2005 WC Pyramid (Almaty, Kazakhstan, November 24-27, 2005)
1. Yury Paschinsky (Russia)
2. Kirill Anischenko (Russia)
3-4. Kanibek Sagyndykov (Kazakhstan)
3-4. Eduard Galiyants (Russia)

2006 WC Pyramid (Helsinki, Finland, December 08-10, 2006)

1. Pavel Mekhovov (Russia)
2. Alexander Palamar (Ukraine)
3-4. Yury Paschinsky (Russia)
3-4. Eduard Galiyants (Russia)

2006 MEZZ CROWD 9 CUP results

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	1/9/07
TO:	ALL BILLIARD MEDIA
FROM:	AMERICAN CUESPORTS ALLIANCE
CONTACT:	JOHN LEWIS
ACS Presents The McDermott All American Tour Results from Dale’s Weston Lanes

The eleventh stop of the 2006/2007 McDermott All American Tour (produced by the American CueSports Alliance – ACS) featured a $500-added purse and thirty-six players, and was hosted by owner Dale Elliott and tourney director Jon Kent at Dale’s Weston Lanes in Weston, WI, on Saturday, January 6. The event included double-elimination 8-ball on 7-foot bar boxes, and Mike Masgay of Schofield, Wisconsin marched undefeated to the finals. Masgay out shot Tim Schotz (Rothschild, WI) 6-4, while Mark Hutchison (Nekoosa, WI) clipped Mat Strong (Antigo, WI) 6-5 in the A-side semi-finals. Masgay then coasted by Hutchison in the A-side finals 6-1 to take the hot seat. Matches in the B-side bracket leading up to the tourney finals included Tim Ruenger (Appleton, WI) stopping Mat Strong at 5th place by a 6-1 margin and Tim Schotz eliminating Kevin Klages (Antigo, WI) 6-4, tying Strong with Klages. Ruenger, a first-round loser) built up his momentum by ousting Schotz 6-3 and Hutchison 6-2 and gaining a title shot at Masgay. In the first set of the finals, Masgay continued his mastery over the field with a 6-4 victory over Ruenger for the title! By virtue of seventh-place Kendall “Beko” Eggert being the highest-finishing ACS member, he qualified for a free singles entry into the 2007 ACS Nationals in Las Vegas – courtesy of the ACS. The ACS wishes to thank sponsors McDermott Handcrafted Cues, Silver Cup Chalk, Billiard Wholesalers and Pro Series Cases for their support in donating “Value-In-Kind” product for this stop on the McDermott All American Tour. Sponsorship opportunities are still available by contacting the ACS. The weekend of January 20-21 will be a busy one on the McDermott All American Tour with no less than four events around the country: 1). Fort Crook Billiards in Bellevue, NE - $1,100 added “Nebraska State Invitational” 8-Ball, 9-Ball and Women’s 8-Ball – Jan. 19-21 on bar boxes (contact Clare Marsh at 402/291-7665 2). Greenfields in Lakewood, CO - $1,000 added 8-ball stop on bar boxes Jan. 20 (contact Todd Grosvenor at 303/989-9820) 3). Las Vegas Cue Club in Las Vegas, NV - $500 added 8-ball stop on bar boxes Jan. 20 (contact Greg Kuhl at 702/735-2884) 4). Leisure Time Billiards in Moline, IL - $1,000 added 8-ball stop on bar boxes Jan. 20 (contact Dwaine Bowman at 309/752-9559) Lassiter’s in Clinton, Iowa, is also gearing up to host a $5,000-added handicapped 8-Ball event on the weekend of Jan. 26-28, 2007, with both men’s and women’s divisions. Information, entry details and schedules for the 2006/2007 McDermott All American Tour are available at www.americancuesports.org. The ACS is a non-profit, national organization dedicated to heightening the interest and awareness of cue sports through the support and sanctioning of organized competition throughout the United States and North America.

