Next Stop on the
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April
6 & 7, 2024
$1,500/$500 Added
Entry Fee - Pro $120, Non Pro $70
Host: Bobby Hilton
Yale Billiards
169 North Plains Industrial Rd.
Wallingford, CT 06492
203-294-9591
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2023-24 Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour Top 5 Points Leaders
(through stop #15)
1st
Lukas Fracasso-Verner 860
2nd Bucky Souvanthong 785
3rd Jeremy Sossei 760
4th Alex Bausch 625
5th Dave Hall 620 |
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L-R Bucky Souvanthong and Jeremy Sossei with
Utica Billiards on the Boulevard owner Andrea Duvall |
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SOSSEI
UNDEFEATED ON JOSS NE 9-BALL TOUR |
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The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour was back in action over the March
9th – 10th weekend at Utica Billiards on the Boulevard
with a field of 48 players.
Saturday play narrowed the initial field of players down
to four undefeated players in the form of Jason Reese, Geoff
Montgomery, Ron Casanzio and Jeremy Sossei. Reese kicked
off Sunday with a comfortable 9-4 win over Montgomery, while
Sossei eked out a 9-8 win over Casanzio.
With his appearance in the hot-seat match against Sossei,
Reese had already guaranteed his best career finish at a
Joss Tour stop. It was his first career Joss Tour hot-seat
match appearance, and it was against one of the most winningest
players that the tour has seen. Sossei did what he has done
so many times and dominated the match, scoring a 9-0 win
over Reese.
Reese’s first match on Saturday had been a 9-7 win
over another tour regular, Bucky Souvanthong. Reese had
gone on to play four more matches after that first match
and he might have forgotten about that first opponent. Souvanthong,
had definitely not forgotten about that match though. Souvanthong
won eight straight matches on the one loss side and then
happily extended that run to nine matches with a 7-4 win
over Reese to setup his place in the finals.
Sossei and Souvanthong have faced off in multiple matches
on the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour, and their showdown in the finals
was another close one, with Sossei pulling out the 9-8 win
in one set for his first tour stop win since last May.
Sunday’s second chance tournament saw Aaron Greenwood
start things off with four straight hill-hill wins, before
a 3-0 win over Rick Bentley in the finals for the win.
The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour will be at Brickhouse Billiards
in Syracuse, NY this weekend for their next stop. |
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Second
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Second Chance Chart |
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L-R Lukas Fracasso-Verner 2nd, Kayla Riccio
manager, Kevin Guimond 1st |
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NEUHAUSEN
OVER FRACASSO-VERNER FOR N.E. POOL & BILLIARD
HALL OF FAME EVENT WIN |
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As the famous saying goes, “If at first you don’t
succeed, try try again”, and after back-to-back runner-up
finishes on the Joss NE 9-Ball Tour, young gun Lukas Fracasso-Verner
was one of sixty nine players at Joss Tour stop #13 at Snookers
Sports Billiards Bar & Grill on March 2nd – 3rd.
Fracasso-Verner looked good on Saturday, emerging undefeated
along with Thomas Haas, Francisco Cabral and German phenom
Moritz Neuhausen. These four came back on Sunday morning
and started the day with Neuhausen defeating Cabral 9-3
and Fracasso-Verner beating Hass 9-2. It was Neuhausen who
would take the hot-seat with a 9-3 win over Fracasso-Verner.
On the one loss side, stop 12 winner Kevin Guimond was
recovering nicely from his Saturday loss to Haas. Guimond
won four straight matches on the one loss side to earn his
place against Fracasso-Verner in the semi-final match. Guimond
had defeated Fracasso-Verner in the finals of stop 12, and
Fracasso-Verner returned the favor with a 7-3 win over Guimond
to setup a rematch with Neuhausen in the double elimination
finals.
The first set of the finals was another 9-3 match, with
Fracasso-Verner getting the win this time, to force a second
set. The second set went hill-hill before Neuhausen pocketed
the final 9-ball for the win.
Sunday’s second chance tournament saw Steve Mack
navigate the one loss side and double dip Russ Bellisle
in the finals, for the tournament win. |
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Dan Janes |
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The
Pool World has Lost a Great Man of the Sport! |
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As many of our friends, colleagues, and customers know
Dan Janes has passed away. We lost our dear Dan on June
20, 2023.
Dan's life passion was for making the best cue possible.
Throughout his career he had a lifelong quest to continually
improve methods, materials, and aesthetics of the Joss Cue
while insuring they had the best, solid play possible. Dan,
Debbie, and Stephen would sit for hours and plan the approach
to perfect a certain technique. The goal always to make
the best playing, well-built cues with a range of price
points. All cues being equal only some had more inlays or
veneers. The play, the same!
And if you wanted to talk to Dan about almost anything,
especially cues, he would talk with you. Many people were
surprised when it was Dan who answered the phone. He spent
many hours with customers creating their image of the perfect
cue. He was an inspiration to other cue makers and would
spend hours discussing methods, ideas and strategies. Dan
shared his knowledge and his many, many pool, life stories.
He was a special man.
Dan began his life's cue making journey in a small garage
in an area of Baltimore known as Hampden in 1967. Later
in 1975 the business was moved to a new industrial park
in Towson where Joss still resides. By his side his wife
Debbie and son Stephen helped grow the business. Debbie
and Stephen will still run the business and will continue
to craft the same superior quality Joss Cue that we have
been making since 1967. Dan made sure that Debbie and Stephen
were ready for this transition. We have been there every
day beside Dan. Stephen has helped the business evolve with
his own innovative advances and stands behind every cue
he crafts. He has been managing the shop for 44 years. We
will carry on the tradition of making quality customized
Joss Cues.
Dan will be missed immensely by his family. His daughters
Amanda Janes, Kim Moreau and other son Mark Janes are heartbroken.
He is also survived by grandsons, a granddaughter, and
great-grandchildren.
The pool world has lost a great man of the sport!
We are saddened. |
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