Three Cushion Billiard News
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Defending champion and former national champion George Ashby managed to repeat as the winner of the fourth Dubuque Open Three-Cushion Tournament. The event concluded the evening of Sunday June 16th in the billiard room of the Masonic temple at 12th and Locust.
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Final Decision: No Cues Allowed as Carry-On Luggage
What began in March with high hopes for the billiard community, ended yesterday when the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) decided to continue including billiard cues on the list of prohibited items for carry-on luggage.
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Player, Publisher, Promoter, Prestidigitator
The efforts of USBA member Paul Frankel (aka Professor-Q-Ball) in promoting three-cushion billiards in the United States have gained the attention of popular cue sports web site AZBilliards. A wonderful article about Paul's love affair with carom billiards was recently featured on their main page. (See it here www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/10008-paul-frankel-americas-provocateur-of-3-cushion-billiards.)
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USBA To Send Four To Pan American Championship
The USBA will send four American players to vie for the Three-Cushion Pan American Championship (PAC) in Cali, Colombia in June.
Led by six-time US champion and former Pan American champion Pedro Piedrabuena, the United States contingent also includes Hugo Patiño, Mazin Shooni and Michael Kang. Piedrabuena owns College Billiards in San Diego. He won the Pan American Championship in 2009.