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Young Morra Proving Himself in the Derby City Ring Games
Scott Soroko, 1/10/2008 | Major Pro Events

John Morra

Our best Ring Game yet was early this morning. It started slow with only Mika challenging Canada's dynamic duo of Tyler Edey and John Morra. This threesome battled over an hour before Cliff and Bobby Pickle joined the festivities. There was some great Ten Ball being played with one outstanding run-out after another.

Pretty soon another young gun named Shane wandered into the Accu-Stats arena. Yes, that Shane! No one is barred from this game and now we had six for breakfast. That is, if your diet includes high speed pool. What a game ensued with some of the best Ten Ball we've seen around any tournament for a long, long time. This game was a pure challenge, and a shootout to see who would be the King of Ten Ball Ring Games.

Cliff couldn't keep up, and soon we had five. Bobby Pickle kept the crowd in stitches, asking them if this was a bar table, since he didn't play big tables. He played great too, but soon took his "Redneck" fan club and vacated the arena. When Tyler decided he had enough, we were down to three survivors. Rather than quit, they upped the ante to a hundred a man.

Now it was the proven champion Mika, battling the wunderkid Shane and the kid Johnny Morra. For nearly two hours, they fought for supremacy, with no one giving an inch. A crowd had gathered to witness this shootout. The rare missed shot reminded everyone that they were playing on a double tough Diamond Pro table.

When the smoke cleared at 5:30 AM, the big winner was JOHN MORRA! He never backed down and he never flinched. He just kept drilling balls into the heart of the pocket. Shane was even and Mika was stuck. This kid is opening a lot of eyes this week. He has arrived, big time! He doesn't go into the Action Room, because he can't get a game in there. At 18, he is a marked man. Too strong for all but the champions to deal with. The Hustlers walk a wide swath around him. There is no woofing directed his way. He is fast becoming the "new" Shane Van Boening.

Jay Helfert

I would like to thank one of the AZBilliard forum posters Jay Helfert for the story above. You can find the forum thread here.

Can You Help?
Story by:Scott Soroko, 7/20/2009

Canadian Jason Klatt is 23 years old and a professional pool player. He has recently been invited to be one of two players to represent Canada in an international competition called the PartyPoker.

Morra Keeps Fighting at the World Summit of Pool
Story by:Scott Soroko, 6/5/2009
Major Pro Events

Starting off with 2 straight wins out of the gate Morra would lock up with The Rocket Rodney Morris and suffer his first defeat. Sent to the B side Morra would keep fighting and after his last win he will now play American Stevie Moore to move closer to the World Summit of Pool Title.

Grace Nakamura Represents Canada Once Again on the World Stage
Story by:Scott Soroko, 5/20/2009

Mississauga Resident, Grace Nakamura-Babcock is honoured to represent Canada in competition at the first ever Women’s World 10-Ball event.

The competition will take place in Manila, June 1-6 and long term local Peel Region Resident, Grace Nakamura-Babcock will represent Canada among the best female players in world competition.

Pagulayan in Final 4 of Predator 10-Ball, Watch Online Today!
Story by:Scott Soroko, 5/16/2009

Today is the final day of the Predator 10-Ball Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada. Starting with a field of players that was not only high in numbers but high in talent taking down this title would be a big accomplishment for any players.

Behrman offers US Open Discount
Story by:Scott Soroko, 5/5/2009

Barry Behrman has never been afraid of setting goals and going after them. This year he has set a goal that will benefit everyone should he be able to reach.

Grace Nakamura Represents Canada at the Amway Cup in Taipei
Story by:Scott Soroko, 4/6/2009

Mississauga Resident, Grace Nakamura-Babcock is honored to represent Canada in competition at the most prestigious Women’s Billiard Event in Asia.

The prestigious 2009 Amway Cup, Women’s 9 Ball Pocket Billiard competition to be held in Taipei, Taiwan from April 28th, to May 4th and long term local Peel Region Resident, Grace Nakamura-Babcock will represent Canada among the best female players in world competition.

U.S. Bar Table Championships
Story by:Scott Soroko, 3/27/2009

It's a safe bet that a few of our top Western Canadian players would be down at the U.S. Bar Table Championship in Reno, Nevada. Well if you look around the venue down there you would spot Adam Smith, Edwin Montal, Tyler Edey, Stan Tourangeau and Larry Wilson playing the likes of Shane Van Boening and other top American pros.

Morra Wins his First Match in the Fatboy Challenge
Story by:AZBilliards.com Site, 1/25/2009
Major Pro Events

The entry fee is $1,000, with $4,000 Added by Fatboy. We will take a MAXIMUM of sixteen players. That would give us a total purse of $20,000 with $10,000 to the Winner, $5,000 for Second and $2,500 for Third-Fourth.

Derby City Underway
Story by:AZBilliards.com Site, 1/24/2009
Major Pro Events

The madness that is the Derby City Classic kicked off on Friday at the Horseshoe Casino Hotel in New Albany Indiana, and the new location for the event has not seemed to affect the turn-out in any way with 398 players competing in the banks division.



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