Tony Crosby - The Sniper Tony Crosby, known worldwide as "The Sniper", is one of the top ranked billiard players in the world.  Tony Crosby vs. Efren Reyes Tony, a native of Manchester, England, was born on July 22nd, 1974. He started playing the game of Snooker at an early age and played professionally for four seasons in various tournaments in the UK. Eager to explore new avenues and learn new techniques, Tony visited the USA in the year 2001 for a brief stay and was introduced to the American game of 9-Ball, by his host. Tony returned to England and joined the professional 9-Ball UK Tour, which he was on his way to breaking into the top 16, when he decided to return to USA to pursue the game of 9-Ball and compete with the top players. He started traveling and taking part in tournaments across the USA and soon earned the nickname "The Sniper" from his opponents. Tony started playing professionally in USA in 2002 and entered all the major events possible. The United States Professional Pool Association (UPA) recognized his skill and dexterity with the game of 9-Ball when he was awarded the “Rookie of The Year Award” 2002. Additionally Tony also received the “Sportsman of The Year” Award for 2002, on the J.Pechaur Tour in January 2003, and finished third in the overall Rankings List.  Florida has become home for Tony where he lives with his family, Wife Natalie and two daughters Kayla (3 years) and Emily (1 year). When Tony is not out shooting pool you are sure to find him at home spending time with his family.  2006 was also a break through year for Tony making several TV appearances more notably one in front of over 200 million live viewers world wide representing the USA where he beat the #1 player in the world - Efren Reyes. 2008 should be a promising year for Tony as he has obtained sponsorship from two major companies, Strokeitwear.com which is a new apparel company, and Strokers Billiards Palm Harbor, FL. These companies will give Tony the financial and mental support which he feels will help take his game forward. Look out for Tony Crosby in 2008. . .  He’s a man on a mission. Tony's Latest News 7/6/10  Poison Fl State Championships I am happy to announce that we will be having the Poison Florida State chmapionships at Ultimate Billiards in Ft Pierce. The amateur event will be a $1500 added with a 2nd chance $500 added event on the sunday August 7th,8th. The open event will be August 21st-22nd, There will be a $2000 Added Open event witha a $500 Added Senior event taking place on the sunday. Ultimate Billiards is one the best locations in the state to have the event due to size and location, SO come out support one the nicer rooms in Florida. 6/13/10  Seminole Pro Tour at Capones I managed to scrape through to the last 16 of play which will begin today. I kicked my day of with a first round bye and then a solid win over Steve Foster. I would now play Shawn Putnam and this match did not go well, I lost it 7-6, No excuses I simply made way to many mistakes and let this match getaway. The one loss side would see me play Hunter Lombardo in a match that I managed to grind out 7-4 to get into sundays play. I will face Javier Chirino next and will need to improve on my play if I am going to defend the title I won last year at Capones. On a bright note there were atleast 14 players using the Sniper Jump Break cue out of the 49, this is a strong statement for the cue I brought out 4 years ago and is very satisfying to see it working well for the players. I want to thank all the people who support me in this game a I love to play. My Prays go out to my best buddy Richard Broumpton who had to fly back home Friday after his dad had a massive stroke, His dad was given a couple of hours to live and richard was told he would not make it there in time to see him, Well today is Sunday and he is there with his Dad at the hospital so atleast he made it there to be with him not matter what happens. 5/4/10  9th Place in Aruba 10 Ball event A 9th disappointing 9th place finish was all I managed to get in the Aruba 10 Ball open. Having lost a very close first round match 8-7 I would find my self on the tough side of the chart. I now would have to play 5 matches on the Saturday back to back to get through to Sunday. I kicked off the day playing great pool winning the first four matches before running into former world Champion Thorsten Hohmann. This was a tough match to lose and if it wasn’t for some very silly errors the result could have been easily switched, I would end up losing 8-5 to finish 9th place in the event. After a long day of pool and some tough matches my focus was just not 100% and this is what would cost me the match. I am very happy I attended this event and would not think twice about going back next year. It was run as good as any event I have been in and maybe in the nicest country I have played. Shane Van Boening would eventually come out the winner so congrats to him My next event will be at Corner Pocket Billiards in Orland this weekend where I will be unveiling the new tour sponsors Poison Cues. Hope to see you all there Saturday for the $1000 Added Amateur event or Sunday for the $1000 added open event. Thanks to all for there support. Tony 4/30/10  Ultimate 10 Ball Championships After a good month of playing pool I am now in Aruba playing in the Ultimate 10 ball championships. This me first visit to Aruba and you can see why it is a top vacation destination. I will bring updates on my progress over the weekend. View Entire Web Log