Im 15 and l was wondering where id go to look for a tourney (not professional) Willing to travel in Northeastern United States.
Any help would be great.
thanks for your time

Check at you local Billiard hall. They will know of the local and out of area tournaments. It promotes their business, so most of them keep up on the tournaments.

There is a website that has tournaments listing from each state unfortunately l can not recall the site.

There r lots of tournys out there, some will get u a state or national ranking, some r just local, some r handicapped, some r scratch (no handicap). Call ur local pool halls, & with ur parents permission, if they will take you, ur local bars, some will actually let u in for the tournys depending on local laws, especially if u bring a rooting section that is legal drinking age. If you're playing a handicap tourny, u may start off as what they call scratch, a top rank, & they will adjust from there based on play, the more u play the more they adjust so it may take u 3-4 times to win a match, others will start u in a middle ranking & u will have a better chance. Often rankings will be on a 1-5 or 3-7 basis, meaning as a 3 playing against a 7 u may have to win 2 or 3 games vs their 6 or 7 depending on how it is run, some places u have to win 1 game less than ur ranking to win the match others it is ur ranking. Often a lot of tournys r double elimination, meaning u have to lose 2 matches to be out, this is good in a handicap system because u get to play in 2 matches that will go to adjusting ur handicap each tourny, a nice thing when you're starting out.

Hope this helps,
-Michael

Try this link: http://poolplayers.com/Locator/default.html

Contact the APA League Operator in your area. They will be able to tell you where you can play and provide you with some information about joining a team to get some experience.

Try this site: http://pooltournamentsonline.com/search.cfm