They’re coming around the far turn and headed for home, so to speak. The 20-something and below, ever-expanding roster of the Junior International Championships’, sponsored by Viking Cues, third season have just completed the 6th stop on their 2023 schedule of eight events. There are two stops to go, after which four of the five divisions will compete in a Championship event. The ProAm division will compete in September’s final stop at Wolf’s Den in Roanoke, VA and at the end of that event, the division’s top two competitors in the rankings will be awarded entry fees for an Open event of their choice in the coming year. The other four divisions will play their final stop and then compete in a separate Championship event. The two 13U divisions will hold their final stop and their Championship event on the same weekend in Roanoke. The two 18U divisions will compete in the final stop and then advance to their Championship event in conjunction with Pat Fleming’s International Open in Norfolk, VA on the weekend of Oct. 30-Nov. 4. The headline story of Stop #6, held this past weekend (July 14-16) at Railyard Billiards in Louisville, KY was the second straight win for Texas native Lazaro Martinez III in the 18U Boys Division, which, at this latest event, drew 34 entrants. He chalked up his first division win in his first appearance on the 2023 JIC season at Stop #5 last month at Griff’s in Las Vegas. He went undefeated both times. Martinez also won the ProAm division of Stop #6 (39 entrants), coming from the loss side to down Niko Konkel in the finals (stay tuned for further details).
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