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Blackball Pool in the Isle of Man

September 25, 2009 / The_Teach / No comments

It is very nearly upon me, for the second year in a row I will be making the journey to the Irish sea where I will find the Isle of Man.

Last year the Villa Marina venue, in Douglas, hosted the Isle of Man Festival of Pool, this year it goes one better with the EBA European Blackball Championships being hosted in the magnificently refurbished venue.

Watch our short promo video here to get a feel for the place: European Blackball Championships 2009.

Last year we simply provided a basic live stream, this year will be so much better with much more interaction with our viewers. It is planned to shoot and edit a number of short ‘diary’ videos to be uploaded each day, so if you miss the live stream you can still catch up with some of the action. In addition, there will be multiple camera’s, live scoring, commentary and also competitions. Look out for the Cuesport TV promo girl, Emma, who will be doing the rounds selling subscriptions and competition entries.

The first day will be completely free to watch, subsequent days will only be available as part of a Cuesport TV subscription, due to the contract with Sky Sports we do not know until the actual day whether we will be able to stream the finals live, we hope we can!

Look out for a special subscription promotion as well which will tie in with the work Emma is doing for us.

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Further Details on the Isle of Man Festival of Pool

May 21, 2009 / The_Teach / One comment
Isle of Man Pool Festival Returns

Isle of Man Pool Festival Returns

Ross McInnes, six-times World Pool Champion and promoter of the Isle of Man festival has today released further details of one of the hottest tickets on the pool calendar.

The 2009 Festival of Pool with run from the 27th September until the 3rd October and will be jam-packed full of tournaments and events throughout the week.

In addition to the main festival that ran last year, McInnes has also secured the EBA European Championships for the same venue during the week. There will be Mens, Womens, Senior and Junior team events plus singles in each category including a wheelchair event.

There is talk of Eurosport involvement in this event and if so it will add even more prestige to an already fantastic tournament.

Last and by no means least there will also be the first ever staging of the Inter-Continental Cup between Europe & Africa. Each continent will field a team in the following categories, Mens, Ladies, Seniors, U-23, U-18.

More exciting details to follow so stay tuned!

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An Early Heads Up on the Isle of Man Pool Festival

April 17, 2009 / The_Teach / No comments

Last September/October I spent 10 days out in the fantastic Isle of Man providing live coverage of the Festival of Pool from the wonderful setting of the Villa Marina in Douglas.

Whilst out at Bridlington recently for the EBA Blackball World Pool Masters, I had a good chat with festival promoter Ross McInnes about the potential for this years festival.

Well as a quick heads up I can tell you that the festival goes ahead at the same time as last year (25th Sept-4th Oct) and this one will be bigger and better in a number of ways. The festival last year was not as big as it could have been as the European Championships were being held in Selsea at the same time.

Well, that is the first change, the European Championships will be in the Isle of Man during the course of the festival.

In addition a new competition will also be played to give a more international flavour to the event and the Blackball game. South Africa are sending a team over and will compete against a team from Europe in the inter-continental cup.

All of this action will be offered live on CueSport TV over the 10 days.

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100 Hours of Pool!

October 10, 2008 / The_Teach / No comments

That’s right we covered around 100 hours of pool in the Isle of Man and what a way it finished with the eagerly awaited CueSport TV £50k series. 7 days of the festival went out live on air, where else can you get that amount of prolonged exposure for a pool event. Not even the World or European championships get that much coverage!

Simon Ward has shown over the last few months that he likes the TV cameras, 3 tournaments, 3 wins! This one was once again a tremendous match against another Welsh player Craig Marsh. The best-of-25 frame final was a match of the highest order with Wardy walking away with the £3500 winners cheque and Marsh settling for the £1500 runner-up prize.

All of the action from the Isle of Man can be witnessed on CueSport TV again over the next few weeks as we trawl through the matches that we recorded.

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Live from the Isle of Man

September 29, 2008 / The_Teach / No comments

CueSport TV are now live from the Isle of Man festival of Pool for the next 7 days, watch live pool action from 12pm – 10pm daily.

At the weekend Tom Cousins from Wales became the British Open Champion with an outstanding 11-1 victory over Ian Gillies. Ian’s wife Linda went one better in beating Yvonne Ewing 8-6 in the ladies final.

The team event started today and finishes with the finals on Wednesday, tonight is the men’s singles, Tuesday the ladies singles and wednesday the mixed doubles. Friday see’s the start of the eagerly anticipated CueSport TV £50,000 pool series with a myriad of top professionals making the trip across the water.

Stay tuned for all of the action!

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CueSport TV £50,000 Pool Series Announced

August 20, 2008 / The_Teach / No comments

Cuesport TV along with Team BBC, ISP Scotland and SME Entertainment are proud to announce the launch of the Cuesport TV Pool Series.

With 5 events taking place in 5 different countries this truly is an INTERNATIONAL Series.

Each event can be entered individually and is open to ‘ALL’ pool players. Entries will be taken on a first come, first served basis for each event. Each event will have an open draw but ranking points will be given and used in forthcoming years.

Each event carries a GUARANTEED £10,000 prize fund as follows:

  • Winner -              £3500
  • Runner-up -        £1500
  • Semi-Finalist -    £700 x 2
  • 1/4 Finalist -      £500 x 4
  • Last 16 -            £200 x 8

The dates and venues are as follows;

3rd/5th Oct 2008         Villa Marina, Douglas, Isle of Man
6th/8th March 2009     Pool World, Neath, Wales                                                                                          8th/10th May 2009     Regency Airport Hotel, Dublin, Eire
26th/28th June 2009     Rileys, Preston, England
28th/30th Aug 2009     Hustlers, Dunfermline, Scotland

Cuesport TV will be filming and broadcasting all five events live on their website: www.cuesport.tv

A dedicated website will be launched in the near future but in the meantime, for further information please contact either of the following event promoters:

  • Isle of Man: Ross McInnes – 07749550440
  • Wales:         Paul Bushnell – 07814024680
  • Ireland:       Martin Kirwan – 00353863046485
  • England:     Pat O’Kane – 07984964498
  • Scotland:    Ross McInnes – 07749550440
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