Next Stop on the
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May
18 & 19, 2024
$1,500/$500 Added
Entry Fee - Pro $120, Non Pro $70
Host: Holden Chin
Raxx Pool Room, Sports
Bar & Grill
510 Hempstead Turnpike
West Hempstead, NY 11552
516-538-9896
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2023-24 Joss Northeast 9-Ball Tour Top 5 Points Leaders
(through stop #18)
1st
Lukas Fracasso-Verner 1020
2nd Bucky Souvanthong 985
3rd Jeremy Sossei 885
4th Ron Casanzio 870
5th Kevin Guimond 675 |
Full
Standings
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L-R Moritz Neuhausen 1st, Bobby Hilton owner,
Lukas Fracasso-Verner 2nd |
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NEUHAUSEN
OVER FRACASSO-VERNER AGAIN, ON JOSS TOUR |
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The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour was back in action, at Yale Billiards
in Wallingford, CT, over the April 6th – 7th weekend
and young gun Lukas Fracasso-Verner was back, looking to
return to the ever elusive winners circle. Fracasso-Verner
had earned three runner-up finishes, with his last attempt,
back in early March, ending with a two set final match loss
to another young gun, Germany’s Moritz Neuhausen.
A day and a half of matches led to the showdown between
Neuhuasen and Fracasso-Verner for the hot-seat, with Fracasso-Verner
winning 9-7 to send Neuhausen packing to the left side of
the board.
Any chance that Fracasso-Verner had to relax in the hot-seat
was very short lived. Neuhausen found Jeremy Sossei waiting
for him on the one-loss side. Sossei had lost his first
match of the event on Saturday, but had then put together
an eight match winning streak to earn his shot against Neuhausen
in the semi-finals. That match was a quick one, with Neuhausen
winning 7-1 and the rematch with Fracasso-Verner in the
finals was on.
Neuhausen won the first set of the finals 9-7 and then
cruised in the second set with a lopsided 7-2 win for his
second Joss NE 9-Ball Tour win of the year.
The bracket for Sundays second chance tournament looked
a lot like the bracket for the main event, with Mike Renshaw
winning the hot-seat with a 3-1 win over Steve Mack, only
to see Mack come through the one loss side to double dip
Renshaw with back to back 3-1 wins in the finals.
The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour will be at Fairway Billiards on
April 20th – 21st for the first time, to play on their
beautiful 7’ Diamond tables. |
Main
Event Results
Second
Chance Results |
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Main Event Chart |
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Second Chance Chart |
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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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