Roanoke, Virginia- On October 27,2008 Guys & Dolls Billiards in Roanoke, Virginia will host international billiard champions Yu Ram Cha and Charlie Williams. The event is brought to the fans by Dragon Promotions and the Predator Group. The Predator Challenges are also co-sponsored by Table Sports Pool & Darts of Yorktown, VA.
Cha and Williams recently appeared at The Obelisk Billiard Club in Newport News, Virginia to a successful turnout and a long line of challengers.
Top 20 professionally ranked women's player Yu Ram Cha will be making her first visit to Roanoke. Cha ,a celebrity in South Korea, has made her US pro debut this past year with impressive finishes including a 3rd place at the US Open on ESPN a few weeks ago. Williams, who moonlights as Cha's coach and mentor, is currently ranked in the top 10 Americans and recently finished 5th at The World 10-Ball Championships in Manila, Philippines earlier in October.
"We're pleased to have pros like Charlie Williams come to our establishment. He's one fo the few I've seen really try to promote this game and help it." said John Joplin, owner of Guys & Dolls.
Fans and players can sign up at Guys & Dolls to challenge the two billiard stars . The show starts at 7:00pm, please contact Guys & Dolls at 540-981-1600.
"The Predator Challenge Matches is a terrific grassroots program we developed that helps promote pool in areas where they normally might never see the top stars of the sport. We hope it encourages and inspires more participation and interest in the game in those regions." explained Cindy Lee on the motivation of billiards promotions giant Dragon Promotions involvement on these smaller events.
The Predator & Poison Challenge Match Series is produced by Dragon Promotions. The series of exhibitions, schools, and challenge matches have included events such as Europe vs Philippines, New York City vs Korea, with celebrities such as Efren Reyes, Francisco Bustamante, Mika Immonen, Johnny Archer , Rodney Morris, Karen Corr, Tony Robles, Jennifer Baretta, Ralf Souquet, Mike Davis, and Thorsten Hohmann.
For more information please go to http://poisonbilliards.com/ and www.dragonpromotions.com
