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Drago on Fire

August 7, 2011 / The_Teach / No comments

Tony Drago has turned up at this GB 9 Ball Tour event to stop himself from beating himself up over his loss in the Shanghai Masters qualifiers.

Well snooker’s loss for the weekend has certainly been pool’s gain. the charismatic Maltese cueist has thundered through the field to lift the Pro Cup title on Saturday against Karl Boyes, not bad for a part-time pool player.

Going into today, the main event, he has continued that form by defeating a very dejected Mark Gray in the last 64 (Gray has lost both of his matches this weekend in tough draws against Melling and then Drago) and then Mark Lunn to reach the last 16 stage.

It seems the only way that the ‘Tornado’ can get beaten is if he runs out of wind!

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Morning Session Complete

August 6, 2011 / The_Teach / No comments

Well the morning session is complete and we have had our first two televised matches.

Damian Massey looked a real contender again in the Challenge Cup after beating last event runner-up Mark Lunn 9-2 to reach the last 16.

This was followed up with a real entertaining match as Tony Drago took on Chris Melling in the Last 16 of the Pro Cup event.

It was ‘The Tornado’ that stepped into the 1/4 finals with a 9-4 victory is a very high quality and fast-paced match.

Our televised quarter final will be Craig Osborne against Scott Higgins or Karl Boyes for a spot in the semi-finals.

Live updates are available here.

Live streaming of the event is available here.

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Early Heads Up

August 6, 2011 / The_Teach / No comments

the second TV match of the day has been selected, Pro Cup Last 16 at 11:45 (approx):

Tony Drago v Chris Melling

What a game that will be! I don’t expect it to last very long either, both players are quick and very attacking.

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Drago Returns to Main Snooker Tour

June 4, 2009 / The_Teach / No comments
Drago wins EBSA Main Tour Playoff

Drago wins EBSA Main Tour Playoff

Tony Drago yesterday won the EBSA Pro Tour playoff to put himself back into the World Snooker Main Tour for the 2009/10 season.

He beat Roy Stolk 5-4 after trailing 4-3 so has also showed he still has a bit of fighting spirit.

It is great to see Tony back into the highest echelons of snooker and I know from talking to him in January this year how much he still loves the game of snooker.

He said to me at the time that he would, “…never give up snooker for pool.” This was in reference to the success he has been having on the professional pool ciruit, the pool may now take a backburner again as he tries to re-establish himself amongst snooker’s professionals.

It will be great to see him back competing on the big tables.

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Nine British Players Make German Open Last 32

May 22, 2009 / The_Teach / No comments

We are continuing, as a nation, to make a massive impact on the Internetional pool scene. The German Open concludes tomorrow with nine of our original 16 entrants still standing in the last 32 knockout stage.

Those players include past Eurotour winners and two world champions. Daryl Peach, Darren Appleton, Karl Boyes, Imran Majid, Craig Osborne, Ricardo Jones, Phil Burford, Mark Gray and Chris Melling. These true brits are joined by an honorary Brit in Tony Drago as well.

On the plus side only Imran Majid and Phil Burford have drawn each other so we have a chance of getting 8 players through to the last 16, this would have been unimaginable 5 years ago, but through hardwork and dtermination I would say that we have the best players in Europe at the moment, if not the world.

Updates throughout the day tomorrow complete draw here: http://www.eurotouronline.eu/

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Dynamic German Open Underway

May 22, 2009 / The_Teach / No comments
Recent World Pool Masters Champion Darren Appleton

Recent World Pool Masters Champion Darren Appleton

The Dynamic German Open started yesterday with a field of around 256 of Europe’s best pool players including the likes of Darren Appleton, Daryl Peach, Ralf Souquet, Nick van den Berg and Tony Drago.

€40,000 in prize money is up for grabs with the winner receiving €5,000 and vitally important ranking points, the German Open is one of 7 rounds in the EPBF Eurotour and the EPBF rankings act as qualifiers to International events.

You can find the action Eurotour Online

The action continues until tomorrow afternoon when a winner will be crowned. The two hottest players on the tour this year are Ralf Souquet and Niels Feijen but after his recent World Masters win Darren Appleton will be looking for another title.

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Predator International 10-ball Well Underway

May 15, 2009 / The_Teach / One comment

The 9th Annual Predator International 10-ball Pool championships, being held at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, is well underway.

The event won by Tony Drago in 2008 is a favourite amongst pool players and has once again attracted a very high quality field of international pool playing stars.

The tournament is split into two sections the double elimination concluded last night and play will resume today from the Last 32 single elimination stage. The defending champion is through on the winners side and is joined by a whole host of British players, including Darren Appleton, recent winner of the World Pool Masters.

The last 32 Draw is as follows (British players in Bold):

  • Gomez (PHI) v Williams (USA)
  • Schmidt (USA) v Alcaide (SPA)
  • Drago (MAL) v Orcollo (PHI)
  • Folan (GBR) v Luat (PHI)
  • Deuel (USA) v Peach (GBR)
  • Majid (GBR) v Hohmann (GER)
  • Van den Berg (HOL) v Morris (USA)
  • Kiamco (PHI) v Takenaka (JAP)
  • Immonen (FIN) v Ortmann (GER)
  • Moore (USA) v Souquet (GER)
  • Putnam (USA) v A. Fisher (GBR)
  • Gama (POR) v Archer (USA)
  • Boyes (GBR) v Ouschan (AUT)
  • Robles (USA) v Cha (KOR)
  • Appleton (GBR) v Dominguez (USA)
  • Pagaluyan (PHI) v Facquet (FRA)

One interesting point to make is that three female players have made it through on the losers side to qualify for the knockout stages. Britain’s Alison Fisher, Austria’s Jasmin Ouschan and Korea’s Yu Ram Cha.

Updates over the weekend.

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9-ball Circuit is Thriving

January 14, 2009 / The_Teach / No comments

It was a great weekend that myself and Angela had last weekend at the first GB9 event of the season. It is always great to catch up with a large number of players on the circuit that we now regard as friends.

The circuit is thriving, and once again this has been proven by the amount of players that want to play on the GB9 Tour. Lee, Shir and now Mel are held in high regard and even if there are tantrums throughout the course of a weekend the GB9 team always deal with them professionally and the players respect them for upholding the laws consistently.

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Mosconi Cup Live Scoring – Day 4

December 14, 2008 / The_Teach / No comments

TEAM EUROPE 11 V 5 TEAM USA

EUROPE WIN THE MOSCONI CUP 2008

All matches race-to-5 racks, alternating break.

GAME 15 (DOUBLES): FEIJEN/SOUQUET 5 V 2 MORRIS/JONES

GAME 16 (SINGLES): IMMONEN 5 V 3 VAN BOENING

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Mosconi Cup Live Scoring – Day 3

December 13, 2008 / The_Teach / No comments

TEAM EUROPE 9 V 5 TEAM USA

All matches race-to-5 racks, alternating break.

GAME 9 (DOUBLES): FEIJEN/SOUQUET 5 V 1 MORRIS/STRICKLAND

GAME 10 (SINGLES): DRAGO 2 V 5 VAN BOENING

GAME 11 (DOUBLES): IMMONEN/GRAY 5 V 4  ARCHER/JONES

GAME 12 (SINGLES): FEIJEN 3 V 5  MORRIS

GAME 13 (SINGLES): SOUQUET 5 V 2  VAN BOENING

GAME 14 (SINGLES): IMMONEN 5 V 3 JONES

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