Welcome to the Karl Boyes website
World 8-Ball Pool Champion 2010
Karl Boyes is the World Champion at 8-Ball Pool winning the title in Fujairah UAE
against a class field including Ralph Souquet, Neils Feijen, Ronato Alcano and Ruslan
Chinahov to name but a few.
It's always been Karl's dream to win a big event and he's been so close before having
made the Semi-Finals in the World 9-Ball Championship the last time it was played
in 2007. This time though there was no holding Karl as he swept through the group
stages and into the Last 32 Single Elimination.
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WPA ETISALAT WORLD 8-BALL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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THE SEMI-FINALS
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Karl Boyes
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10 : 2
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Ruslan Chinakov
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Niels Feijen
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10 : 6
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Darren Appleton
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WPA ETISALAT WORLD 8-BALL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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THE FINAL
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Karl Boyes
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13 : 12
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Niels Feijen
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This was a tough final against one of the World's top competitors Neils Feijen who
is no stranger to winning major events. The match turned out to be a steady stream
of break and runs with Karl opening up an 11-4 advantage.
As anyone knows who watches the sport, this advantage can quickly turn around as
Neils Feijen put together some breaks and runs himself to come back to 11-9 before
breaking dry. Karl took the next to go 12-9 up before breaking dry himself. Neils
took that frame and the next 2 to set up a thrilling decider with the scores at
12-12.
Neils Feijen had the break, and so the advantage but it let him down and Karl came
to the table to clear the balls and take the title...
Karl Boyes, World 8-Ball Champion 2010.
It certainly sounds good after all that hard work and effort.
Who is Karl Boyes
Karl is now playing 8-Ball, 9-Ball and 10-Ball Pool in prestigious tournaments
around the world but he started out as
a 14 year old playing in a local North Manchester
League in the UK. It didn't take Karl long to become one of the top playes in that local league
and at 18 Karl held 4 local Individual titles all at the same time. He also never lost
a match in over 18 months, a feat that will almost certainly never be beaten.
He's moved on from those early days and now playes in tournaments around the world
including
Europe, USA and Asia. He regularly plays in the EuroTour events around
Europe and qualified for the International Pool Tour reaching 19th in the
rankings.
Onwards and Upwards....