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July/August 2007
On the Cover
CONTENTS
Karen Corr cheers in
celebration of her
record-breaking fourth
top-place finish at the
EnjoyPool.com 9-Ball
Championships, held
annually at the Riviera
Hotel & Casino in
Las Vegas.
INSTRUCTION
12 Grady’s Grad School
Avoid the Scratch
14 This Is Your Captain Speaking
The Ten Most Common Problems, Part Eight
16 Pro Pool Workout
Feeling in Control!
18 Beat People With a Stick
Put Some Life in Your Game
20 According to Allison
Mental Discipline
FEATURES
22 Amateur Action Sizzles in the Desert
2007 BCA Nationals Hit Las Vegas
28 Corr and Orcollo Cap Flawless Runs in Vegas
EnjoyPool.com 9-Ball Champions Crowned
32 InsidePOOL’s 2007 Pool Table Issue
38 APA Awards $300,000 in Cash and Prizes at National Singles
Championships
World’s Largest Pool League Crowns Six Amateurs Champions in Las Vegas
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Volume VII, Issue 6
COLUMNS
28
40 Cue Maker’s Corner
Jeff Olney - Knowing His Destiny
44 What’s New
46 On Board With the BCA
BCA to Enhance Membership Services
and Initiatives
48 Industry News
50 You’re on Two!
We’re Even.
DEPARTMENTS
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Pool on TV
Advertiser Directory
League Player of the Month
Regional Roundup
Northeast
Southeast
Central
Western
World
Photo Caption Contest
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Publisher
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JR Calvert
Bill Perry
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Technical Consultant
Tom Simpson
Feature Photo Credits
JR Calvert
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Website
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Instructional Staff
Johnny Archer, Steve Crutchfield, Max Eberle,
Allison Fisher, Bob Henning, John W. Loftus,
Grady Mathews, Keith McCready,
Tom Simpson
Contributing Writers
Fred Agnir, Paul Berg, Jose Burgos, Tony Butera,
R. Case, Rick Davis, Carolina Fernandez, Willy
Hermoza, Corrine Johnson
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Pool on TV
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All times are Eastern Time Zone – check local listings for changes.
ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic
2001 Sudden Death 7-Ball
1-July
11:00 AM
ESPNC
1997 WPBA Classic Tour Finals
1-July
2:00 PM
ESPNC
1997 WPBA Classic Tour Semifinal #2
1998 Tournament of Champions Semifinal #1
1998 Tournament of Champions Finals
The Ultimate Pool Party Semifinal #1
The Ultimate Pool Party Semifinal #2
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7-July
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2007 EnjoyPool.Com Women’s 9-Ball Championship Finals
16-July
2:30 AM
2007 Texas Hold ‘Em Billiards Finals
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The Ultimate Pool Party Championship
21-July
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Trick Shot Magic
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Sudden Death 7-Ball
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Pool on TV
All times are Eastern Time Zone – check local listings for changes.
ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic
Trick Shot Magic
4-Aug
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ESPNC
2007 World Summit of Pool Semifinal #1
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ESPN2
Trick Shot Magic
2007 World Summit of Pool Semifinal #2
2007 World Summit of Pool Finals
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8:00 PM
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ESPNC
ESPN2
ESPN2
2007 Three-Cushion Billiards Challenge
7-Aug
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ESPN2
Sudden Death 7-Ball
11-Aug
11:00 AM
ESPNC
Dubai Snooker Championships
19-Aug
2007 Three-Cushion Billiards Challenge
Sudden Death 7-Ball
1999 Tournament of Champions Finals
2003 Tournament of Champions Semifinal #1
2003 Tournament of Championship Finals
2004 Trick Shot Challenge Semifinal #1
7-Aug
18-Aug
30-Aug
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ESPN2
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2004 Trick Shot Challenge Finals
30-Aug
5:00 PM
ESPNC
2007 WPBA Florida Classic Semifinal #2
30-Sept
3:00 PM
ESPN
2007 WPBA Florida Classic Semifinal #1
30-Sept
2:00 PM
ESPNC
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GRADY’S GRAD SCHOOL
BY GRADY MATHEWS
Avoid the Scratch
This month’s column features three shots that I have
scratched on hundreds of times. Maybe I can keep
you from doing the same.
In Diagram 1, I have a free (meaning that I
don’t leave anything if I miss) crossing bank on the
1 ball to win the game. My first inclination would be
to use one tip of left english. That would be wrong,
because now it is a natural scratch into Pocket R.
It’s much better to use no english, which brings
the cue ball back down the middle of the table. The
bank is easier to make, too, with no english. Just cutting the object ball to the left puts enough “collisioninduced” english on the object ball to help it drift
long and go into the pocket.
The cue ball and the 1 ball are frozen to the rail
in Diagram 2. There is no kind of bank shot for my
pocket. There is no rail-first shot either that is worth
two cents.
The problem with this shot is that if the object
ball is cut slightly to the left of straight ahead, boy,
it’s the most natural scratch you’re ever seen into
Pocket P.
The way to beat this scratch is to cut the 1 ball
slightly to the right of straight ahead. A level cue and
medium speed work best here.
In Diagram 3, unless the cloth is brand new, I’m
going to bank the 1 ball for my pocket. The cue ball
is the most important element of this shot. I want it
to go three rails and finish on the end rail. To make
this happen, I’ll use one half-tip of right-hand english, medium speed, and a thin hit on the object ball.
Without the half-tip of english, this shot is a
perfect two-rail scratch. The cue ball should hit
inside Diamond X to help beat this scratch.
If I were playing on a table with a new cloth, I’d
make an even thinner hit on the 1 ball and about a
half-tip of inside, left-hand english and play the cue
ball to go two rails long.
I never enjoy scratching in one-pocket, but I
especially hate it during the end game. Maybe these
tips will help you avoid some scratches.t
Grady “The Professor” Mathews is one of pool’s
most recognized figures. His success at the table has
opened doors for him as technical advisor to movie
producers, commentator on Accu-Stats video productions, producer of lliard instructional video tapes, and
as an author. Grady has won several one-pocket world
titles.
Diagram 1
Diagram 2
Diagram 3
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INSTRUCTION
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THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING
BY JOHN W. LOFTUS
The Ten Most Common
Problems, Part Eight
At the top levels of pool-playing, a shooter
must try to run out or lose the game. I personally like playing pool with an opponent
if I think he’ll run out if I miss a shot. It’s
a better game. It goes faster. It forces each
opponent to play his or her best, even if I
happen to lose.
approach it, plan in advance for a great
defensive shot.
Many players are just too aggressive to
play smart when facing a run-stopper. I’ve
seen some pretty good pool players go for a
tough shot rather than play safe. But playing
safe at that point will win you more games,
Many players are just
too aggressive
to play smart
when facing a
run-stopper.
On most other levels of pool-playing,
we don’t run a rack (be it 8-ball or 9-ball)
that much. It’s said that the best shooters
don’t do so more than a third of the time,
so the rest of us do it much less. What can
we do then? The eighth most common
problem among pool players is the failure
to stay in control of the table. This means
just what it says. You may have to wait
awhile to get control, but once you do get
a good chance, stay there and you will
probably win.
Sounds simple doesn’t it? We all
know it’s not. But it’s what you need to do.
To do so you need to start by thinking three
balls in advance. Only then can you foresee a run-stopper ahead. Then, as you
because doing so helps to keep you in control of the table. Under normal circumstances you shouldn’t try to make a low-percentage shot if you can leave the other player with a tough shot.
When you’re not sure of a shot or a
leave, then at least look for a hook. You may
not always choose to hook your opponent at
that time, but you should at least consider
your possibilities. Not doing so eliminates
some of your options, and you need to consider all of your options. Always be aware of
the position of your opponent’s balls, as well
as your own. That way you don’t need to
mentally switch back and forth between
defense and offense. Consider all of the
choices you have at your disposal. And don’t
pocket a ball without some plan (or hope)
for the next shot, except in “do or die” type
of situations. If you can’t see your next
shot, don’t pocket the previous one. Find
something else to do.
When you need to hook your opponent, ask yourself, “What will my opponent do if I give him or her this shot?”
Asking this question will help you decide
the best hook to play on him, and it
demands knowing his strengths and weaknesses, as I mentioned in my last column.
Don’t just hide the ball from him. Hide it
well! Place it where he cannot do much of
anything from there. If nothing else, put
distance between the cue ball and your
opponent’s object ball, or create a difficult
cluster of balls to stop your opponent’s
run-out.
But above all, stay in control.t
“Captain” John Loftus, of Angola,
Indiana, has been the captain of a number
of first-place pool teams and is presently a
skill level 7 in the APA 8-ball and a skill
level 9 in the APA 9-ball leagues. He has
played on as many as seven different pool
teams a session. John is the author of
How to be the Captain of a Winning APA
8-Ball Team, and he is the captain for a
Master’s Division APA team. Contact him
at [email protected].
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INSTRUCTION
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PRO POOL WORKOUT
BY BOB HENNING
Feeling in Control!
Last issue we saw how Good Feedback
was essential to getting into and staying
in a Dead Stroke state. Playing in the
zone is a lot like walking the edge of a
razor blade. It’s easy to fall off, so the
sooner you can recognize when you’re
veering to the left or the right, the better
off you are. In this issue, let’s look at
Feeling in Control, the sixth essential
component of getting into the flow of
your performance.
There’s a big difference between
feeling in control and actually being in
control. Philosophers, in fact, have been
There is no possibility of failure for you.
This translates to a sense of power and an
attitude of complete confidence. That’s
where your best game lives.
Control is not a “yes or no” phenomenon. Unlike the proverbial “you’re either
pregnant or you’re not” metaphor, you
actually can be kinda in control. Control
is a continuum that ranges from totally
out of control to totally shut down—from
too little to too much. The ideal level for
playing great pool is somewhere near the
middle for most people, but the exact setting is personal. You have to do some
Unless you’ve got some rope
or duct tape, you usually
can’t control the other guy.
debating the issue for centuries. Do
human beings really control anything in
life? Or do they just think that they do?
Irregardless, let’s leave this one for the
scholars and look at the issue in the context of playing pool. To play at your
best, a feeling of being in control is way
more important than actually being in
control.
It’s the feeling that has the impact,
not the actual event. When you feel like
you’re in control, you believe you can
and will do what is necessary to guarantee the outcome. You trust in your preparation and skills. You believe in your
success, and there are no lingering
doubts and fears to fend off or repress.
exploration to discover the optimum balance is for you.
Usually, it’s better to error on the side
of less control—as long as you can maintain that essential feeling of being in control. Over-control has ruined many a pool
player. Trusting in your training means
giving your mind and body the freedom to
perform what they have been trained to
do, and that’s different than trying to control them. It is also important to understand the difference between what you
can and can’t control. Generally speaking,
you can only control yourself. Unless
you’ve got some rope or duct tape, you
usually can’t control the other guy. And
you can forget about trying to control the
state of dead stroke. When you try to
control it or make it happen … it won’t.
The kind of control that works best
for staying in the zone is self-control,
and true self-control is not brought
about by force or coercion. It is an
expression of authenticity and discipline, and when you exercise it, you are
being yourself at a profound level.
Nothing interrupts the flow of your
attention and nothing hinders the easy
unfolding of the action on which you are
focused. From this perspective, selfcontrol in not a matter of applying control, but of turning control over to your
training.
In this way, you’re feeling in control, but you’re not acting in a controlling fashion. You’re totally focused on
the matter at hand, and because of that,
nothing interrupts you or distracts you.
You’re in the moment and allowing
yourself to play with grace, freedom,
and power. You’re in dead stroke!
Good luck & good shootin’!t
Bob Henning is the author of The
Pro Book, widely considered to be the
most advanced training resource for competitive pool players. It brings the latest
techniques of the top coaches and trainers
of all sports into pool. It is intended for
those who wish to prepare physically,
mentally, and psychologically for pool
competition. Bob is also the author of
“The Pro Book Video Series,” a complete,
on-the-table training system, and he
recently released The Advanced Pro Book.
In addition, he has authored Cornbread
Red, a biography of the colorful Billy
“Cornbread Red” Burge.
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INSTRUCTION
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BEAT PEOPLE WITH A STICK
BY TOM SIMPSON
Put Some Life in
Your Game
Most pool players don’t think of themselves
as athletes—at least not in pool. I’ve come to
think we are athletes, and to the extent we act
and become athletic at the table, we can
improve our performance.
Pool is a physical performance art.
Excellent physical performers use their bodies beautifully and gracefully. To me, this is
athletic—filled with life, moving with fullness. Pool players don’t have to be large or
experience this sensation is to imagine you are
ever so slightly suspended from the top of your
head. Keep this feeling as you stalk the layout.
Life in your stance: As you settle into your
stance, it should look and feel athletic. That
means it’s not twisted up or relying heavily on
muscle. It’s using your skeleton well. An athletic stance is in between locked knees and crouching. It’s easy but strong and stable. You should
be bending from the pelvis, not slumping your
Put some life in your game,
and maybe get some more
game in your life.
muscular to play athletically. We can probably agree that good pool looks full, alive,
connected. We can probably agree this is a
good thing. If you’re slouching, if you’re
dragging your butt around the table, if you’re
feeling weak, if you’re thinking about something else, life is leaking out of your game.
The “life in your game” is the fun, the
zing, the energy behind your wins. Let’s
explore some ways to get more life in your
game. This is not the typical approach to
things, but this is not a typical topic. It won’t
hurt you to try this stuff.
Life in your demeanor: The general
idea is to try to feel large in your body, as if
you are slightly inflated. Your joints are open,
you feel tall, and you move smoothly around
the table, connected to the balls. One way to
shoulders and back. Slumping is not athletic and
will produce slumpy results. Your feet can also
come to life. As you notice your weight in your
feet, and as you can get that weight happily onto
the balls of your feet, you’ll feel solid and balanced. Wiggle your toes and wake up your feet.
The better you land your feet, the more likely
you’ll feel right and make the shot.
Life in your bridge: To inject some life
into your bridge, try increasing the awareness
(sense of touch) in your fingers. Work your
bridge into exactly the rock you need it to be to
precisely deliver the tip for the shot at hand.
Anchor the bridge in place with a little “life.”
Nail it down and let it be.
Life in your grip: To have life in your
stroke, you need a soft grip. Squeezing hard
robs you of fluidity. Try increasing the aware-
ness in your fingertips. Really feel the weight
and texture of the cue in your fingers.
Life in your stroke: Your arm should
bend smoothly. Jerky motions are difficult to
control and produce iffy results. Get through
the ball. No poking. It’s vital that your elbow
bend easily and fluidly. Don’t shoot until you
have an athletic connection to the shot. Feel
the groove of the stroke and do not interfere.
Life in your eyes: This does not mean
wild, bulging eyes, darting all over.
Generally we perform better when our eyes
are quiet and focused. Yes, we look back and
forth down the shot line, but smoothly, calmly, undistracted. It’s just you and the balls.
Life in your thinking: Be positive.
Expect to make your shots. Expect to get
shape. Expect to get rolls. Expect to win.
Don’t let a bad shot or a bad roll change your
attitude. Enjoy the good stuff. Hey, you’re
playing pool. How bad is that?
Play with all the athletic ability and
feeling you can muster. It’s what makes us
look good at the table. When we look good,
we feel good. That breeds confidence, and
confidence sinks balls like crazy. How would
a cat play pool? Try to feel like a big cat at
the table. Glide smoothly about, never lose
focus, stretch luxuriously into your shooting
position. No hitches, no hesitation.
Put some life in your game, and maybe
get some more game in your life.t
Tom Simpson is a BCA Master Instructor.
