TSG Heilbronn: withdrawal before the up coming move

TSG Heilbronn’s pool team has taken the countrywide crown twice in a row. In 2021 the team celebrated its very first German league victory just after the untimely conclusion of the season owing to Corona. This 12 months the Bundesliga round could be performed again in its entirety and the title defense was to be celebrated in the Pfühlpark billiard middle. At the similar time, the 2nd crew completed 2nd in the 2nd Bundesliga. But now the managers of the TSG surprise with the announcement that they will withdraw from the video game in the very first two leagues.

For the deputy director Pedro Chacon, on the other hand, the retirement from the federal leagues is not a stage backwards, simply because on the edge of the Pfühlpark the aim is on greater aims, away from purely nationwide newbie functions in direction of high-level gatherings in the intercontinental amateur subject.

In a second phase there is a tournament of the Professional-Am sequence with specialists and amateurs in a tournament. But it really should also be played in the decrease effectiveness array. “We want to arrange up to 20 tournaments a 12 months,” suggests athletics manager and participant Richard Wienold, that there will also be occasions for significantly less bold pool players.

You can not do more than the title

“We want to consider the future action. Right after getting to be German champions two times, we are now aiming for something even larger and we also want to appear on the international phase,” claims Chacon. “If you engage in in the Bundesliga and win the title, that is all, you cannot do a lot more.” Other than, Chacon is aggravated with this year’s championship award, “Get the medal in the mail. It’s a tiny sad.”

Unlike, for illustration, crew sports activities of handball or soccer, there is no Champions League or other European stage competitions in snooker. “Which is why the intention now is to orient ourselves additional internationally. We want to arrange significant tournaments, long-phrase even with the participation of pros”, experiences Chacon.

A Q-Tour tournament could consider place in Heilbronn as early as Oct

Functions this sort of as the 6-Crimson-DM not too long ago held in Heilbronn and won by Wienold, or the closing event of the German Snooker Tour, which took position for the 2nd time around the weekend, were the greatest amount events for the folks of Heilbronn so much. “We want to do some thing equivalent internationally and are at this time searching to provide those tournaments to Heilbronn through Globe Snooker,” Chacon presents an early perception into the agenda. “We want to pave the way for youthful and proficient gamers to become gurus.”

And it works, for instance, by way of the Q-Tour. “It truly is six global tournaments in 1 time, four in England and one particular every single in Sweden and Belgium for ambitious amateurs,” claims Wienold, who played a key function in shaping TSG’s sporting realignment. A Q-Tour event could just take place in Heilbronn as early as Oct. “We discovered that the organizers in Belgium almost certainly want to retire and would as a result be the first to go up,” clarifies Wienold.

Live broadcasts from Heilbronn on Eurosport would be the icing on the cake

What is specified, on the other hand, is that TSG Heilbronn will host a Q-Tour match in 2023. “Next 12 months there will be two far more tournaments on the European mainland, a single of which we have been 100% certain,” suggests Wienold. “But there isn’t a date however.” For amateurs, the Q-Tour is the entrance ticket to the Primary Tour for specialists. “The major of the league at the finish of the year qualifies specifically for the qualified tour. There is a playoff event for 8 other gamers, in which a further card is played,” suggests Wienold.

A Pro-Am tournament in Heilbronn would be the most useful function TSG could organize in Heilbronn. “In Germany there was the Paul Hunter Traditional in Fürth until 2018,” claims Wienold of a tournament that “was very common” and could also be observed on Tv.

Stay pool game titles from the Pühlpark billiard heart, which can then be observed close to the environment through the Eurosport Tv channel, would be the icing on the cake for TSG executives.

Omar Alkojah wins the final of the German Snooker Tour in Heilbronn

For the next time, TSG Heilbronn hosted the remaining match of the German Snooker Tour and will host this function yet again in 2023. The 64 greatest gamers in this sequence of the year played for the acquire on Saturday and Sunday in the Pfühlpark pool middle. In the close, Omar Alkojah, a member of the Heilbronn Bundesliga championship crew, won. Alkojah, who will play for runner-up Mayen-Koblenz following TSG’s retirement from the Bundesliga, prevailed in the closing from Lukas Kleckers, now the only German skilled in the Earth Snooker Tour.

“Thanks to the sophisticated time – Lukas continue to experienced to go to Essen and Omar in Aachen – only one particular body was played in the remaining,” says Richard Wienold of Heilbronn, eradicated in the semifinals towards Kleckers, who the two finalists shared the prize dollars for the first. and the next shared seat, which was all around 1500 euros just about every. TSG player Soner Sari also dropped to Kleckers in the quarter-finals. For his component, Alkojah experienced to endure a semi-final fought against Umut Dikme from Stuttgart, against whom he was already primary by 3: 1, but only managed a incredibly skinny 4: 3 in the closing. “By getting into the semi-finals, I have obtained my goal and I am glad,” stated Wienold, delighted with the € 600 prize pool.

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