkey (2010 World Cup)

Boyes wins 2010 8-ball World Championship

Karl Boyes from England won the 2010 Etisalat World 8-ball Pool Championship.

In the final he edged 2008 World Straight Pool champion Niels Feijen from Netherlands 13-12.

The Englishman lead the final from start to finish. At one point he was 11-4 up, before Feijen came back to make it 11-9.

In the semifinals Boyes beat Ruslan Chinakhov (Russia) 10-2 and Feijen defeated 2008 10-ball world champion Darren Appleton (England) 10-6.

Defending champion Ralf Souquet (Germany) lost 10-9 to Feijen in the last 16.

This was the fifth 8-ball world championship held. The previous four winners were Efren Reyes (Philippines), Chia-Ching Wu (Taiwan), Ronnie Alcano (Philippines) and Souquet. Boyes is the first champion to not previously having won the 9-ball title.

Once again the Brits impress at a major pool event. Peach was the 2007 world 9-ball champion and Appleton won the 2008 World Ten Ball Championship. In addition England came second in the 2008 World Cup of Pool and Great Britain (with Boyes) won the 2010 Pool World Team Championship.

The tournament was played 5-10 April 2010 in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.

See also:

• World 8-ball Pool Championship (official site)
• World Pool Association
• KARL BOYES : WPA Etisalat World 8-Ball Champion 2010 (Pro9.co.uk)
• World 8-Ball Finals (AzBilliards)
• Billiards World Crowns New World 8-Ball Champ (Inside Pool Magazine)
• Karl Boyes is the new World 8-Ball Champion (Poolmag's 8-Ball Blog)
• world 8 ball championships in dubai (Pro9.co.uk Forum)
• World 8-Ball Champions (WPA)
• Pool: Men: World 8-Ball Championship (Sports 123)
• Karl Boyes (Official page)

Related posts:

• Alcano completes world double with 8-ball win (2007 8-ball world championship)
• Souquet wins World 8-ball Championship (2008 8-ball world championship

Reanne Evans captures record sixth straight World Ladies Snooker Championship

England's Reanne Evans won the World Ladies Snooker Championship for a record sixth straight time.

In a repeat of last year's final she beat compatriot Maria Catalano 5-1 to pocket the £1000 winner's cheque. Catalano got £500 as runner up.

Katie Henrick and Emma Bonney, both from England, shared third place.

Evans also posted the highest break in the event, a 78 in her 4-3 semi-final win over Henrick.

It was a record sixth world title in a row for Evans. In 2005 she defeated Lynette Horsburgh (Scotland) 6-1, in 2006 she beat Bonney 5-3, in 2007 she won 5-3 over Henrick, in

2008 she beat Emma Banks (England) 5-3 and last year she defeated Catalano 5-2.

Evans has now won 23 ranking titles and 57 straight matches on the WLBSA tour. No surprise then that she ended the season on top of the WLBSA official rankings.

June Banks (England) retained her seniors title by beating countrywoman Eva Palmius 3-1 in the final. 13-year-old Hannah Jones (England) retained the juniors title by defeating Jasmine Bolsover (England) 2-0 in the final.

Tatjana Vasiljeva (Latvia) and Maureen Rowland (England) beat Pam Wood and Laura Alves (Ireland) 2-0 in the ladies doubles.

Vasiljeva also teamed up with Joe Perry (England) to win the mixed doubles event, beating English pair, Wood and Martin Gould, 3-2 in the final.

In the final of the english billiards event two-time defending champion Bonney won by beating Chitra Magimairaj (India) 269-220. 2007 champion Magimairaj also took second last year.

This championship is organized by the World Ladies Snooker & Billiards Association. It must not be confused with the IBSF World Championship. Evans has won that event three times.

The tournament was played at the Stadium Snooker Club, Hall Green Stadium, Birmingham, England, 3-8 April, 2010.

See also:

• Results (WLBSA)
• World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association
• Reanne wins a record sixth world title (Global Snooker)
• Girls Just Wanna Have Funds (Snooker Scene blog)
• Reanne’s joy of six (Pro Snooker Blog)
• World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association - World Championships (Pro9.co.uk)
• Reanne Evans pakt óók wereldtitel (snooker.blog.nl - Dutch)
• Reanne Evans (Wikipedia)
• Reanne Evans (Official page)

Related posts:

• Reanne Evans is new world snooker champion (2006 Ladies World Championships)
• Reanne Evans defends World Snooker Championship (2007 Ladies World Championships)
• Reanne Evans captures fourth straight World Ladies Snooker Championship (2008 Ladies World Championships)
• Reanne Evans claims fifth World Ladies Snooker Championship in a row (2009 Ladies World Championships)

Mark Williams completes strong comeback to win 2010 China Open

Mark Wlliams (Wales) won the 2010 Sanyuan Foods China Open.

