Congratulation to AZ'ers own Robert Raiford

With as much knowledge about 3 cushion as the dudes got....it was only a matter of time :D a SUPER congradulations.

On a side note.. the guy to the left of the picture.. ist that this years junior champion?
 
seven said:
On a side note.. the guy to the left of the picture.. ist that this years junior champion?
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Yes, that Juan Medina and by UMB Playlist he playing in the Junior 3 Cushion Tournament in Spain. But below is information on who won the Junior 3C in New York. From ProfessQBall website. Maybe Raiford could enlighten us, as to which is correct?????

Edwar Gomez Jung Sub Kim
Winner of the USBA JUNIOR TOURNAMENT at Carom Caf? Billiards in
conjunction with the Sang Lee International Open was Edwar Gomez,
and Jung Sub Kim coming in second.
Score was 25 to 13

Format was, 8 Players, 2 groups of 4 round robin -Race to 20 points

2 from each group will advance to play in a single elimination tournament to 25 points.

Prize is a chance for a young person to represent the United States
In the world championship to be held in Spain in September. All Hotel
and travel expenses will be paid by the USBA.

GROUP A Ryan Taramona ?New York
Ronald Mendez?New York
Olivia Lee (Sang Lee?s daughter) ?New York
Edwar Gomez?New York

GROUP B Thang Lee - Chicago
Sebastian Osorio?New York
Jung Sub Kim?New York
Juan Medina?New York
This event was made possible through generous donations from many USBA Members.
 
Juan Medina

seven said:
With as much knowledge about 3 cushion as the dudes got....it was only a matter of time :D a SUPER congradulations.

On a side note.. the guy to the left of the picture.. ist that this years junior champion?
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Juan Medina actually made the semi-finals at the Sang Lee Open. He then had to play all his matches afterwards in the Juniors Tournament where he was able to finish in 3rd place, probably because he was exhausted, although Edwar Gomez and Jung Sub Kim are both excellent players as well.

The 2 top finishers were not able to travel to Spain for the World Championship, so Juan Medina is representing the United States.

Jim:)
 
Thanks, guys!

Now my goal is to improve my tournament play enough to get booted from the "B" tour. Easier said than done :)

Robert
 
I enjoy Robert Raiford's commentary on Carom TV. So if he's watching this post, please tenure that position for a long time :).
 
Dennis Dieckman also went with Juan Medina.

Robert, you were dangerously close to getting booted from the B's this past weekend. I am sure it will happen eventually. But not before I get booted first! ha ha

jim
 
SlickRick_PCS said:
I enjoy Robert Raiford's commentary on Carom TV. So if he's watching this post, please tenure that position for a long time :).
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Thanks, Rick, I'm glad you've found my comments helpful. Thanks to the positive feedback from last year's videos, Jan was nice enough to invite me back this year to help out with CaromTV again. If you'd like to see more, please email Jan at CaromTV and let him know! (After I managed to squeak into the semi-finals this year, I told Jan he's not allowed to root against me just so I can do more matches in the booth. :))

btw, Jan has already released two amazing matches from the tournament last month, and many more are on the way. Each of the new ones include a run of 15 (by Blomdahl and Sayginer), and the Blomdahl-Ceulemans match was best game in the finals: 35 in 11 innings! Check http://www.CaromTV.com/ for the latest updates.

Robert
 
jimshovak said:
Robert, you were dangerously close to getting booted from the B's this past weekend. I am sure it will happen eventually. But not before I get booted first! ha ha

jim
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Heh - so it's a race to see who's booted first... Nothing like a little friendly competition to motivate improving our tournament play! :)

Robert
 
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