Story by; Brent Harrison.
Rocky Lane,
Book of World Records Holder¡VUndefeated, seen above
receiving his envelope with $10,000 cash, and 1st
Place Certificate, from Tournament Director, Mr. Len Kerr,
at Hong Kong on 11 Dec 2007.
New Zealand Pool Player, Mr. Rocky
Lane, referred to as a ¡§Billiard Legend¡¨ at
www.nzedge.com/media/archives/archv-sport-general.html,
successfully defended his by-annual title at a race to 250
Rack Marathon at an invitational tournament, conducted at
Hong Kong. Competitors had 50 hours in a ¡¥Winner Stay
Rotational¡¦ system to win 250 Nine Ball Racks. The Marathon
officially kicked off on December 03, 2007 with competitors
doing 6 hour nights on Mondays to Wednesdays until either 50
hours or 250 racks had been reached. The USA (Hawaii) player
Mr. On¡¦e Tovo kept on Rocky¡¦s Tail all the way through the
Marathon, with the Hong Kong Player, Mr. See-fu Lau, not too
far behind him. A number of younger players, dropped out of
this stamina testing feat, but our 58 year old, Rocky Lane,
held his ground, pounding out those Racks, one after the
other until he finally hit the Jackpot, by over shooting his
250 budget, with 255 Racks, won within 44 hours. Mr. Tovo
came in as first runner up with 200 racks and Mr. Lau, won
143 racks as the 2nd runner up. Lane thinking
that the 2007 season had finished, received a call from his
sponsors to compete at the Windy City Opens at Minnesota
and the Derby City Opens at Kentucky USA, in January 2008,
both of which, pay a total prize purse of Us$500,000 each.
Lane says, ¡§Its time to do a bit more work on the table ,as
I need to prepare for these major events¡¨.