The two-time world champion won seven of the last eight frames in the final to defeat home favourite and 2005 winner Ding Junhui 10-6.

The Welshman received £55,000 for the victory and Junhui got £28,000 for finishing second.

Mark Allen (N.Ireland) and Allister Carter (England) lost out in the semifinals.

Neil Robertson made a career first 147 in his 5-1 loss to Peter Ebdon to claim the high break prize of £22,000.

This was the third China Open title for Williams and his 17th ranking title. His last ranking final was four years ago when he won the 2006 edition of this event.

The win lifts Williams from ninth to seventh in the provisional rankings. Junhui improves from seventh to fifth. The top two remain the same, with Ronnie O'Sullivan (England) in first and John Higgins (Scotland) in second. Carter swaps places with Robertson to sit in third.

The event took place at the Beijing Students University Stadium, China 29 March to 4 April, 2010. Next up on the snooker calendar is the Betfred.com World Championship which starts 17 April 2010.

See also:

• China Open 2010 (World Snooker)
• Mark Williams beats Ding Junhui to win China Open title (BBC)
• Williams captures China Open crown (Eurosport)
• Williams Claims China Open Title (Sporting Life)
• China Open Snooker 2010 (Global Snooker)
• 2010 China Open (Wikipedia)
• China Open 2010: Williams ends title drought – Read how it happened (Pro Snooker Blog)
• Williams has China in his Hands (Snooker Scene Blog)
• SnookerManager: China Open 2010
• China Open (Wikipedia)
• Mark Williams (Wikipedia)

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• O'Sullivan pockets 2009 Shanghai Masters (2009 Main Tour)
• It's four from four as Robertson nicks 2009 Grand Prix (2009 Main Tour)
• Ding Junhui captures 2009 UK Championship (2009 Main Tour)
• John Higgins captures Grand Prix (2009 Main Tour)
• Selby takes 2010 Masters with impressive comeback (2009 Main Tour)
• Higgins wins 2010 Welsh Open in dominant fashion (2009 Main Tour)
• Williams wins in China (2006 China Open)
• Graeme Dott claims China Open trophy (2007 China Open)
• Maguire makes maximum on the way to China Open title (2008 China Open)
• Ebdon returns to winner's circle in 2009 China Open (2009 China Open)

Shameless plugs:

• Event Prediction: China Open 2010
• WWW Snooker: Sanyuan Foods China Open 2010

Jaspers wins AGIPI Billiard Masters - again

Dick Jaspers from Netherlands won the AGIPI Billiard Masters for the second year running.

World No. 4 Jaspers defeated world No. 1 Frédéric Caudron (Belgium) 50-34. Jaspers' final average was 2.174 compared to Caudron's 1.417.

Marco Zanetti (Italy) and Roland Forthomme (Belgium) shared third place.

It was the second successive victory for Jaspers in this event. Last year he defeated Torbjörn Blomdahl 50-39. He also played the final in 2008, then losing 50-26 to Blomdahl.

Including bonuses Jaspers earned €29.200 for the victory. Caudron took €22.950.

Players earned bonuses for runs of 10 or more and games won in 25 innings or less. In addition €2.500 was awarded to the player (Caudron) with the highest general average.

Zanetti had the highest run of the tournament with 19. Caudron had the highest general average of 2.398. Filipos Kasidokostas from Greece won one match in only 12 innings, resulting in the highest special average of 4.167.

The event's final stage took place 25-28 March 2010 at the AGIPI Auditorum, Schiltigheim, France and was televised live on Eurosport.

See also:

• Official site
• Tournament Details (UMB)
• Jaspers, le spécialiste (Kozoom - French)
• MASTER AGIPI 2010 (Entrada 51 - Spanish)
• Dick Jaspers wint AGIPI Billiard Masters (Dick Jaspers - Dutch)
• Dick Jaspers (Wikipedia)
• Dick Jaspers (Official homepage - Dutch)

Related posts:

• Jaspers tops 2009 AGIPI Billiard Masters (2009 AGIPI Billiard Masters)

Ouschan has record-breaking performance at the 2010 European Pool Championships

Austria's Jasmin Ouschan had a perfect showing at the 2010 European Pool Championships.

