Valley National Eight-ball Association
VNEA logo
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| Abbreviation | VNEA |
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| Formation | 1979 |
| Type | Non-profit amateur sport league |
| Purpose | "To promote the game of pool on coin-operated equipment |
| Headquarters | Bay City, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 43°36′04″N 83°54′02″W / 43.601079°N 83.900665°W |
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Region served
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International |
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Membership
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Individual players (league members), Valley-Dynamo distributors (league franchise holders), equipment suppliers and manufacturers (league sponsors) |
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Official language
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English |
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President
Executive Director |
Michael Fowler R. Gregg Elliott |
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Main organ
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Board of Directors |
| Affiliations | Valley-Dynamo Inc. |
| Website | VNEA.com |
The Valley National 8-Ball League Association (VNEA) is one of the world's largest amateur pool (pocket billiards) leagues. As of 2010[update], there are nearly 100,000 individual members in some 1,400 weekly local leagues playing in over 10,000 pool halls, bars and other venues in around 400 different cities, towns and suburbs in 36 U.S. states, and abroad.
The organization was founded in the United States in 1979 by equipment manufacturer Valley-Dynamo as the Valley 8-Ball League Association. It was later known as the Valley National 8-Ball Association, a name the league still uses sometimes (and as of 2012[update], the organization still retains the "VNEA" acronym in prose and in its logo). Despite its name, it is neither national, having leagues in eleven countries, nor limited to the game of eight-ball, as team nine-ball, as well as individual artistic pool and speed pool, are all now VNEA disciplines (some on a league basis, some only on a tournament basis). An annual, week-long VNEA International Pool Championships series (team, doubles and singles eight-ball, singles artistic pool) is held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The organization is headquartered in Bay City, Michigan. The president of VNEA's board of directors is Michael Fowler (as of June 2010[update]) and its executive director is R. Gregg Elliott (as of June 2010[update]).
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