Jayson Shaw (born 13 September 1990 in
Glasgow
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is a Scottish pool player. In 2010, Shaw was a
WPA World Blackball Champion.
In 2016, Shaw won the 25th International Challenge of Champions event.
Shaw also appeared representing Europe at the
Mosconi Cup
The Mosconi Cup is an annual nine-ball pool tournament contested since 1994 between teams representing Europe and the United States. Named after American pool player Willie Mosconi, the event is comparable to the Ryder Cup in golf and the Weber ...
, winning the event in 2016, 2017, 2020, and 2021.
On January 18, 2022, Shaw set and new world high run record in
14.1 straight pool with a score of 669.
Career titles and achievements
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U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship
The U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship is an annual professional men's nine-ball pool tournament that began in its current form in 1976. The U.S. Open is one of the most sought-after titles in nine-ball and in pool generally. Traditionally, winners of ...
(2017)
* International 9-Ball Open (2019, 2022)
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Kuwait
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Open 9-Ball Championship (2016)
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Mosconi Cup
The Mosconi Cup is an annual nine-ball pool tournament contested since 1994 between teams representing Europe and the United States. Named after American pool player Willie Mosconi, the event is comparable to the Ryder Cup in golf and the Weber ...
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2016
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2017
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2020
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2021
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2022
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Most Valuable Player
In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...
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2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
,
2021
File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...
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Derby City Classic
The Derby City Classic is an annual pool convention and tournament held every January at the Caesars Southern Indiana casino in Elizabeth, Indiana, near Louisville, Kentucky. It is eight days long and offers various disciplines of competition for ...
Bigfoot 10-Ball Challenge (2016, 2017, 2020)
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Turning Stone
Turning Stone Resort Casino is a Native American resort casino owned and operated by the Oneida Indian Nation of New York (OIN) in Verona, New York.
The facility opened on July 20, 1993, and offers golf amenities (on- and off-site golf courses ...
Classic (2014, 2015, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022)
* Super Billiards Expo Championship (2022)
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Breaks the record for the highest run made in 14.1, 669 balls consecutively (2022)
* Accu-Stats Make It Happen Invitational
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Eight-ball
Eight-ball (also spelled 8-ball or eightball, and sometimes called solids and stripes, spots and stripes or rarely highs and lows) is a discipline of pool played on a billiard table with six pockets, cue sticks, and sixteen billiard balls (a ...
Invitational (2016, 2017)
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Straight pool
Straight pool, which is also called 14.1 continuous and 14.1 rack, is a cue sport in which two competing players attempt to as many billiard balls as possible without playing a . The game was the primary version of pool played in professional ...
Invitational (2017)
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Euro Tour
The Euro Tour is a series of professional pool events set around Europe, founded in 1992, and created by the European Pocket Billiard Federation. The Tour's first event was the ''Belgium Open'', held on May 29 – 31, 1992. The event was won by M ...
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Treviso Open (2020)
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International Challenge of Champions
The International Challenge of Champions is an annual nine-ball pool tournament held at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. It has always been broadcast on ESPN and is sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association.
As of 2009, four ...
(2016)
* Ginky Memorial Open 9-Ball (2017)
* West Coast 10 Ball Pro Challenge (2017)
* Steinway Classic
10-ball (2016)
* Deurne City Classic 9-Ball (2016)
* Great Dismal Swamp 9-Ball Classic (2016, 2019)
* Ocean State 9-Ball Championship (2014, 2018)
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Empire State
The Empire State is a nickname for the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, adopted in the 1800s. It has been incorporated into the names of several state buildings and events.
The source of the nickname is unknown and has puzzled many his ...
10-Ball Championship (2013, 2019)
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WPA World Blackball Championship (2010)
* Accolades & Awards
** Billiards Digest Player of the Year (2016)
** AZBilliards Player of the Year (2016)
References
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1988 births
Scottish pool players
Living people
Blackball players
Sportspeople from Glasgow