We had a wonderful event at Strokers Billiards in Pelham New Hampshire for the 2024 BEF Junior State Championships. Three brackets were run, Boys 18u, Girls 18u, and mixed 12 and under. Junior players came from Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. This was the fourth stop in the NE JACS (New England Junior American Championship Series). The next stop is Maine!!! Thank you Jeff Burnham and all the staff at Strokers Billiards for being a generous host.

Here are your winners!

Congratulations to Siyu Chen for winning the 2024 State junior New Hampshire pool Championships , Boys 18u division. Congratulations also to Evan Demelo, also from Massachusetts, for his strong second place finish. Both boys played exceptionally well!

Congratulations to Kennedy Dunn (pictured on the left) for winning the 2024 State junior New Hampshire pool Championships , Girls 18u division. 

Kennedy hails from Vermont and is a strong New England Player. She fought a tough battle with Darragh O'Connor from Harvard Ma. Darragh has been playing a relatively short time and studies pool at the Red Dragon Billiards Club and Training Center in Harvard Ma.

In the Finals Darragh was up 8-6 in a race to 9. She rattled the 10 allowing Kennedy to make it a 8-7 race. Kennedy picked up the pace and was able to win it in a nail biting finally 9-8.

Congratulations to Lucas Matthieu (pictured on the left), from Connecticut, for winning the 2024 New Hampshire State Junior Title in the 12u division. Lucas has been playing in all of our JACS State Championship series events and has developed a great competitive friendship with second place winner Stephen Bao from Harvard Ma. Stephen studies at the Red Dragon Billiards Club and Training Center in Harvard Ma.

Keep an eye out for both these boys in the future. They are terrific young men!!

Here are some action shots from the event!