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 12/24/09  Ending The Year on a High I just won the KF Cue Tour event last weekend at Hammerheads in Holiday, Florida. This win also qualified me to play in the Predator 10-Ball international event in Spain. This was a great confidence boost for me going into the new year after several high finishes in the last 6 weeks there is nothing like lifting the trophy and finishing 1st, this also means I finished the year as player of the year and Ranked no1 on the Seminole Pro Tour and also the KF cue Tour. This gives me a big lift heading into 2010 and representing the USA in Spain in the event that starts on Jan 6. I am already excited about this event as it has been a long time since I travelled overseas to play. The last was to represent the USA in the Philippines where I had my famous win over Efren Reyes, this time I go with a whole lot more experience and with the knowledge that I am as tough as anyone out there. I wish everybody a Happy New Year and a safe holidays, May 2010 be the year that brings much joy to all our lives. Thanks To all the people out there that have shown me great support and my sponsors Strokers pool room, Diamond Billiards products who supplied me with a table to play on and www.billiardscoop.com for their support with my websites. Thanks Tony Crosby 12/18/09  KF Cue Tour this weekend @ Hammerheads I will be taking the KF Cue Tour to Hammerheads Billiards lounge this weekend. The event is $2000 Added with a $1000 Amateur event starting Saturday followed by a $1000 Added open event Sunday, this event will also serve as a Predator international 10-Ball Qualifier for the event taking place in Spain, with the highest place finisher able to go to Spain o January the 6th getting a $1000 bonus towards expenses. I have been busy trying to get my own game back on track. I have not been happy with my performances in the last 4 months and feel in the last 4 weeks I have finaly turned the corner and maybe even become a stronger player for it. I also had the bonus of Diamond Pool Tables putting a Table in Strokers pool room for me to play on. This is going to make a big difference to me when playing in the big events. I will be competing Sunday also so hopefully I pull the win off and earn the trip to Spain myself. check out www.kfcuetour.com for more info. Thanks Tony Crosby 11/2/09  Looking forward to a busy month. November will be a hectic one, we had to Change the KF cue Tour event from Bankshots in Ocala to Strokers in Palm Harbor on the 7th-8th November other dates this month will be 11th-15th November $40,000 Added Steve Mizerak, 18th-22 US Invitational $30,000 Added Innisbrook Resort 21st-22nd $4000 Added KF Cue Tour Amateur only, Innisbrook. Limited to 128 players for more info on this event go to www.kfcuetour.com I am hoping to have a good month of solid play after a dissapointing US Open. Check out www.billiardscoop.com for updates on these events Thanks Tony 10/12/09  Player of the Year and No1 Ranked I was named player of the year on the Seminole Pro Tour this weekend. Stroker's in Palm Harbor Florida was the host venue for the last event of the season for the Seminole Pro tour. This venue is also my home room so it was made even sweeter picking up this award. I kicked off the weekend being ranked no1 by the slimmest of margins with top pro players Mike Davis, Stevie Moore and Corey Deuel trying to catch me. Saturday saw me win my first two matches which would guarantee me another top 10 finish and a healthy amount of points. I would however finish in 9th positions losing to Donnie Mills who played perfect on me and then having to come back sunday morning to face of against Stevie Moore. I played very poorly in this match, I had a chance in nearly every rack but found a way to finish badly and would take an emabarassing 8-1 loss. This now would leave Moore needing two more wins to over take me in the rankings. The pressure was certainly on him and it showed as he would also play a bad match and lose to Jerry Calderon 8-3. Mike Davis was eliminated Saturday so he was out of the running and with Corey Deuel finshing 6th I would be crowned player of the year and the no1 ranked player for the season. This is a great achievement for me, having played less events than the other players it also shows how consistent I have been all year on tour, I did manage to finsih top 10 in every event which included a 1st and two 4th place finishes. I would like to thanks Jose Del Rio, Strokers pool room owner for sending me to the New York event last minute, with out that 4th place finish I would have had no shot at becoming the No1 player. I owe him a drink for the $1000 bonus I get. Also thanks to everybody out there for there support and emails. My next event will be the US Open 9-Ball championships which I go to in a very confident mood. Thanks to all my sponsors, www.billiardscoop.com www.strokeitwear.com www.conceptcues.com View Entire Web Log