Billiards Worldcup Association
Billiards Worldcup Association |
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| Association data | |
| founding | December 29, 1985 |
| resolution | 1999 |
| Disciplines | Three Cushion World Cup |
| president | Willy Schellbach 
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| Vice President | Werner Bayer (†) |
| Secretary General | Hans Latza |
| Treasurer | Gerhard Feller |
| Contact | |
| representation | |
| Seat | Geneva |
| Url | - |
| Status: July 2013 | |
The Billiards Worldcup Association (BWA) was a billiards association that took care of the organization and marketing of the three-cushion world cup from 1985 to 2003 . He was subordinate to the world association Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB).
history
The idea
In 1985 the BC 1921 Elversberg ordered four new Carambol tables from the Belgian company Duque. During the price negotiations, it was assumed that you can still negotiate a few percent downwards. Duque was not impressed, but at the same time suggested that their official representative, Raymond Ceulemans , hold a demonstration at the inauguration. The club didn't hesitate and accepted the offer. After all, it was not everyday to get the then 32-time world champion in three-cushion as a private entertainer.
The aforementioned demonstration took place on December 18, 1985. For the first time, the association had grandstands built especially for this purpose. The stands were full when Ceulemans and Klaus Bosel played. After Ceulemans won more than 50 points, as expected, the latter performed a few more artful kicks before it was time to go to dinner. Since it was getting late and no restaurant was open anymore, Bosel decided to take Ceulemans and Werner Bayer (former club president) home with them, where Bosel's wife cooked for the guests. Midnight was approaching, it was Bosel's birthday and a bottle of champagne was opened, so the three of them sat together longer and talked about the future of three-band sport. Ceulemans said, much to Bayer's amazement, that he still had to work “properly” to make ends meet financially. This gave rise to the idea of professionalising and marketing three-cushion sport.
founding
On December 29, 1985, the founding meeting was established in the Hotel "Goldener Kopf" in Bad Säckingen , near the German-Swiss border. 15 people attended the founding meeting, the BWA was to be based in Geneva, in close proximity to the UMB and the IOC . Supporters included Georg Peltzer, senior boss and descendant of Henri Simonis , the founder of Simonis billiard cloth factory in 1680, and Reinhold Würth , senior boss of the Würth Group .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Werner Bayer, Heinrich Weingartner , Klaus Bosel, Marco Zanetti : The blue square. The Blue Square - Fascination Billiards . Ed .: Dr. Werner Bayer Foundation. 2004, ISBN 4-520-93460-5 , pp. 18 .
- ↑ a b Werner Bayer, Heinrich Weingartner , Klaus Bosel, Marco Zanetti : The blue square. The Blue Square - Fascination Billiards . Ed .: Dr. Werner Bayer Foundation. 2004, ISBN 4-520-93460-5 , pp. 9-10 .
- ↑ A Brief History of Iwan Simonis and Cloth Production in Belgium ( English ) IwanSimonis.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
