Minnesota State Mankato will host the National Collegiate and Junior Billiard Championships July 10-15 in the Maverick Game Room of Centennial Student Union.
The Association of College Unions International Collegiate 9-Ball Championships will be July 10-12, and the Junior Championships, sponsored by the Billiard Education Foundation, will be July 12-15.
Some 250 athletes are expected at the two championship tournaments, competing for scholarship awards, other prizes and an invitation to represent the United States at the World Pool-Billiard Association Junior World Championships.
Collegiate competitors are selected after participating in regional tournaments. Junior Championship competitors qualify or are appointed by a local league. The junior championship is for 19-and-under boys, 19-and-under girls, 14-and under-boys and 14-and-under girls.
The site of the competition – the new Maverick Game Room – features 18 nine-foot Brunswick billiard tables.
For more information about the ACUI championships, visit the ACUI website. Junior Championship guidelines are at the Billiard Education website.
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