DAPHNE, Ala.—Team Thunderstruck of Mobile qualified for the 2016 APA 8-Ball Doubles Championship to be conducted by the American Poolplayers Association  in Las Vegas April 26-28. Thunderstruck are members of the APA Pool League and participate in weekly league play at Bumpers Billiards in Mobile. Team members include: Ray Jennings and Chris Fenner.

They will be joining thousands of other APA players traveling to the Westgate Resort & Casino to compete in the event.

The Open 8-Ball Doubles Championship is held in conjunction with the APA Poolplayer Championships, which will also include the 8-Ball Classic and 9-Ball Shootout National Championship tournaments.

Last year, the APA Poolplayer Championships, along with the Showdown Series events, paid out more than $600,000 in prize money with $5,000 going to the 1st Place winner of the 8-Ball Doubles Championship.

The APA, based in Lake Saint Louis, Mo., sanctions the world’s largest amateur pool league. Over 250,000 members compete in weekly 8-Ball and 9-Ball League play. The APA produces three major tournaments each year—the APA World Pool Championships, the APA Poolplayer Championships and the U.S. Amateur Championship that pay out nearly $1.5 Million in cash and prizes annually. In 2010, the APA World Pool Championships were recognized by Guinness World Records as the “world’s largest pool tournament.”

For more information or to get signed up with the APA, please contact Dan and April Shepherd at 251-219-8902 or by email at gulfcoast@apaleauges.com.  Or you can visit the official APA website at Poolplayers.com.