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Verhoeven Open
The Verhoeven Open is a three-cushion billiards tournament held in Flushing, Queens in the US state of New York. The event is sanctioned by the Union Mondiale de Billard and the United States Billiard Association. The event was known as Sang Lee International Open between 2005 and 2008. History Sang Lee International Open It was founded in 2005 as the Sang Lee International Open, named after Sang Lee, a Korean American player whose goal was to spread his principles as a player and restore the popularity of carom billiards in the United States. One year after his death in 2004, his friend Ira Lee initiated the tournament in tribute to him. It was organized by the United States Billiard Association (USBA) as a member of the world federation Union Mondiale de Billard. The venue for the tournament is the Carom Café, which was founded by Sang Lee (not Ira Lee who is not related to Sang) and his friend Michael Kang, who was also one of the best players in the United States at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Verhoeven Open (3-Cushion)
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Verhoeven Open 2016-Jérémy Bury 1
Verhoeven is a noble toponymic surname of Dutch origin. The name is a contraction of van der Hoeven, meaning "from the homestead". In 2007, Verhoeven was the 44th most common name in the Netherlands (15,902 people).Leender BrouwerThe top 100 surnames in the Netherlands/ref> People with this surname include: *Willem Verhoeven (1590-1643), Dutch privateer *Abraham Verhoeven (1575–1652), Flemish newspaper publisher *Arthur Verhoeven (1889–1958), Belgian composer and organist *Aurore Verhoeven (born 1990), French cyclist * Cornelis Verhoeven (1928–2001), Dutch philosopher and writer *Deb Verhoeven, Australian media academic and film critic *Helen Verhoeven (born 1974), Dutch painter and sculptor * (born 1966), Dutch motocross racer *Jeroen Verhoeven (born 1980), Dutch football player * John Verhoeven (fl. 1920), Belgian cyclist * John Verhoeven (born 1953), American baseball pitcher * (born 1985), Dutch sports climber *Julie Verhoeven (born 1969), British illustrator and designe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three-cushion Billiards Competitions
Three-cushion billiards, also called three-cushion carom, is a form of carom billiards. The object of the game is to the off both while contacting the at least three times before contacting the second object ball. A point is scored for each successful carom. In most shots the cue ball hits the object balls one time each, although hitting them any number of times is allowed as long as both are hit. The cue ball may contact the cushions before or after hitting the first object ball. It does not have to contact three different cushions as long as it has been in contact with any cushion at least three times in total. History Three-cushion dates to the 1870s, and while the origin of the game is not entirely known, it evolved from one-cushion billiards, which in turn developed from straight rail billiards for the same reason that balkline also arose from straight rail. Such new developments made the game more challenging, less repetitive, and more interesting for spectators as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orie Hida
Orie is a village of approximately 3,000 people, and located in the Isoko South local government area of Delta state, Nigeria. It is also called ''Orie-Irri'' because its inhabitants are generally believed to have originally migrated from Irri town. Orie is surrounded by three villages: Opke, Ofagbe Ofagbe ("Ofa kugbe") is a town about southeast of Ozoro, the headquarters of the Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. Legend has it that the town was established by three families who migrated from various points in the t ... and Utue. Populated places in Isoko South {{DeltaNG-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Therese Klompenhouwer
Therese or Thérèse is a variant of the feminine given name Teresa. It may refer to: Persons Therese *Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1773–1839), member of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and a Duchess of Mecklenburg *Therese of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1728–1778), German noblewoman *Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, (1792–1854), queen of Bavaria *Therese Alshammar (born 1977), Swedish swimmer *Therese Björk (born 1981), Swedish footballer *Therese Borssén (born 1984), Swedish skier *Therese Brandl (1902–1948), Nazi concentration camp guard. Convicted of crimes against humanity after the war and executed *Therese Brophy, player * Therese Crawford (born 1976), American volleyball player *Therese Elssler (1808–1878), Austrian dancer and baroness *Therese Giehse (1898–1975), German actress *Therese Grankvist (born 1977), Swedish singer and songwriter also known as Drömhus and Therese *Therese Grob (1798–1875), first love of the composer Franz Schubert * Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Horn (billiards Player)
