Sixty-four of the best women’s billiards players in the world will be at Bay 7 on the American Tobacco Campus for the Carolina Classic Billiards Tournament starting Wednesday.
The Carolina Classic, organized by the Women’s Professional Billiards Association, has a $95,000 purse and is one of seven qualifying tournaments leading up to the Tour Championship in November in Hollywood, Florida.
Ewa Mataya Laurance – nicknamed the Striking Viking - will join the world’s best women billiards players, including Jeanette Lee (the Black Widow) and North Carolina residents Allison Fisher and Kelly Fisher. Kelly Fisher is currently ranked No. 1 and holds the 2008 US Open 9-Ball Championship title.
Tickets to the events are available. The events begin with a Pro-Am Wednesday night from 7 to 9 p.m. Also Wednesday, there is a trick shot contest from 8 to 10 p.m. Wednesday at the Green Room on Broad Street in Durham. Donations are $10 and benefit the Duke Children’s Hospital.
The tournament begins Sept. 11 at 10 a.m. and runs through Sept. 14. ESPN will record the championship Sunday for later broadcasts.
Tickets available:
• The Green Room, 1108 Broad Street, Durham, NC 27705. (919) 286-2359.
• Brass Tap and Billiards, 3316 Capital Blvd # 0, Raleigh, NC, 27604 (919) 876-2382
• The Durham Visitor Information Center, 101 East Morgan Street, Durham, NC 27701 (800) 446-8604 or securely online at www.billiardsindurham.com
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