happy new year to everyone hope you all had great time with family and friends.. am sure glad i took 2 weeks of from playing pool it does burn you out mentally..but 2009 was great year few low points especially challenge of champions which i dogged,other big dissapointments were mosconi cup of course but at same time great experience,and a couple of other tournaments i gave away but in general got to be really happy playing around 40 tournaments 30 top 10 finishes 25 top 5 finishes becoming World no 1 for 3 months that was massive highlight for me,now am currently ranked no 3 so still good position also winning 10 tournaments world pool masters,us open 10ball bar table,5x gb9 tour titles and all 5 consecutive which is record..uk 10 ball masters champion,nations cup champions,blaze tour usa winner, and other notable top finishes 2nd challenge of champions,3rd Qatar Open,5th World 10 Ball,2nd derby city straight pool champs,5th derby city 9ball,2nd us open 9ball bar table,2nd all around us bar table championships,4th us open 8ball bar table,2nd andy mercer 9ball las vegas,7th philippine open,5th world cup of pool,5th predator 10ball,2nd euro tour austria,3rd euro tour holland,and represented europe in mosconi cup NOT BAD year :-) shows my consistancy getting better and i look to improve for 2010 i learnt alot of things in 09 and took some great advice and now i feel i belong amonst the best players in the world.. so watch out for dynamite this year :-)
after 2 weeks rest tmrw i start playing again as jan very busy month for me with predator 10ball spain and europe v asia in brunie.. then world team champs in germany then ill be in states from feb...
also my website will be up soon with blog also so watch out for that going to be good! like to thank adam cousins for all his hard work so far top man
also thanks for my sponsors for 2009 predatorcues and la cafe philippines appreciate the support and help ..
best wishes everyone and see you all down the road
Darren Appleton
