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Pool Hall Denied Liquor License (Queens Chronicle)Rack Em-Up Inc., a pool hall in Richmond Hill, applied for and was denied an on-premise liquor license by Community Board 9 last week. The new owners faced much criticism from the board because of past conduct from the previous owners, when the business was called Hermes Billiards Cafe, Inc.

Raņola wins in New Jersey (Manila Standard Today)IRIS Raņola continued her winning ways in the US, besting a field of 32 participants in the JPNEWT.com Tour qualifier at Comet Billiards in Parsippany, New Jersey.

RP pool masters off to Qatar for 9-ball tournament (GMA News)MANILA, Philippines ? Former World Pool champs Efren "Bata" Reyes, Alex Pagulayan, and Ronnie Alcano will lead the Philippine contestants going to Doha for the 2008 Qatar 9-Ball Championship, which starts on Friday, June 27, at the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation Hall.

World's best pool players to compete (ABC 7 Chicago)Ewa Mataya Laurance is one of the most visible superstars in the history of pocket billiards. Known as The Striking Viking, she took the billiard world by storm since she moved to the US from her native Sweden.

'Bata' Reyes to lead RP contingent to Qatar (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)Filipino pool legend Efren "Bata" Reyes is set to lead the Philippine contingent to the Qatar Open 9-Ball tournament which will start on June 29 at the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation, Al Muntazah Road, Doha , Qatar.

Ranola wins in New Jersey (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)Filipino cue master Iris Ranola continued her winning ways in the US, besting a field of 32 participants in the JPNEWT.com Tour qualifier at Comet Billiards in Parsipanny, New Jersey.

Right on cue Grubbs moving up in billiards world (Johnson City Press)Pete Grubbs barely picked up a pool stick in the 32 years he forged a career with Glaxo Smith Kline. Since retiring as the company?s production director in 2004, the 64-year-old Grubbs has become one of the top amateur billiards players in the nation.



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