Grace takes on the World
David Grace, 2008 European Champion, is in Kaohsiung, Taiwan to compete in the 2009 World Games
Among those sports are the Cue Sports disciplines, with Men's snooker, Men's Carom and Women's and Men's Pool.
For IBSF the major international and regional champions are invited and among those this year are the current IBSF World champion Thepchaiya Un-Nooh who provides a formidable opponent for Paul Davies, a WSA selection.
As the event is under the Olympic model, British players represent Great Britain and not their individual countries.
Europe selected Stephen Craigie, the 2008 European Under 19 Champion and David Grace, the 2008 European Champion.
Asia's competitors include the 2007 IBSF World Champion Atthasit Mahitthi and Mohammed Shehab, from Thailand and UAE respectively.
Defending champion Gerard Greene was scheduled to compete but has withdrawn and been replaced by Taiwan's Shu Hung Lin.
It was Lin who got play underway on Day One with a 3-0 win over Francois Ellis of South Africa.
David Grace battled through to beat Atthasit Mahitthi 3-2 and will now face Lin in the Quarter Finals.
Iran's Soheil Vahedi, semi finalist in the 2008 IBSF World Championship beat the Oceania Champion Glen Wilkinson 3-1.
The games were first held in 1981 in California. London were the hosts in 1985.
Cue Sports were introduced in 2001 in the Akita Games, when Bjorn Haneveer became the first Snooker Gold Medallist.
Gerard Greene won the title in 2005 when the Games moved to Duisburg, Germany.
It has been announced today that the 2013 Games will be stages in Cali, Columbia, the first time a South American country has hosted the World Games.
