LOCAL RESIDENTS PREPARE FOR WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN VEGAS

Matt Boster

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Posted by: Matt Boster
Date: Aug 10 2016 1:46 PM

ENTERPRISE, AL (August 10, 2016) – Longshots 2.0 are leaving today to battle for $15,000 1st Place prize money at the 2016 APA 9-Ball World Championship, conducted by the American Poolplayers Association (APA).

Longshots 2.0 will be joining more than 400 other qualified teams from throughout the world who will be traveling to the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, Aug. 11-15, to compete for a world title and a portion of more than $1 Million guaranteed prize money.

Longshots 2.0 are members of the APA 9-Ball League and participate in weekly league play at K-O Billiards in Enterprise. Team members include: Katie Roberts (Captain), Jamie Roberts, Kenneth Bradshaw, Matt Winters and Ryan Peters.

The APA, based in Lake Saint Louis, Mo., sanctions the world’s largest amateur pool league, known as the APA Pool League throughout the United States and as the Canadian Pool League in Canada.   More than 250,000 members compete in weekly 8-Ball and 9-Ball League play.   The APA is generally recognized as the Governing Body of Amateur Pool, having established the official rules, championships, formats and handicap systems for the sport of amateur billiards.

The APA produces three major tournaments each year—the APA World Pool Championships, the APA Poolplayer Championships and the U.S. Amateur Championship—that, together, pay out nearly $1.5 Million in cash and prizes annually. In 2010, the APA World Pool Championships were recognized by Guinness World Records as the “world’s largest pool tournament.”

The APA and its Championships are sponsored by PoolDawg, Aramith and Action Cues.

For more information or to get signed up with the APA, please contact Beth at 850-443-0019 or by email at [email protected].   Or you can visit the official APA website at poolplayers.com.

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