Events - Hyena?s Comedy Club, FW (Fort Worth Weekly)Dante. 8 :30pm & 10:30pm Fri and 8pm & 10:30pm Sat. $10-15 plus two-purchase minimum. 817-877-LAFF. 817-849-8181 Plasma-screen TVs, billiards. Live comedy weekends. Fort Worth Weekly readers' choice, Best Comedy Night 2008.
World 9 pin champion to represent India in APBU championship (New Kerala)Bangalore, May 22 : World 9 pin Champion Chitra Magimairaj and Indira Thamme Gowda would represent India in the Asian Pocket Billiards Union(APBU), Asian 9 Ball Pool Ranking Championship to be held in Daegu, Korea from May 27 to 29.
Competition to begin for national pool championship (Reno Gazette-Journal)Fourteen APA 9-ball league teams from Reno/Sparks and Carson City will be competing in a local qualifying tournament May 30-31 at Diamond Billiards in Reno. Winners of the local team championship advance to the $100,000 APA 9-Ball National Team Championships conducted by the American Poolplayers Association at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Aug. 21-25.
Pool hall files lawsuit over Neb. smoking ban (AP via Yahoo! Finance)An Omaha pool hall has filed a lawsuit against the state, saying Nebraska's smoking ban is unconstitutional. In documents filed Wednesday in Lancaster County District Court, Big John's Billiards says the ban would hurt its business.
Billiards group ignores dispute, eyes medal haul in December SEAG (GMA News)Barring any possible sanctions from its international federation, the Philippines could very well dominate the billiards events in the 25th South East Asian (SEA) Games in Laos.
Billiards: 9--Ball League forming (Aberdeen American News)The Aberdeen Area 9--Ball Pool League will hold an organizational meeting June 3 at 6:30 p.m. at Lager's Inn....
SWS: Billiards popularity declining (GMA News)From its peak in 2006, the popularity of billiards both as a participant and spectator sport has declined, according to a survey by pollster Social Weather Station (SWS).
Pool hall files lawsuit over Neb. smoking ban (INO News)(AP:OMAHA, Neb.) An Omaha pool hall has filed a lawsuit against the state, saying Nebraska's smoking ban is unconstitutional. In documents filed Wednesday in Lancaster County District Court, Big John's Billiards says the ban would hurt its business. It also says exemptions to the ban are arbitrary.
Hamoy continues local billiards domination (Saipan Tribune)Chester Hamoy followed up his victory in the Ronelsie Cup by winning the Top Pool Bar 8-Ball Billiards Tournament over veteran Senen Pangilinan last Saturday.
Billiards Tournament (The News Record)Are you a pool shark? Or a hustla?? Test your skills at Catskeller?s 8-ball billiards tournament. There is no entry fee and players can win prizes if they finish in the top. Sign up in Catskeller the day of the tournament, which is held from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Thursday, May 21 in Catskeller.
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