TOURNAMENT RESULTS:

1st	Mike Masgay (Schofied, WI)	$360 + $250 side pot
2nd	Tim Ruenger (Appleton, WI)	$260 + $180 side pot
3rd	Mark Hutchison (Nekoosa, WI)	$180 + $130 side pot
4th	Tim Schotz (Rothschild, WI)	$120 + $90 side pot
5th	Kevin Klages (Antigo, WI)	$70
6th	Mat Strong (Antigo, WI)	$70
7th	Ed Livingston (Merrill, WI)	$40
8th	Kendall “Beko” Eggert (Green Bay, WI)	$40
9th	Lloyd Zynda (Wausau, WI)	$30
10th	Cory Scheiderer (Marathon, WI)	$30
11th	Jack Beilke (Wausau, WI)	$30
12th	Marty Marrick (Pulaski, WI)	$30

For further information on the McDermott All American Tour contact the ACS at 920-662-1705, www.americancuesports.org or www.mcdermottcue.com.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	1/8/07
TO:	ALL BILLIARD MEDIA
FROM:	AMERICAN CUESPORTS ALLIANCE
CONTACT:	JOHN LEWIS
ACS Presents The McDermott All American Tour Results from Miller Time Billiards

The tenth stop of the 2006/2007 McDermott All American Tour (produced by the American CueSports Alliance – ACS) featured a $500-added purse and forty-nine players, hosted by owner Terry Anderson at Miller Time Billiards in Davenport, IA, on Saturday, January 6. The event featured double-elimination 8-ball on 7-foot bar boxes, and Ron O’Meara Jr. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa - rated a “5” on a regional handicap system used – marched undefeated to the finals. Ron out shot Rodney Flenoi (Moline, IL) [5] 5-2, while Rich Bideaux (Moline, IL) [5] out slugged Josh Johnson (Bettendorf, IA) [6] 5-3 in the A-side semi-finals. O’Meara [5] then took down Bideaux [5] 5-2 in the A-side finals to take the hot seat. Matches in the B-side bracket leading up to the tourney finals included Josh Johnson [6] stopping Mark Czerwinski (Moline, IL) [4] at 5th place by a 6-1 margin, and Rodney Flenoi [5] eliminating Fred Fechter (Peoria, IL) [4] 5-3, tying Czerwinski with Fechter. In the B-side semi-finals, Rodney Flenoi [5] ousted Josh Johnson [6] 5-4. In turn, Rich Bideaux [5] outpointed Flenoi [5] 5-3 in the B-side finals to gain another shot at O’Meara in the tourney finals. Bideaux [5] clipped Ron O’Meara [5] 5-4 in the first set, but O’Meara – up 4-3 in the deciding set - pulled out a miracle shot to take the title by a 5-3 margin! By virtue of second-place Rich Bideaux being the highest-finishing ACS member, he qualified for a free singles entry into the 2007 ACS Nationals in Las Vegas – courtesy of the ACS. The ACS wishes to thank sponsors McDermott Handcrafted Cues, Silver Cup Chalk, Billiard Wholesalers and Pro Series Cases for their support in donating “Value-In-Kind” product for this stop on the McDermott All American Tour. Sponsorship opportunities are still available by contacting the ACS. The weekend of January 20-21 will be a busy one on the McDermott All American Tour with no less than four events around the country: 1). Fort Crook Billiards in Bellevue, NE - $1,100 added “Nebraska State Invitational” 8-Ball, 9-Ball and Women’s 8-Ball – Jan. 19-21 on bar boxes (contact Clare Marsh at 402/291-7665 2). Greenfields in Lakewood, CO - $1,000 added 8-ball stop on bar boxes Jan. 20 (contact Todd Grosvenor at 303/989-9820) 3). Las Vegas Cue Club in Las Vegas, NV - $500 added 8-ball stop on bar boxes Jan. 20 (contact Greg Kuhl at 702/735-2884) 4). Leisure Time Billiards in Moline, IL - $1,000 added 8-ball stop on bar boxes Jan. 20 (contact Dwaine Bowman at 309/752-9559) Lassiter’s in Clinton, Iowa, is also gearing up to host a $5,000-added handicapped 8-Ball event on the weekend of Jan. 26-28, 2007, with both men’s and women’s divisions. Information, entry details and schedules for the 2006/2007 McDermott All American Tour are available at www.americancuesports.org. The ACS is a non-profit, national organization dedicated to heightening the interest and awareness of cue sports through the support and sanctioning of organized competition throughout the United States and North America.

