706 players in tournaments, 345 participants of the International Billiard Academy and fourfold increase in the budget – it is the shortest recapitulation of EEBC activities in 2014.
The improvement of the financial let EEBC give directly support for 82 people for their participation in international pool and pyramid competitions.
EEBC was an initiator of the Baltic Billiard Centre in Ketrzyn, Poland , where the mayor Mr. Krzysztof Hecman built and equipped the billiard club. There are 8 pool and 2 carom tables.
The contract with the International Pyramid Confederation gave a chance to organize 7 events and 3 courses for pyramid players and the start of sportsmen from Bulgaria, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Czech in world pyramid championships in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia . The hosts of EEBC Pyramid Tours were: Germany, Spain and Czech Republic.
For the first time EEBC was an organizer of the carom competition ( in Poland) and Summer Billiard Academy ( in Bulgaria).
The special series of tournaments was the Billiard Academy of Chance. 20 disabled people participated in it. They were learning to play pool and pyramid. Marshal of Swietokrzyskie Region , Poland, covered lots of expenses of the project.
EEBC Junior Cup – international series of junior events was finished with a great success. 220 young players took part in the tournaments in Poland, Slovakia and Czech Republic.
International Billiard Academy – regional cooperative program in seven sports meetings gathered 345 people. Thanks to the support of sponsors, local government authorities and partner federations there was a chance to organize sport events in Poland, Israel, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech and Lithuania, which players from 9 countries took part.
The EEBC Team Cup was a new initiative. Teams from Latvia, Poland, Slovakia and Lithuania met in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Main tournament created with EEBC support were series: Dynamic Best of the East ( 254 participants) , Baltic Pool Leaque ( 149 participants) and EEBC Pyramid Tour ( 110 participants).
EEBC had 17 partners in 2014. The new ones are Dynamic Billard, Iwan Simonis and Saluc – Aramith.
President of EEBC
Marcin Krzemiński
www.ebc-billiard.com
