Rebecca Wagner (Photo courtesy of Bob Beaulieu)
Los Angeles, California- Ladies from all around the West Coast of America and Asia showed up to participate in the first qualifier for the Yalin Womens World 10-Ball Championship. Nevada's Rebecca Wagner shined on this day to join her USA teammates for the Worlds. Qualifiers will be held for the 5th Annual Yalin Women's World 10-Ball Championship from September 7th - October 29th, 2013. Only 48 players will have a chance for the title of World Champion in a star studded elite field with the hardest format in women's pool. The main event will be held at 5 star luxury hotel casino Resorts World in Manila, Philippines on Oct 31st- November 4th,2013. The Yalin World Championship is produced by Dragon Promotions and filmed by ABS-CBN and will be televised worldwide over the 5 days of the tournament. The event is co-sponsored by OB Cues, Master Chalk, and Aramith Balls.
The women competitors came from 3 states (Nevada, Arizona and California), The first few rounds started slow, it was an amazingly hot day, but all the ladies played hard and stayed focused. Jenny Lee, a local favorite, beat Susan Williams of Arizona in a hill hill battle for the hot seat. On the one loss side, Sara Miller won over Melinda Huang 5-2 while Rebecca Wagner eeked out Barbara Lee 5-4. After a hill hill loss to Susan, Rebecca battled back through the losers beating Sara Miller 5-1 for the chance to play Susan again. Rebecca bears down and beats Susan 5-1. After a 2-0 lead Jenny falls behind 5-2 in the first race to 6. And Rebecca wins 6-4. Up 4-1 Rebecca, both ladies struggled with the heat and the long day, but Rebecca seemed fired up after her march through the losers side and wins 5-1 over Jenny to win the invitation to the World Championship! A big thank you to Marie our Tournament Director, Eddie Arreguin from Hard Times for hosting the event and to Dragon Promotions for putting on a west coast qualifier.
The World 10-Ball Championship elevates the game to another level
The Yalin Women's World 10-Ball Championship is sponsored by Yalin Tables, ABS-CBN Sports, Studio 23, Balls, TFC, Resorts World, Star Paper Corporation, with Official Equipment Sponsors OB Cues, Championship Cloth, Aramith Balls, and Master Chalk.
Details of the qualifiers and main event can be found at www.facebook.com/womensworld10ball and soon www.WomensWorld10Ball.com
QUALIFIERS
$65 Entry Fee USA Qualifiers. Double Elimination Race to 6 & Race to 5.
Winner Receives Invitation & FREE entry to the World 10-Ball Championship $80,000 Purse
September 7 Hard Times Billiards , Los Angeles CA 562- 867-7733
September 15 Sandcastle Billiards , Edison NJ USA 1-(732) 632-9277
September 21 Cue-Phoria , Orlando FL 321-972-1867
September 28 Billiard Factory, Jacksonville FL USA 1-(904) 733-6880
October 28 Star Billiards, Manila Philippines 1-407-782-4960
October 29 Star Billiards, Manila Philippines 1-407-782-4960