As the first player ever Ouschan took gold in all available events; 8-ball, 9-ball, 10-ball and straight pool. Actually she won all but one match in the entire competition, a 7-3 loss to Line Kjørsvik (Norway) in 9-ball.

Ouschan successfully defended her golds in 8-ball and 9-ball from 2009. In 8-ball she also won in 2007 and 2008.

German legend Ralf Souquet also had a great event, scoring gold in both 9-ball and 10-ball.

Jouni Tahti from Finland copied that achievement in the wheelchair division. He took gold in 9-ball for the second year running.

Ouschan now tops the all-time medal standings with 23 golds. Souquet sits in second with 22 wins. Tahti is sixth in the same list with 10 victories.

This was the first time 10-ball was included in the programme.

Here are the results:

Men
8-ball: Konstantin Stepanov (Russia) bt Marcus Chamat (Sweden) 8-6
9-ball: Ralf Souquet (Germany) bt Mateusz Sniegocki (Poland) 9-8
10-ball: Ralf Souquet (Germany) bt Niels Feijen (Netherlands) 7-4
14.1: David Alcaide (Spain) bt Artem Koshovyi (Ukraine) 125-3

Women
8-ball: Jasmin Ouschan (Austria) bt Line Kjørsvik (Norway) 6-5
9-ball: Jasmin Ouschan (Austria) bt Gerda Hofstätter (Austria) 7-0
10-ball: Jasmin Ouschan (Austria) bt Ina Jentschura (Germany) 6-3
14.1: Jasmin Ouschan (Austria) bt Gerda Hofstätter (Austria) 75-19

Wheelchair
8-ball: Kurt Deklerck (Belgium) bt Henrik Larsson (Sweden) 5-4
9-ball: Jouni Tahti (Finland) bt Henrik Larsson (Sweden) 7-1
10-ball: Jouni Tahti (Finland) bt Roy Kimberley (England) 5-0

The event was held 18-27 March, 2010 at Hotel Westin, Zagreb, Croatia.

See also:

• European Pool Championships (Official site)
• European Championships - 2010 (EPBF Archive)
• Jasmin Sweeps the European Championships! (AZ Billiards)
• Katrine Jensen: 5th place straight pool!, Last 16 10-ball..., 9th place 8-ball
• Billarnet (Spanish): David Alcaide vuelve a asombrarnos, Ralf Souquet, campeón de Europa de Bola 9, Francisco Sánchez y David Alcaide bronce en Bola 8 en el europeo, Otro título, el de Bola 10, convierte a Souquet en el rey del Europeo
• EK 2010, Eindstand: 4 medailles voor Nederland (Poolkrant.nl - Dutch)
• News and photos from the European Pool Championships (APPB)
• Jasmin Ouschan (Official page)
• Jasmin Ouschan (Wikipedia)
• Ralf Souquet (Official page)
• Ralf Souquet (Wikipedia)

Related posts:

• Ortmann and Ouschan on top of Europe (2006)
• Ouschan, Ortmann and Kimberley repeats in the European Championships (2007)
• Ouschan wins sixth gold in European Pool Championships (2008)
• Jasmin Ouschan rules in the 2009 European Pool Championships (2009)

Hofstätter returns to winner's circle in 2010 San Diego Classic

Gerda Hofstätter from Austria won the season-opening 2010 San Diego Classic.

Hofstätter was undefeated throughout the event. In the final she beat Shu-Han Chang (Taiwan) 7-3 to earn the $12,700 first-place cheque. Chang received $7,800 for second.

The semifinals saw the Austrian defeat Karen Corr (Ireland) 7-4 while Chang edged Xiaoting Pan (China) 7-5.

This was Hofstätter's 12th (?) Classic Tour title but her first since the 2000 BCA Open 9-Ball Championship. She has also won the 1995 World Championship and has numerous European titles.

It was the second Tour victory in a row for Austria, as Jasmin Ouschan won the season-ending WPBA Championship.

Defending champion Monica Webb (USA) finished tied ninth after losing 9-3 to Hofstätter.

The event took place from March 10-14 2010 at the Viejas Casino, Alpine, California, USA. It was the first of two(!) events this season on the Classic Tour.

See also:

• WPBA
• Tournament Bracket (wpba.com - PDF)
• Gerda Hofstatter wins San Diego Classic (AzBilliards)
• Hofstatter Wins San Diego Classic (Inside Pool Magazine)
• Gerda Hofstatter (Official site)
• WPBA Tour | Player Biographies | Gerda Hofstatter (wpba.com)
• Gerda Hofstatter (Wikipedia)

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