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Eddy Leppens
Eddy Leppens (born 3 December 1969 in Lommel, Belgium) is a Belgian professional three cushion billiards player. Private life Leppens was born in the flanders city of Lommel where he also spend his childhood. He is married to Andrea Ospino and together they have three children named Lindsey, Maria Fernanda and Romy. In 2005 he opened his own billiard shop ''Verhoeven Eddy Leppens''.History of Eddy Leppens Official Homepage. Retrieved 8 June 2012. Career Early years His father was an active billiards player. At eighteen, Eddy Leppens was playing of the Honour Division in , four years later in all six discipline ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cho Jae-ho
Cho or CHO may refer to: People * Chief Happiness Officer Surnames * Cho (Korean surname), one romanization of the common Korean surname * Zhuo (), romanized Cho in Wade–Giles, Chinese surname * Cho, a Minnan romanization of the Chinese surname Cao () * Chō, the romaji for the uncommon Japanese surname derived from the Chinese Zhang (Kanji ) ** Cho U (born 1980), Taiwanese ''go'' player who romanizes his name in the Japanese fashion ** Chō (born 1957), Japanese actor and voice actor **Isamu Chō (1895-1945), Japanese lieutenant general Characters * Cho Hakkai, the Japanese name for ''Zhū Bājiè'' or "Pigsy", a character in the 16th-century Chinese novel, ''Journey to the West'', by Wu Cheng'en ** Cho Hakkai (Saiyuki), the same character in the manga and anime series ''Saiyuki'', based on the novel Given name * Cho Ramaswamy (1934-2016), Indian actor and writer * Cho, a Burmese given name meaning "sweet" commonly used at the start of a female name and at the end for ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jérémy Bury
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Tayfun Taşdemir
Tayfun Taşdemir (born November 5, 1975) is a world champion Turkish professional carom billiards player specialized in three-cushion event. Early years Tayfun Taşdemir was born in Muş, eastern Turkey on November 5, 1975. He graduated in Economics from Marmara University. Career He played three years for the Dutch team Twentevisie. After enjoying World team champion titles several times, Taşdemir finally won his first individual world-class level title at the 3rd leg of the 2015 Three-Cushion World Cup in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam defeating Torbjörn Blomdahl from Sweden in the final. He also won the 1st leg of the 2019 Three-Cushion World Cup in Antalya, Turkey defeating Cho Jae-ho. At the 2022 UMB World Three-cushion Championship held in Donghae City, South Korea, he became World champion in the individual event. He is the second Turkish World champion after Semih Saygıner, who won the title in 2003. Achievements ; 2002 * UMB World Three-cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Merckx (billiards Player)
Eddy Merckx (born 4 September 1968 in Reet, Belgium) is a Belgian professional three-cushion billiards player. Career Season 2006/07 In the year 2006, he beat Nikos Polychronopoulos 3–1 to win the world title in three cushions billiards. In 2007, he added the European title in Salon de Provence in France, by beating the reigning champion Frédéric Caudron. Season 2011/12 On 8 October 2011, while playing in the German Bundesliga in Duisburg, Merckx defeated Won Kang 50–6 in six innings, a world record. The inning breakdown was 4-9-26-7-0-4. The previous record for a 50-point game was nine innings, shared by Torbjorn Blomdahl, Frederic Caudron and Marco Zanetti. Season 2012/13 From 27 August to 1 September 2012 he played on the invitation tournament ''Cuvino Superprestige'', which was held in the city of Lommel, Belgium. The Belgians where looking for the fifth time for their ''king of 3-cushion'' and in 2012 it was Merckx by beating world number one Frédéric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Forthomme
Roland Forthomme (born 3 November 1970) is a Belgian carom billiards player. He won twice at the Three-Cushion World Cup from 2005 to 2006. Forthomme got into second place five times and third place twice at the Three-Cushion World Cup from 2007 to 2019. In 2012, he set a record in three-cushion billiards. In 2021, Forthomme went into surgery after contracting heart failure Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome, a group of signs and symptoms caused by an impairment of the heart's blood pumping function. Symptoms typically include shortness of breath, excessive fatigue, a ..., later returning into his profession. References External links * 1970 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Belgian carom billiards players Three-cushion billiards players World champions in three-cushion billiards World Cup champions in three-cushion billiards {{cue-sports-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
