GTS Credits and Accomplishments:

GTS Show Credits:

8/1998 – Steve Lillis did a GTS Show as a part of the 1998 Hawthorne Gospel Church Summer Bible Conference in which such people as Billy Graham of BGEA, Jack Wyrtsen of Word of Life Ministries, Ron Hutchcraft of RHM Ministries, and other Worldwide Christian Statesmen have appeared in years past. This was the first major public GTS Show.

5/2000, 5/2001, 5/2002, 5/2003, 5/2004, 5/2005, 5/2006, 5/2007, 5/2008, 5/2009 – GTS RACK Team appeared at the BCA (Billiard Congress of America) National Eight Ball Championship and Expo in the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, NV for shows and outreach. Mike Massey, Tom "Dr. Cue" Rossman, and Steve Lillis were the featured performers for most of BCAPL events.

2000 – 2002 – Steve Lillis did GTS Shows at various Joss Northeast Pro Tour events in such states as Connecticut, Maine, New York, and Massachusetts.

2001 - 2004 - Steve Lillis served as the Chairman of the World Pool and Billiard Association (WPA) Artistic Pool Division (APD)

2001 – 2004 - GTS RACK Team appeared at various WPA (World Pool and Billiard Association) World Artistic Pool Tour events for shows and outreach in both the USA and overseas.

3/2002, 3/2003, 3/2004, 3/2005, 3/2006, 3/2007, 3/2008, 3/2009 – GTS RACK Team appeared at the Hopkin’s Super Billiard Expo in the Valley Forge Convention Center in Valley Forge, PA for shows and outreach.

8/2002 , 8/2003, 8/2004, 8/2005, 8/2006, 8/2007 – GTS RACK Team appeared at the APA (American Poolplayer’s Association) National Championships in the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, NV for shows and outreach.

10/2002, 10/2003, 9/2004, 9/2005 – Steve Lillis did GTS Shows at the NJ State 14.1 Straight Pool Championship in Parsippany, NJ.

12/2002 – Steve Lillis did GTS Shows for the Southeast Pro 9 Ball Tour in Florida.

7/2003, 4/2004, 4/2005, 4/2006, 8/2006, 6/2007, 6/2008, 6/2009 – GTS RACK Team appeared at the BCA (Billiard Congress of America) Trade Shows at various venues for shows and outreach.

2003 – 2009 - Steve Lillis did GTS Shows at various UPA (United States Professional Poolplayer’s Association) Tour events in such cities as Phoenix, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Jacksonville, New York, and Chesapeake, VA at the U.S. Open 9 Ball. Steve has been consistently ranked in the top 32 players in the world on the UPA Tour which was the top professional men’s tour from 2003-2008.

10/2003 – GTS RACK Team appeared at the Midwest Billiard Expo in The Pheasant Run Resort in Chicago, IL for shows and outreach.

6/2004 – GTS RACK Team appeared at the (VNEA) Valley National Eight Ball Championships in the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas.

9/2004, 9/2005, 9/2006, 10/2007, 10/2008, 10/2009 - Steve Lillis did a series of GTS Shows at the U.S. Open 9 Ball Championships in the Chesapeake Convention Center in Chesapeake, VA. In 2006 and 2007 Steve was given permission by tournament promoter Barry Berhman to eulogize fallen pool players, share, and pray over the PA system.

10/2004- Performed Gospel Trick Shot Show at Grand Central Station in New York City.

6/2005 - Steve Lillis performed 14 trick shot shows at the 16th Annual International Sports Show in Shanghai, China.

1/2006 - Steve Lillis was invited by the President of the Albanian Billiard Federation to start a billiard academy with a focus on artistic pool. Steve's title was the "Professor of Bilardo Artistica". The academy was attended by an elite group of players and their coaches called Team Albania.

1/2006 - Steve Lillis performed a Gospel Trick Shot Show on the campus of the University of Tirana in Albania and partnered with Campus Crusade for Christ.

