Part Deuce of Poplar Bluff, Mo. qualified for the 2017 APA 8-Ball World Championship, conducted by the American Poolplayers Association (APA), through their top performance in the World Qualifier at The A.C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau, Mo. June 16-18.
They will be joining more than 700 other teams who will be traveling to Las Vegas to play at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, Aug. 14-19, to compete for a world title and a portion of the $1 Million guaranteed cash and prizes.
Part Deuce are members of the APA Pool League and participate in weekly league play at Westwood Billiards in Poplar Bluff. Team members include: John Larkins, Tony Millner, Steve Shintani, Harold Jackson, Robert McKnight, and Larry Higgs.
The APA, based in Lake Saint Louis, Mo., sanctions the world's largest amateur pool league, known as the APA Pool League throughout the United States and as the Canadian Pool League in Canada. Nearly 250,000 members compete in weekly 8-Ball and 9-Ball League play. The APA is generally recognized as the Governing Body of Amateur Pool, having established the official rules, championships, formats and handicap systems for the sport of amateur billiards.
The APA produces three major tournaments each year--the APA World Pool Championships, the APA Poolplayer Championships and the U.S. Amateur Championship--that, together, pay out nearly $1.5 Million in cash and prizes annually. In 2010, the APA World Pool Championships were recognized by Guinness World Records as the "world's largest pool tournament."
The APA and its Championships are sponsored by PoolDawg, Aramith and Action Cues.
For more information or to get signed up with the APA, please contact Brad Jones at 573-450-7383 or by email at midamerica@apaleagues.com. Or you can visit the official APA website at poolplayers.com .