Morris Defeats Hundal To Take The Interpool Open Title in Sweden

Even though the 7th Annual Interpool Open in Gavle, Sweden was dominated by Swedish players, it was England vs. America in the finals with Rodney Morris squaring off (and ultimately winning against) Raj Hundal.

Tournament highlights from AZBilliards.com

Interpool Open Results

1st	Rodney Morris, $3,247
2nd	Raj Hundal, $1,623
3rd	Marcus Chamat, $811
3rd	Jim Chawki, $811
5th	Mika Immonen, $405
5th	Christian Fisher, $405
5th	Roger Lysholm, $405
5th	Vegar Kristiansen, $405
9th	Morgan Cedarstrom, $202
9th	Henrik Hagen, $202
9th	Marcus Sjoberg, $202
9th	Roger Akerbloom, $202
9th	Robert Gronlie, $202
9th	Alejandro Dinamarca, $202
9th	Joakim Haugen, $202
9th	Christian Lugowski, $202

Allison Fisher and Mike Dechaine - 2011 Ultimate 10-Ball Champions

Allison Fisher courtesy of Ultimate 10-Ball.com

Mike Dechaine courtesy of Ultimate 10-Ball.com

Allison Fisher and Mike Dechaine walked away with the champion titles at this year's Ultimate 10-Ball Championship held April 22-24 in Frisco, Texas.

Fisher won 7-5 over Kelly Fisher to take the lead; Dechaine pulled out a narrow 11-12 win after an extended battle against Jeremy Jones.

Top Winners

Women

1st: Allison Fisher, England, $5,600 and the gold medal

2nd: Kelly Fisher, England, $3,750 and the silver medal

3rd: Angel Paglia, USA, $2,800 and the bronze medal

4th: Line Kjoersvik, Norway

5th: Vivian Villarreal and Monica Webb, USA

7th: Dawn Hopkins and Amy Chen, USA

9th: Kim White and Tara Williams of the USA, EJ Park of Korea, and Kyoko Sone of Japan

13th: Brittany Bryant of Canada and Melissa Little, Laura Smith and Ming Ng of the USA

Men

1st: Mike Dechaine, USA, $16,600 and the gold medal

2nd: Jeremy Jones, USA, $9,500 and the silver medal

3rd: Jason Klatt, Canada, $6,200 and the bronze medal

4th: Charlie Williams, USA

5th: Darren Appleton of the UK and Jeremy Sossei of the USA

7th: Rodney Morris and Jonathan Pinegar of the USA

9th: Oscar Domingues, Dennis Hatch, Brian Brekke and Jesse Engel of the USA

13th: Raj Hundal of India, Niels Feijen of Holland, Brandon Shuff and Paul Song of the USA

17th: Ralf Souquet of Germany and Johnny Archer, Mike Davis, Shawn Putnam, Max Eberle, John Gabriel, CJ Wiley and Sylver Ochoa of the USA

The full brackets, player list and photos

Immonen, Robles & Morris To Hold Pool School In NYC March 19-20

If you're planning to be in New York City March 19-20, Great Billiards is hosting the Great Billiards Pool School taught by Mika "The Iceman" Immonen, Rodney "The Rocket" Morris and Tony "The Silent Assassin" Robles. Classes last from 11:00 a.m. through 6:00 p.m. daily with a one hour lunch break. Tuition is $995 per student with a total admission of 15 students.

Read more below.


Immonen, Robles and Morris holding Great Billiards Pool School in NYC

Great Billiards is pleased to announce for the first time ever, Great Billiards Pool School taught by top professionals on March 19 & 20. Three top Pool Professionals are coming together to teach a 2 day pool school. The top professionals are "The Iceman" Mika Immonen, "The Rocket" Rodney Morris and "The Silent Assassin" Tony Robles.

Here, fans and players with have an opportunity to play and learn the secrets that these top pros know. The two day class is for beginner, intermediate and advanced players. You will learn all aspects of pool, including stance, aiming, grip and much more. Learn how a top professional thinks, views patterns, plays safety, kicks, banks, aims and what drills they use to keep their games sharp. Classes will be from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM with a one hour lunch break with the professionals where you will be able to hear some of their great war stories as well as pick their brains. Student will be given a class book with drills and work sheets designed to improve their game.

Great Billiards Pool School will also be coming to a city near you. If you can't make the NYC school March 19 & 20 just go to http://www.greatbilliards.com/ and click on pool school and go to register, when we have a date for the Great Billiards Pool School near your city we will notify you by email or phone.

Tuition will be $995 per person and there will be a total of 15 students or 5 students to each professional. Groups will be split by skill level. Each day your group will rotate to learn from a different professional every two hours will be repeated the following day. Great Billiards Pool School will be held at the legendary Amsterdam Billiards Club in New York City. Future classes will be held in different cities around the country.

The first 15 students to sign up will be enrolled. All others will be put on a wait list or will be notified when and where the next school will be held. Class will be held March 19 & 20.

To learn more go to http://www.greatbilliards.com/ and click on pool school.

By Press Release from AZBilliards

Top Billiards Earners for 2010

Wonder which pro player brought home the most bacon in 2010?

Its Darren "Dynamite" Appleton, topping the list with $118,494. Appleton bumped Efren "Bata" Reyes from the top spot by almost $25,000 with his recent Mosconi cup win.

Read who rounds out the top ten list at GantDaily.com.