A full-time instructor with a BCA Accredited
National Billiard Academy in Columbus, Ohio,
he has worked with thousands of players. As
founder of Elephant Balls, Ltd., inventor of
Practice Balls®, developer of the Ghostball
Aim Trainer®, and Secret Aiming Systems™
Coach, Tom’s innovations in training have
helped players dramatically improve their skills
and deepen their knowledge. Read 35 instructional articles at the academy website:
www.PoolClinics.com.
Contact: [email protected], 614-975-8337.
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INSTRUCTION
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ACCORDING TO ALLISON
BY ALLISON FISHER
Mental Discipline
The most important ingredient—and therefore the first ingredient—in playing better
pool is to control the mind. The best fundamentals in the world will never compensate
for a wayward or mischievous mind. You can
have perfect alignment and know exactly
what to do, but if your mind says, “You can’t
make this,” you will miss.
When you understand the power of the
mind to positively impact your physical experience and know that you actually have the power
to direct it, you align yourself with the greatest
thinkers, artists, and sports people in the world.
The first thing to do is to start paying
attention. Start observing how your mind is
reacting to things that happen to you when play-
The best fundamentals
in the world will never
compensate for
a wayward or
mischievous mind.
The mind is the master of the senses and
therefore it controls the physical body. Start
to see your mind as another very important
tool to help you play better. Don't let it dictate
to you by allowing negative thoughts to consume your energy. Believe in the best possible outcome and tell it what you want it to do.
Use your intelligence and your free will to
direct your mind to positive thoughts of success, confidence and empowerment.
ing. Like a detached observer, start listening to
what your mind's current response is. As an
observer, make a concerted effort to separate
yourself from what the mind is saying. Listen to
the self-talk you have created and then slowly
start correcting it. The good news is that the
mind can always be trained, no matter how old
your physical body is.
The best way to correct negative thinking
is to replace it with “success thinking.” We have
to start training our mind to think like a winner by speaking like a winner. By simply
changing the way we perceive ourselves, we
expect and allow good things to happen.
When we think negatively, we sprout
seeds of discouragement, which are initially
expressed as negative talk. This negative talk
is like a seed of destruction and just keeps us
struggling. When we think positively,
though, we generate seeds of inspiration,
which grow into expressions of success and
spring forth seeds of encouragement and creation, leading to a happier life and more
achievement.
The next time you miss a shot, instead
of saying, “I am so useless. I always miss,”
say instead, “I may have missed this time, but
I know I can get these shots.” Then slowly
replace these positive excuses with positive
affirmations like, “I always shoot straight. I
am a great shot maker. I know how to run out.
I am a winner. I was born to win, and/or when
I play pool, the balls always role in my
favor.”
In this way, you will start to make your
mind your best friend. Instead of the mind
reacting negatively to a challenging situation,
it will start to react positively and give you
the power to execute a perfect solution.
Just like any part of the body, we also
need to feed and exercise the mind. Success
talk is one effective way to do that. However,
for it to be truly effective, you must first
understand that the mind is not you. It is
another tool that you can use to help you or
hurt you play better pool.t
Co-authored by Paul Turner, inventor
of the Allison Fisher Billiard Aim Trainer
www.billiardaimtrainer.com).
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by Rick Davis
osted by the Rivera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV, a stunning 7,100 players racked
up over 10,000 event entries into the various divisions of singles, doubles, and team play
at the BCA’s 31st Annual National 8-Ball Championships. Over 240 seven-foot Diamond
Smart Tables were pressed into service for this massive event, which took place May 11-19.
trophy photos courtesy of Rixx Pics
Masters and Grand Masters Singles
At the apex of the ability scale Grand Master and Master singles divisions were offered
for both men and women competitors. The men’s Grand Masters were swept away by Jason
“Dark Horse” Kirkwood, who went undefeated for six rounds to claim the title from the 32player field. Kirkwood defeated Chicago’s Ike Runnels in the hot seat match then watched as
Edwin Montal sent Runnels home from the semifinals. Montal came at Kirkwood strong in
the finals, but Kirkwood was determined to improve upon his runner-up finish last year. “I was
a little nervous because my mom showed up, but I’m just glad I pulled it out. I made some
mistakes but I guess I got away with it, so I only feel so-so with my playing,” said Kirkwood.
The women’s Grand Masters offered equal excitement as Kristi Carter went undefeated
as well. After sweeping through the board Carter defeated Rebecca Wagner in the hot seat
match; Wagner was then eliminated by Romana Dokovic in the semifinals. With only one
match to go both players ground away until Carter finally defeated Dokovic for the top honor.
Down the ladder one rung were the Masters players where Donald Todd swept the men’s
division with 149 entries to go undefeated. Todd bested Jeremy Smith in the hot seat match,
the ninth round for each, then ousted Francisco Jose Diaz Pizrro in the finals after he had eliminated Smith in the semifinals. Smith had sent Pizarro west early on but Pizarro hung on for
another seven rounds and then got revenge on Smith to propel himself into the finals. Todd
stated, “He beat me the first set, got all the rolls, but I got them in the second set. I just played.”
In the women’s Masters division another undefeated run took shape as Stacie Bourbeau
defeated Jackie Fitchner in the hot seat match and then again in the finals to claim the honor
and best the 67-player field. Fitchner made a strong showing, winning eight matches, as did
Bourbeau, to reach the hot seat match and sent Katrina Lyman west along the way. Lyman had
won seven rounds before seeing the one-loss side, where she fell just shy of her third win when
Fitchner sent her home.
Men’s Masters Champion - Donald Todd
of Lakeland, TN
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Masters and Grand Masters Singles
A trio of divisions was offered for the senior players as the men’s side had a regular Senior division for those over 55 years that garnered 291 players, as well as a 65year-old-plus Super Senior division, which drew in 148 competitors. On the women’s
front the single Senior division took in 103 entries to find the best player.
The Super Seniors on the men’s front were owned by Rodney Thompson, who
defeated Ellahue O’Rear in the hot seat match and again in the finals to claim first
place. O’Rear had ousted Robert Gawthrop in the semifinals after an impressive tenmatch winning streak on the one-loss side, his fourteenth match of the event. The standard Senior division was taken by yet another undefeated run, this one by Carl Coffee,
who bested Robert Swindler in the hot seat match. Swindler was then eliminated in
the semifinals by Patrick Schumacher, who went on the defeat Coffee in the first set
of the finals. With one more set standing in front of the finish line Coffee managed to
keep control and defeat Schumacher in the final set for the title. Coffee noted, “I didn’t feel good that he beat me the first match, but I wasn’t worried about the second.
Usually when a guy comes from the losers’ bracket and beats you the first match it’s
hard for him to keep up.”
In the women’s division Tommie Keyser was one of the first to claim an event
and not go undefeated. Nancy Kuhn defeated Keyser in the hot seat match, the event’s
eighth round, sending Keyser to face Sherry Griffin in the semifinals. Griffen had
taken nine matches up to that point, but Keyser was all over her and eliminated her on
her way to finals, where she defeated Kuhn two sets to take the title.
Men’s Open Champion - Gregory Kuhl
of Las Vegas, NV
Player Members
Women’s Masters Champion - Tracie Borbeau of
Wilbraham, MA
Player Members divisions were offered for both sexes where fast and
furious play drove through the women’s 25-player field and the men’s
field of 182. In the men’s field Antonio Martinez defeated Tony Rodriguez
in the hot seat match then again in the finals to win undefeated, with
Alberto Cabarlo falling slightly further back in third place after being
eliminated by Rodriguez in the semifinals. The women’s division offered
a little more excitement once Suzanne Osbourne took the hot seat match,
sending Andrea Shiffman west. Over on the one-loss side Kristen Malone
was making an impressive comeback, blazing through a seven-match
streak, including defeating Shiffman, to reach the finals. She fought a
great battle; however, that last hurdle was too much and Osbourne drilled
her in the finals to take the win. An elated Osbourne commented, “I was
surprisingly calm. I didn’t make a lot of mistakes, and that made me feel
good, and now that it’s done I don’t feel as wound up. Overall I am very
happy with how I played. I had a couple really easy matches, and I didn’t
know what to expect with the format.”
The Open Divisions
For many the Open divisions offered the most action and excitement, as well as
the largest number of entries by far, with the men’s division pulling in 1,469 and the
women’s taking in 425 entries. In the men’s division Duane Demas and Gregory
Kuhl met up in the hot seat match after each had scored ten match wins. Demas
claimed his eleventh match, sending Kuhl west. Waiting in the wings was Todd
Speakman, who had been defeated in his fourth round by Kuhl and now, after a very
long road back, attempted again to get past Kuhl, although once again he was defeated. With Kuhl heading back to the finals a rematch unfolded as Kuhl took the first
set, making the largest division of the event run just a little longer. After tipping back
and forth Kuhl again stormed ahead, taking the second and final set to claim the open
division. Afterwards Kuhl commented, “I’m elated—I played very well. I don’t have
doubts about how well I can play the game. It’s eight-ball, it’s pool … the break is
random but I knew if I could get to the table I could beat anyone in the tournament.”
The women’s division told a similar story, though the outcome was much more
straightforward. Marissa Hallett defeated Mary Hopkin in the hot seat match, their
tenth round of the event, and then Hopkin went west where Betty Sessions eliminated her in the semifinals. Sessions had been defeated earlier by Hopkin and now had
her revenge. With the finals on hand the crowd expected fireworks, but Hallett was
quick and methodical, ending everything in one set and claiming the title.
Women’s Open Champion - Marissa
Hallett of Albuquerque, NM
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BCA Hall of Fame members Loree Jon Jones and Ewa
Mayata Laurance smile for the camera with BCA master-level instructor Randy Gottlicher at the special event,
"Challenge the Stars." This annual fundraiser benefits
the Billiard Education Foundation and give the pulic a
chance to play their favorite pocket billiard stars for
charity.
Women’s Grand Master Champion - Kristi Carter
of Waxhaw, NC
Second Chance
Capping off the singles action were second chance events for both
men and women competitors. The event offered single-elimination play
where the players could try their hand at a final hurrah. In the men’s
division Mark Church defeated Tommy Huynh in the finals for a quick
eight-round winning streak. Nearby, in the women’s division, Melinda
Hagues whizzed through seven rounds of her own to eliminate Marcia
Hanifee in the finals and take down the prize.
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Men’s and Mixed Teams
Offering three divisions of play for Men’s/Mixed Teams, a
whopping 703 teams entered the Open division, while 87 entered the
Trophy division and another 19 attempted the Masters field.
In the open field, teams “Stiix” and “Money Shot” each survived
a brutal ten rounds to reach the hot seat match. Waiting on the oneloss side were “Big Tymers,” who were sent west after their own barrage of matches. With the remaining teams all eyeing the title, action
gained pace as “Money Shot” defeated “Stiix.” Then, in rapid succession, “Stiix” eliminated “Big Tymers” to return to the finals. Although
the match was creeping towards a second set, “Money Shot” shut
them down just in time as they defeated “Stiix” again, this time to
take the title. The Trophy teams enjoyed a shorter road as “Legal
Shot” and “Old School” met in the hot seat match, their seventh of the
Men’s/Mixed Teams Masters Champions - Pourhouse
Men’s/Mixed Open Teams Champions - Money Shot
event. “Legal Shot” then headed to semifinals on the one-loss side and
were quickly dispatched by “Blues Crew,” who knocked them out on
the way to the finals. Surprising everyone, “Blues Crew” upset “Old
School,” defeating them two sets to take first place.
In the Masters division a round-robin format was used to run four
boards where the top two of each would populate the final board. One
of the round-robin boards offered stiff competition as both teams who
appeared in the hot seat match, “Pourhouse” and “209 Inc.,” came from
that board. “Team Side Pockets” attempted a comeback once on the
double-elimination board, eliminating “Shooters # 6” in the quarterfinals and then “209 Inc.” in the semifinals. Although the comeback was
impressive, many long days of play were too much to overcome and
“Pourhouse” sealed the deal to take first place.
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Women’s Open Team Champions - Thirsty Whales
Women’s Teams
Eric Yow and Semih Sayginer dazzled the crowd with
their mastery of three-cushion trick shots at a special
exhibition match. This televised event, won by Sayginer,
was judged by Ivan Lee, Bob Jewett, and Jeanette "The
Black Widow" Lee.
Women’s Master Teams Champions - NY Dolls
RESULTS
Capping off the week, three division of women’s team play were
offered and drew in 139 Open entries, 13 Master entries, and 8 Trophy team
hopefuls. In the Open division “Thirsty Whale” defeated “Bloody
Knuckles” in the hot seat match, and then “We Got Action” eliminated
“Bloody Knuckles” in the semifinals. Clearing out the event, “Thirsty
Whale” bested “We Got Action” in the finals to claim the event.
The women’s Trophy team event was short and sweet, as “Tou Can”
bested “No Balls” in the hot seat match, while “Carls Ang” were on the
road to recovery on the one-loss side. “Carls Ang” eliminated “Sassy
Class” in the quarterfinals and “No Balls” in the semifinals. “Tou Can,”
though, were well-prepared and rested and ousted “Carls Ang” to take first.
Finally, the women’s Masters team division ran in a round-robin format like the men’s, though the women’s division had two larger groups, one
with six and one with seven teams. At the hot seat match of the doubleelimination chart, “T-Bags,” who were undefeated including the roundrobin portion, met “NY Dolls,” who had only been bested in one match.
“NY Dolls” took the initiative, sending “T-Bags” west. Meanwhile, “NPLChix” crawled through the one-loss side, eliminating “Midwest Masters” in
the quarterfinals; however, they drowned as the “T-Bags” propelled themselves to the finals. With a rematch on hand, another two-set final was
expected, but “NY Dolls” were through before anyone knew what happened and their surgical play served up the first-place finish.t
To view an extensive online photo gallery of the BCA Pool
League championships, please visit www.insidepoolmag.com.
Men’s Grand Masters:
1st Jason Kirkwood - Grand Rapids, MI
2nd Edwin Montal - Alberta, Canada
3rd Ike Runnels - Hopkins Park, IL
Women’s Grand Masters:
1st Kristi Carter - Waxhaw, NC
2nd Romana Dokovic - Bronx, NY
3rd Rebecca Wagner - Las Vegas, NV
Men’s Open:
1st Gregory Kuhl - Las Vegas, NV
2nd Duane Demas - Alberta, Canada
3rd Todd Speakman - Amboy, WA
Women’s Open:
1st Marissa Hallett - Albuquerque, NM
2nd Betty Sessions - Dunwoody, GA
3rd Mary Hopkin - Richland, WA
Men’s Masters:
1st Donald Todd - Lakeland, TN
2nd Francisco Jose Diaz Pizarro - Benodorm, Spain
3rd Jeremy Smith - Clinton Twp, MI
Men’s Seniors:
1st Carl Coffee - Pueblo, CO
2nd Robert Schumacher - Portland, OR
3rd Robert Swindler - Saskatchewan, Canada
Men’s Super Seniors:
1st Rodney Thompson - Sun Lakes, AZ
2nd Ellahue O’Rear - North Little Rock, AR
3rd Robert Gawthrop - Baltimore, MD
Women’s Masters:
1st Stacie Bourbeau - Wilbraham, MA
2nd Jackie Flitcher - Springfield, OR
3rd Katrina Lyman - West Allis, WI
Women’s Seniors:
1st Tommie Keyser - Abingdon, MD
2n Nancy Kuhn - Boiling Springs, PA
3rd Sherry Griffin - Bellevue, WA
Women’s Second Chance:
1st Melinda Hagues
2nd Marcia Hanifee
Men’s Second Chance:
1st Mark Church
2nd Tommy Huynh
Men’s/Mixed Open Teams:
1st Money Shot - IL
2nd Stiix - CA
Men’s/Mixed Trophy Teams:
1st Blues Crew, GA
2nd Old School, IL
Men’s/Mixed Master Teams:
1st Pourhouse, IL
2nd Side Pockets, MO
Women’s Open Teams:
1st Thirsty Whale, OH
2nd We Got Action, UT
Women’s Trophy Teams:
1st Tou Can, FL
2nd Carls Angles, CA
Women’s Master Teams:
1st NY Dolls, NY
2nd T-Bags, Alberta, Canada
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CorrandOrcollo
CapFlawlessRunsinVegas
EnjoyPool.com9-Ballchampionscrowned,
bothundefeatedinamajor
PaulBerg
by
With a battle plan clearly at her side, Karen Corr has reminded any doubters
why she is the top money winner in the history of the EnjoyPool.com 9-Ball
Championships. Her undefeated run through an international 64-player field
surprised no one but the unsuspecting, as she was a three-time winner of this
already. In the men's division, also comprising 64 players of world renown,
Filipino champion Dennis Orcollo had the same success with his unchallenged
progress to the finals.
