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Cannon blast

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Shannon “The Cannon” Daulton tore through a deep field to earn his second Music City Classic championship at J.O.B.’s in Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 9-14. Daulton, who twice knocked off defending champion and recent Mosconi Cup teammate Johnny Archer to claim the top spot, collected $2,500 for his efforts.

On the women’s side, Swedish transplant Helena Thornfeldt edged Monica Webb in the final for first place worth $670. Thornfeldt, who finished the 2000 Classic Tour season ranked No. 3, closed out the season with five straight top-four finishes, including back-to-back runner-up honors in August and September.

Strickland’s holiday wish

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By edging Efren Reyes, 13-9, in the final of the US-RP Challenge in Muntinlupa City, Philippines, American Earl Strickland may have already secured his biggest holiday wish. “Finally, I got what I wished for,” Strickland told the Philippine Daily Inquirer, “to beat Reyes on his own turf.” With the victory, Strickland earned $20,000, while Reyes took home $10,000 for second place.

After knocking off Francisco Bustamante in the semifinals, 13-9, Strickland held off all of Reyes’ comeback efforts in the final, including a brief run that cut Strickland’s 10-6 lead in half. Strickland added wins in three of he final four racks to claim the victory.

Snooker Champ Williams Leaves Trophy in Driveway

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Snooker’s most important trophy went missing when the world champion accidentally left it in his driveway overnight. World number one Mark Williams left the Embassy World Championship trophy outside his home in Cwm, South Wales after taking it out of his car last Tuesday night. A neighbour spotted the 73-year-old trophy and took it indoors for safe-keeping before returning it to the grateful star. Williams’ manager Ian Doyle said today: “The trophy is unharmed. Mark had been to have some photographs taken with it at his local golf club. He was unpacking his car when he got home when he was interrupted by a telephone call and left the trophy by the car.” Keen to keep the trophy in his sight, football fan Williams will parade it at Old Trafford on Sunday before Manchester United’s home game. A spokesman for snooker’s governing body, The World Snooker Association, said it was insured for L15,000. The incident topped a difficult week for the 25-year-old Welshman. Earlier he was injured when his pet Rottweiler Megan bit his left hand as he was trying to feed her. It had been feared that the injury could force the left-hander to miss the start of the season. But his manager said today he would be back at the snooker table tomorrow. Mr Doyle said: “His hand is as right as rain now. He will be cueing tomorrow without any problems and will be playing in the Champions Cup in Brighton later this month.”

Irish eyes are smiling

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Although the 2000 World Pool-Billiard Association World 9-Ball Championships in Quebec City, Quebec, Nov. 14-19, brought together the best women players in the world, the finals came down to the Women’s Professional Billiard Association’s two top Irish imports. After a difficult route to the final, Julie Kelly topped WPBA No. 2-ranked Karen Corr to capture first place and her first major tournament title since coming to the United States in 1999.

Kelly, currently ranked No. 18 on the WPBA’s Classic Tour, twice knocked off defending champion Shin-Mei Liu (9-8, 9-6), then Jeanette Lee (9-7), before defeating her countrymate, 9-8 in the final match. Corr reached the final match with a victory over Lee in the quarterfinals (9-5) and a convincing win over three-time World Champion and WPBA No. 1-ranked Allison Fisher (9-2).