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BCn to Dish out PPV U.S. Open

NewsJuly 11, 2002July 1, 20140

The Pay Per View format is getting ready for something new: pool. Dish Network will broadcast the 27th annual U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship live from Chesapeake, Va. on September 29. The broadcast will get an extra boost from the satellite TV provider with 30-second commercials and promotions in the…

World Championships on the Horizon, International Qualifiers Wrap Up

NewsJuly 1, 2002July 1, 20140

With the World Championships less than a month away, the groups for round-robin competition are already set. The last wildcard has been handed out, and the last international qualifier has declared its winner. The only new names that will be added to fill out the 128-player field will be the 11 winn…

Bustamante Takes IBC Munich Open

NewsJune 7, 2002July 1, 20140

Francisco Bustamante won the IBC Munich Open, beating German Thorsten Hohmann on his home turf; 6-4; 7-5. In third place was Bruno Muratore of Italy, and in fourth, Oliver Ortmann of Germany. The competition, held May 30-June 1, was a race-to-six, best-of-three format, where competitors had to win b…

Corr, Williams win BCA Open 9-Ball in Vegas

NewsMay 24, 2002July 1, 20140

The 2002 Billiard Congress of America Open 9-Ball Championships offered a touch of the expected, and a touch of the unexpected. Few were surprised to see top-ranked Karen Corr walk off with the women's division title, which she secured with a 7-4 win over sixth-ranked Vivian Villarreal in the final.…

Jones and Rempe Elected to Hall of Fame

NewsMay 6, 2002July 1, 20140

Loree Jon Jones, 36, and Jim Rempe, 54, have been voted into the BCA’s Hall of Fame. They will become the 42nd and 43rd members of the Hall. Jones was the youngest world champion when she won the Professional Pool Players Association world 14.1 title in 1981, beating Vicki Paski in the final. "It…

Corr Wins Spring Classic

NewsApril 22, 2002July 1, 20140

Karen Corr is back on top. Corr won the WPBA Spring Classic, held April 17-21, at Viejas Casino in Alpine, Calif., defeating Jeanette Lee, 7-4. Corr gained a four-game lead at the beginning of the final match, and never fell behind. To reach the finals, Corr defeated Sarah Rousey, 9-2, Ikumi Ushirod…

Fisher Takes Amway Cup

NewsApril 16, 2002July 1, 20140

Allison Fisher is off to a blazing start. After taking the $10,000 title at the Cuetec Cues Players Championship in Valley Forge, Penn., March 15-17, she jetted to Taipei, Taiwan, to win the title at the Amway Cup, April 5-7, for $20,000. She beat Austria's Gerda Hofstatter, who took $10,000 for …

BCn to Dish out PPV U.S. Open

World Championships on the Horizon, International Qualifiers Wrap Up

Bustamante Takes IBC Munich Open

Corr, Williams win BCA Open 9-Ball in Vegas

Jones and Rempe Elected to Hall of Fame

Corr Wins Spring Classic

Fisher Takes Amway Cup

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