Run concurrently with a host of BCA Pool League events, the Billiard
Congress of America's EnjoyPool.com 9-Ball Championships were hosted by the
Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas May 13-19. It has been held since 1999,
with Corr holding the record for the most first-place finishes in its history.
W
CorrandOrcolloClaimtheHotSeatsinVegas
While Orcollo and Corr certainly earned their places in the hot seat, most of
Thursday’s play was consumed by those with one loss attempting to come through
as many as five consecutive matches to earn more than just the prestige, cash, and
shot at the title. Time in front of the television cameras is worth at least as much for
professionals, and amazing runs through the B-side were made by some of the
game’s greats. Current U.S. Open champion John Schmidt came through 4 races to
11, having lost his second round on the winners’ side to another feared Filipino,
Warren Kiamco. In succession, Schmidt tackled Earl Strickland, Satoshi Kawabata,
Ronnie Wiseman, and finally Jose “Amang” Parica. Parica took both of his losses
Thursday and is joined in a tie for fifth place with Mika Immonen. To further
explain the strength of Thursday at this event, Immonen had just ousted Francisco
Bustamante, who in turn had just come back against a long one-loss grinder wth
2006 and 2005 runner-up Johnny Archer. Archer was defeated in the first round by
Wisconsin's Larry “The Truth” Nevel and had since beaten back a host of amazing
players just to tie for ninth.
Schmidt took home fourth place in the elite field, falling short in his fifth set
of the day 11-8 to Mike Davis, setting up a rematch between Davis and Shane Van
Boening. Van Boening suffers from hearing loss but is subject to play jokes with his
hearing aid and certainly heard his heart pounding as he bested Davis. The
Fayetteville, NC-born traveler has come to rest in Maryland and has had his share
of success, most recently as part of the Mosconi Cup team. Davis went down 11-6
in an error-plagued match but earned his way back for the final three in the men’s
draw with close victories over Immonen and Schmidt.
For his part, Orcollo remained undefeated through strong opposition, toppling
pal Parica 11-8 and holding Van Boening, the BCA league players’ selection for
entry into the tournament, to a mere 6 games. The pride of Sioux Falls, SD, Van
Boening has shown the heart of a champion on many occasions throughout the
week but suffered from an inability to get shots at the 1 ball after the break … and
a problem named Orcollo. With the poise of a stalking wolf, Orcollo eyed any possible interruption to his graceful run-out play with care. He measured well at all
times and seems to have a knack for getting to the shot before the other man. All of
the Filipino hallmarks of play—between kicking for safety, spinning the ball, or
precision-breaking—exist in Orcollo as well, making him a rising fear for his
strongest Pinoy friends.
Displaying her usual
intensity, Karen Corr
roots a ball into the
pocket during her final
match with Allison
Fisher.
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Dennis Orcollo, a feared force in the
Philippines, was ecstatic to be able to take
home a trophy.
Corr was equally brilliant, holding down offensively explosive
defending champion Jasmin Ouschan 9-4. Her ability to control the
pace of the match, occasionally using safeties where many top players would attempt to run out, undid Ouschan’s early lead and seemed
to cause her to lose rhythm and miss some routine shots. This veteran
move comes from someone who has won as many titles as the
Austrian has had birthdays. That’s twenty-one, sports fans.
Ouschan earned a place in the semifinals, having dispatched
Gerda Hofstatter and Ga-Young Kim, the latter in a near comeback
win for the impressive player from Chinese Taipei. Kim was narrowly denied a hill-hill chance after trailing 7-2, and the eventual 9-7 loss
came around the same time as Schmidt’s, after nearly as long a trek.
She finished in fourth place, having deposited Atlanta’s Monica Webb
in a tie for fifth with Hofstatter in a thrilling 9-8 nail-biter.
VanBoeningGoestheDistance;
FisherPoisedtoPounceonCorr
Current U.S. Open champion John Schmidt took
fourth place out of the
elite field, falling to Mike
Davis in the quarterfinals.
After some early errors, Van Boening recovered from a 3-0
deficit facing Davis in the semifinals. Van Boening missed an unnecessarily long 7 ball in the first rack and miscued shooting the 2 ball in
the third. Davis aced those opportunities to run out and sandwiched a
smash and clear job between them in the alternate-break format to
take a commanding advantage in a set shortened for television. With
a scratch in the next game, Davis allowed Van Boening back into the
match, and the trend of pocketing the cue ball cost Davis dearly as
Van Boening capitalized on four more fouls.
Van Boening’s level of play jumped dramatically after Davis
opened the door. After Davis botched a break and run with a chance
to take back control (hooking himself for the 7 ball and amazingly
pocketing it with a two-rail kick only to catch the most brutal of his
scratches), Van Boening ran out from the break and suddenly had his
first advantage up 5-4. Davis scratched on his subsequent break and
could only watch as Van Boening expertly cleared the tight layout,
keying his work through congestion with a cross-side 4 ball bank and
taking the hill.
Davis capitalized on Van Boening’s positional error on the 8 ball
and resultant miss in the next rack to draw within a game, and then a
5 ball miss to knot the affair at 6. Van Boening would not be denied,
though, and he broke and ran out with very little need to move the cue
ball much from ball to ball in a road map pattern, dashing Davis’
hopes and relegating him to an impressive third-place finish.
Also left in third, Ouschan was similarly close to victory despite
shaky play but made too many mistakes against the unflappable
Fisher. At the outset, neither participant in this rematch of last year’s
final could muster a ball on the snap, with the first five games going
in the loss column for the breaking player and giving Fisher a 3-2
advantage. “The Duchess of Doom” finally shook that curse in the
next game, eventually finding the heart of the pocket with a cross-corner 7 ball bank to seal a winning run-out. Ouschan was able to keep
close with a long 6 ball bank of her own in the next rack that helped
her bring the score to 4-3 Fisher’s favor, but her newfound confidence
with a soft break showed in a break and run-out that padded that lead.
Ouschan showed the fire that was on display in her array of
strong victories this week, blasting the balls hard and turning her cue
ball loose in a very different style of break. The white landed with
adequate position, and Ouschan quickly worked her way to an early 9
courtesy of the nearby 5 ball and slammed it home. “The Ice
Princess” earned an equalizer in the tenth game, running out with ball
in hand after a marvelous kick-safety on the 5 ball, which Fisher was
able to kick at for contact only to scratch.
It unraveled from there for Ouschan, as her powerful break sent
two balls into pockets and one cue ball over the rail and off the table.
Fisher cleaned up to take a 6-5 lead, and despite running to a 3-9 combination from the break and missing, Ouschan got in line for a clearance
only to miss the 7 ball and allow Fisher a three-ball out for the victory.
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CorrCapturesFourthTitle;
OrcolloTakesHisFirst
The women’s final played first Saturday in the
Grand Ballroom at the Riviera, and as ESPN cameras
rolled for the first time this year on the old snooker
rivals, WPBA-ranked number-one Fisher and numbertwo Corr hit near-perfect lags to an exhilarated reaction from the crowd. Corr’s was barely better, and she
broke and ran the first rack with a break that would
carry her through the match. With the alternate-break,
one race-to-7 format in effect, Fisher broke the next
rack and looked to keep Corr in her seat but missed a
5-9 combination to allow Corr a run-out and a 2-0 lead.
When Corr scratched on her next break, Fisher quickly leveled the match, running out there and after her
own break.
It was Fisher taking her only lead after some tentative play by both champions in the next game, but a
miss on the 3 ball in the side that she had deliberated
the position for extensively put Corr back in control.
She cleared there and then broke and ran to go back up
4-3, and after Fisher missed the 1 ball in the side pocket, Corr worked defensive magic on the 5 ball to get
one game closer. Fisher rallied to great excitement
from the crowd in the next rack, splitting the pocket
with a long jump at the 1 ball and running out. With a
chance to tie the match at 5 in the next, Fisher followed
Corr’s miss of the 3 ball with one of her own on the 4.
Corr worked out the pattern from there, clearing for a
6-4 edge, and broke and ran out the next to bring the
title home.
While a major 9-ball title in Las Vegas this time
of year is old hat for “The Irish Invader,” Orcollo has
never had the chance to bring one home to his beloved
Philippines. His run through this event was spectacular, with back-to-back victories over European standouts Marcus Chamat and Niels Feijen, followed by
ousting venerable homeland greats Francisco
Bustamante and Jose Parica. For his part, Van Boening
was eager for a rematch in front of a partisan crowd.
The long support of the BCA by his pool-playing family, from his grandfather Gary Bloomberg to his champion mother Timi, was a big reason he was the BCA
players’ selection for the field, and he did not disappoint, bringing a champion’s heart and his growing
game to any doubter’s attention.
Unfortunately for Van Boening, Orcollo was not
to be denied. Failing to pocket a ball on two of his
three breaks cost the 23-year-old Sioux Falls, SD,
sharpshooter dearly, as Orcollo allowed scant opportunities after his own smashes. As the lead mounted, Van
Boening made a few unforced errors, seemingly
caught up in the chances that had already passed.
While the 7-0 result was indeed a case of a different
level of play on this day by Orcollo, the past two finals
at this event have been similarly lopsided, as momentum in a short race with alternate breaks is an avalanche of pressure to overcome.
The EnjoyPool.com 9-Ball Championships were
made possible by the BCA and a host of sponsors.
Diamond Tables, Simonis Cloth, Aramith Pro Billiard
Balls, and Tweeten Fiber Co.’s Master chalk are mainstays of the professional game and were joined in their
support by Ozonebilliards.com, PoolDawg.com, the
American Poolplayers Association, and Cuetec Cues
and their distributor Imperial International.t
Women’s defending
champion Jasmin
Ouschan, the 21-year-old
world-beater from
Austria, ended up going
home in third place this
year after a defeat by
Fisher in the semifinals.
In the quarterfinals
against Ouschan,
Ga -Young Kim
came back from a
7-2 deficit but ultimately lost 9-7.
Maryland‘s Mike Davis
put in another great
showing at this event,
earning third place after
a semifinal loss to
Shane Van Boening.
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Allison Fisher contemplates her next move as
the crowd and television
cameras are all trained
on her.
Men’sResults:
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Dennis Orcollo
Shane Van Boening
Mike Davis
John Schmidt
Jose Parica
Mika Immonen
7th Francisco Bustamante
Satoshi Kawabata
9th Ronnie Wiseman
Santos Sambajon Jr.
Johnny Archer
Marlon Manalo
13th Tony Robles
John Morra
Darren Appleton
Fabio Petroni
Shane Van Boening, the
23-year-old out of Sioux
Falls, SD, was the BCA
Pool League’s players’
selection to participate
in this event.
Women’sResults:
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Karen Corr
Allison Fisher
Jasmin Ouschan
Ga-Young Kim
Monica Webb
Gerda Hofstatter
7th Helena Thornfeldt
Miyuki Sakai
9th Xiaoting Pan
Melissa Herndon
Sarah Rousey
Akimi Kajitani
13th Shin-Mei Liu
Sarah Ellerby
Hsin Huang
Amanda Lampert
Gary Bloomberg, Van Boening’s grandfather and a
champion player in his own right, was close at hand
during the event to give his grandson support.
To view an extensive online photo gallery of the EnjoyPool.com
9-Ball Championships, please visit www.insidepoolmag.com.
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2007
Pool Table
Issue
Solid Wood
Santa Fe
Its graceful styling and clean architecture help make the
Santa Fe by DLT Billiards a true standout. Constructed of
select maple wood, its streamlined cabinet and sturdy
legs combine simplicity and beauty. The extra-wide profile rails come standard with genuine mother-of-pearl /
abalone double-diamond sights. Featuring a black /
natural two-tone finish, the Santa Fe can match virtually
any decor. Its one-inch slate comes in three pieces. The
suggested retail price for the Santa Fe is $4,395. For
ordering information, please contact DLT International at
888-782-2208,
or
visit
their
website
at
www.dltbilliards.com.
Plaza
Olhausen’s Plaza table has a unique leg style that blends
the modern of contemporary with the classic of
traditional to create a beautiful look. It is of 100%
American construction, highlighted by chrome or brass
reveals and rail sights. Available in seven- to nine-foot
models in solid oak, maple, or cherry hardwood. The
suggested retail price starts at $6,250. To order, please
contact Olhausen Billiards at 800-866-4606, or visit
www.olhausenbilliards.com to find an authorized dealer
near you.
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Contempo
The Contempo Series from CaliforniaTables.com offers a
modern twentieth-century style. Preservation on the
pecan wood finish is prolonged for many years utilizing
a polyurethane clear coat. This table is available in sevento nine-foot models with a finish of honey or cherry.
Other features include genuine mother-of-pearl inlayed
diamond sights, six-inch wide profile rails and leathershielded or fringe (aluminum casting) pockets. The precision of the Solidcore slate liner is cut to exact tolerances
to ensure a true level and a quiet game. The suggested
retail price for this table is $9,500, but it is available on
sale for $3,695. For ordering information, please contact
CaliforniaTables.com at 800-769-6826 or at their
website.
Wilderness
Madison
The distinctive Wilderness Madison billiard table from
Drawknife Billiards features naturally distressed lodgepole pine legs and a trestle base including hand-scribed
spruce Y’s. The rails, aprons, and body are also trimmed
in pine. All tables include leather pockets and three-piece,
one-inch slate and are built in seven- to nine-foot sizes
conform to the specifications of the Billiard Congress of
America. To order, please contact Drawknife Billiards at
800-320-0527, or log onto www.drawknife.com.
Cochise
Connelly Billiards has taken its popular two tone finish
and “kicked it up a notch” in its solid wood table
category. The Cochise model, which features a solidwood, raised panel design on its cabinet and legs, takes on
a whole new look when presented in two-tone. The
Cochise is part of Connelly’s Plateau Collection, which
offers performance features such as Rapid Rail,
Connelly’s exclusive four-rail bolt system with its
British-bred ICON cushion, 1.25-inch slate, and it is
available in all sizes. The suggested retail price
is $4,995. For ordering information, visit
www.connellybilliards.com, or call 800-861-8619
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Carved
St. George
The St. George by Olhausen is a majestic table with a
Spanish flair. The finish is Heritage Cherry on maple. The
rail sights featured are diamond-shaped genuine motherof-pearl. Original Italian Slate® and Accu-Fast®
cushions are standard. Available in solid oak, maple,
cherry, and a variety of specialty woods as an option; this
elegant table comes in eight- to nine-foot models. The
suggested retail price starts at $9625. For ordering
information, please contact Olhausen Billiards at
800-866-4606, or visit www.olhausenbilliards.com for an
authorized dealer near you.
