We had a huge weekend at Massé Hamilton a couple of weekends ago with the final of the 2019 VNEA New Zealand Teams 8 Ball Championship, and the Country of Origin tournament. Here’s a quick report from Jimmy ‘The Professor’ Henry on the weekend’s play:

SAVED THE BEST TILL LAST
Massé had a very successful weekend by bringing back the Country of Origin tournament, which was bigger and better than ever! We had 24 teams representing their countries with pride. Everyone looked great in their uniforms and all games were fast and exciting. Dark horses Manfield Kwong, MingHsuan Lee and Mark Chiu who represented Taiwan, destroyed everyone on their way to the finals without a loss. On the other side of the draw were the “Three Wise Men” from New Zealand – Jimmy Henry, Chris Bowman and Healey White. After losing early to the Samoa, they got to work and laid down a path of destruction, not letting anyone get close to taking their second life. “The match was over before we played our last round” said Captain Henry thanks to the lead off player, the great white, Healey White with a 95% run-out strike rate. The Three Wise Men definitely saved their best till last in the final. With 3 dry breaks from Taiwan, NZ capitalized and shut them out to go 30/3 ahead. Then Bowman and Henry had break and clear runs to win the match 50/3 with 4 more rounds to go!