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Jasmin Ouschan started it at the WPA World Ten Ball Championship in Manila in October last year, where she mastered the likes of Thomas Engert of Germany in a live TV match seen around the world. Now more women are coming to the Philippines to test their stuff against top male players in the inaugural Philippine Open Pool Championship which starts on Wednesday, May 27, at the SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila.
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The pretty 23-year-old Austrian cue artist will be joined by five other crack women players in the WPA world-ranking tournament.
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The other five are Karen Corr and Julie Kelly of Ireland, Kelly Fisher of Great Britain, and Melissa Little and Sarah Rousey of the United States.
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Ouschan won the 2006 Billiards Congress of America Open 9-Ball Championship women’s division and finished third in the Women’s World Pool Championship the same year. She has also recorded impressive finishes against male players in major tournaments, like the world straight pool championship.
Corr is the top player in the women’s professional pool circuit today. She is also the winningest, being three-time World Snooker champion, three-time World English Billiard champion, European snooker champion, WPBA 9-Ball champion, WPBA US Open champion and two-time WPBA BCA champion.
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“To me, success is picking up the trophy,” said Corr in one of her interviews.
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Kelly Fisher won the 2000 World 9-Ball Women’s Championship and the 2008 US Women’s Open Championship. She has also won the European women’s championship three times.
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Little was a former two-time amateur national champion in America while Rousey is currently ranked sixth in the WPBA.
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These deadly lady cue artists will mix it up against some of the best male players in the world in the Philippine, which include include reigning World Ten Ball champion Darren Appleton of Great Britain, WPA world No.1 player Ralf Souquet of Germany, two-time World Junior champion Ko Pin Yi of Chinese-Taipei, current US open champion and former world champion Mika Immonen of Finland, current US No. 1 Shane Van Boening and Filipino bets like Jericho Banares, Jeffrey de Luna and the country’s newest teenage sensation Jonas Magpantay.
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EVENT INFORMATION
Dates:
Stage 1: Qualifying Round
Star Billiards Center, Quezon City
May 22-24 (Fri – Sun)
Stage 2: Main Tournament
Metro Manila
Mandaluyong City
May 27-31 (Wed – Sun)
Sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA)
Organizer:
Raya Sports
In cooperation with Star Billiards and
Billiards & Snooker Congress of the Philippines (BSCP)
Players:
Stage 2: Main tournament
The majority of spots in the tournament are allocated via a quota
system devised by the WPA. The spots are distributed as follows:
WPA Ranking : 8 spots
Qualifiers : 8
Local players : 4
AAPA : 1
APBU : 14
BCA : 7
CPB : 1
EPBF : 19
OPBA : 1
WPA / Org : 1
TOTAL ……. 64 players
Stage 1: All players in Stage 1 will play in a single double-
elimination qualifying tournament with at least the top eight
players qualifying for Stage 2.
Tournament Format, Stage 1:
Ten Ball, WPA Rules
Winner Breaks
Double elimination, race to 7
Entry Fee: $200
Tournament Format, Stage 2:
Ten Ball, WPA Rules
Winner Breaks
Double Elimination up to Final Four – Race to 9
Crossover Semifinals – Race to 9
Final – Race to 11
Prize Fund
Total Prize Money: $84,000
Sanction Fee:
WPA – 5%
BSCP – 5%
Awarding of Prizes
Prizes will be awarded at an awards dinner
on Sunday, 31 May 2009.
Entry Fee
1. No entry fee for quota players in Stage 2
2. US$200 entry fee for participants in Stage 1.
Entry Registration for Stage 2
1. Each continental federation will inform WPA by March 31 if
they will fill their allocations.
2. Raya Sports should receive the players’ name list by April 15.
3. Unfilled allocations will go into qualifiers pool.
Entry Registration for Stage 1
1. Players must register online at www.rayasports.com by May 11.
2. Players can also register through their continental association,
which must transmit by fax or email their entry applications.
Fax no: +632- 890-9666. Email: solgueco@rayasports.com
3. Entry fees must be paid by May 11.
See registration procedure.
Visa
If invitation letter is needed for visa, please submit your personal
details (full name, passport number, etc.) to Raya Sports early.
Residents of ASEAN countries do not need a visa to visit the
Philippines.
Hotel Accommodations
1. All players in Stages 1 and 2 must take care of their own
accommodations as provided for by WPA rules.
2. Raya Sports will provide a list of hotels near the venue that
offer rooms at varied and discounted rates.
