The players who have flocked here are some of the biggest names in the game.
Dick Jaspers, 59, from the Netherlands, the number one ranked player in the world, competes on the first day of a tournament hosted by Madison 3-Cushion Billiards Club. Jaspers has won five world titles, five European championships, eight world cups and has won the Dutch national championship 22 times.
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Bob Keller, right, founder of the Madison 3-Cushion Billiards Club, and member Bob Johnson look on as matchups play out during a tournament hosted at club’s billiards hall on Greenway Cross on Madison's South Side. The club was established in 2020 and is trying to attract new players to a sport that is similar to pool but uses only three balls and has no pockets.
Spectators, most of them players, look on during the first day of an international 3-cushion billiards tournament n Madison.
Some of the top players in the world are at the Madison 3-Cushion Billiards Club for an international tournament that began Wednesday and concludes Sunday. Javier Teran, left, is the three-time Ecuadorian champion, while Mazin Shooni, right, is a former U.S. national champion and head of 3 Cushion USA, the governing body for the sport.
Vicke Pineda, of Los Angeles, competes on the first day of an international tournament hosted by the Madison 3-Cushion Billiards Club. The sport is wildly popular in South America, South Korea, Vietnam and Europe but is considerably less so in the U.S.
Photos: Madison 3-Cushion Billiards Club tournament
Spectators speak in hushed tones as the Madison 3-Cushion Billiards Club hosts an international tournament that began Wednesday and concludes Sunday.
Vicke Pineda, of Los Angeles, competes on the first day of an international tournament hosted by the Madison 3-Cushion Billiards Club. The sport is wildly popular in South America, South Korea, Vietnam and Europe but is considerably less so in the U.S.
Some of the top players in the world are at the Madison 3-Cushion Billiards Club for an international tournament that began Wednesday and concludes Sunday. Javier Teran, left, is the three-time Ecuadorian champion, while Mazin Shooni, right, is a former U.S. national champion and head of 3 Cushion USA, the governing body for the sport.
Bob Keller, right, founder of the Madison 3-Cushion Billiards Club, and member Bob Johnson look on as matchups play out during a tournament hosted at club’s billiards hall on Greenway Cross on Madison's South Side. The club was established in 2020 and is trying to attract new players to a sport that is similar to pool but uses only three balls and has no pockets.
Vu Nguyen of Houston, Texas, updates the scoring during a match against Javier Teran of Ecuador during Wednesday's first day of play for a five-day event that features a $40,000 purse at the Madison 3-Cushion Billiards Club.
Spectators, most of them players, look on during the first day of an international 3-cushion billiards tournament n Madison.
Dick Jaspers, 59, from the Netherlands, the number one ranked player in the world, competes on the first day of a tournament hosted by Madison 3-Cushion Billiards Club. Jaspers has won five world titles, five European championships, eight world cups and has won the Dutch national championship 22 times.
Bob Keller, right, owner of Madison 3-Cushion Billiards Club, watches matches on the first day of a tournament hosted by the club at club’s billiards hall on Greenway Cross in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Mazin Shooni, tournament organizer from Boston, left, prepares for a match against Luis Aveiga, of Ecuador, at right, on the first day of a tournament hosted by Madison 3-Cushion Billiards Club at the club’s billiards hall on Greenway Cross in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Barry Adams covers regional news for the Wisconsin State Journal. Send him ideas for On Wisconsin at 608-252-6148 or by email at badams@madison.com.
