Rocky Lane

If any of you have seen Rocky Lane take a shot, or make on of his famous trick shots, you'll know immediately what we're talking about when we rave about his skill.

Rocky Lane - The Technician

Rocky lane is considered one of the world's best 9 ball players, as well as one of the worlds best and most diciplined trick shot makers.

Rocky Lane, also known as "The Technician" holds a world record, has his own DVD, has his own web site, and is considered by many to be a 9 Ball player of professional caliber.

He also mentors young up-and-comers in the game, and has recently made newspaper headlines for his work with Charlie Nguyen. Rocky also offers free coaching on select evenings at a local pool hall near his residence.

You can visit Rocky's personal website for more information.

Rocky Lane

We've even seen Rocky Lane inducted into a certain billiard hall of fame for his spectacular trick shots. (Not the BCA hall of fame.) With all the fame inevitably comes a little fortune. For Rocky Lane, this fortune comes in the form of the pool tutorial on DVD, which can be obtained through his personal website, rocklane.org.

Rocky Lane Biography

Date of Birth:
Place of Birth: New Zealand
Country of Residence: New Zealand
(if any) Nickname: The Technician, Kiwi-Kuya
(if any) Sponsors: None.
(if any) Charities: while Rocky Lane is not publicly a supporter of any charity that we now love, he actively participates in in bringing billiards and other key sports into the Olympics. This in and of itself is a noble cause in our opinion. There is also mention of a The Rocky Lane Foundation on his website, but there are no details.
(if any) Email: rocky905@hotmail.com
(if any) Website: http://www.rockylane.org/
If you know of the answers to any missing information in Rocky Lane's biography? If so, send us an update below.

Rocky Lane's Records and Accomplishments

Below are just a few of Rocky Lane's accomplishments over his cue sport career.

1976 National New Zealand 8-Ball Champion
1979 National B Grade Snooker National Champion
27 year break from Cue sports, for educational attainments towards a career
June 12, 2002 FCC Hong Kong Runner up 8 Ball Champion
October, 2002 4th Place, 9-Ball Borneo
July, 2003 Asian 9 Ball, Jakarta, Top 16 Finalist
December, 2003 3rd Place, 9-Ball Borneo
January, 2004 Windy City Opens, Chicago. Top 64 Finalist
January 28, 2004 South Australian Classic Tour. Top 32 Finalist
February 2004 Starred in movie "POOL - From Beginner to Champion"
July 2005 - NZ North Island 9 Ball tour, at Hamilton, NZ - Top 32 finalist
August 2005, Won a 9 Ball tournament at Orlando Opens, Florida USA
October 2005, Undefeated World Champion, fastest Jump Shooter, jump shooting and clearing off the table , 15 Pool Balls in 14.16 Seconds, on National & International TV
Feb 05, 2006 - Bronze Medalist - NZ Games, Dunedin - 8 Ball Doubles
19 Feb 2006, 3rd Place - NZ Valley Pool 9 Ball Finals. Pukekohe
May 20- 21, 2006 - Top 32 NZ Nationals, Valley 8 Ball, Otahuha Opens
17-21 Sep, 2006 - Represented New Zealand at Bali Open's International
March 2007, made top 10 New Zealander, racked No. 1 @ nzedge.co.nz/top_10
May 2007- Won a Pool Marathon, achieving 250 racks in record time, 105 racks ahead of the 2nd place getter, in a playing field of 20 players
11 Dec 2007 - Won the Hong Kong $10,000 - 250 Rack Pool Marathon.

Since we can't list all of them, we'll just show you a picture.

Rocky's web site claims that only about half of these awards are his, there still has to be about 500 or more items there! The other half belong to his father, the late Norm Stockmann, and the 1972 National Snooker Champion from New Zealand.

The rocky lane article was posted on 8/30/2006 10:28:00 AM and updated on 8/30/2006 10:28:00 AM. The rocky lane article was edited by .