Malta Donchaknow…
August 14th, 2008 by PCN
“Hey, so you gonna watch dem pool players in da Mosconi Cup dis year?”
“Oh yah, youbetcha! Where is it dis year? London? Las Vegas?”
“Noo… Malta dis year donchaknow. Don’t dat just frost yer butt?”
“Oh yah”
“Yah, fer sure”
No friends, it isn’t in London or Vegas. Instead, this year’s Mosconi Cup will be hosted in Malta. No, I’m not kidding, although I wish I was. No offense to the Maltese folks, but really? Malta? Is that what its come to? This isn’t exactly an easy destination for fans to get to, although if you do manage to find your way there, you’ll be treated to some very cool architecture and history along with some tasty grub.
In the 14 year history of the Mosconi Cup, its been held in London 8 times and Vegas 3 times. The other locations (Essex and the Netherlands) were still fairly accessible. This makes about as much sense as the annual BCA expo being in North Carolina (Ok, that was probably a bit of a low blow).
Anyway, all I can say is that I hope they sell beer, facepaint and airhorns in Malta because I don’t think you can bring those with you on a plane.
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August 18th, 2008 at 12:43 am
I challenge anyone to name another pool player besides Tony Drago that is from Malta?
August 23rd, 2008 at 7:35 am
Re : Mosconi cup - On AZ forum - a few yrs ago one member proposed a female Mosconi cup - and that would be quite interesting - considering the strong female players from Europe (Fisher #1 , Fisher #2, Corr etc.) Usa team would have its work cut out! Would be more interesting to watch! - Hope Samm will eventually let us in on the big secret.
August 23rd, 2008 at 8:05 am
I’d watch a female Mosconi Cup! That’d be pretty damn sweet.