Visit official website: www.rayasports.com
Winner $ 20,000
Runner - up 10,000
3-4 5,000
5-8 3,000 x 2
9-16 2,000 x 8
17-32 1,000 x 16
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Jasmin Ouschan started it at the WPA World Ten Ball Championship in Manila in October last year, where she mastered the likes of Thomas Engert of Germany in a live TV match seen around the world. Now more women are coming to the Philippines to test their stuff against top male players in the inaugural Philippine Open Pool Championship which starts on Wednesday, May 27, at the SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila.
.
The pretty 23-year-old Austrian cue artist will be joined by five other crack women players in the WPA world-ranking tournament.
.
The other five are Karen Corr and Julie Kelly of Ireland, Kelly Fisher of Great Britain, and Melissa Little and Sarah Rousey of the United States.
.
Ouschan won the 2006 Billiards Congress of America Open 9-Ball Championship women’s division and finished third in the Women’s World Pool Championship the same year. She has also recorded impressive finishes against male players in major tournaments, like the world straight pool championship.
Corr is the top player in the women’s professional pool circuit today. She is also the winningest, being three-time World Snooker champion, three-time World English Billiard champion, European snooker champion, WPBA 9-Ball champion, WPBA US Open champion and two-time WPBA BCA champion.
.
“To me, success is picking up the trophy,” said Corr in one of her interviews.
.
Kelly Fisher won the 2000 World 9-Ball Women’s Championship and the 2008 US Women’s Open Championship. She has also won the European women’s championship three times.
.
Little was a former two-time amateur national champion in America while Rousey is currently ranked sixth in the WPBA.
.
These deadly lady cue artists will mix it up against some of the best male players in the world in the Philippine, which include include reigning World Ten Ball champion Darren Appleton of Great Britain, WPA world No.1 player Ralf Souquet of Germany, two-time World Junior champion Ko Pin Yi of Chinese-Taipei, current US open champion and former world champion Mika Immonen of Finland, current US No. 1 Shane Van Boening and Filipino bets like Jericho Banares, Jeffrey de Luna and the country’s newest teenage sensation Jonas Magpantay.
.
EVENT INFORMATION
Dates:
Stage 1: Qualifying Round
Star Billiards Center, Quezon City
May 22-24 (Fri – Sun)
Stage 2: Main Tournament
Metro Manila
Mandaluyong City
May 27-31 (Wed – Sun)
Sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA)
Organizer:
Raya Sports
In cooperation with Star Billiards and
Billiards & Snooker Congress of the Philippines (BSCP)
Players:
Stage 2: Main tournament
The majority of spots in the tournament are allocated via a quota
system devised by the WPA. The spots are distributed as follows:
WPA Ranking : 8 spots
Qualifiers : 8
Local players : 4
AAPA : 1
APBU : 14
BCA : 7
CPB : 1
EPBF : 19
OPBA : 1
WPA / Org : 1
TOTAL ……. 64 players
Stage 1: All players in Stage 1 will play in a single double-
elimination qualifying tournament with at least the top eight
players qualifying for Stage 2.
Tournament Format, Stage 1:
Ten Ball, WPA Rules
Winner Breaks
Double elimination, race to 7
Entry Fee: $200
Tournament Format, Stage 2:
Ten Ball, WPA Rules
Winner Breaks
Double Elimination up to Final Four – Race to 9
Crossover Semifinals – Race to 9
Final – Race to 11
Prize Fund
Total Prize Money: $84,000
Sanction Fee:
WPA – 5%
BSCP – 5%
Awarding of Prizes
Prizes will be awarded at an awards dinner
on Sunday, 31 May 2009.
Entry Fee
1. No entry fee for quota players in Stage 2
2. US$200 entry fee for participants in Stage 1.
Entry Registration for Stage 2
1. Each continental federation will inform WPA by March 31 if
they will fill their allocations.
2. Raya Sports should receive the players’ name list by April 15.
3. Unfilled allocations will go into qualifiers pool.
Entry Registration for Stage 1
1. Players must register online at www.rayasports.com by May 11.
2. Players can also register through their continental association,
which must transmit by fax or email their entry applications.
Fax no: +632- 890-9666. Email: solgueco@rayasports.com
3. Entry fees must be paid by May 11.
See registration procedure.
Visa
If invitation letter is needed for visa, please submit your personal
details (full name, passport number, etc.) to Raya Sports early.
Residents of ASEAN countries do not need a visa to visit the
Philippines.
Hotel Accommodations
1. All players in Stages 1 and 2 must take care of their own
accommodations as provided for by WPA rules.
2. Raya Sports will provide a list of hotels near the venue that
offer rooms at varied and discounted rates.
Visit official website: www.rayasports.com
Winner $ 20,000
Runner - up 10,000
3-4 5,000
5-8 3,000 x 2
9-16 2,000 x 8
17-32 1,000 x 16
.
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