Three Cushion Billiard News
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Former Champion Hosts Event Leading to Nationals
Four former US Champions will battle it out in the most difficult billiard sport of all as they warm up for the United States Billiard Association (USBA) 2013 Three-Cushion National Championship. This special tournament with its stellar field will be held at the exclusive private club A'Mazin Billiards in Malden, Massachusetts.
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Good News for Traveling Three Cushion Players!
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) made it a little easier for billiard players, pocket and carom alike, to travel when it announced that cues could be carried onto airliners.
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Results of Ken Higgins Memorial 3-cushion Tournament
Reported by Tommy Thomsen, USBA NW Director
Our combination "B" & "C" tournament was held at the Medford Elks Lodge in Medford, Oregon March 1 – 3, 2013. We had 16 sign-ups but only 14 showed up.
There were 6 "B" players and 8 "C" players. Two flights of 7 players each were used with 3 "B" players and 4 "C" players in each all playing a complete round-robin. The 2 top finishers from each flight went to a 4-man round-robin.
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On Friday March 1, eighteen players assembled for a handicap tournament endorsed by the USBA at Las Delicias in Revere MA. The handicapping system was established at the time the event was announced, so the levels were grandfathered in before the new Official USBA Handicap levels were announced. Here are the levels that applied:
Handicaps:
B+ Players (.700-.899 average) go to 25 pts
B Players (.500-.699 average) go to 20 pts
C Players: (below .500 average) go to 15 pts
As it turns out, the handicapping enabled two B players to finish ahead of the B+ players in what proved to be some exciting and well-fought play.
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