Tony Crosby - The Sniper Tony Crosby, known worldwide as "The Sniper", is one of the top ranked billiard players in the world.  Tony Crosby vs. Efren Reyes Tony, a native of Manchester, England, was born on July 22nd, 1974. He started playing the game of Snooker at an early age and played professionally for four seasons in various tournaments in the UK. Eager to explore new avenues and learn new techniques, Tony visited the USA in the year 2001 for a brief stay and was introduced to the American game of 9-Ball, by his host. Tony returned to England and joined the professional 9-Ball UK Tour, which he was on his way to breaking into the top 16, when he decided to return to USA to pursue the game of 9-Ball and compete with the top players. He started traveling and taking part in tournaments across the USA and soon earned the nickname "The Sniper" from his opponents. Tony started playing professionally in USA in 2002 and entered all the major events possible. The United States Professional Pool Association (UPA) recognized his skill and dexterity with the game of 9-Ball when he was awarded the “Rookie of The Year Award” 2002. Additionally Tony also received the “Sportsman of The Year” Award for 2002, on the J.Pechaur Tour in January 2003, and finished third in the overall Rankings List.  Florida has become home for Tony where he lives with his family, Wife Natalie and two daughters Kayla (3 years) and Emily (1 year). When Tony is not out shooting pool you are sure to find him at home spending time with his family.  2006 was also a break through year for Tony making several TV appearances more notably one in front of over 200 million live viewers world wide representing the USA where he beat the #1 player in the world - Efren Reyes. 2008 should be a promising year for Tony as he has obtained sponsorship from two major companies, Strokeitwear.com which is a new apparel company, and Strokers Billiards Palm Harbor, FL. These companies will give Tony the financial and mental support which he feels will help take his game forward. Look out for Tony Crosby in 2008. . .  He’s a man on a mission. Tony's Latest News 12/29/08  KF cue tour changes We have had to make some changes to our upcoming event scheduled at Doral Billiards for January 3-4th. It will now be moved to January 10-11th. We will have an Amateur Only event on Sunday, January 4th, at Hammer Heads Billiards in Holiday, $700 added. This will run in conjunction with the Hammer Heads monthly Open tournament $1000 added, US National Amateur format on the Saturday, 8-ball and 9-ball. We had a record breaking turnout last event with 62 players and hope to see everyone out after the holidays. Please look at the attached changes and adjust your calendar. If you have questions or concerns feel free to email us. Look foward to another great tournament. The open events are now going to be alternate break rack your own balls race to 7. We have done this to try and make it a little fairer to the weaker players. Happy Holidays! Thank You, Natalie Crosby & Tony Crosby KF Cue Tour Directors Phone: Tony @ 727-488-0536 Email: natalie@strokeitwear.com 12/12/08  KF cue tour event Mills and Degler Take Down Capones 12/3/2008 - The $1000 Added open event kicked off with a very strong 30 man field. The first round would see some surprise results with none bigger than Capone’s house Pro Corey Deuel being sent to the one loss side with a 9-7 loss to Donnie Mills. Deuel looked like he was going to run away with this match taking a 6-2 lead, Mills had other ideas and would mount a good come back and take the match 9-7. Mills would follow this match up with impressive wins over Justin Hall 9-6, Johnny Demet 9-4, and Jim Sandaler 9-1, pitting him against Neild Fujiwara. Fujiwara made his way to the final with wins over Travis Croft 9-4, Bill Dunsmore 9-6, Josh Degler 9-3, and Julio Aquino 9-7. The hotseat match became very one-sided, with Mills thrashing his opponent 9-3. Tony Crosby would also see himself sent to the one loss side early with a 9-8 loss to local top Amateur player Johnny Matawa. Crosby was looking determined on the one loss side with impressive wins over, Jimmy Hines 9-5, Bill Dunsmore 7-0, Trevor Braymore 7-2, Johnny Demet 7-2, and Jason Richko 7-3 before running into a very determined Julio Aquino. Aquino halted Crosby’s run with a strong 7-4 win, and sent him crashing out of the event, leaving Crosby in the 5th spot. Just when it looked like Julio had done the hard work, along comes James Roberts, playing some very strong pool. Roberts pushed his way to the final with wins over