Three Cushion Billiard News
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Billiard Cues Still Banned
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) delayed the implementation of changes to the Prohibited Items List that would have permitted travelers to include billiard cues in carry-on luggage. Along with billiard cues, the TSA would also have allowed passengers to carry-on small novelty baseball bats, skit poles, hockey sticks, lacrosse sticks and two golf clubs.
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Mike Kelley Memorial a great success!
The warm weather brought 18 players to Marshalltown for the 8th Annual Mike Kelley Memorial Tournament. 3 flights of 6 made up the prelims with George Ashby, Lupe Cruz and Fred Lamers seeded into separate flights.
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From Perth Amboy to Washington DC and back!
Long-time USBA member Eric Hughes, now retired and living in Washington, D.C., returned home to central New Jersey to play in the 2013 USBA nationals at the Super Billiards Expo at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center in Edison and became a media sensation. Eric grew up in nearby Perth Amboy and is a member of the Perth Amboy High School Hall of Fame. His return, and the allure of the fascinating game of 3-C drew the attention of a local reporter, Suzanne Russell.
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Pool Players Versus Billiard Players For Two Exciting Nights
During the first two nights of the preliminary rounds at this year's USBA national three-cushion championship, pool players lined up three deep to accept Professor-Q-Ball's challenge: a race to five against one of the billiard players in the tournament, with the pool player getting the break shot and some instruction from a three-cushion player. With no entry fee and the chance to win $15, pool players anxiously chalked their cues, but, after two days, and 70 challenge matches, the three cushion billiard players triumphed, winning 63 and losing only 7.