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We are passionate about pool!
With a combined history of over 200+ years in the industry - we are CueSports International (CSI).
• CueSports International owner, Mark Griffin, was voted #5 in the Billiards Digest 2007 “Power Poll” by 200 industry insiders, and voted "Man of the Year" by Billiards Digest for 2008.
• We have held prominent positions within the industry and the sport - outside of CSI: BCA Board of Directors, VP of the American Poolplayers Association, Executive Director of Professional Billiards Association, Camel Pro Billiards Tour advisor, and more…
• 6 of us are BCAPL Master level players
• 5 of us have directed major state or national events
• 5 of us have been a retailer in pool equipment and products
• 3 of us have contributed to the design or manufacturing processes of billiard equipment
• 3 of us have owned or managed major pool rooms in the U.S.
• 3 of us collect or have collected cues
• 2 of us have directed and refereed major professional events
We produce what has been called “The Greatest Pool Tournament in the World” at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada which in 2009 will celebrate its 33rd year!
We organize and implement the most regarded referee training program in the U.S.
World renowned billiard historian, author, and rules expert, Mike Shamos said about our rule book, “Official Rules of the BCA Pool League” in an article in Billiards Digest, “I have the feeling that because of their logic the BCAPL rules just may become the dominant rules of the game.”
In addition to the BCAPL nationals in Las Vegas, we produce the U.S. Open 10-Ball Championship, the U.S. Bar Table Championships (USBTC), the Jay Swanson Memorial Tournament, which is the longest continuously running (14 years) independent event in the western section of the U.S. and the new National Championship Series (NCS).
We too are players, family members, lovers of our sport. For pool, for pool players, by pool players and while the name may be new, we are not. That is who we are, CueSports International.
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