BODOG, the largest online betting brand in the world*, have been confirmed as the new title sponsors of the Bodog.com World Grand Prix darts championship.
REIGNING Premier League Snooker Champion Shaun Murphy begins the defence of his title on Thursday at the Southampton Guildhall.
Prizefighter returns in October with the fourth edition of the Heavyweights division as eight men hope to follow Audley Harrison in lifting the title and gate-crashing the heavyweight scene.
tchroom Sport are delighted to announce that Wyldecrest Park Homes is the title sponsor of the 2010 Premier League Bowls.
MATTHEW Evans continued his fine form in the PGA EuroPro Tour as he shot the best round of the day for an early lead.
Audley Harrison has told David Haye to "man up and sign" to fight for the World Heavyweight title in a Battle of Britain bout in November.
MATTHEW Evans will be playing on the Challenge Tour next season after he won his second PGA EuroPro Tour event of the year.
ZANE Scotland has clinched an incredible victory on the PGA EuroPro Tour after a last-hole horror show from leader James Busby handed him the title.
Matchroom Sport’s Poker commentator Jesse May and regular tournament director “Mad” Marty Wilson have been nominated for the Best Contribution to Poker Award at the first ever British Poker Awards.
Boyes among latest World Pool Masters qualifiers
FOUR more players have booked their places at the 2010 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters in May, including former World Pool Championship semi-finalist Karl Boyes.
Englishman Boyes, who reached the final four in Manila in 2007, was a member of the Great Britain team that recently won the World Team Championship in Germany.
Boyes triumphed at the Buxton Palace Hotel in the UK in a qualifying event run by GB9 and he will join fellow English players Darren Appleton, Mark Gray, Imran Majid and Daryl Peach in Las Vegas.
"Roll on Vegas," said a delighted Boyes. "I'm very happy to be involved in another Matchroom event as I think they put on the best shows in the pool world.
"I have only ever played in one of their events before and placed third at the World Champs so hopefully I can go better in the Masters."
The Blackpool-based Boyes beat some quality names en-route to the final including Craig Osbourne, Michael Valentine and Chris Melling before beating Paul Williams 8-4 in the decisive match.
After the success of this qualifier, GB9 will be staging another one at the Barcelo Imperial Hotel in Blackpool on Monday, April 26. To enter visit the GB9 site -
www.gb9balltour.com
Elsewhere, highly-dangerous Canadian cueist John Morra will be in Las Vegas as he won through a tough qualifying event at Shooters Snooker and Sports Bar in Toronto.
Morra, 20, beat Erik Hjorleifson 13-12 in a nail-biting final to claim his place in the Masters, which will be staged at the Riviera Hotel and Casino from Wednesday, May 12 to Sunday, May 16.
Morra had earlier beaten his father Mario 11-10 in another hill-hill thriller in the 'B' bracket final. John trailed 10-7 before Mario missed a combo on the 2-9 to win the match and from there John took over to win.
Hjorleifson had beaten Alex Radomski in the 'A' side final 11-5, having earlier beaten Jason Klatt 11-9 in the semi-final. Morra wins a trip to the Masters where he will surely be one to avoid in the early stages.
Over in Leuven, Belgium, Noel Bruynooghe advanced as he beat Germany's Kay Rieke, countryman Pascal Budo and then Gijs Van Helmond of Holland in the decider.
Bruynooghe, 38, has a respectable track record on the European circuit and was part of the Belgian pairing that had a terrific run to the quarter-finals of the 2007 World Cup of Pool.
Finally, in St Petersburg, Russia, Yevgeny Novosad of the Ukraine overcame the young but experienced Ruslan Chinakhov (Russia) 8-6 to win his Masters berth.
Novosad, 19, becomes the first Ukrainian player ever to compete in a Matchroom Sport pool tournament.
Working with an array of respected partners around the world, the qualifying events take in France, England, Scotland, Holland, Belgium, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Canada, USA, Australia, Malaysia, Taiwan and Japan. This will give every pool player in the world the opportunity to win a trip to Las Vegas and mix it with the world's elite in the Masters.
Each qualifying event will carry an entry fee and have, in most cases a maximum field of 32 players. The winner of each event wins a trip to Vegas, to include flight and accommodation, to compete in the Masters and there are cash prizes for high finishers depending on entries.
After 17 years as a 16-player invitational competition, the Masters, one of the longest established tournaments in pool, has moved to 64 players and will run from Wednesday, May 12 to Sunday, May 16, will take place at the Riviera Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Working in conjunction with Cuesports International, the Masters takes place during the annual BCAPL National 8-Ball Championships, which sees thousands of players and fans flock to the Riviera for a lengthy festival of pool.
The first two days of the main event in May feature double elimination play on a multi-table set-up as the field reduces from 64 down to 32.
The event then goes to single elimination and the last 16 is played out in a single table arena setting in front of the TV cameras, culminating in the final on the evening of Sunday, May 16.
Television is produced by Matchroom Sport and will be seen as 15 x one hour programmes in 14 countries around the world with more to be added to the list.
The prize fund is set at a guaranteed $100,000 with $20,000 going to the eventual champion.
Date posted: March 18, 2010
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