Aquino 7-4, and Neil Fujiwara 7-4, setting the stage for a final match with Mills. Roberts came out strong, taking a 4-0 lead. Mills picked up on a few unforced errors by Roberts, and the match went go back and forth. Roberts got to the hill with an 8-7 lead. A dry break allowed Mills take the rack and break, running the table on the last game to win his first KF event. James Roberts (2nd place) & Donnie Mills(1st place) - Open Event OPEN EVENT 1st Donnie Mills $700 2nd James Roberts $500 3rd Neil Fujiwara $340 4th Julio Aquino $200 5/6th Tony Crosby $150 Jim Sandaler 7/8th Jason Richko $80 Justin Hall Taz Naravane - Top Junior $15 The $700 Added Amateur event would see 35 players show up. The Amateur event has been boosted to $700 Added and 35 players showed up to try and take a piece of the $1650 pot. There were a total of 12 players taking advantage of the discounts the tour offers to ladies, Seniors, and Juniors. Trey Jankowski was the man to beat on this day. Trey went through the winner bracket, playing some strong pool with wins over Bettina Chase 7-4, Cisco 7-0, Ted Lepak 7-6, and Louie Smith 7-3. This would pit him against Richard Murray for the hotseat Match. Murray, who is classed as a high level Amateur player, would give Trey a 2 rack start. Trey took advantage, only needing win 5 games, and took the match 7-6, putting him in the hotseat. On the one loss side, a very determined Josh Degler (who had finished 2nd in the last event) was proving to be too strong as the matches went on. Josh was sent to the one loss side in his 2nd round match with a 7-6 loss to newcomer Jim Spiers. As a high level Amateur player Degler would have to win an extra 2 racks. But the extra racks weren’t needed, as he would race through the field with dominating wins over Bob Albert 7-2, Mike Vore 7-3, Taz Naravane 7-2, a revenge match over Spiers 7-2, and Mike Delawder 7-3. Degler then played Richard Murray in an even up match 5-4. The final match saw Degler come out of the gates with a quick 4 rack win. This would put him up 4-2, due to the two rack handicap in place. The match went back and forth with both players making a handful of unforced errors. Josh eventually surfaced with a 9-5 win, and take the Amateur title for this event. 2nd place Trey Jankowki, Room Owner Rocky Mcelroy, and winner Josh Degler AMATEUR EVENT 1st Josh Degler $520 2nd Trey Jankowski $370 3rd Richard Murray $230 4th Mike Delawder $150 5th/6th Louie Smith $100 Jim Spiers 7th/8th Travis Croft $70 Ted Lepak Taz Naravane - Top Junior $20 Shanna Lewis - Top Female $20 KF cue tour would like to thank Capones room owner Rocky Mcelroy, and all their sponsors, which can be viewed on the tour site www.kfcuetour.com. The next event will be at Hammerheads Billiards lounge on December 13th/14th. We also have added a new event Doral Billiards in Miami, Fl, on the 3rd/4th of January. Visit www.doralbilliards.com Register For Membership Register For An Upcoming Event 11/28/08  KF Cue Tour The next Kf event will be at Capones in Spring Hill, Florida. This event is now $1700 Added with a $1000 Added open and a $700 Added Amateur. The open will kick of on November 29th and the Amateur 30th. This should be another good event with many of the best players in the Florida Area competing. I look Forward to seeing you all there. Dont forget to visit www.kfcuetour.com and check out all the latest news. Thanks Tony Crosby 11/3/08  Hammer Heads $1000 Added I followed up last weeks KF Cue Tour win with another 1st place finish at the Hammer Heads monthly open event. 38 players turned out for the event which I went undefeated in, in the quarter final beating Richard Broumpton who had Earlier knocked out Corey Deuel then Dan Lavoie and Finally Justin Hall in the Final. These back to back wins put to bed my poor US Open and I have a few good events coming up with the IPT in Chicago followed by the FL Seminole Pro Tour the fllowing week. I have been using a new shaft for the past 8 months and feel my game is just getting stronger and stronger. My KF Cue has the a new technology shaft called the Vigor, Its not a laminated shaft but it has got a carbon insert going through it, This gives the cue a low deflection hit but a far more solid feel. I will be setting up a booth at the Hard Rock hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida for the joint Mens Seminole Pro tour finals and the WPBPA event which will run along side it. Stroke It Wear and KF cues will be on display so it will be a good chance for you to get a look at these great cues. Thanks Tony Crosby View Entire Web Log