Posts Tagged ‘Billiards’
Competition, enthusiasm ratchet up as Illinois state billiards championship gets underway
QUINCY — Quiet moments inside the Oakley-Lindsay Center are nearly impossible to find this week. From the sound of balls clacking off each other to the on-going conversations and music blaring over the loudspeakers, there’s always something going on during the American CueSports Illinois State Billiards Championship, a five-day event which began Wednesday. Quincy residents…
Read MoreACS Illinois state billiard championships return to Quincy March 15-19
QUINCY — The American CueSports Illinois State Association will have its 26th annual Illinois state pocket billiard championships in Quincy March 15-19. The event, presented by SeeQuincy, will be held at the Oakley-Lindsay Civic Center, 300 Civic Center Plaza. Hundreds of amateur pool players from American CueSports Alliance Illinois League Systems will participate in various…
Read MoreIllinois state billiard championships to return to Oakley-Lindsay Center in 2023
QUINCY — Rack ’em. The American Cue Sports Illinois State Billiard Championships are returning to Quincy. A highly successful event in 2022 in which Quincy’s own Kelsey Bockenfeld won the women’s state championship, the five-day billiards extravaganza will take place March 15-19, 2023, at the Oakley-Lindsay Center. In a press release from the American CueSports…
Read More‘I think someone’s just won the lottery’: Quincy billiards team brings home 8-ball world championship from Las Vegas
QUINCY — The reaction to Mike Baker’s two-rail shot that kicked the eight ball into the side pocket to win a world 8-ball team championship loudly resonated. “When Mike made that eight ball and everybody erupted, the entire exposition hall heard us,” said John Ellis, a member of Quincy’s Bar Box Bandits, who won the…
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