The Crystal Kelly Cup or Crystal Kelly Tournament (sometimes: Chrystal Kelly) was a prestigious, generously funded carom billiards invitational tournament in the discipline of three-cushion, which has been held at different venues from 1994 to 2011, a total of 18 times, mostly in Monte Carlo and Nice.
The tournament was launched in 1994 by the businessman and software-founder of Volmac (since 1992 it belongs to the Cap Gemini Group[2]), Joop van Oosterom, who is also a billiards and chess enthusiast. The tournament was named after his daughter Crystal Kelly van Oosterom, as well as for the Dutch Eredivisie club of "Crystal Kelly," which was also very successful. In 1992 Joop already dedicated Melody Amber, a blindfold and correspondence chess tournament, to his other daughter.
In 2010, Joop announced that he will give up the sponsorship the following year. Thus, the 2011-tournament was the last. Raymond Ceulemans, the three-cushion-legend form Belgium, was part of the tournament from the beginning on, from 1994 to 2006 as a player, in the early years he finished he still finished as a front runner, though he never could win the tournament. After his retirement from active billiards sports (2006) he was the tournament director. Torbjörn Blomdahl and Dick Jaspers participated in all 18 tournaments, in which the latter is eight times record winner of the tournament and Blomdahl was second with 5 wins.
It was carrying out 13 times in Monte Carlo, 3 times in Nice and one time in Scheveningen and Antwerp as of the end of the season in early June. The only exception was in 2005 when the tournament was held in late August.
The tournament was one of the best-paid - the prizes were ever tournament always around U.S. $70,000, there were extra bonuses for services paid and the winner took home about $20,000 - its kind, similar to the AGIPI Billiard Masters in Schiltigheim, France and it was considered as "The little World Championship". Among the players who called the tournament also "The Monaco", it had a high reputation and everyone gladly followed the invitation of van Oosterom. They were all, including their wives/partners, flown in and have been guests of the family van Oosterom for a week. There was just one game each day for everyone on the time table, and so there was a lot of time for trips and excursions.
Only participant from America was Sang Chun Lee from the USA .
The number of participants ranged between eight and ten players. A total of 17 different players in the tournament. Many players have been invited over the years, such as: Semih Saygıner (16 ×), Frédéric Caudron (15 ×), Frans van Kuijk (13 ×), Marco Zanetti (11 ×) and Daniel Sánchez (8 ×). In the last tournament in 2011 the ten participants were divided into two groups of five players each.
The first stage was played in the round-robin mode with equal innings. The final round was played in a knock-out mode as first to 50 points without equal innings. The places 3-10 were played out.
Winners tableedit
Legend
Code
Explanation
GA
General Average = all points ÷ all innings
SpA
Special Average = best average in a single game (points ÷ innings)
HR
Highest Run = longest series of caroms (within single game)
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The Crystal Kelly Cup or Crystal Kelly Tournament sometimes Chrystal Kelly was a prestigious generously funded carom billiards invitational tournament in the discipline of three cushion which has been held at different venues from 1994 to 2011 a total of 18 times mostly in Monte Carlo and Nice Contents 1 History 2 Tournament structure 3 Winners table 4 Gallery of the 1999 Cup 5 ReferencesHistory edit 1 The tournament was launched in 1994 by the businessman and software founder of Volmac since 1992 it belongs to the Cap Gemini Group 2 Joop van Oosterom who is also a billiards and chess enthusiast The tournament was named after his daughter Crystal Kelly van Oosterom as well as for the Dutch Eredivisie club of Crystal Kelly which was also very successful In 1992 Joop already dedicated Melody Amber a blindfold and correspondence chess tournament to his other daughter In 2010 Joop announced that he will give up the sponsorship the following year Thus the 2011 tournament was the last Raymond Ceulemans the three cushion legend form Belgium was part of the tournament from the beginning on from 1994 to 2006 as a player in the early years he finished he still finished as a front runner though he never could win the tournament After his retirement from active billiards sports 2006 he was the tournament director Torbjorn Blomdahl and Dick Jaspers participated in all 18 tournaments in which the latter is eight times record winner of the tournament and Blomdahl was second with 5 wins It was carrying out 13 times in Monte Carlo 3 times in Nice and one time in Scheveningen and Antwerp as of the end of the season in early June The only exception was in 2005 when the tournament was held in late August The tournament was one of the best paid the prizes were ever tournament always around U S 70 000 there were extra bonuses for services paid and the winner took home about 20 000 its