TOURNAMENT RESULTS:

1st	Ron O’Meara Jr. (Cedar Rapids, IA)	$400
2nd	Rich Bideaux (Moline, IL)	$300
3rd	Rodney Flenoi (Moline, IL)	$200
4th	Josh Johnson (Bettendorf, IA)	$100
5th	Fred Fechter (Peoria, IL)	$80
6th	Mark Czerwinski (Moline, IL)	$80
7th	Steve Lang (Davenport, IA)	$50
8th	Shane Gilo (Iowa City, IA)	$50
9th	Ryan Murphy (Burlington, IA)	$30
10th	Jim Lewis (Cedar Rapids, IA)	$30
11th	Toney Bringman (Victor, IA)	$30
12th	Terry Anderson (Davenport, IA)	$30
13th	Larry Hout (Taylor Ridge, IL)	$20
14th	Sean Cordero (Dubuque, IA)	$20
15th	Mike Burke (Andalusia, IL)	$20
16th	Lance Lerch (Davenport, IA)	$20

For further information on the McDermott All American Tour contact the ACS at 920-662-1705, www.americancuesports.org or www.mcdermottcue.com.

A New King Is Crowned

2006 WPA Artistic Pool World Championship

 

The tournament was held December 8^th – 10^th 2006, in Fridley, Minnesota, at Two Stooges Sport Bar & Grill as the host site, and thanks are due to owners Ty Wilson and Greg Asproth.  This was the setting where twenty-five of the world's greatest artistic pool players came to battle in this prestigious event.  However, there could only be one winner.

 

The preliminary rounds started with all twenty-five players shooting 40 shots in the 8 different disciplines with the top 12 players advancing to the playoffs.  The top 4 players with the highest score received a bye…automatically advancing to the quarter-finals.    

 

The playoffs started Saturday afternoon with Sebastian Giumelli defeating David Nangle 106 to 99, Mike Massey defeating Sal Conti 104 to 89, Steve Geller defeating Charles Darling 90 to 82, and Andy Segal defeating Bruce Barthelette 106 to 71 with each of the winners advancing to the quarter-finals.

 

The quarter-finals started Saturday evening with some highly anticipated matches where five of the players were ESPN Trick Shot Magic veterans, along with two other experienced players and one exciting new comer.

Mike Massey defeated Matt MacPhail 105 to 58, Tom Rossman defeated Steve Geller 86 to 60, and Sebastian Giumelli defeated Nick Nikolaidis 133 to 132 in a tiebreaker playoff match.  The major upset of the evening came when new comer Eric Yow defeated veteran Andy Segal 103 to 76.  All of the winners advanced to the semi-finals.

 

Sunday’s semi-final matches were very exciting because of the three veterans and the newcomer Eric Yow fighting to make it in the finals.  However, Tom Rossman defeated Yow 126 to 112 and Mike Massey defeated Sebastian Giumelli 111 to 76, setting the table for the finals to see who will be crowned champion. 

 

A full audience was anticipating the match in the finals between Tom “Dr. Cue” Rossman and Mike Massey.  They were team mates of the winning team in the 2006 World Cup of Trick Shots, and they competed against each other in the 2006 ESPN Trick Shot Magic where Mike Massey became champion and Tom Rossman runner up.  The battle ground was now set once again for these two renowned players to go head to head to see who would become the 2006 WPA Artistic Pool World Champion.

 

Tom Rossman took an early lead at the beginning of the match, and lost it one time to Mike Massey and never looked back.  It came down to one last shot!  Mike Massey was down by 9 points so he had to pick a shot worth the same value or greater to at least tie the match, and hope that Tom missed.  Mike Massey failed to make the shot and was defeated 110 to 101, resulting in the crowning of Tom “Dr. Cue” Rossman as the new 2006 WPA World Artistic Pool Champion!