Columbia
The Columbia is one of DLT Billiards’ finest examples of
beauty and functionality combined. Lively details are
meticulously shown on the double-arch frame and the
hand-carved blind rails. Made of hardrock maple, the
Columbia offers fine hand-rubbed teak or cherry finish;
abalone / genuine mother-of-pearl double-diamond
sights; one-inch, three-piece slate; and Uni-Frame construction. The suggested retail price for the Columbia is
$7,995. To order, please contact DLT International at
888-782-2208,
or
visit
their
website
at
Commercial
Diamond
Smart Table
The Smart Table by Diamond Billiard Products, Inc. has
a one-inch, one-piece slate design with a new state-ofthe-art leveling system. Standard features include a burnand dent-resistant dymondwood tabletop, bi-level
pockets mounted flush to the top rails, and Tournament
Blue Simonis 860 cloth. All Smart Tables are now
available with four and a half-inch Pro-Cut pockets and a
variety of dymondwood colors in seven- to nine-foot
models. Most importantly this is the only coin-operated
table in the world that utilizes a real cue ball. For
ordering information, contact Diamond Billiard Products,
Inc.
at
812-288-7665,
or
log
onto
www.diamondbilliardproducts.com.
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Laminates
Reno
The Reno is the perfect starter table for a young family
just dipping their toes in the game of pool. Available in
Garden Oak and Cherry laminates, this table is of a
simple and clean design with a reasonable price tag. Solid
Northern red oak or solid birch rails, coupled with
American craftsmanship, add to the beauty and
playability of this table for years to come. The Reno is
available in six- to eight-foot models, and the suggested
retail price begins at $2,675. For ordering information,
please contact Olhausen Billiards at 800-866-4606, or
visit www.olhausenbilliards.com for an authorized dealer
near you.
Veneers
Philip
An arched maple veneer cabinet with the simple beauty
of a Royal Queen Anne leg gives the Philip from DLT
Billiards a nice prominence in anyone’s gameroom. The
solid wood rails are decorated with mother-of-pearl /
abalone double-diamond sights. The Uni-Frame support
structure, which is below the solid-core board, offers
style and support. The Philip is available in cherry or
honey stains, and its one-inch slate comes in three pieces.
The suggested retail price for the Philip is $2,995. For
ordering information, please contact DLT International at
888-782-2208,
or
visit
their
website
at
Vanderbilt
The Vanderbilt table from ABC Billiards features an
elegant two-tone finish applied on a classic design,
making this a perfect table to enhance any home or
gameroom. Mahogany or honey finish is also available.
The suggested retail price of this table is $2,500. To
order,
please
contact
ABC
Billiards
at
www.americanbilliardsmfg.com, or call them at 714-7922838
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Speciality
Modena
By Armand Billiards Group, the new Modena was
inspired by the tradition of Italian styling that features
elegant, clean lines with carved tapered legs and carved
blinds. One of the unique features of this table is the
walnut burl rails with inlaid mother-of-pearl and abalone
sights. Built with bolt-together, metal-to-metal
construction, a double main beam with interlocking support beams that ensure structural integrity for generations
of active use, the table’s playability and performance are
enhanced by the use of diamond-honed, ISO-certified,
oversized one-inch framed slate. It is available in
cinnamon, honey, maple, and mahogany stains. The
suggested retail price is $2,995 with a lifetime guarantee.
For ordering information, please contact Armand
Billiards Group at 417-258-2300, or log onto
www.armandbilliards.com. Dealer inquiries only.
Budweiser®
Manufactured for Ace Product Management Group, Inc.
by Olhausen Billiards, this officially licensed
Budweiser® table definitely makes a statement and is a
great addition to the Budweiser line. Custom graphics are
screened onto durable matte black laminate. This table
includes embossed black leather pockets, solid wood
rails, and three-piece diamond-honed slate. It is available
in seven- and eight-foot models. The suggested retail
price is $2,795 (custom billiard cloth sold separately).
Available to all dealers. For more information, please call
800-294-9007, or visit www.BrandedProducts.com.
Laguna
The Laguna Outdoor Pool Table by CaliforniaTables.com
is constructed from the strongest marine-reinforced fiberglass, ensuring all-weather protection for any application.
Known for its strength, durability, and resistance to denting, reinforced fiberglass is the same material used in the
manufacturing of some yachts, sailing boats, and other
sea vessels. The finishes are guaranteed to repel the
severest of weather. The surface consists of three oneinch oversized slates that are matched and diamondhoned for a perfect playing surface that meets or exceeds
BCA specifications. For outdoor applications, they use
SUNBRELLA marine fabric. This table is available in an
eight-foot model. The suggested retail price is $10,000,
but it is available currently for $3,295. To order, call
800-769-6826, or log onto www.CaliforniaTables.com.
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Chamberlin
The Chamberlin by DLT Billiards is perfect for homes
without the needs of a dedicated gameroom.
Hand-rubbed in teak finish, this multi-function game
table features a pool, poker and dining table all in one.
The solid pool table features mother-of-pearl diamond
sights, genuine leather liner-buckets with pre-felted
high-density play bed. The solid oak / oak veneer table
top features a poker game on one side with eight chip
slots and stainless steel cup holders. Flip over the top and
get an elegant dining table. The suggested retail price is
$2,195. For ordering information, please contact DLT
International at 888-782-2208, or visit their website at
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M
by InsidePool Staff
More than $300,000 in cash and prizes was awarded to American
Poolplayers Association (APA) members at the APA National Singles
Championships, held April 26-28 in Las Vegas at the Riviera Hotel
and Casino. The National Singles Championships consisted of both
the 8-Ball Classic and 9-Ball Shootout Singles Championships and
the Jack & Jill Doubles Championship.
The final round of the 9-Ball Shootout featured three championship matches, one for each skill level tier, with two shooters in
each match competing for $10,000 in cash and prizes. The finals of
the Green Tier (Skill Levels 1-3) pitted Brenda DuMont of
Wyandotte, MI, against Susan Cherkowsky of Lakeland, FL, and
Cherkowsky took the match 25-15 for the championship.
Cherkowsky advanced to the finals after a semifinal-round victory
over Michael Cabellero of Bayonne, NJ, while DuMont advanced to
the finals after defeating Yvonne McCrory of Huntsville, AL.
After defeating Edward Conklin of Bayonne, NJ, in the semifinal round, Karl Lavergne of Kenosha, WI, bested Joey Scalzi of
Myrtle Beach, SC, 46-17 in the finals of the White Tier (Skill Levels
4-5) for the championship. Scalzi advanced to the finals by defeating
Stacey Eason of Jonesboro, AR.
The finals of the Black Tier (Skill Levels 6-9) featured Jose
Garcia of San Antonio, TX, against Jerry Lin of Northridge, CA.
Garcia defeated Lin 55-58 (Lin needed 75 points to win based on
skill level). Lin advanced to the finals after defeating James Johnson
of Utica, NY, in the semifinals, while Garcia advanced after a victory Tim Carns of Jacksonville, FL.
Jada Monroe, Blue Tier
winner
Diane Romano, Yellow Tier
winner
Jeff Sergent, Purple Tier
winner
Jose Garcia, Black Tier
winner
Susan Cherkowsky, Green
Tier winner
Karl Lavergne, White Tier
winner
Each of the three champions received a prize package worth
$10,000. Runners-up in each tier took home a prize package worth
$5,000. Nearly 13,000 amateur shooters attempted to qualify for the
2007 APA 9-Ball Shootout Singles Championship in their local
league area. More than 1,800 pool players made it to the regional
level of the 9-Ball Shootout before the field was whittled down to
145 men and women competing for 9-ball crowns in each of three
skill level tiers.
More than 33,000 shooters attempted to qualify for the 2007 8Ball Classic. Nearly 4,800 pool players made it to the regional level
before the field was narrowed to 362 men and women competing for
8-ball crowns in each of three skill level tiers. In the finals of the 8Ball Classic, three champions each took home a prize package worth
$15,000 for their performances.
In the Blue Tier (Skill Levels 2-3) of the 8-Ball Classic, it was
Jada Monroe of Accokeek, MD, defeating Diane Pizzato of
Wheeling, IL, 3-0 in the final match. Monroe eliminated Doris
Conerly of Kentwood, LA, in the semifinals to advance, while
Pizzato defeated Aimee Marlar of Nashville, TN.
The finals of the Yellow Tier (Skill Levels 4-5) saw Diane
Romano of Orlando, FL, defeat Scott Abbott of Kentwood, LA, 3-2
in the finals. Romano advanced to the finals by besting Wendell Cox
of Oklahoma City earlier in the day in the semifinal round, and
Abbott defeated Austin Ouellette of Bristol, CT, in the semifinals.
The finals of the Purple Tier (Skill Levels 6-7) pitted Kevin
Adams of Chicago, IL, against Jeff Sergent of Joliet, IL, and Sergent
scored a 5-3 victory over Adams. Adams defeated Jim Bogie of
Clark, NJ, in the semifinal round, while Sergent advanced after ousting Scott Morgan of Peoria, IL.
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APA Recognizes
Top League Operators
Jerry Lin, Black Tier
runner-up
Brenda DuMont, Green
Tier runner-up
Joey Scalzi, White Tier
runner-up
Diane Pizzato, Blue Tier
runner-up
Kevin Adams, Purple
Tier runner-up
Scott Abbott, Yellow Tier
runner-up
First-place winners received cash and prizes worth $15,000. Each runner-up received cash
and prizes worth $9,000.
In the annual Jack & Jill Doubles Championship, held in the MiniMania Room during the
Singles Championships, Charles Barringer and Jamie Swisher-Gibbs of Yorktown, VA, defeated
Thomas Johnson and Heather Denham of Nashville, TN. Barringer and Swisher-Gibbs took
home $5,000, while Johnson and Denham received $3,000 as runners-up.
Sportsmanship awards were presented to Kato Lin of Chatsworth, CA, and David Fritz of
Mountain City, TN, for their outstanding conduct throughout their matches in the 9-Ball Shootout
and 8-Ball Classic, respectively.
Jamie Swisher-Gibbs and Charles
Barringer, first-place winners in the Jack
& Jill Doubles Championship
Heather Denham and Thomas Johnson,
second-place winners in the Jack & Jill
Doubles Championship
T
The APA also recognized four of their
top franchisees with League Operator
of the Year awards during the APA
Annual Convention in late April in
Las Vegas. The four were selected
from a group of more than 250 league
operators throughout North America,
with one league operator being selected for each market size.
In the Rural Market division,
Larry and Michelle Nicholson of
Killeen, TX, were honored for their
performance during the past year.
Bruce Bates of Charleston, SC, was
the top league operator in the Middle
Market. In the Major Market, John
and Pauline Ostro of Lisbon Falls,
ME, were selected. Terry and Valerie
Justice from Baltimore, MD, were
awarded League Operators of the Year
in the Major Metro Market.
The APA awards a number of
league operators each year for their
accomplishments in running their
league area. Those selected League
Operator of the Year receive a check
for $1,000 and a trophy.
In addition to recognizing the
League Operators of the Year, the
APA also awarded the Rookie and
Journeyman of the Year awards.
Larry and Cindy Herrington of
Macon, GA, received the Rookie of
the Year Award, and Vicki and Carol
Wade of Orange County, CA,
received the Journeyman of the Year
Award. The Journeyman of the Year
is presented to a league operator who
is no longer a rookie but not yet eligible to receive the League Operator of
the Year award.
To view an extensive online photo gallery of the APA national
singles championship, please visit www.insidepoolmag.com.
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BY FRED AGNIR
CUE MAKER’S CORNER
Jeff Olney
Knowing His Destiny
Destiny is the culmination of a series of events. Put the events together, and the result is what it is.
If you have an idea or a plan of action when these events happen, you can choose your destiny. It’s just
a matter of knowing what you want, recognizing the opportunities that come up, and knowing what to do
with those opportunities. For Jeff Olney, he knew he wanted to become a cue maker, he got the
opportunity, and he knew what he had to do to fulfill his destiny.
Jeff Olney was born in Boone, IA, in 1956. Apart from living in
San Diego, CA, and in Hawaii while in the Navy, Jeff has lived
the rest of his life in his hometown. He was introduced to pool
in his teens playing in a poolroom where the majority of the
players were older. While in the Navy, he played pool at the
Billiard Tavern in downtown San Diego.
J
Studying, Not Collecting
His love of custom cues is a unique story. While in Naval
boot camp in Great Lakes, IL, in 1978, Jeff purchased his first
cue, an Adam Cue. He liked the Adam Cues so much that he
bought two of them for his first cue purchase. When he arrived
in San Diego, he noticed the fancy-looking cues that many players were using. California poolrooms in the late ‘70s were filled
with cues from Ginacue and Tad Kohara. So Jeff started buying
these cues, not because he wanted to collect them but rather to
see and feel how they played. “I just liked cues,” Jeff said. “I
was buying a few cues here and a few cues there. I wasn’t a big
collector, buy maybe one at a time. I had about twenty cues. I
liked to test different cues out to see why they played like they
did. I kind of knew why they played the way they did, so maybe
that’s why I ended up making my own the way I wanted
them made.”
photo courtesy of Joe Koontz
A close-up of the
veneered point work
of an Olney cue.
He owned cues from the likes of Gus Szamboti, Richard
Black, and Burton Spain. And between the late ‘70s and late
‘80’s, a pool player buying so many high-end cues for the purpose of seeing what made them tick was rare. Nobody gave him
flack about buying so many cues, however. “I was just trying to
get one that I really, really liked,” explained Olney.
“I knw what I wanted before I made them,” says Jeff.
“Some of the cues I had owned had too much flex, while some
of them were too stiff. In those days, a lot of the cues’ butts were
too wide. So I make a cue that has a medium flex and a
thinner butt.”
photo courtesy of Chris Grader
R
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The Navy Pays the Way
In 1992, the Navy had an early retirement plan that was
offered to Jeff. The plan included a monetary buyout, which Jeff
took at the age of 36. He moved back to Boone and purchased two
precision lathes. “I just knew that I had to have a precision lathe to
make cues,” said Jeff. “And I just knew that I needed to have two
lathes, minimum. If I had to reset one lathe each time, I would just
lose a lot of time.”
He didn’t have help from any other cue maker, so he spent the
first year learning by trial and error. He admits to going at it blind,
but learning a lot in the first couple of years. “My biggest challenge
was to make my taper bar,” recalled Olney. “I probably spent two
months, filing a little here and filing a little there. Once I got it, it
was done and I didn’t have to worry about it.” Because he was
known in the local pool community playing in the poolrooms and
Above: Birdseye maple, ebony, stainless steel, and
sharp inlays.
Left: Six examples of Olney butt sleeves.
Below: The sharp veneered points of an Olney cue.
above photo courtesy of Joe Koontz
pool leagues, Jeff never had a shortage for customers. Due to the
early success, he never had to hold a second job to feed himself. He
also didn’t do the repair route as other cue makers have, preferring
to put his efforts into making the cues and not having to
repair them.
His early cues were made from the traditional materials of the
time. He developed his standard joint configuration using a 3/8ths10 pin and a slightly undersized formed thread in the shaft, as
opposed to cut threads. The result was a tighter-than-normal compression fit, a feel that Jeff’s customers have highly praised. In his
first year, he was making plain cues using cocobolo, maple, ebony,
and pau ferro. For inlays, he used mother-of-pearl and abalone. He
also built a spray booth to finish his cues using a two-part automotive clear coat.
He figured out a way to put V-spliced points in his cues using
a router on his lathe after about a year and a half into his cue-making. “I have no idea how anyone else makes points,” shared Jeff.
