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 7/24/08  Straight Pool 146 Ball Run I made the highest run in our straight pool leauge this week with a run of 146 balls, This is also my second highest run ever which was nice as it was on my birthday, My other high run in the leauge was 102 so its a nice jump. In this match I gave 140 ball start in a race to 170, This makes you try that little extra hard to focus and it payed off. I will be taking part in the Lucasi Hybrid Invitational event which also includes a Straight pool event and a 10 ball event. This is a dragon promotions event and will take place in Jacksonville Florida. Thanks Tony Crosby 7/24/08  KF Cue Tour The KF cue tour schedule is out and the first event will kick of in september at a new room that will be open very soon called TJS, in New port Richey. Copy and paste the link below for the tour flyer http://s324.photobucket.com/albums/k341/ncrosby79/ More info will be coming soon Thanks Tony Crosby 7/15/08  Florida Pro Tour I lost My fourth round match to Corey Deuel 8-6, in this match I was 3-0 down and played solid pool to turn it around and take a 4-3 lead only for a lapse in concentration I would have been 5-3 up after missing a straight in ten ball. Corey would then go onto to play some good pool and close me out of the match 8-6. My next match I would lose another tight one to Donnie Mills 8-5 with Donnie closing the match out with three break an runs. I did announce the Start of my new tour, KF cue tour which will kick of in september, More news will come very soon on this tour. Thanks Tony Crosby 7/12/08  Fl pro Tour Update My weekend has kicked of with three wins. I played up an coming player Travis Croft in my first match. I knew having watched him only just lose to Wiseman in the last event 7-6 I couldn't take any chances. I played solid pool and came out a 7-1 winner, I followed this up with two more wins 7-0 over Raymond Linares and then another good win over Tommy Kennedy 7-5. My next match will be against Corey Deuel at 7pm. There have been some very good matches with Yu Ram Cha playing very solid pool and still undefeated with wins over Dave Ross 7-3, Dan lavoie 7-2 and then Japans Sato Takuya 7-1 she will now go on to play Jon Pinnegar. There are 8 left on the winner side Jon Pinnergar v Yu Ram Cha Ron Wiseman v Stevie Moore Chip Klein v Justin Hall Tony Crosby V Coey Deuel. Complete brackets are updated on www.azbilliards.com Thanks Tony Crosby View Entire Web Log