Chelsea's Calhoun Melville Strikes Two for Two, JBA 2011 NATIONAL CHAMPION!!
Calhoun Melville from Chelsea Sports Bar in New Kingston won the Jamaica Billiards Association/Supreme Ventures sponsored National 8 Ball Championships at Hot Shots Pool Bar, 103 Constant Spring Road, on July 24th 2011.
He defeated a former No. 1 ranked player Ewart Hall of Hot Shots 6-5 in a hard-fought best-of-11 final to capture the $90,000 prize and championship trophy, with Hall securing $40,000.
The championships attracted the top-ranking 30 players islandwide, based on their performances in the Cal's Pool Tour, comprising seven tournaments from August 2010 to February 2011.
Upper Level's Chris Sinclair, who was beaten by Hall 4-2 in one semi-final, won the third-place play-off 3-0 against Portmore's Andrew Wilson, who lost his semis 4-0 to Melville.
Sinclair secured $20,000 for third, Wilson $8,000, while players finishing from fifth to eighth (Courtney Parrish, female player Lenore Donovan, Ainsworth Palmer and Anthony 'Balkey' Davis) each received $3,000.
"It was a great weekend," declared Melville, "All the hard work in fine-tuning my game has paid off . My objective is to be the #1 player on the island and I will not rest on my laurels but continue to practise and win as many tournaments as I can," said the 29-year-old Melville, who less than 24 hours earlier led Chelsea Strikers to the all-island team championships.