“The idea just came to me one day, and I didn’t know if it would
work. I bought a ninety-degree cutter, mounted it, and offset the
taper bar and it worked fine!”
Unlike other cue makers who started by making four-point
cues, Jeff’s first pronged cues had six points with a look reminiscent of South West Cues. “My basic cue is a six-point cue. My cues
may look a little like the South West style, but it was really by accident,” said Olney. “The cutter I was using, I could only get so wide.
I couldn’t get the width I wanted for a four-point cue to look right,
so a six-point was really the way to go.”
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Keeping with Tradition
Today, Jeff Olney makes about 50 cues a year. He continues to make traditional, spliced cues, with a minimal
number of inlay patterns. Although he is highly appreciative
of the fancy cues from the likes of Ernie Gutierrez, he has
no intentions to tool up his shop to make those types of
cues. He generally keeps with a handful of
traditional
woods and inlay materials. For the future, he doesn’t see
changing what he’s doing. His cues’ popularity has built a
three-year waiting list, a fact that is both a blessing and a
curse. His pool-playing days are long behind him, other
than hitting a few balls here and there to test his cues. He
has guaranteed business but is confined to his shop for over
80 hours a week. “I’ll tell customers that it will take a couple years before I start on their cue, but a lot of them will
call back in two weeks to see how I’m doing on it,”
said Jeff.
Although the majority of his cues were sold locally in
his first few years, over 75% of his cues today are sold outside of his area. Jeff has also built a cue website with help
from his girlfriend Cindy. Although he’s had it up since
2001, Jeff says he has never sold a cue through that site. If
time permits, Jeff will make an extra cue in the lot that he’s
working on, but these extra cues don’t last long, usually
selling before they’re completed. “I’m trying my best to get
some cues up there, but I haven’t gotten one up there yet,”
Jeff said. “But people can get my number from the site.”
Jeff Olney is in an enviable position. He was intrigued
with making cues early in life and knew that he wanted to
be a cue maker if the opportunity arose. The Navy provided
the opportunity, and Jeff dove in full tilt. His intuition as to
what needed to be done and how he would accomplish those
tasks brought him success early, and he’s never looked back.
In short, it was Jeff Olney’s destiny to become a cue maker.
Cue maker Jeff Olney poses for a picture
in front of one of his precision lathes.
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What s New
01
02
RoundRack
RoundRack is a new billiards rack company
trying to infuse both fun and entertainment into
a century-old game with two words: choice and
challenge. Their invention is a bi-circular rack
designed to give equal ball distribution on the
break. Start with their traditional games, as well
as newly invented Wildside games, and add
with the possibility of creating more. Starting at
$19.99, RoundRack can be found at
www.roundrack.com or by calling
888-396-4128. RoundRack is proudly made in
the USA.
04
What s New
Predator Air Jump Cue
Introducing Predator Air: Can
you handle the height? The firstever jump cue by Predator
features advanced front-end
technology and the unparalleled
flexibility of three-piece construction. Shots that were once
impossible to pocket are now
just another step—or another
leap—on the road to victory. For
more information, please log
onto www.predatorcues.com/air.
03
Genesis Interactive
Point. Click. Create. McDermott unleashes Genesis Interactive,
giving you the power to design your own cue online.
McDermott starts you out with a blank cue as your canvas, and
you choose from 17 paint / stain options, 19 wraps with 5
leather options, points, graphics, weight, shaft size, and the list
goes on. Over 2.5 million options at your fingertips guarantee
your cue is truly a McDermott original and built to
McDermott’s standards. Stop by a McDermott Authorized
Dealer, call 800-666-2283, or visit www.mcdermottcue.com to
start building your cue, your way.
John Deere® Table
Nothing Runs Like a Deere! Manufactured for Ace
Product Management Group, Inc. by Olhausen Billiards,
this officially licensed John Deere® table features
durable matte black laminate panels screened with custom John Deere graphics. The table also includes
embossed black leather pockets, solid wood rails, and
three-piece diamond-honed slate. The suggested retail is
$2,995 (custom billiard cloth sold separately). Available
to all dealers. For more information, please call
800-294-9007, or visit www.BrandedProducts.com.
05
Predator Blak Series
When making your mark, make it Blak. Introducing
Predator Blak. Made entirely of Ebony with metal
butt caps and Micarta inlays, Blak will never be
mistaken for anything else. And with advanced
Predator engineering—a ten-piece shaft for
unmatched consistency and C4 technology reinforced with phenolic to cut down on vibration—
you'll never be mistaken for an amateur. For more
information, please visit www.predatorcues.com.
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On Board With the BCA
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by Rob Johnson, BCA Executive Director
BCA to Enhance
Membership Services
and Initiatives
Back in March of this year, the Billiard
Congress of America (BCA) announced its
partnership with Atlanta-based Meeting
Expectations (ME!), a strategic consulting
firm that specializes in providing services to
national trade associations. We also
announced plans to relocate the national
BCA office to Denver in May to take advantage of the convenience offered by the
Denver International Airport hub for regular
meetings of the BCA national directors.
By addressing our membership’s desire
for the organization to emphasize enhanced
marketing, research, and strategic business
improvement services, the new BCA team
has been assembled to better meet the needs
of our members and the industry in general.
With that, I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce you to the team.
KARL KIRSCH, CAE, BCA Managing
Director – Karl has been with Meeting
Expectations since 2002, leading client
teams into successful execution of association objectives. Through his interactions
directly with client boards and senior leadership, he leverages 20+ years of experience in
association management to help organizations increase membership and maximize
return on investment. Karl holds a Bachelor
of Science degree in engineering from the
State University of New York in Buffalo and
a Master of Science in technology management from the Stetson School of Business at
Mercer University. In addition, Karl holds
the Certified Association Executive (CAE)
designation through the American Society of
Association Executives. Karl is based in
Atlanta and can be reached at [email protected].
ROBIN E. DAHLEN, BCA Associate
Managing Director - Robin has been a
member of the Meeting Expectations team
since 2003. In her role with the ME!
Association Management Business Unit,
Robin is responsible for a variety of association client functions, including communications and marketing, electronic and print
publishing, public and media relations,
strategic planning, and membership development. Robin has over 10 years of experience
in association management and holds a
Bachelor of Arts degree in communications
from Florida State University. She is also a
member of the Georgia Society of
Association Executives and the American
Society of Association Executives. Robin is
based in Atlanta and can be reached at
[email protected].
CAROLYN LEWIS, BCA Director of
Trade Services and Development –
Carolyn is a familiar name on the BCA team,
as she has been with the BCA since early
2000 and has served in a variety of roles
from membership management to tradeshow
development. Prior to joining the BCA, she
served five years in the Air Force with duty
stations at RAF Lakenheath, England, and
the Pentagon. From there, she ventured into
the golf industry in Carlsbad, California.
Carolyn holds a degree in Marketing from
Regis University, as well as the designation
of Certified in Exhibition Management
(CEM) through the International Association
of Exhibition Managers. Carolyn is based in
Denver and can be reached at [email protected].
TRISH SEEBOHM, BCA Marketing
Director – Trish has over five years of experience in marketing and promotions by way
of various positions held with such organizations as the University of Hawaii; Colorado
State University; the Budweiser Events
Center in Loveland, CO; Drake University;
and the Broomfield Event Center in
Broomfield, CO. In addition, she holds a
Bachelor of Science degree in business
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administration from Colorado State University. Trish is based in
Denver and can be reached at [email protected].
KATIE NICHOLSON, BCA Association Coordinator – Katie
is one of the newest members of the ME! team and joins us after
serving as the assistant to the chief of staff for U.S. Representative
Ander Crenshaw in Washington, D.C. In addition, she holds
Bachelor of Arts degrees in art history as well as communications
and public affairs from Southern Methodist University. Katie is
based in Atlanta and can be reached at [email protected].
KARI FREELAND, BCA Membership Coordinator – Another
new face on the ME! team, Kari is a recent graduate of Valdosta
State University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in
fine arts. While in school, Kari worked as a senior event coordina-
tor in the office of event services at Valdosta State. She has participated in several internships focused on sales and marketing, as
well as customer service and client relations. Kari is based in
Atlanta and can be reached at [email protected].
I am extremely pleased with the breadth of knowledge and
experience on the BCA team, and I look forward to working with
these individuals to bolster marketing-enhanced services, such as
information on consumer attitudes and opinions relative to the billiard industry, trends within the industry, business improvement
tips and seminars, and consumer-marketing programs.
Stay tuned for more exciting announcements about the future
of the BCA, and be sure to visit the BCA website at www.bcapool.com often for the latest and greatest updates.
INDUSTRYNEWS
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SARAH ELLERBY PARTNERS WITH
INSIDE POOL MAGAZINE
Inside Pool Magazine is pleased to announce an exciting partnership with Sarah Ellerby for online media content. Sarah Ellerby is currently ranked seventh on the WPBA Tour and has won over 80 titles in
English 8-ball.
Sarah will be available for scheduled live online chat sessions, a
Q&A section and an exclusive forum. The live online chat session is
scheduled for mid-June, 2007. The Q&A page is active, and Sarah is
expected to submit content shortly.
The industry knows Sarah as a WPBA player, but off the table
Sarah owns a sports entertainment and consulting company, and her
long-term goal is to grow our sport and elevate the marketing value.
Sarah hopes the deal will expand her fan base and will give fans an
exclusive up-close and personal look inside her world.
“Our industry is very fortunate to be supported by great media partners, and Inside Pool Magazine captured my interest. I feel that their
approach to the promotional and marketing mix of our sport best fit with
my own strategy. I commend them for their online content and creativeness when it comes to website design.”
Inside POOL Magazine publisher J.R. Calvert had this to say about
the recent partnership: "We're very excited about the deal with Sarah
Ellerby and expect great things for both parties. We know Sarah has a
large existing fan base. We also know that most fans never make it to a
professional tournament. We think that our visitors are going enjoy
interacting with her in real time like they've never done before."
Visit InsidePOOLmag.com for the launch of the online forum,
Q&A, and LIVE Chat sessions.
VIKING CUE 9-BALL TOUR EXPANDS
JUNIOR BILLIARDS TOUR PROGRAM
The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour, the largest and longest-running open
regional tour in the U.S., with over $90,000 in added prize money each
year, announced today an expansion to the Viking Cue Junior 9-Ball
Tour and has now added additional events to its schedule for junior
players wishing to qualify for the BEF Junior Nationals.
Barry Hart, vice president of Viking Cues Mfg., Inc., stated,
“Viking Cues has always supported junior programs through out the
country and is proud to be associated with Mike Janis and the Viking
Nine-Ball tour. Viking believes investing with juniors is the future of
pool.”
Mike Janis, the founder of the Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour, added,
“Having the junior players at the Viking Tour events has been an
extreme pleasure. Everyone enjoys watching the fresh new talent at our
events. The junior players are the future of our great sport, and we hope
to encourage many young players to become regular participants. Our
plans for the 2008 season will be to add up to fifty Viking Cue Junior
Nine-Ball Tour events to our schedule, with all of them being qualifiers
for the 2008 BEF Junior Nationals.”
The Viking Cue Junior 9-Ball Tour caters to all players in four
divisions (19 & under boys, 14 & under boys, 19 & under girls, and 14
& under girls). It is sanctioned by the Billiard Education Foundation
(BEF). All events are qualifiers for the BEF's Junior National 9-Ball
Championships, into which each winner will receive an entry.
For additional information about the Billiard Education
Foundation (BEF), please visit their website at http://www.billiardeducation.org.
Players interested in participating in the events should contact
Mike Janis by e-mail at [email protected] or just come and play
at any of the Viking Cue Junior 9-Ball Tour events. For the full Viking
Cue 9-Ball Tours schedule of events, please visit their website at
http://www.vikingcue.com/pages/9ball/2007tour.html.
INDUSTRY NEWS
SHELTI, INC. EXPANDING
ILLINOIS SALES FORCE
Sarah Ellerby is one of the marketable professional pool players in
the World. Sarah has won over 80 titles in English 8-ball before coming
to the USA. She continues to promote pool through her corporate partners, appearing and demonstrating at the request of companies such as,
Motorola, Monsanto and The Ginn Company. Currently ranked seventh
on the WPBA (Women’s Professional Billiard Association) Tour, Sarah
has not only reformed her game but also her body and physical fitness.
Losing over 95 pounds, Sarah hopes touch others with her success story
and passion to be the best you can be. Sarah has partnerships with
Farouk Systems and Puma. For more information visit
www.sarah-ellerby.com.
Shelti, Inc. proudly announced the addition of Kay Reissig to
their corporate sales team. Ms. Reissig joins the team as the North
America Sales Manager and will be representing the company’s coin
product line, which includes one-piece slate coin and dollar-bill-operated pool tables, coin foosball, and the electronic Shelti EyeÇ dart
game. Reissig is also available to consult on home retail products and
can be reached directly at her Illinois office at 847-627-0552.
A native of Bay City, MI, Ms. Reissig comes to Shelti with over
20 years in sales. “I’m very excited about this opportunity with Shelti.
My mission is to assist Shelti with the growth of their business, which
will, in turn, provide additional job opportunities in my hometown of
Bay City, Michigan. I am thrilled to be a part of such a highly respected team in this industry,” she commented.
Shelti, Inc. is an aggressive U.S. manufacture in the game table
industry. People behind it are all industry veterans. The company does
its own design and engineering and much of its own woodworking,
cabinetry assembly, packaging, and shipping. Shelti’s management
team is an assembly of some of the most highly respected, thoroughly
experienced table game experts. For more information, call 877-8931739, extension 224, or visit their website at www.shelti.com.
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TIGER CUES
WELCOMES NEW TEAM MEMBER
Top-performing American player and WPBA rising star, Pamela
Treadway has joined the Tiger Products team as Tiger Cues’ WPBA
player representative. The 19-year old Temperance, MI, resident
joins forces with elite players on Tigers’ staff such as Shawn Putnam
and Larry Nevel. Pamela commented, “I have complete confidence
in the entire line of Tiger Products. They consistently produce the
best equipment on the market, and I know I can always depend on
Tiger craftsmanship.”
“We are deeply honored to have such a talented young lady on
our pro staff. Pamela is certainly one to watch for, and we believe she
will represent Tiger with great poise and integrity,” said Corey
Harper, Tigers’ marketing and sales manager.
Some of Pamela’s career highlights include:
• Two-time (2005 and 2006) Tiger Tour season champion (with a
dominant record of 15 wins out of 20 events)
• Two-time Valley Forge women’s 9-ball champion (also
youngest player ever to win at 17 years old)
• Valley Forge women’s 8-ball champion.
• ESPN-televised fourth-place finish at the WPBA U.S. Open
• Seventh-place finish at the WPBA Enjoypool.com 9-Ball
Championships
• Seventh-place finish at the WPBA Midwest Classic
• Fifth-place finish BCA Junior National Championships (age 15)
MCDERMOTT HANDCRAFTED CUES
INTRODUCES THE I-SHAFT
PLUS WITH ISOLATOR™
TECHNOLOGY
ATTENTION POOL PLAYERS:
Are you tired of playing pool at your local league bars on
worn-out, faulty pool tables? Diamond Billiard Products has a
plan to get Smart Tables into your location: The No Excuse
Program.
“We have special financing plans for vendor/operators,
bar/room owner, and league operators,” said Brian Miller, director of sales of Diamond Billiard Products, Inc.
“There is no excuse for not playing on good equipment.
Our first priority is to work through vendor/operators, as they
are currently set up to work with the locations that have pool
tables installed for league play. The next priority is the bar/tavern owner, where the tables are being placed. If neither the vendor/operators nor bar/tavern owners are interested, then we will
work with the amateur pool league operators (any league) to
place tables in suitable locations.”
