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It was clearly 3 years ago when Karl Boyes was just a regular semifinalist at the World Pool Championships. That competition was won by fellow countryman Daryl Peach. From that point in time, Boyes together with his fellow Brit cueists started bearing faith that they can truly shine in the international scene.

It was Darren Appleton who first won the World 10-Ball Championship two years ago followed by the UK team winning the World Team Championships just early this year. Add to this is Boyes’ recent winning over Dutch star Niels Feijen. This was Feijen’s comeback to claim the title in a hill-hill final of 13-12.

During the early part of the game, it was clear that Boyes was totally in control but Feijen was still able to crawl back into the game, breaking racks all over to reach 11-9. But it was Boyes’ ability to keep his nerves in check that made him win the title.

Photo via karlboyes.co.uk and pro9.co.uk

Wu Chia-ching at 17 years old is the youngest player ever to win the WPA World Nine-ball Championship. Also known as “Taisun” meaning “Little Genius” began playing the game of eight ball at the age of 10. He practiced his pool playing skills most of the time in their own pool hall. Wu’s grandmother raised him since age of 2, and she’s the one who would always escort Taisun to pool competitions or events happening within the community.

The young professional pool player became  a runner-up in 2004 Juniors Nine-ball World Championship and in 2005, he won the WPA World Eight-ball Championship. But it was not always a lucky day for Wu, when he lost to Ronato Alcano of the Philippines in a quarter final round of  the 2006 San Miguel Asian Tours.

He won 2^nd place in WPA World Ten-ball Championship in 2008, he was beaten by Darren Appleton. Wu Chia ching still the youngest pool champion player in the world.

(Photo via billiardstanloc.com)

Meet Ronato Alcano, recently nicknamed “The Volcano”, a native of Calamba, Laguna, who won the 2006 WPA Men’s World Nine-ball Championship at age 34. He defeated Ralf Souquet of Germany. He is also the 3rd Filipino to win the championship – Efren Reyes in 1999 and Alex Pagulayan in 2004. In 2007, Alcano bagged the WPA World Eight-ball Championship by defeating his compatriot Dennis Orcollo in the final match 11-8. Also on the 11^th of December 2007 Ronato Alcano won the Philippines’ 31st gold medal in the 24th Southeast Asian Games Men’s 8-Ball Pool Singles at the Sima Thani Hotel Grand Ballroom. These are just few of his achievements in the billiard sports. Who would have thought, that the poor guy from Laguna, and just an elementary graduate will be given so much recognition for his contribution as a champion pool icon. Alcano is now in the peek of his career and still continues to exhibit his mastery of the sports.