BumperNets Weekly Tournament Results

Ping Pong Tournament – 04/25/08 1st – Andrew Davis, Anniston 2nd – Tommy Dailey Sr., Roebuck 3rd – Barnabas Gonzalez, Vestavia Hills Consolation: 1st – Tripp White, Hoover 2nd– Jason Scott, Hueytown

Pool Tournament –05/01/08 8 Ball: 1st – Joseph Cole, Birmingham 2nd – Raul Campon, Costa Rica 3rd – Dylan Cline, McCalla 9 Ball: 1st – Patrick Lee, Blount County 2nd – Eric Deloach, Bessemer 3rd – Joseph Cole, Birmingham Pool Tournament –04/24/08 8 Ball: 1st – Dylan Cline, McCalla 2nd –Corey Fortner, Hoover 3rd – Joshua Griffith, Cullman 9 Ball: 1st – Steve Whitten, Trussville 2nd – Travis Beach, Adamsville 3rd – Mike Kilgore, Riverchase

NEW - BumperNets now has a blog, which features video highlights from table tennis and pool tournaments, hosted in our store every week. Hear directly from our owner, Homer Brown and other BumperNets staff members regarding the latest news and specials...Enter Blog>>

Young Gun Capturing Attention in Atlanta
At just 18 years of age, Joseph Cole of Birmingham, Ala., is the youngest competitor in this year's U.S. Amateur Championship. Despite his age, he's playing as well, if not better than, many of the seasoned veterans.
Perhaps it's his youth that's allowed him to play pressure free against men two and three-times his own age, or maybe he's just THAT good.
"This is the first year I've been able to play, and I love it. Obviously there's always pressure, but I'm just trying to play my game and stay confident," said Cole after his third victory of the tournament.
Cole may be the next in a long line of great U.S. Amateur Championship competitors from the state of Alabama. Former champions David Rowell (2000) and Robert Hall (2001) both hail from Alabama, as does last year's Runner-up Richard Andrews.
Cole is proudly sponsored by BumperNets.

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"The Black Widow"
Jeanette Lee known as "The Black Widow" in the billiard industry. This picture was taken at the recent Billiard convention in Las Vegas this past June. She is promoting her favorite charity and the Murrey Designer 1000 pool table, this particular table was personally signed by her and will be on display in the new and larger BumperNets that will be opening in early October at the Riverchase Galleria. (See Press Release)

This table is very unique and is a beauty especially with her signature on the side cabinet and also on the rail cloth. It is one of BumperNets favorite pool tables to sell.

Health Benefits of Table Tennis (from Sherri Pitman's July/August 2006 President's Report)
Through table tennis, may we all live a long and happy life. Our clothing sponsor Mitch Rothfleisch, showed up at the World Championships down 100 pounds! How did he do it? He primarily credits table tennis. He said
that he just decided to lose weight and he thought that the best strategy would be to start training again. Congratulations, Mitch!

Through my years promoting the sport, the one thing educators always stress is that they are under constant pressure to produce good results when it comes to standardized testing. Everyone knows the health
benefits of regular exercise, but what they always tell me is something with a different emphasis: “Hey, if you can produce evidence that table tennis is good for kids’ brains, then you could get into the school systems nationwide.” Well, we may have some good news. Just recently I learned of a book by Dr. Daniel Amen, Making a Good Brain Great: The Amen Clinic Program for Achieving and Sustaining Optimal Mental Performance.
And, although I haven’t had a chance to read the book yet, I did do some Internet research. I came upon this statement by Dr. Amen at his clinic’s website, “It is important to be smarter when it comes to our brains. Golf, tennis and table tennis are better sports, especially for children.” In another article, he wrote: “Golf is good. Tennis is terrific. Table tennis is the world’s best game!”

BumperNets is proud to present Joseph Cole from Warrior, Alabama as our first sponsored pool player. We sponsor Joseph in tournaments, primarily in the southeastern United States. Our main goal in sponsoring Joseph is to give him the experience he needs to accomplish his dream of becoming a top pro player. Not only is Joseph going to play in tournaments, but he will also go to local juvenile centers and put on trick shot shows, to demonstrate to young people that there are positive alternatives to getting in trouble.
This year we sponsored Joseph in the 2006 Spring Fling at Southern Billiards in Starkville, Mississippi. This pro-am nine ball event is just one of three different events that is held twice a year at that venue. There were about forty five players from all over the United States including a few of the top professionals from the men’s and women’s division such as Jamie Barrox, Sarah Rousey, and Chuck Raulston.

This year Joseph improved upon his previous performances at the Southern Billiard’s events. Joseph defeated some of the top players there including Sarah Rousey (7-0), Luc Depierne (7-6), Harold McAbee (7-3), Winston Peacock (7-5), and losing to Tim Orange (6-7) and Jamie Barrox (4-7) putting him in the money at 7th place.

Homer Brown, owner of BumperNets Inc, was recently selected to be part of a
group traveling to China to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the 1971
“Ping Pong Diplomacy” trip. Click Here to read more and see pictures of the trip!

BumperNets is proud to be Butterfly's longest running dealer in all of America, 41 years and counting.



There is an interesting article in this Chinese newspaper about Homer, Jane and BUMPERNETS. Click here for those of you that read Chinese!


BumperNets is known for their weekly tournaments in billiards and table tennis. Our store also offers lessons by professional coaches in most of the indoor sports such as air hockey, chess, darts, foosball, pool and table tennis. We will strive to keep you updated with news, current events, and special offers.



BumperNets is proud to be a sponsor of the Senior Wellness Alliance and
Texas Senior Olympic Finals being held in Austin, Texas this September.

For more information click here.

Read the editorial about BumperNets in Sporting Goods Business Magazine.