To learn about the details of this exciting new program,
contact Diamond Billiard Products at 812-288-7665.
INDUSTRY NEWS
McDermott Handcrafted Cues has announced the introduction of the Intimidator I-Shaft Plus with The Isolator™ Vibration
Dampening Technology. The Isolator™ dampens vibration significantly, according to player testing.
“The increasing need for greater control has led us to the
development of the Isolator™ technology,” said Larry Liebl,
vice president of manufacturing. “Our engineers are excited
about the results they have seen.”
The Isolator™ is a vibration dampener with a unique
design that solidifies the shaft core by effectively filling all voids
and air spaces. Reducing shaft vibrations gives the player greater
stability. The Isolator™ technology makes for one of the most
stable shafts on the market. The same player, with the same
stroke, is able to enhance their performance dramatically. “Once
again, McDermott engineering has raised the bar in achieving
optimum performance in the billiard industry,” said Claude
Napier, president and CEO of McDermott.
The I-Shaft Plus with the Isolator™ vibration dampening
technology is available April 13, 2007, at authorized McDermott
dealers across the country and in 45 countries around the world.
For further information about McDermott Handcrafted Cues,
please visit our website at www.mcdermottcue.com.
Pamela currently participates as an invitee on the Women’s
Professional Billiards Association Classic Tour and is working
towards her full-time tour card.
Established in Canoga Park, CA, in 1988, Tiger Products joined
the billiards industry in 1997 and is now the leading U.S. manufacturer of specialty laminated billiards products, cues, and accessories.
For more information on their products, visit their website at
http://www.tigerproducts.com.
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We’re Even.
Once upon a time, I went to college. Whilst I attended college,
I picked up the wonderful game of billiards. I was young and
high-minded back then, so I decided to “give back” to billiards
by putting on a pool tournament.
O
I had expected sixteen or so players. Instead, a hundred and
eight signed up to play. The tournament took about a week and
a half, with players coordinating match times with each other.
The semifinals and finals were held on
the last night in front of a respectable
crowd. Overall, the event was a success
and I looked forward to holding the
tournament again the next year.
When I got back to my room, there
was an e-mail from the third-place finisher, a Japanese exchange student,
waiting for me. It was a long, incoherent
message (in English) which detailed his
depression at getting third place in the
tournament. He signed off his e-mail
with an apology for his incoherence
“because I am now heavily drunk.” I
tapped out a standard Hallmark reply:
You’ll do better next time, don’t give
up, lay off the alcohol (hypocrisy, I
know), life is more than just pool (more
hypocrisy), etc.
His smiled dropped for a minuscule moment, but was back
to high beams again as he said proudly, “I pool player now. I
play for money. I hustler.”
“I pool player
now.
I play
for
money.
“You—play pool—for a living?”
“Yes!”
“Whoa! That’s awesome!”
The grin dropped again and he
became serious. “You remember pool
tournament in college?”
“Yes, you got third.”
“I so depressed, I thought I am so
good! Should win easy! I lose and
next day I practice. I practice more
and more. I almost not graduate. I
play more and more. I go on road. I
gamble. I lose money I win money. I
play all the time, keep try to get better. I go home to Japan, work in pool
hall, and keep playing to become professional. I go home again
in few weeks, try to become professional again.”
I hustler.”
Next year, StarCraft arrived. StarCraft was a real-time strategy computer game that allowed players to play alongside each
other via the Internet. Interest in pool died as more students
became addicted to “StarCrack.” Eventually, I was the only person playing pool on a regular basis, where before there were
over a hundred. I did not hold the pool tournament again
because of lack of interest.
A few years after I had graduated, I ran into the Japanese
exchange student at a pool hall during a weekly tournament. It
was a handicapped tournament, and I met him in the quarterfinals. The handicap I got from him was “ten minus two,” meaning he had to go to ten games, and I had to go to whatever my
handicap was minus two games. I was only a four, so he had win
ten games—before I won two. Sweet.
I immediately noticed that he played many, many levels
higher than I remembered. By “immediately” I mean a halfhour. I didn’t win a single game (this is a disturbingly regular
feature in my pool life, you may have noticed).
As he shook my hand, I couldn’t help but say, “Damn. You
got good!”
He smiled a huge smile, which made his eyes all but disappear, and said, “I play lots now.”
“I’ll bet you do,” I said. “How do you find the time to
play?”
“Wow. That’s—amazing.” There was a pause as I
processed all this information and tried to picture his life as a
full-time pool player for the last few years.
He high-beamed his smile again. “You ruin my life!”
Yikes.
“Oh my gosh, I am so sorry.” I could hardly imagine something so small and seemingly insignificant as a race-to-three
collegiate eight-ball tournament for amateurs who used claw
bridges and cue gloves on the wrong hand could have such lifechanging implications for anyone.
“Is okay,” he said brightly. “I beat you today to get in
money. We even.”
And we both lived happily ever after.
I think.
The floggings will continue until morale improves at the
OMGWTF blog: http://massiveunderstatement.blogspot.com.
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EAGUE EPORT
OF THE
EAGUE PLAYER MONTH
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Frank Jacono knows the sport of
pool. Known in pool circles as
“Frankie Doodle,” he has been a
member of the APA in Pinellas
County, FL, for more than 10 years.
As a skill level 7 in 8-ball and 9-ball,
he is always ready to lend a hand or
give helpful advice to fellow league
members.
“Frankie is an upbeat player
who has encouraged many people to
join the APA over the years,” said
APA league operator Mike Konak.
“He participates in league and tournament play, and he’s also active in
our Masters division.”
L E A G U E
P L A Y E R
o f
t h e
M O N T H
LPM
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Years ago Frankie’s passion
for pool inspired him to learn all
he could about cue sticks and cue
repair, a hobby that ultimately
turned into a second career after
his retirement.
Nowadays
Frankie can be found working
out of a small shop behind his
home (appropriately named
“Frankie Doodle’s Cue Repair”),
where he cleans, repairs, and creates cue sticks for pool aficionados from all parts of the world.
For his dedication to the APA and
the sport of pool, Frank Jacono is
the APA Player of the Month.
Frank
Jacano
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FOX TAKES BCA QUALIFIER
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by InsidePOOL Staff
Ladies in the Northeast came from far and wide to compete at
Prime Time Sports Bar and Billiard Café April 14-14. In the end, it
was the two who traveled the farthest to play in the finals for one of
the last BCA Vegas Qualifiers up for grabs—Dawn Fox from her new
home in the South, and Meng Meng Zhou from Mainland China.
Zhou cruised through the field undefeated with wins over Kathy
Friend, Buffy Jolie, and Naomi Fingerhut to match up against the twotour Player of the Year, Morgan Steinman. Zhou dispatched Morgan
to the left side of the chart with a 7-3 score.
Dawn Fox posted wins over Kiana Clark but was sent to the left
side of the chart by Fingerhut. Fox then continued on her way with
wins over Erica Testa, Palma Kogan, Pam Ogarek, Fingerhut, and
Jolie to match up with Steinman. Fox left Steinman in third place with
a 7-3 win to match up to Zhou in the finals.
In the modified race to 9, if Zhou reached 7 games first, the match
would be over and Zhou would win. If Fox reached 7 games first, they
would have to play out to 9. Fox built up an 8-4 lead over Zhou, but
Zhou dug in to come back hill-hill. In the final rack Zhou made a ball
but had to push out, and Fox answered back with a safe. Zhou ran out
to the 4 but missed and left Fox a wide-open table to take the event
and qualifier.
SAHATJIAN SLAMS THE TRI-STATE TOUR
by Rick Davis
TRI-STATE TOUR / EDISON, NY
A special 9-ball event took place April 21
as the Tri-State Tour welcomed a new poolroom into their event schedule. Edison Billiards
in Edison, NJ, drew in a sharp 43-player field
for the B/D handicapped event where Mario
Sahatjian went undefeated to claim the title.
Quickly reaching the hot seat match was
Sahatjian, along with Nelson Marte, and after a
brief scuffle Sahatjian claimed the match 7-4.
On the one-loss side things were wrapping up
as the remaining players all contended for the
opposition spot in the finals. Gail Glazebrook
slammed the door on Michael Harrington 6-0,
while Radame Espinal did nearly as well
against tour regular Mark Mallari, eliminating
him 6-2. In the quarterfinals, things kept close
between Espinal and Glazebrook, although at
the double-hill mark Espinal slipped by.
With only two matches remaining,
Espinal, who dominated the one-loss side,
faced off against Marte and the match finished
just shy of double-hill as Espinal knocked out
Marte 7-5 for his chance at the finals. While the
finals offered another close match, Sahatjian
continued to keep control and before long he
had taken the match 9-7 to claim the title
1st Mario Sahatjian
2nd Radame Espinal
3rd Nelson Marte
4th Gail Glazebrook
5th Michael Harrington
Mark Mallari
Dawn Fox
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Dawn Fox
Meng Meng Zhou
Morgan Steinman
Buffy Jolie
5th Naomi Fingerhut
Caroline Pao
7th Pam Ogarek
Melony Page
LAPENA ROCKS THE BLAZE TOUR
BLAZE 9-BALL TOUR / ROCKAWAY, NJ
by Jose Burgos
Hosted by Rockaway Billiards in
Rockaway, NJ, the April 14-15 installment of the Blaze 9-Ball Tour was joined
by a strong field of 40 players. Santos
Sambajon Jr., Mike Miller, Bristol Bob,
and Ignacio Chavez were a few of those
who came to play, but Al Lapena was the
only one left standing at the end.
Sambajon led the top half of the
bracket, notching wins over Scott Evans
7-1, Gorden R. 7-3, Wali Muhammad 76, and Adam Keilar 7-4. Fighting
through the bottom half of the bracket,
Bristol Bob scored victories over Paul
Action 7-1, Jim McManus 7-4, Dave
Schutte 7-4, Carmen Lombardo 7-5, and
Chavez 7-4.
Sambajon and Bob faced off to do
battle for the hot seat, and though at first
the match went back and forth,
Sambajon was able to pull away late and
win 7-4. Lapena, having suffered an
early loss, now struggled through the
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
west side of the chart to reach the quarterfinal match. There he vanquished
Chavez 7-3 to advance and defeated Bob
7-3 as well to reach fellow countryman
Sambajon in the finals. A close match
ensued, but when all was said and done,
Lapena took home the title with a 9-7
victory.
Al Lapena
Santos Sambajon Jr.
Bristol Bob
Ignacio Chavez
Mike Miller
Adam Kielar
Santos Sambajon Jr., Steve Fette, Al Lapena
7th Steve Lillis
Carmen Lombardo
9th Mike Young
Paul Robinson
Chris Taormina
Mhet Vergara
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The Tiger Tour brought out three divisions of play over their April 21-22 weekend
event, which took place at Hagerstown Billiards and Café in Hagerstown, MD. The open
and ladies’ divisions were taken by Carl Jones and My-Hanh Lac, respectively, each
going undefeated, while Matt Clatterbuck came back from a late-round loss to claim the
bar box division.
With the open division the largest at 55 players, action chipped away through both
days. Once the second day was underway the top players began to gain notice. The winners’ side top four offered a talented group as Shaun Wilkie faced Kevin West, and Jones
matched up with Brandon Shuff. West got through Wilkie, while Jones defeated Shuff to
complete the hot seat match-up. Jones kept pace, sending West to the left side of the chart.
On the one-loss side, the story was comebacks. Mike Davis, who took a third-round loss
the first day, got through five one-loss side matches, including eliminating Shuff to reach
the quarterfinals. Alongside Davis in the quarterfinals was Brett Stottlemeyer, who, after
a fourth-round loss, won a trio of one-loss side matches, defeating Wilkie along the way
and ending his run by ousting Davis to reach the semifinals. Stottlemeyer then proceeded to eliminate West to reach the finals, where, after all the hard work, Jones slammed the
door on him to claim the event.
The one-day event on Sunday gathered an 18-player field in the ladies’ division,
where Lac and Farlon Farleigh zipped over to the hot seat match. Past event winner Lac
had no trouble and defeated Farleigh. On the one-loss side Gwen Dicket came back from
an opening-round loss, taking five matches on the one-loss side to reach the quarterfinals.
There Dickert met and eliminated Cheryl Squire, who had been sent over in the previous
round by Farleigh. Dickert ousted Squire but was dispatched with by Farleigh just as
quickly as she headed to finals for a rematch against Lac. Much the same outcome came
in their second encounter, and Lac pulled out another tour win.
Capping off the weekend was a bar box event with a 19-player field. Clatterbuck
clashed with Larry Kressel in the hot seat match, where Kressel came out on top. On the
one-loss side Jim Repp eliminated Roger Munson in the quarterfinals before following
him out the door after Clatterbuck knocked him out in the semifinals. With only one
match to go Clatterbuck made a surge forward and came back to claim the first-place spot.
M A.
by Rick Davis
D E .
My-Hahn Lac
A robust 48-player field came to Raxx
Bar and Grill in West Hampton, NY, for the
Blaze 9-Ball Tour’s latest event over the
April 21-22 weekend. Tearing through the
competition was Eddie Abraham, who
walked away with the event undefeated.
On the winners’ side Abraham met up
with 19-year-old Adam Kielar in the hot
seat match and defeated him by a
respectable 7-4 score. On the one-loss side
the remaining competitors were slowly
fading away. Tournament regular and
multi-time event winner Shin Park stormed
past Thomas Wan 6-3 then eliminated Mike
Fingers 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals. At
the same time, Santos Sambajon Jr. was on
a run, knocking out Matt Krah 6-3 and Al
Lapena 6-4. In the quarterfinals Sambajon
Jr. ousted Park 6-4. Now on the verge of a
great comeback, Sambajon Jr. eliminated
Kielar double-hill in the semifinals after he
missed the 9 ball.
With the finals set to play between
Sambajon Jr. and Abraham, the players
decided to split the payout with Abraham
taking the first-place title. It seemed that
with the true double-elimination format
Sambajon Jr. did not want to risk the loss,
and Abraham also was not confident in his
requirement of another match win.
C T.
Carl Jones
ABRAHAM TACKLES
THE BIG APPLE
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CORR MAKES A CONVINCING COMEBACK
JOSS 9-BALL TOUR / PARSIPPANY, NJ
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GIVE YOUR CUES SOMETHING
TO BRAG ABOUT WHILE
ON THE FELT.
Karen Corr
by Rick Davis
The final regular season stop of the Joss 9-Ball Tour took
place April 28-29 at Comet Billiards in Parsippany, NJ, where a
49-player field emerged to do battle. Once the skirmishes were
complete, WPBA pro Karen Corr was declared the champion
after a huge comeback.
Late action on the winners’ side wound down to Al Lapena
and Bucky Souvanthong in the hot seat match, where Lapena just
slipped through after a double-hill showdown. On the one-loss
side things were in full swing, as the remaining handful of players attempted to advance further.
Tournament regular and Northeast terror Joey Korsiak
blazed through Chris Lynch 9-0 and Johnathan Smith 9-4 to
reach the quarterfinals. Nearby, Santos Sambajon Jr. eliminated
Ray McNamarra 9-7 but was then upset double-hill by the
incoming Corr after she had taken a defeat from Lapena. With
Corr facing Korsiak in the quarterfinals, little time was wasted as
Corr pressed through, knocking out Korsiak 9-5. Then in the
semifinals, Corr ousted Souvanthong as well, this match
going 9-4.
