THE VALLEY NATIONAL EIGHTBALL ASSOCIATION IS AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROMOTING THE SPORT OF POCKET BILLIARDS THROUGH LOCAL CHARTERED MEMBERS, (COIN MACHINE OPERATORS), WHO MANAGE AND DEVELOP LOCAL POOL LEAGUES. VALLEY POOL LEAGUES CAN BE FOUND IN AT LEAST 36 STATES AND NEARLY A DOZEN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, WITH ABOUT 100,000 MEMBERS.
IN 2004, THE KANSAS V.N.E.A. CHARTER MEMBERS DECIDED TO WORK TOGETHER IN ORDER TO STAGE AN ANNUAL EVENT FOR ALL KANSAS V.N.E.A. SANCTIONED MEMBERS. THIS EVENT WOULD BE CALLED THE KANSAS V.N.E.A. STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. KANSAS V.N.E.A. CHARTER REPRESENTATIVES VOTED IN ASSOCIATION BOARD MEMBERS WHO'S JOB WOULD BE TO PRESIDE OVER THE OPERATIONS OF THE ASSOCIATION. FROM THE KANSAS CITY AREA, GARY KLUCK WAS VOTED THE FIRST ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT. THE FIRST TWO EVENTS WERE HELD AT THE PRAIRIE BAND CASINO, NEAR TOPEKA KS., AND WERE CONSIDERED A HUGE SUCCESS. THE NEXT TWO TOURNAMENTS, IN '07 & '08, WERE AT SHOOTERS BILLIARDS IN OLATHE KS. AND AGAIN, WERE WELL RECEIVED.
IN 2009 LOCAL WICHITA ATTORNEY FRED JOHNSON WAS APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF THE STATE ASSOCIATION. . ALTHOUGH FRED IS NOT A LEAGUE DIRECTOR, HE IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE TOP V.N.E.A. CERTIFIED REFEREES IN THE NATION, AS WELL AS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE WICHITA CHARTER (AIR-CAP POOL LEAGUE). IN THE FALL OF 2009 THE WICHITA CHARTERS HOSTEDTHE TOURNAMENT AT STIX BILLIARDS, IN WICHITA. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF THE KANSAS VALLEY LEAGUE PLAYERS AGAIN IN NOVEMBER 2010 FOR A GREAT EVENT WITH LOTS OF FUN & COMPETITION.