The 36 strongest Volyn billiards masters competed for the title of regional champion in "Moscow Pyramid". \n \nRepresentatives from Lutsk, Kovel, Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Kivertsi, and Liuboml demonstrated their skills in the excellently prepared hall of the "Kniazhyi Dvir" club on nine tables. The main sponsor of this exciting tournament was the "Vivat" trademark of the Lutsk Distillery. It should be noted that the organizers, even before the start, presented all participants with vests bearing the corporate inscription "Vivat," and prepared prizes and souvenirs for the champion and prize-winners of the championship. \n \nFavorites of the tournament were considered to be the champion of Ukraine, master of sports Ivan Aryvaniuk, his own brother Oleksii, candidates for master of sports Oleksii Kobylinskyi, Leonid Otchenashenko, and Maksym Sukhomlyn. But it should be said that events at the tournament unfolded not according to the scenario anticipated by experts and fans. The leaders of Volyn billiards had to yield to less renowned masters of the cue and ball. \n \nIn the final match, which lasted until four victories, Vitalii Zavadskyi — son of the former rector of the Lutsk Institute of Physical Culture and Health of Volyn State University, now deceased Viktor Zavadskyi — and Andrii, son of one of the contenders for the regional champion title, the aforementioned Oleksii Kobylinskyi, met. After four frames the score was even — 2:2, but the next two went to the 26-year-old entrepreneur providing legal services, Oleksii Kobylinskyi, who became the regional champion in "Moscow Pyramid." Next year he will represent our region at the all-Ukrainian tournament in this type of billiards. \n \nAfter the competition ended, the acting president of the Volyn billiards sports federation, Oleh Tymchii, noted that thanks to the group of sponsors of the championship, this tournament was held at a fairly high organizational level. It is pleasing that a whole group of young promising players has appeared in the region, and that billiards sport has recently been developing quite briskly not only in the regional center but also in other cities and district centers. \n \nStarting December 9, the Volyn championship in another type of competition among billiards players, "Pyramid: Eight Strangers," will begin at the "Kniazhyi Dvir" club in Lutsk. \n