10/2006, 5/2008 - Steve Lillis did a featured GTS presentation at the Hawthorne Gospel Church in Hawthorne, NJ in the “new” gym as part of their 2006 Fall Missions Conference and 2008 Spring Outreach.

1/2007 – Steve Lillis did a series of GTS Shows at the “Derby City Classic” in Louisville, KY working in conjunction with GTS/RACK team member Robin Dodson in her booth called Robin’s Pro Shop in 2007.

11/2007 – Steve Lillis did a series of GTS Shows at the Qlympics Billiard Event in Louisville, KY produced and directed by the BCA Pool League.

1/2008 – Steve Lillis did a series of GTS Shows working in conjunction with Dr. Cue Promotions and the “Classic Cup” event and the Derby City Classic produced and directed by Diamond Billiard Products. Steve also helped organize and direct the first RACK Room Sunday morning service for pool players and by pool players. GTS/RACK team members Mike Massey, Tom Rossman, and Steve Geller participated.

Media Credits:

9/2000 and 9/2001 – Steve Lillis was featured on 270 worldwide radio stations as part of RBC’s Ministries broadcast entitled “Words to Live By”.

2000-2009 – GTS RACK Team members have appeared numerous times on the ESPN broadcast entitled Trick Shot Magic for competition and interviews.

2001 – 2009 – GTS RACK Team appeared in many newspapers, magazines, brochures, flyers, and other printed material both inside and outside the billiard industry. Steve Lillis appeared on the front page of the June 2004 issue of Professor Q Balls Nationwide Billiard Newspaper.

2/2002 - GTS RACK Team did a show that was taped in Willingen, Germany and broadcast on German Television at the conclusion of the 2002 WPA World Artistic Pool Championship.

3/2002 – GTS RACK Team featured in “Inside Pool” magazine article entitled “GTS RACK Power Team Hits the Road”.

6/2003 – GTS RACK Team did a show that was taped in Kiev, Ukraine and broadcast on Russian Television and aired to potentially 290 million people in the former Soviet Union.

12/2003 – Steve Lillis did a GTS Show and interview that was taped by Telesports in Tirana, Albania and aired throughout the country of Albania.

8/2004 – Steve Lillis appeared on ESPN TV as the Master of Ceremonies and Head Referee for the 2004 Men's International Challenge of Champions at Mohegan Sun.

8/2004 – Steve Lillis appeared on ESPN TV as the Master of Ceremonies and Head Table Judge for the 2004 Women's International Trick Shot Challenge at Mohegan Sun.

6/2005 - Steve Lillis was interviewed with trick shot show taped for broadcast on Chinese National Television.

1/2006 - Steve Lillis choreographed an artistic billiard show for Telesports TV using his own Gospel Trick Shots and included 10 Albanians demonstrating shots they learned at the academy. RACK Team members Tony "The Comic" Anthony, Marcel Kaiser of Germany and Christian Coffey of Canada participated. The three hour broadcast received about 40 hours of air time in Albania.

12/2006 - Steve Lillis was interviewed by David Virkler of Dedication Evangelism for the national radio broadcast of "Word and the World".

12/06 - Steve Lillis appeared on the national TV broadcast of the "700 Club" on ABC Family and other affiliate television stations. The show was rebroadcast in 2007.

5/09 - Steve Lillis was featured in billiard publications highliting a GTS tour of the Arabian Peninsula which included working with mission organizations, U.S. Navy, and the National Billiard Teams of Kuwait, U.A.E., and Bahrain.

GTS Countries Visited Outside North America:

England 2001

Germany 2002, 2004

Albania 2003, 2006, 2007

Ukraine 2003

Taiwan 2004

Korea 2004

China 2005

Greece 2007

Russia 2007

2009 Dubai and Abu Dhabi of the United Arab Emiratus (UAE)

2009 Kuwait

2009 Bahrain