With a true double-elimination format the finals offered a
long road for Corr, who needed to defeat Lapena twice, but after
she took the first set 9-4 it was anyone’s game. In the following
set Corr did not let up and, before long, took the set 9-5 to claim
the match and the top finish after an impressive five-match
comeback.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Karen Corr
Al Lapena
Bucky Souvanthong
Joey Korsiak
5th Johnathan Smith
Santos Sambajon Jr.
7th Chris Lynch
Ray McNamarra
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BLAZE 9-BALL TOUR / NORTH BERGEN, NJ
by Rick Davis
Out of the top finishers for the past several
events, Shin Park appeared with vengeance on the
Blaze 9-Ball Tour, held April 28-29 at Gotham
Billiards in North Bergen, NJ, where he bested the
field of 34 players to go undefeated.
Shooting like a rocket to the hot seat match,
Park faced David Abraham and pounded him into the
ground 7-1 to claim the winners’ side. On the oneloss side tour regular Joey Kong made his way past
Mark Panpovic, eliminating him 7-4, while Chuck
Pendrak did the same, knocking out Billy Kirsher 75. From there things began to slow down as Pendrak
took his time in ousting Kong 7-4 in the quarterfinals
before the brakes were really applied in the semifinals, where Abraham defeated Pendrak double-hill.
With Abraham back to face Park in the finals he
was seeking revenge, while Park was eager to return
to the plateau of the first-place finish. No one would
wonder long who wanted it more, as Park toasted
Abraham again 7-1 to claim the event.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Shin Park
David Abraham
Chuck Pendrak
Joey Kong
5th Billy Kirshner
Mark Panpovic
7th Bill Duggan
Adam Kielar
COR
NEW
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NORTHEAST
CORR TAKES SEASON FINALE UNDEFEATED
SAMBAJON BACK IN THE WINNERS’ CIRCLE
NEW ENGLAND 9-BALL SERIES / SOMERSWORTH, NH
BLAZE 9-BALL TOUR / LEVITTOWN, NY
C T.
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by Rick Davis
PA.
SCOTTISH LION INVADES QUEENS
TRI-STATE TOUR / QUEENS, NY
about the steal the show. After his late loss Warnock eliminated
Trevor Heal, then in the quarterfinals ousted Marte double-hill.
With only two matches remaining Warnock pushed past Wong 75 in the semifinals and came out on top of the final stand, claiming victory over Espinal 9-7.
1st Stewart Warnock
2nd Radame Espinal
3rd Mike Wong
4th Nelson Marte
5th Trevor Heal
Pablo Sanz
V T.
The May 5-6 Tri-State Tour stop pulled into Masters
Billiards in Queens, NY, where 28 players clashed in the B/D
handicapped 9-ball event. Coming back from a mid-event loss
was Stewart “The Scottish Lion” Warnock, who bested the field
to take down first place.
Late action on the winners’ side saw Warnock fall to
Radame Espinal 7-5, putting Espinal in the hot seat match where
he faced Mike Wong. Both players have been stiff competition in
recent tour stops, making their match-up a highlight. Espinal
decided to move things along though and thrashed Wong 7-3 to
reach the finals.
On the one-loss side Nelson Marte eliminated tour favorite
Pablo Sanz 7-4 to reach the quarterfinals; however, Warnock was
R I .
by Rick Davis
O H .
5th Liz Ford
Mike Fingers
7th Eddie Vasquez
Adam Kielar
N Y.
Santos Sambajon Jr.
Shin Park
Oscar Bonilla
Mhet Vergara
N J .
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
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4th Peter Bowman
5th Gary Abood
Tom McGonagle
Santos Sambajon Jr. returned to the winners’ circle on
the Blaze 9-Ball Tour to rack up his third first-place finish
out of the twelve events held this season. Taking place at
Leisure Time Billiards in Levittown, NY, this tournament
attracted a 33-player field for this May 5-6 event.
Once the action reached the hot seat match Sambajon
flew past Oscar Bonilla 7-3 to rest comfortably in the
finals. Over on the one-loss side the incoming Bonilla was
drilled 7-1 by Shin Park, who was looking for another tour
win himself after taking two already this season. Back in
the finals, Sambajon and Park fought tooth and nail until,
at double-hill, Sambajon swept up the match with a break
and run to claim top honors.
Also of note in the event were two powerful ladies
entries, Liz Ford and Erin McManus. Ford, a consistent
player on tour, defeated Earl “The Pearl” Strickland 7-4,
while McManus worked up a commanding 6-2 lead over
Park before the match slipped away from her double-hill.
M E .
1st Karen Corr
2nd Phil Stevens
3rd Roy Morgridge
by Jose Burgos
M D .
Top WPBA pro Karen Corr took the New England 9-Ball
Series by storm when she went undefeated May 5-6 to take down
the top finish at the season finale. Taking place at Busters Billiards
in Somersworth, NH, this event brought a 48-player field to seek
out the final glory of the season.
On the winners’ side Corr quickly met with Phil Stevens in the
hot seat match and pounded him 9-3. On the one-loss side, control
shifted after each match. In the quarterfinals Roy Morgridge and
Peter Bowman clashed after each had worked up a short comeback.
After the dust settled it was Morgridge who earned the right to
advance. Next, Morgridge faced the incoming Stevens in a match
that kept close throughout until Stevens managed to gain a quick
edge for the 9-7 win.
With the finals on hand Stevens fought his way back to face
Corr in the extended race to 13, but in a flash Corr was up 10-2.
After some solid play from both players the vast experience of the
WPBA pro took over and claimed the match 13-6.
Santos Sambajon Jr.
M A.
Karen Corr
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ABRAHAM TAKES FIRST TOUR WIN
TESTA TOPS IN ATLANTIC CITY
BLAZE 9-BALL TOUR / PARSIPPANY, NJ
BLAZE 9-BALL TOUR / ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
by Rick Davis
The fourteenth stop of the Blaze 9-Ball Tour visited Comet Billiards
in Parsippany, NJ, May 27, where David Abraham bested the 33-player
field to take his first tour win of the season.
Abraham tore through the winners’ side, where he only once gave
up more than two racks during his four-match winning streak that put
him in the hot seat match. Playing just as well and dominating the other
half of the chart was Mark Vidal, who also took four strong wins to reach
the hot seat match. Fighting tooth and nail, Abraham just managed to
take a lead over Vidal, propelling him to the 7-5 win.
On the one-loss side Bucky Souvanthong was working on a comeback. Souvanthong ousted Joey Kong in the quarterfinals then proceeded to eliminate Vidal, who had sent Souvanthong west several rounds
earlier 6-3 in the semifinals, for the right to face Abraham.
In the finals Abraham was on top of things from the start, and before
long he had run away with the match, defeating Souvanthong 7-2 and
cementing his first title.
by Rick Davis
Going undefeated, Joey Testa took the May 20 stop of the
Blaze 9-Ball Tour, mostly uncontested during his run at Atlantic
City Billiards Club in Atlantic City, NJ, where a 32-player field
turned out to be put through the grinder.
In the hot seat match Testa faced Shaun Wilkie, a regular on
the tour and all-around top player in the Northeast, and blew him
out 7-3 in no time. Previously both players iced some of the tour
favorites, including Testa’s double-hill win over Al Lapena and
Wilkie’s win over Mike Fingers with that same result.
With Testa king of the hill, Wilkie headed west to face Lapena
and, after recovering his stroke, eliminated him by virtue of a 7-3
defeat. Testa was waiting for whoever managed to return to the
finals, and although Wilkie intended to provide stiffer competition,
Testa began to drill him once again. In no time at all Testa once
again skipped past Wilkie 7-3 to claim the first-place title of the
Blaze 9-Ball Tour’s thirteenth stop.
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3rd
4th
5th
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DAULTON CAPTURES THE MID-CAROLINA CLASSIC
MID-CAROLINA CLASSIC / ROCK HILL, SC
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by Rick Davis
Taking place at Breakers Billiards in Rock Hill, SC, the Mid-Carolina
Classic drew in a talented 45-player field to compete over the April 14-15
weekend, and it was tournament director Shannon Daulton who kept control to win the event undefeated.
After the bulk of the field had been eliminated, the winners’ side top
eight chipped through a pair of rounds to reach the hot seat match and
populate the one-loss side. The spotlight match early on was Daulton and
Gabe “The Babe” Owen, where Daulton edged out Owen. In that same
round, Tony Watson defeated JR Farias, Josh Roberts bested Ed Marriott,
and Brian Capps sent Ian Hull west. Then, in the next round, Daulton kept
in gear, defeating Watson, while Roberts did the same by besting Capps.
Daulton and Roberts were now set to meet in the hot seat match.
Once the first round on the winners’ side completed, action resumed
on the one-loss side as well. Marriott faced Brian White, while Farias
faced Larry “The Truth” Nevel, but the players on the one-loss side held
their ground. In the other two matches, the incoming Hull and Owen eliminated their opponents, Brady and Cooper, respectively. From there half
the one-loss side board continued to change ownership as Hull knocked
out White, then the incoming Watson eliminated Hull. On the other half,
Nevel was unrelenting as he eliminated Owen, Capps, and then Watson in
the quarterfinal round.
This brought the event to the top three, and after Daulton claimed the
hot seat match, Roberts faced Nevel to see who would return to the finals.
After taking four one-loss side wins Sunday, Nevel proved too strong and
eliminated Roberts in the semifinals. With his momentum continuing,
Nevel took the first set from Daulton in the true double-elimination finals
to set up one final set for all the chips. Things started close, but Daulton
was apparently ready to finish up and quickly sprinted to the 7-4 win to
snatch the title away from Nevel, completing the event undefeated.
Shannon Daulton
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Shannon Daulton
Larry Nevel
Josh Roberts
Tony Watson
Ian Hull
Brian Capps
BROUMPTON BAGS A VICTORY
MCDERMOTT ALL-AMERICAN TOUR / PORT CHARLOTTE, FL
by InsidePOOL Staff
Q’s Bar and Grill in Port Charlotte, FL, hosted the
April 21 stop of the McDermott All-American Tour. The
stop featured a $500-added purse with 24 players, of
whom Richard Broumpton took top honors.
The Riviera Beach, FL, resident ran undefeated to
the finals, outplaying Lee Chenman 7-4 to reach the hot
seat match, where he comfortably dispatched David
Broxson. Broxson had earlier knocked Steve Knoll into
the one-loss side 7-4.
In the west side of the chart, Stuart Altez eliminated
Knoll 7-2, while Will Bilbrey ousted Chenman 7-5.
Bilbrey went on to take out Altez 7-4 but was stopped by
Broxson at that point, who eliminated him 7-3. In the
double-elimination final match, Broxson had to defeat
Broumpton twice for the title, but Broumpton prevailed
in the first set, winning by a decisive 7-1.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Richard Broumpton
David Broxson
Will Bilbrey
L. Stuart Altez
5th Steve Knoll
Lee Chenman
7th Trey Jankowski
Bill Wilson
Richard Broumpton
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SOUTHEAST
ACTION ABOUNDS ON THE VIKING TOUR
VIKING CUE 9-BALL TOUR / MARIETTA, GA
GA.
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Open division players
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Amateur division players
VA.
W V
4th Mike Newsome 1st Josh Newman
5th John Salter
2nd Benjamin Thompson
Joe Murphy
Junior division players
F L .
1st Leil Gay
2nd David Treft
3rd Sam Tush
A L .
by Rick Davis
The April 14-15 weekend brought a frenzy of action to The
Pool Room in Marietta, GA, where the Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour
drew in a total of 88 players between their open, amateur, and junior divisions.
In the open division, the 35-player field quickly wound down
as Leil Gay and Sam Tush met in the hot seat match. After a strong
9-5 win Gay headed to the finals while Tush headed west. On the
one-loss side Mike Newsome drilled Joe Murphy 7-2 to reach the
quarterfinals while David Treft kept pace by eliminating John
Salter 7-4. Treft was firmly in gear and proceeded to knock out
Newsome 7-2 in the quarterfinals and then Tush 7-5 in the semifinals. Treft reached the finals after an impressive one-loss side
comeback and, after getting out to a 3-0, lead he was looking good.
Gay, though, had something to say about that and quickly tied the
set at 3-all then powered his way to a 9-5 finish, defeating Treft and
claiming the top spot.
On the other half of The Pool Room, the amateur event was
taking shape as action wound down to the last handful of rounds.
On the winners’ side Adam Powery skipped past Mike Kearns 6-4
in the hot seat match to reach the finals. On the one-loss side
Bernardo Steven slipped past Casey Joyner double-hill while Todd
Rousey eliminated Bob Buckley 5-2. With Rousey and Steven
advancing to the quarterfinals, all eyes were on the see-saw battle
as neither player gave up an inch. Finally, at double-hill, Rousey
slipped past to advance and face Kearns next as he came from the
winners’ side. Nearly as close as the previous round, the semifinals
reached 5-3 before Kearns eliminated Rousey and got another
crack at Powery. With his newfound momentum, Kearns drilled
Powery 6-2 in the first set, but Powery quickly regrouped and
turned the tables to defeat Kearns 5-2 in the second set to win the
match and claim the event.
Along with these two events, the junior participants played
out in a private VIP room that The Pool Room offered. In the 14through 19-year-old division, Robert West defeated Matt Stafford
double-hill in the hot seat match while Joseph Cole eliminated
Mike Rudd 4-2 in the quarterfinals on the one-loss side. Cole
advanced to face the incoming Stafford but didn’t get far, as
Stafford knocked him out 4-2. In the finals, Stafford managed the
claim the first set double-hill but was shut out in the second by
West 4-0.
The other junior division, 14 years and under, wrapped up
quickly with some very strong play. Josh Newman blew through
Benjamin Thompson 4-1 in the hot seat match while Dylan Vall
did the same to Josh Miller in the quarterfinal round. Thompson
slipped past Vall in the semifinals double-hill but after returning to
face Newman for the second time had no better luck as Newman
drilled him 4-1 again, this time to end the event and walk away
with the title.
Across the junior events, the top player in each division, along
with the top female, Breana Curry, received an entry into the
nationals, while West and Newman also received a Viking cue for
their hard work.
1st Robert West
2nd Matt Stafford
3rd Dylan Vall
4th Josh Miller
3rd Joseph Cole
4th Mike Rudd
1st Adam Powery
2nd Mike Kearns
3rd Todd Rousey
4th Bernardo Steven
5th Casey Joyner
Bob Buckley
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ANOTHER BIG VIKING TOUR WEEKEND COMPLETES
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VIKING CUE 9-BALL TOUR / RALEIGH, NC
Sam Monday, Tony Williams, Robert Ray
by Rick Davis
Over the April 21-22 weekend the Viking Cues 9-Ball Tour
had its latest trio of events, offering an open, amateur, and junior
division at Play to Win Billiards in Raleigh, NC. In the open division, tour regular Sam Monday went undefeated while Tony
Williams did the same in the amateur field. Over in the junior
action, four national qualification spots were awarded, although it
was Josh Newman who cleared the chart to claim the event.
The open division brought in the heaviest guns—among
them were Monday and tour regular, Leil Gay, who made their
way to the hot seat match. After a double-hill showdown Monday
pulled through to advance to the finals. On the one-loss side room
owner Robert Ray ousted Chris Vollmar 9-5, while David Brown
eliminated Mike Newsome by the same margin. Next, the quarterfinals crept along until finally Ray defeated Brown double-hill
then proceeded to the semifinals where he eliminated Gay 9-6 to
complete his comeback and visit the finals. In the finals Ray started in a high gear taking the first set 9-7, keeping a lead the whole
way, but in the second set, with the score at 5-all, Monday proved
why he was king of the hill and came back to defeat Ray 9-5 and
win the event.