kind similar to the AGIPI Billiard Masters in Schiltigheim France and it was considered as The little World Championship Among the players who called the tournament also The Monaco it had a high reputation and everyone gladly followed the invitation of van Oosterom They were all including their wives partners flown in and have been guests of the family van Oosterom for a week There was just one game each day for everyone on the time table and so there was a lot of time for trips and excursions Only participant from America was Sang Chun Lee from the USA Tournament structure edit 1 The number of participants ranged between eight and ten players A total of 17 different players in the tournament Many players have been invited over the years such as Semih Sayginer 16 Frederic Caudron 15 Frans van Kuijk 13 Marco Zanetti 11 and Daniel Sanchez 8 In the last tournament in 2011 the ten participants were divided into two groups of five players each These were Groupe A nbsp Marco Zanetti nbsp Frederic Caudron nbsp Eddy Merckx nbsp Frans van Kuijk nbsp Filippos Kasidokostas Groupe B nbsp Dick Jaspers nbsp Torbjorn Blomdahl nbsp Daniel Sanchez nbsp Semih Sayginer nbsp Peter CeulemansThe first stage was played in the round robin mode with equal innings The final round was played in a knock out mode as first to 50 points without equal innings The places 3 10 were played out Winners table editLegend Code ExplanationGA General Average all points all inningsSpA Special Average best average in a single game points innings HR Highest Run longest series of caroms within single game Statistic No Year Venue 1 Place 2 Place 3 Place best GA HR Refs 0 1 1994 nbsp Monte Carlo nbsp Dick Jaspers nbsp Torbjorn Blomdahl nbsp Ludo Dielis 1 840 nbsp Dick Jaspers 15 nbsp Dick Jaspers 3 0 2 1995 nbsp Monte Carlo nbsp Torbjorn Blomdahl 1 nbsp Dick Jaspers nbsp Raymond Ceulemans 2 324 nbsp Torbjorn Blomdahl 13 nbsp Sang Lee 4 0 3 1996 nbsp Monte Carlo nbsp Torbjorn Blomdahl nbsp Raymond Ceulemans nbsp Dick Jaspers 2 160 nbsp Torbjorn Blomdahl 15 nbsp Torbjorn Blomdahl 5 0 4 1997 nbsp Monte Carlo nbsp Torbjorn Blomdahl nbsp Dick Jaspers nbsp Semih Sayginer 1 977 nbsp Torbjorn Blomdahl 15 nbsp Raymond Ceulemans 6 0 5 1998 nbsp Monte Carlo nbsp Frederic Caudron nbsp Dick Jaspers 2 nbsp Torbjorn Blomdahl 2 156 nbsp Torbjorn Blomdahl 21 nbsp Dick Jaspers 7 0 6 1999 3 nbsp Monte Carlo nbsp Dick Jaspers nbsp Torbjorn Blomdahl nbsp Frederic Caudron 2 035 nbsp Dick Jaspers 15 nbsp Frans van Kuyk 8 0 7 2000 nbsp Monte Carlo nbsp Torbjorn Blomdahl nbsp Frans van Kuyk nbsp Frederic Caudron 1 800 nbsp Frederic Caudron 13 nbsp Torbjorn Blomdahl 9 0 8 2001 nbsp Monte Carlo nbsp Dick Jaspers nbsp Semih Sayginer nbsp Dion Nelin 1 832 nbsp Dick Jaspers 18 nbsp Dion Nelin 10 0 9 2002 nbsp Monte Carlo nbsp Dick Jaspers 4 nbsp Frederic Caudron nbsp Semih Sayginer 2 537 nbsp Dick Jaspers 19 nbsp Torbjorn Blomdahl 11 10 2003 nbsp Scheveningen nbsp Dick Jaspers nbsp Frederic Caudron nbsp Torbjorn Blomdahl 2 318 nbsp Dick Jaspers 18 nbsp Raymond Ceulemans 12 11 2004 nbsp Monte Carlo nbsp Dick Jaspers nbsp Daniel Sanchez nbsp Frans van Kuyk 2 258 nbsp Dick Jaspers 15 nbsp Dick Jaspers 13 12 2005 nbsp Monte Carlo nbsp Dick Jaspers nbsp Torbjorn Blomdahl nbsp Semih Sayginer 2 013 nbsp Dick Jaspers 13 nbsp Torbjorn Blomdahl 14 13 2006 nbsp Monte Carlo nbsp Torbjorn Blomdahl 5 nbsp Dick Jaspers nbsp Frederic Caudron 2 289 nbsp Dick Jaspers 19 nbsp Frederic Caudron 15 14 2007 nbsp Monte Carlo nbsp Dick Jaspers nbsp Daniel Sanchez nbsp Raimond Burgman 2 174 nbsp Dick Jaspers 13 nbsp Dick Jaspers 16 15 2008 nbsp Antwerp nbsp Frederic Caudron nbsp Torbjorn Blomdahl nbsp Dick Jaspers 1 983 nbsp Eddy Merckx 21 nbsp Frederic Caudron 17 16 2009 6 nbsp Nice nbsp Frederic Caudron nbsp Torbjorn Blomdahl nbsp Eddy Merckx 2 126 nbsp Frederic Caudron 13 nbsp Frederic Caudron 18 17 2010 nbsp Nice nbsp Marco Zanetti nbsp Torbjorn Blomdahl nbsp Dick Jaspers 7 2 472 nbsp Dick Jaspers 15 nbsp Eddy Merckx 19 18 2011 nbsp Nice nbsp Filippos Kasidokostas nbsp Marco Zanetti nbsp Dick Jaspers 2 623 nbsp Dick Jaspers 8 15 nbsp Dick Jaspers 20 Notes1 Blomdahl plays the unofficial world record of a GA of 2 324 and a SpA of 3 571 dito 1996 2 Jaspers plays a SpA of 4 166 3 R Ceulemans plays a SpA of 3 846 4 Jaspers plays a SpA of 5 000 50 points in 10 innings 5 Blomdahl plays a SpA of 3 846 6 In 2009 the best tournament average of 1 865 has been played 7 Jaspers plays a SpA of 4 545 8 Jaspers plays a record GA of 2 623 which is an unofficial record Eternal winner list Name No Years nbsp Dick Jaspers 8 1994 1999 2001 2005 2007 nbsp Torbjorn Blomdahl 5 1995 1997 2000 2006 nbsp Frederic Caudron 3 1998 2008 2009 nbsp Marco Zanetti 1 2010 nbsp Filippos Kasidokostas 1 2011Gallery of the 1999 Cup edit nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Frederic Caudron nbsp Marco Zanetti nbsp Raymond Ceulemans nbsp Raymond Ceulemans nbsp Semih Sayginer nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crystal Kelly Cup 1999 References edit a b Frits Bakker 2011 06 20 Crystal Kelly cup farewell to a phenomenon Kozoom com 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