Snooker Panamericano, La Paz, Bolivia 26-30 Jan 2015
Snooker Panamericano 2015 will be held at the Club de Tenis La Paz in Bolivia from 27th - 30th January (EDIT 20Dec14 - now announced there'll be a qualifying round on 26th January)
The third time this has been held, and it gives a Pro Tour card (and entry to the 2015 WPBSA World Championship) to the winner as per the recent announcement by the WPBSA http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsAr ... 83,00.html
I know Bolivia's Jon Porter won in 2011 at the same venue (1-3 December), beating Eduardo Rojas of Chile 5-0 in the final in what was described as the second championship. According to the Bolivian press, Porter was offered a Pro Tour place for the following season, can't recall anything about that myself. In 2011, players from Peru and Argentina also competed.
A 2013 Championship should have been held but did not achieve the minimum of four countries sending participants, so a 'Grand Prix' was held instead (13 - 15 December 2013).
The 1st championship was in 2004 per Noel Rodrigues' website (he was 6th apparently)
Previous editions have been ignored by the North American nations - Canada has just put out a short-notice request to their regions to help fill the places, clearly not having expected the announcement by WPBSA of a Pro Tour place being at stake.
Wonder if this will become an annual event?
The third time this has been held, and it gives a Pro Tour card (and entry to the 2015 WPBSA World Championship) to the winner as per the recent announcement by the WPBSA http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsAr ... 83,00.html
I know Bolivia's Jon Porter won in 2011 at the same venue (1-3 December), beating Eduardo Rojas of Chile 5-0 in the final in what was described as the second championship. According to the Bolivian press, Porter was offered a Pro Tour place for the following season, can't recall anything about that myself. In 2011, players from Peru and Argentina also competed.
A 2013 Championship should have been held but did not achieve the minimum of four countries sending participants, so a 'Grand Prix' was held instead (13 - 15 December 2013).
The 1st championship was in 2004 per Noel Rodrigues' website (he was 6th apparently)
Previous editions have been ignored by the North American nations - Canada has just put out a short-notice request to their regions to help fill the places, clearly not having expected the announcement by WPBSA of a Pro Tour place being at stake.
Wonder if this will become an annual event?
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