LAXOU - The billiard club Laxou, well known for its team in the top division with Blomdahl, Horn and Soumagne, is hosting the first national three cushion tournament in France this weekend. The start of the first qualifications is on Friday 30 September, the final rounds are on Sunday. The matches will be broadcast live on Kozoom thanks to the organizing club.
After some cancellations before the start, the total number of participants is 71. The four players seeded for the main tournament are Jérôme Barbeillon (French champion), Jérémy Bury, Jean-Christophe Roux and Pierre Soumagne. These enter the main draw on Saturday at 15.30. Cédric Melnytschenko, Louis Edelin, Bernard Baudoin and George Demos start the same day at 13.30.
To complete the sixteen seeded players, Frédéric Roelants, Frédéric Beghin, Marc Boingnères, Mikaël Devogelaere Michel Dore, Adrien Tachoire Eric Tromas and Francis Connesson start at 9.30.
The sixteen players for the final qualifying: Jean Reverchon, Thierry Roxo, Xavier Le Roy, Gwendal Marechal, Grégory le Deventec, Alexis Rouaud, Xavier Clausse Maxime Panaia Bernard Villiers, Thibaut Espada, Kevin Perrotin, Vincent Facquet, Matthieu Franck, Jorge Amilcar, Vincent Lelièvre and Nathan Duriez.