Results for Sunday night APA Summer Session 2009

September 14, 2009

Quick Sticks (Dave Wallace) are the reigning Divisions Champions in Sunday night Double Jeopardy as they defeat U Rack We Run (Frank Rich) in 8-Ball 3-1 and slip by Home Team (Ed Skawinski) 51-49 in a tight 9-Ball final match. In 8-Ball, the team took Mike Vinson’s key victory over Frank Rich all the way [...]

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Straight Pool Summer 2009 Results

August 25, 2009

Stefan “The Governor” Mendrick has claimed the first place crown in Diamond Eight’s Summer edition of the 14and1.com Straight Pool league. Stefan played strong enough to edge out 2nd place finisher Jackie Ford by one point. Jackie was unable to secure more than two points in the last two weeks, in very close matches against [...]

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Updates from Las Vegas

August 23, 2009

8-Ball APA National Team Championships

Diamond Eight teams Billiard Bandits (Christine Skawinski) and Did You See That (Michael Kordt) made their best efforts but faced early elimination from the National 8-Ball Team Championships, held at The Riveria Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Aug. 21-29, 2009. We’ll get ‘em next time!
9-Ball APA Doubles National Championship
Cindy Dominy [...]

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Trick Shot Masters featured on Local TV Capital News 9

August 22, 2009

Diamond Eight employee Stacy Mendrick (“The First Lady of Trick Shots”) and her husband Stefan (“The Governor”) are featured in a story on Capital News 9 today. Stories are repeated often, so watch Capital News 9 to see the Mendricks at Diamond Eight, with Stefan, ranked 12th in the world, performing some cool trick shots.
Stacy [...]

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Diamond Eight team ties for 9th at APA Northeast Challenge

July 31, 2009

Team Diamond Eight, led by Audre Hartman, has tied for 9th place in the 2009 APA Northeast Challenge, and finish “in the money.” Congratulations!
On Friday, July 31, the first day of the tournament, Ann Smith won a one-game “sudden death” match to give the team their second team victory of the day. They returned on [...]

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Tom Acciavatti wins 10-ball Tour Season Finale

July 29, 2009

Local pool legend and Diamond Eight star Tom Acciavatti claimed victory in the Dominiak Cues 10-Ball Tour Season Finale, held July 18th at Pool Table Magic in Windor Locks, CT. Tom plowed his way through the field to the “hot seat” (winner of the winner’s bracket) to meet Drew Smith in the finals. A close [...]

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Good Luck to our teams headed for Las Vegas!

July 28, 2009

[ August 14, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] Good luck to all our teams headed for Las Vegas next week! In 8-ball and 9-Ball, Did You See That? (Michael Kordt, captain), and in 8-Ball, the Billiard Bandits (Christine Skawinski, captain) will compete for the National title. Cindy Dominy and Mike Yudin, who will compete in the 9-ball Scotch Doubles National Championship! Good Luck! [...]

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9th Annual Golf Tournament is smashing success

July 21, 2009

The 9th Annual Edward M. Skawinski Memorial Golf Tournament was another great success, fueled by 14 golf teams and all of the family and friends who came to Diamond Eight to support us and Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region.
Stay tuned for all the results and photos from the day (and night). Thanks [...]

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Diamond Eight best pool hall around

June 18, 2009

“Diamond Eight Best Pool Hall Around.” Those six words were crafted by Diamond Eight regular and evangelist Julie Levenberg for the Times Union “Best of the Capital Region 6-word Challenge.”
Julie’s entry was chosen at random to win a “Best of the Capital Region” prize pack! Congrats Julie, and thanks for your support of Diamond Eight!

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9-Ball Scotch Doubles Results

June 18, 2009

Vegas, Baby! A big congratulations to Cindy Dominy and Mike Yudin, who took 1st place in the APA 9-Ball Scotch Doubles Tournament, held at Diamond Eight on Saturday, June 13th. The pair is headed for The Riveria in Las Vegas to compete in theNational 9-Ball Doubles Tournament, to be held August 26-28, 2009.

Both Mike [...]

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