HERSTAL – The field with all known European billiard ladies, has launched the preliminary rounds at the Predator Grand Prix in Herstal, Belgium, this Friday. The European federation, under the sporting leadership of inspirational women's promoter Eva Viding Bussel, started the event on the first day with two sessions in each of six groups. Among the 24 players from the well-known billiard countries, eight are still unbeaten. The six groups will battle it out today, Saturday, for eight places in the quarter-finals: six group winners and the two best runners-up.