 

It has been seven years since the World Pool – Billiard Association sanctioned the first Artistic Pool World Championship, and Tom Rossman had yet to win until now, always coming close, and always falling short until now.  Once announced as the champion, tears were flowing like a stream from his eyes.  You could see that this was a momentous occasion for him because of all of the hard work that he put forth becoming the crusader for Artistic Pool as we know it to be.  This is definitely a victory for the internationally recognized sport of Artistic Pool!

 

First place – Tom Rossman (USA) – Gold Medal, Trophy & McDermott Sponsored Cue

Second place – Mike Massey (USA) – Silver Medal, Trophy & McDermott Sponsored Cue

Third place – Eric Yow (USA) – Bronze Medal, Plaque & McDermott Sponsored Cue    

Fourth place – Sebastian Guimelli (Argentina) – McDermott Sponsored Cue

 

Once again, special thanks to the owner of Two Stooges Sports Bar & Grill, Ty Wilson and Greg Asproth for hosting this championship, and all of the sponsors, the players and fans who helped support this event. 

 

2006 WPA Artistic Pool World Championships Final Results

1.      $3,000      Tom “Dr. Cue” Rossman  (Indiana)                                       

2.      $2,400       Mike "Tennessee Tarzan" Massey  (Utah)                     

3.      $2,000       Eric “The Preacher” Yow  (Tennessee)

4.      $1,600       Sebastian "The Matador" Giumelli (Argentina)

5.      $1,300       Nick "Quick Nick" Nikolaidis (Canada)

6.      $1,150       Matt "No Fail" MacPhail (Massachusetts)

7.          $950      Andy "The Magic Man" Segal (New York)

8.          $850      Steve "Stellar" Geller (North Dakota)

9.          $650      Charles "Spitball Charlie" Darling (Missouri)

10.      $450      David Nangle (Maryland)

11.      $350      Bruce "The Big Guy" Barthelette (Massachusetts)

12.      $250      Sal "Cool Cat" Conti (Connecticut)

13.      $100      Chi-Ming Lin  (Taiwan)

14.      $100      Dusty Geller (North Dakota)

15.      $100      Al "The Coca Cola Kid" Relf (Massachusettes)

16.      $100      Mark "The Oklahoman" Dimick (Oklahoma)

17.      $100      Paul Gerni  (Kansas)

18.      $100      Tim “The Dragon” Chin (Massachusettes)

19.      $100      Tom "Too Kool" Kinzel (Pennsylvania)

20.      $100      Jose “The Kid” Rivas (Wisconsin)

21.      $100      Paul "Book 'Em" Danno (New Jersey)

22.      $100      Jason "The Michigan Kid" Lynch (Michigan)

23.      $100     Byron Ledezma (Equador)

24.      $100     Rick "The Barber" Hawkinson (Indiana)

25.      $100     Nate “Okinawa Slim” Bryant  (Georgia)

Discipline Champions

Trick and Fancy Shots 2006 World Champion Nick "Quick Nick" Nikolaidis (Canada)
Prop / Novelty / Specials Arts Shots 2006 World Champion Dusty Geller (North Dakota)
Draw Shots 2006 World Champion Tom “Dr. Cue” Rossman  (Indiana)
Follow Shots 2006 World Champion Mike "Tennessee Tarzan" Massey (Utah)
Bank / Kick Shots 2006 World Champion Nick "Quick Nick" Nikolaidis (Canada)
Stroke Shots 2006 World Champion Matt "No Fail" MacPhail (Massachusetts)
Jump Shots 2006 World Champion Mark "The Oklahoman" Dimick (Oklahoma)
Masse Shots 2006 World Champion Eric “  The Preacher” Yow  (Tennessee)

2006 Artistic Pool World Championship Sportsmanship Award Nate “Okinawa Slim” Bryant  (Georgia)