Three Cushion Billiard News
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Second Annual Parker Hess Memorial Tournament Summary
The second annual Parker Hess Memorial 3-Cushion Billiard Tournament was held at the Ashland, Oregon Elks Lodge on May 1-3, 2015. Eighteen players from Washington, Oregon, and California were divided into two nine-man round-robin flights. B, C+, and C players all played to 25 points. The exception was that when two C players played each other—in both the prelim rounds and the finals—each player started with five points on the string. (Averages for the C Finals were adjusted to reflect this, but not for the prelim rounds.) The top two finishers in each prelim flight from each of these three levels were sent to separate four-man round-robin finals flights.
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SBE pqb Challenge Match
Mike Dechaine and Mazin Shooni win the team challenge match at the Super Billiard Expo.
Professor-Q-Ball Promotions held several special events in 3-cushion billiards at the 23rd annual Super Billiards Expo April 16-19. Two Gabriel’s Imperator tables were brought in to do the events and set up by master mechanic Yura Ra. (Yura’s Nothing But Billiards).
The highlight event was a Team Challenge Match. The players for the event were Shane Van Boening and Mike Dechaine, both well known pool players and Mazin Shooni and Hugo Patiño, both previous National 3-Cushion Champions. The pairing for the event was Dechaine and Shooni against Van Boening and Patino.
The format was Scotch doubles (alternating shots) in a race to 30 pts. The match was close with neither team having a clear advantage in the early part of the match. The score seesawed back and forth until tied at 20 points all. Then Dechaine and Shooni started to pull away winning the match with a final score of 30-23.
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SBE PQB Clinic
On Saturday Mazin Shooni held a clinic for youths 18 and under which was well received. He spent two hours discussing three-cushion, showing them some shots and letting them try the game. Shooni was helping them with fundamentals to improve their stroke as well. All participants received a special certificate for taking part in the clinic. Merrill Hughes, USBA Treasurer, enthusiastically gave assistance in the youth clinics.
