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Billiard Magazines, Pool Cues, Billiard Lessons   www.BILLIARDMAGAZINES.com Wed, 28 Jul 2010 1:45:40 EDT Alicea and Robles Take Predator Titles Alicea and Robles Take Predator Titles Ozone Billiards Predator Tour / New York, NY by Alison M. Fischer, NYCgrind.com A field of 67 players visited Amsterdam Billiard Club in New York, NY, July 24-25 to participate in the Ozone Billiards Predator Tour. Offering a wide range of top NYC-area amateur and pro players, the event showcased plenty of competition, but it was John Alicea and tour promoter Tony Robles who won their respective divisions. Alicea ran to the top of the A-D 9-ball division, rolling through the A/B bracket to meet custom cue case maker Jim Murnak, who won the C/D bracket in the hot seat match. A 7-4 victory left Alicea sitting in the king seat. Daniel Dagotdot claimed four winners? side matches before Alicea sent him west after their winners? side final four match. He returned for a rematch with Alicea by besting Murnak in the semifinals 7-2. Though he rallied in the final match against Alicea and came back from behind, Alicea was able to complete his undefeated run 7-6 to win his first Predator Tour event of the 2010 season. In the open/pro division, ?The Silent Assassin” was handed a first-round loss by Jeremy Sossei 8-4 [...] BCA Names Ivan Lee of Iwan Simonis 2010-2011 Board Chairman BCA Names Ivan Lee of Iwan Simonis 2010-2011 Board Chairman Broomfield, Colo. – July 28, 2010 – During its general membership meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 13, 2010, the Billiard Congress of America (BCA) announced the results of the 2010-2011 Board of Directors elections, which are as follows: Category 1 (Manufacturer/Distributor) * Austin Rothbard (Brunswick Corporation), three-year term * Elaine Gerber (Presidential Billiards, LP), three-year term * Martin Bloom (Olhausen Billiard Mfg., Inc.), three-year term * Thomas Rodgers (Robertson Billiard Supplies), three-year term Category 2 (Retailer) * Tony Stick (The Billiard Factory), three-year term Category 3 (Room Operator) * Nick Alexander (Clicks Billiards), three-year term In follow-up elections, Ivan Lee (Iwan Simonis, Inc.) accepted a one-year term as BCA Board Chairman, as did each of the remaining seated officers: First Vice Chairman Karim Belhaj (Predator Group); Second Vice Chairman Kathy Vegh (Danny Vegh’s Billiards & Home); Secretary Skip Nemecek (Tweeten Fibre Co., Inc.); and Treasurer Mike Serra (MBS Group). The remaining directors include: George Darafeev (Mikhail Darafeev, Inc.); Tom Gregory (Toltec Lighting); Danny Kuykendall (Danny K’s Billiards); Fred Cohen (D&R Industries/Championship LLC) and Eric Weber (CueStix International, Inc). “I look forward to teaming with a very expe