World 14.1 championships
Posted at 3:37 PM, 25 August 2008 to Online pool
In New Jersey now for the world 14.1 championships. Tournament starts today.
Round robin matches in groups of 8 people. Iam in the group with. Deuel, Parisian,
Hundal,Staab, Engert, Ford and Park. Play my first match against Deuel today.
I’ll put the report of my 2 matches here today.
Nick
Eurotour stop 4 in Austria
Posted at 5:12 PM, 18 June 2008 to Online pool
Well it all started on wednsesday, a trip to Austria (900km) and it took me 11 hours by car. Together with Huidji See, Brian Beekers and Tony Drago we arrived at 6:30 PM
I was totally excosted and felt lile sleeping after this trip and short nights. But we had a meeting with the dutch selection and afterwards with the Eurotour organizers.
We talked about sanctionizing tournaments which is very important for the future of pool. So hereby I would like to ask all tournament organizers to sanction their tournaments or
else the pros like me would not be able to play in it. Iam saying this but iam still VERY dissapointed i cannot play in the Lugo open in Spain. Which holds a very big pricepoule.
Back to the tournament. Iam not going to tell about all the matches. because in the beginning of the tournament it was hard work for every shot and every game.
I won 4 matches and lost 1 in the qualification stage, without really playing well.
At the last 32 i played Markus Juva from Finland. I made some good shots and no bad errors. (9-5)
Last 16 against Richard ‘Indiana’ Jones, i tried to work hard for every shot again because nothing clicked in my system. He was really stroking and hitting the ball very nice. I came behind 5-1 and had to do something to turn it around. I focussed real hard on all shots and took some more risk on some shots and somehow it clicked again. I won 9-6 without making anymore mistakes.
Quarter final against the current number 1 Mark Gray. I started of very well (5-1) he came back to 6-6 and i slipped and missed :(. 7-6 in his favour with him breaking.
He broke dry and i ran out. i broke and ran. And he broke dry again. I ran out for 9-7.
Semi Final. I hoped to face Niels in a possible final but when i looked at the draw i saw i had to play him in the semis.
We had a 2 hour break so we went to eat something. I was quit relaxed and it showed in our match. I won 9-2.
Finals: from the experience i know you cant expect anything so just play your game and hope for the best. I really didnt make any mistakes in the whole match except for
one safety to myself but i kicked it resafe again :). I won 9-2 and dont think i was this happy before by winning a tournament.
In the years ihave seen how tough it is to win a tournament like the Eurotour so iam very pleased to have 4 titles under my belt now. going for 5 now 
Iam really aiming for the Mosconi cup this year.
But still the Eurotour in Weert to go to see who finishes number 1 at the cutoff for the Mosconi. Mark Gray is holding the best cards. But i certainly have a chance.
A lot of straight pool training coming up for the European Championships and the World championships.
See you at the European Championships in Willingen Germany.
Nick
Eurotour Italy part 2
Posted at 10:57 AM, 13 April 2008 to Online pool
Hi,
Qualified Friday for the last 32 beating Nikola Kemilev 9-8, was trailing 8-5 when i caught a gear. I knew if i wouldnt make mistakes i would still get chances because he looked nervous to me. At 8-8 we had a nice safetybatlle when he banked in a cross corner bank on the 2. He didnt control the cue ball and scratched. I ran out for 9-8.
After that match i had to play better to beat Marcus Chamat for Sweden. At 7-7 i made two tough cut shots for 8-7. His break but he missed the 4 ball. 9-7
Last 32 Saturday.
First match against Martin Larsen from Denmark. This was a thriller with some mistakes from both sides. I managed to win 9-8 .
Last 16 against Imran Majid. at 4-4 He hplayed some nice shots to take the lead 8-4. I fought back to 8-8 where i would get a real big chance for the win. I overjudged the 4 ball when the ball bounced off the short rail for position on the 6. i played safe, he played safe and i played safe :) But that was my last shot he jumped in the 6 ball and position on the 7 . 
Jump cues should be banned!! :) (I mean it)
9th place. Now i go back home to my wife and wait. Iam excited because Vanessa and me are expecting our first little baby in 4 weeks :)
Nick
Eurotour Italy
Posted at 7:48 PM, 10 April 2008 to Online pool
Just won my first match against Willy Wu, France (China)
Tomorrow qualification for the last 32
check up to date scores on www.eurotour.nu
Keep you posted,
Nick
3rd Place
Posted at 8:31 PM, 7 April 2008 to Online pool
Hi
Firts of all, Played very well yesterday
First round against Fabian Hummer if iam not mistaking. Made no mistakes and won 7-1.
2nd round against Urs Furrer and won 8-1
3rd round i had to play Jonathan Fulcher from Switzerland, lost to him on the hill last January in the Paris open. Something really weird happened. When the score was 7-4 in my favour he had ball in hand. He was thinking what to do for about 3 minutes. When he tried to pick up the cue ball he dropped it out of his hand and hit the 9 ball. It rolled to the pocket and stopped right in front of it wih the 2 ball right next to it. Thank you 8-4.
Quarter final: Christian Reimering. Played very well with in total 6 breaks and runs i won 8-5. The cut break was really working well for me and i had teh feeling i could win this tournament if i just kept this rhytm going.
The Semi finals against peach. A few rolls for both of us made the score 7-3. I totally lost my concentration from that point and lost 9-7 
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3rd place int his tournament, not bad at all but it could have been more. Next tournament will already be on Thursday in Italy. The Eurotour cut for the World championships.
Keep you Posted