Taking place concurrently was the amateur event, where
Williams and tournament director Mike Janis fought in the hot
1st Sam Monday
2nd Robert Ray
3rd Leil Gay
4th David Brown
5th Chris Vollmar
Mike Newsome
1st Tony Williams
2nd Mike Janis
3rd Larry Cheek
4th Josh Medlin
5th Dale Ving
Dan Saunders
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Josh Newman 5th Jonathan Newman
Brent Newman
Dale Zing
Ian Holt
7th Joshua Fuller
Tony Sprye
Jackson Jeffreys
Junior players
seat match, with Williams claiming victory after the 7-5 finish.
Over on the one-loss side Josh Medlin knocked out Dan Saunders
7-5, while Larry Cheek eliminated Dale Ving double-hill. Racing
to the finals, Cheek eliminated Medlin 7-6, while the incoming
Janis knocked out Cheek 7-5 for a rematch against Williams. In
the finals Williams quickly shut Janis down and, with little opposition, took the match 7-0 to earn the top finish.
The final few rounds of the junior event were a family affair
as Brent and Josh Newman met in the hot seat match, with Brent
slipping by his brother double-hill. On the one-loss side Tony
Sprye eliminated the third Newman brother, Jonathan, 5-3, and
Ian Holt knocked out Jackson Jeffreys 5-1. Holt then blazed
through Sprye 5-0 in the quarterfinals but was stopped dead in the
semifinals by Josh Newman’s double-hill victory. Josh quickly
headed back to face his brother and in no time took the first set 51 and the final set 5-3 to claim the event through a great comeback.
Brent Newman and Ian Holt received a Junior Nationals
qualification for the 19-and-under bracket, while Jonathan
Newman and Jackson Jeffreys qualified for the 14-and-under
bracket. Josh Newman had previously qualified; therefore, the
spot went to the next player in the bracket.
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SAKAI UNDEFEATED
LANGSTON UNDEFEATED IN TAMPA
LADIES SPIRIT TOUR / HOLIDAY, FL
KBP 9-BALL TOUR / TAMPA, FL
5th Dawn Fox
Tamara Redemakers
7th Jessica Barnes
Ellen Van Buren
The light at the end of the tunnel gave the players some more
energy as all the remaining matches managed to clear up just before
midnight. Saez eliminated Wheeler in the quarterfinals, while
Deuel defeated Broxson in the hot seat match, both matches finishing 8-6. In the semifinals Broxson stayed alive with the familiar 86 score, knocking out Saez to return to face Deuel once more. With
a single race to 9 deciding the event, what was expected to be a
close match shot by in the blink of an eye as Deuel dominated and
controlled Broxson, defeating him 9-5 to claim top honors.
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With an unlimited field size the opening event of the Seminole
Florida Pro Tours 2007 season got underway April 14, at Players
Billiard Club in Melbourne, FL, where Corey “The Prince of Pool”
Deuel was crowned king after his undefeated run and near around-theclock play.
To open the season, tournament director John DiToro made the
decision to not limit the entries to the event; because of that, much of
the one-loss side played through a 30-hour span straight in order to
narrow the 93-player field down within the two-day span. Many on the
one-loss side wound up sleeping in their cars until their matches were
called, while those on the winners’ side did not catch much more of a
break.
By the time Sunday afternoon came the top 16 players remained,
although the strain was visible on everyone. On the winners’ side
Deuel and Dave Broxson slowly chipped their way to the hot seat
match. Deuel defeated Adam Wheeler 8-3 and 2006 tour championship winner Robb Saez 8-5 while Broxson iced Hall of Famer Earl
Strickland 8-3 and edged out Mike Destefano double-hill.
Over on the one-loss side nearly every match ground away within a rack or two of double-hill. Coming off the day’s early loss given
by Deuel, Wheeler got into gear and eliminated three
competitors—Wayne Catledge, Donnie Mills, and Destefano—to reach the
quarterfinals. Meeting Wheeler there was Saez, who sent Tony “The
Sniper” Crosby away 8-6 the previous round. While the remaining
players had all been defeated by Deuel, they all managed to beat back
the onslaught of top-tier players in the previous rounds. Highlights
included Mills’ 8-6 squeaker against past event winner Steve Moore
and Dechaines’ double-hill elimination of Strickland.
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DEUEL TAKES SEASON OPENER
SEMINOLE FLORIDA PRO TOUR / MELBOURNE, FL
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Miyuki Sakai
Stephanie Mitchell
Jeannie Seaver
Debbie Schjodt
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1st
2nd
3rd
4th
GA.
Japan’s Miyuki Sakai blew away
the 46-player field at Hammer Heads in
Holiday, FL, to go undefeated during her
reign at the Ladies Spirit Tour’s third
tour stop of the 2007 season April 28-29.
On the winners’ side the top four
faced off as tour regular Stephanie
Mitchell defeated the winner of the last
stop, Debbie Schjodt, double-hill. Also,
Sakai sliced
The April 29 stop of the KBP Lucasi Amateur 9Ball Tour pulled into Planet 9-Ball in Tampa, FL, where
a solid field of 28 players turned out to be sacrificed to
Jesse Langston, who went undefeated throughout the
event.
After not giving up more than four racks in any of
his first four matches, Langston met Alan Morgan in the
hot seat match. Morgan had a much rougher road, giving up less than five racks only once. Fighting to
advance to the finals, both players fought tooth and nail
until, at double-hill, Langston surged forward.
On the one-loss side tour regular Nomar Paula
kept ahead of the carnage until John Tatum steamrolled
him 5-1. Nearby, Jake Cox eliminated Luther Blades 53 to face Tatum in the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals
Tatum was untouchable, knocking out Cox 5-2, then
improving on his game in the semifinals. Tatum sent
Morgan home after a 5-1 thrashing.
The finals offered an extended race to 9, and both
players were shooting
straight, making it an
interesting match. After
1st Jesse Langston
tipping back and forth
2nd John Tatum
Langston shifted up a
3rd Alan Morgan
gear and took a pair of
4th Jake Cox
racks to give him the 9-7
5th Luther Blades
win and claim the event
Nomar Paula
undefeated.
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by Rick Davis
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Miyuki Sakai
through the winner of the first event,
Jeannie Seaver, 7-4. In the hot seat
match Mitchell kept things close,
although Sakai was too strong and ultimately defeated Mitchell 7-5.
Over on the one-loss side Dawn Fox
was putting together a nice comeback,
taking four one-loss match wins, including a 7-1 thrashing against Jessica
Barnes, until she was stopped dead by
Schjodt 7-2. In that same round Seaver
kept herself in the action, eliminating
Tamara Redemakers 7-3 to meet Schjodt
in the quarterfinals.
With only three matches remaining
Seaver ousted Schjodt 7-5 in the quarterfinals but was then knocked out herself
7-3 by Mitchell in the semifinals. With
the finals a rematch of the hot seat match
the score kept close for the final time.
This time around a thrilling double-hill
score was reached before Sakai closed
out the match with the final rack.
Corey Deuel
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Corey Deuel
David Broxson
Robb Saez
Adam Wheeler
5th Tony Crosby
Mike Destefano
7th Donnie Mills
Mike Dechaine
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SAKAI STEALS SPIRIT TOUR WIN
WHITE WINS AT MOREY’S
LADIES SPIRIT TOUR / HOLIDAY, FL
J. PECHAUER CUSTOM CUES OPEN 9-BALL TOUR / CHARLOTTE, NC
by R. Case
The Ladies Spirit Tour’s third
event of the season was held April 2728 at Hammer Heads Billiard Lounge
in Holiday, FL, where 46 women competed in the qualifier event for the
WPBA Florida Classic. Top players
included WPBA pros Ellen Van Buren,
Tracie Hines, and Miyuki Sakai, along
with Spirit Tour regular top finishers
such as Debbie Schjodt, Jeannie
Seaver, Stephanie Mitchell, and Jessica
Barnes.
The event drew fierce determination and competition, with some players as far away as Holland, Japan,
Indiana, and North Carolina, and with
many matches enduring hill-hill scores.
Sakai found her way to the hot seat
match against Stephanie Mitchell, and
it was the WPBA pro who claimed the
seat with a 7-5 win.
On the one-loss side, regulars
Jeannie Seaver and Debbie Schjodt
sent
Dawn
Fox
and Tamara
Rademakers home, respectively, with
fifth-place finishes, setting up the next
match of Seaver and Schjodt. A longtime friendship did not prevent Seaver
from posting a 7-5 score against
Schjodt, because Seaver wanted a
chance at the first-place prize fund.
However, Mitchell soon let it be known
that she fully intended to win the qualifier as well as her first Ladies Spirit
Tour event. Seaver had to settle for
third place with a 7- 3 score against
Mitchell.
The finals were set, with Mitchell
and Sakai playing once again. Sakai
took the lead, winning the lag and first
game, but Mitchell replied quickly with
a two-game lead. Mitchell’s bank shots
seemed to be working in her favor, as
she brought the score up to 4-1, but
Sakai was not to be put away so easily,
managing to bring the score up to 4-3.
After trading several more racks, on the
final game, Sakai attempted to shoot
the 3 ball, bringing the cue ball three
rails around the table to bump the 9 ball
into the nearest pocket.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Miyuki Sakai
5th
Stephanie Mitchell
Jeannie Seaver
7th
Debbie Schjodt
by InsidePOOL Staff
Brian White scored a win on the J.
Pechauer Custom Cues Open 9-Ball Tour,
taking first place over Jeff Abernathy. This
one-day event was hosted by Morey’s
Billiards in Charlotte, NC, May 12 and
brought out a field of 25 players.
White first met Abernathy in the winners’-side finals, where he dispatched him
with a 7-5 win. Meeting Abernathy in the
semifinals was Tommy Kennedy, fresh off a
5-0 whitewashing over Jason Fowler.
Abernathy sent Kennedy home with third
place after a close 5-3 match and went on to
the finals, where his rematch with White
went hill-hill before White sealed the deal.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Dawn Fox
Tamara Rademakers
Jessica Barnes
Ellen Van Buren
Brian White
Jeff Abernathy
Tommy Kennedy
Jason Fowler
Kyle Helms
Eddie Little
MANALO MASTERS THE FIELD
SEMINOLE FLORIDA PRO TOUR / PALM HARBOR, FL
by Rick Davis
The second stop of the Seminole Florida Pro Tour swung
into Strokers in Palm Harbor, FL, where “Marvelous” Marlon
Manalo made a masterful comeback from the one-loss side to
claim the event. Taking place April 28-29, this event brought a
full field of 64 players with hopes of taking down the lion’s
share of the added prize money.
Early action on Saturday brought a laundry list of tough
matches and surprising results. Road player Chris Bartram took
a double spanking for an early elimination, first 7-4 by James
Roberts then 7-5 by Sam Monday. The tour’s 2006 Player of
the Year, Will Bilbrey, defeated 2006 championship winner
Robb Saez 7-5. Also by that same score was Danny Harriman’s
defeat of Gabe “The Babe” Owen and tour regular Jason
Richko’s win over Howard Vickery.
As the second day began the top 16 remained to do battle.
On the winners’ side it was the Tony Chohan show as he defeated Dennis Hatch 8-5 and tour regular Dave Grossman doublehill. This put Chohan in the hot seat match where he faced
Harriman, who had just come off two powerful wins against
stop one winner Corey Deuel 8-4 and Manalo double-hill by
virtue of a friendly roll that pocketed the 10 ball after a missed
1 ball. The hot seat match was no contest as Chohan took a bite
out of Harriman and brushed him away 8-4.
On the one-loss side it was an absolute killing field as past
winners, touring pros, and popular players all bit the dust after
each round. Nathan Rose was the only consistent player there
as he sent three opponents home to reach the quarterfinals. This
included an 8-6 win over Saez and an 8-3 thrashing over Deuel.
Ignacio Chavez was gaining ground by eliminating Adam
Wheeler and Bilbrey, both 8-6, then drilled Hatch 8-2, although
Manalo was waiting for him and dealt a 8-6 defeat.
The quarterfinals took shape with Manalo versus Rose,
and after keeping close initially, Manalo surged ahead for the
8-5 win. Now the waiting Harriman faced Manalo in the semifinals, their second meeting in the event, and again it was
decided at double-hill. This time, Harriman got the opposite
result when a misplayed safety handed Manalo the match.
Tasting the prize, Manalo gave Chohan little time to adjust in
the finals, and before anyone knew what happened, Manalo had
claimed the match 9-3 to become champion of the tour’s second stop.
Marlon Manalo
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Marlon Manalo
Tony Chohan
Danny Harriman
Nathan Rose
5th Dave Grossman
Ignacio Chavez
7th Corey Deuel
Dennis Hatch
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SOUTHEAST
TOP PLAYERS ALL UNDEFEATED
by Rick Davis
The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour took a Southern swing and
smashed into Breakers Billiards in Knoxville, TN, for their latest
series of events May 5-6. Four divisions were held that included an
open, amateur, 14-and-under juniors, and 19-and-under juniors that
all together drew in 60 players. In each of the divisions the winners
went uncontested, taking their events undefeated.
The biggest draw of the weekend was the open division, which
was completely controlled by Shannon “The Cannon” Daulton.
Daulton met up with Tony Watson in the hot seat match and, after
dispensing with him 9-7, rested comfortably in the finals. On the
one-loss side 12-year-old Landon Shuffett was stunning the crowd
as he kept alive after his first-round loss. Shuffett came back from
a 7-3 deficit to win double-hill, returning from an 0-3 deficit to win
nine straight racks, and then eliminated Jerry Groom 9-7 to reach
the quarterfinals. Hot on his heels was Kelly Green, who knocked
out Robert Green then bested Shuffett just shy of double-hill at 9-7.
Watson was not impressed by the show and showed Green the door
9-6 to own the one-loss side and return to face Daulton in the finals.
There each player gained ground through baby steps until finally
Daulton surged ahead to take the match double-hill.
Taking place concurrently, the amateur division’s strings were
being pulled by tour regular Brian Bagwell, who met and defeated
Jimmy Weemes 7-5 in the hot seat match. From there it was a oneloss side race as Rick Ball eliminated Lynn Brown 5-3 in the quarterfinals, then was knocked out himself by Weemes 5-3 in the semifinals. In the finals the extended race between Bagwell and Weemes
offered little excitement, and Bagwell drilled Weemes to a quick 72 finish. This was Bagwell’s second amateur Viking Tour win,
which, by the tour’s rules, no longer allows him to play amateur
events this season; he must enter open divisions because of his
to high level of play.
The juniors competitions offered quick action in both the
under-19-years division, where Michael Rudd ruled, as well as the
14-and-under division, where Dylan Vail dominated. In the 19-andunder field, Rudd powered his way through the hot seat match 5-2,
then drilled Jake Newman 5-1 in the finals to claim his national
qualifier spot. In the 14-and-under field, Vail sent Brandon Stiltner
west 5-2 in the hot seat match, while Josh Miller eliminated Tyler
Mayfield double-hill in the quarterfinals. Miller played strong,
eliminating Stiltner in the semifinals also double-hill; however, the
final match was too much and Vail pounced on Miller, shutting him
out 5-0 to claim the qualifier. In addition, the only junior ladies’
entry, 11-year-old Courtney Frank, also qualified by virtue of being
the highest-finishing lady.
14-and-under division players
14-to-19 division players
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VIKING CUE 9-BALL TOUR / KNOXVILLE, TN
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Shannon Daulton
Tony Watson
Kelly Green
Landon Shuffett
1st Brain Bagwell
2nd Jimmy Weemes
1st Dylan Vail
2nd Josh Miller
5th Jerry Groom
Robert Green
7th Mike Janis
Hal Huskey
3rd Rick Ball
4th Lynn Brown
3rd Brandon Stiltner
4th Tyler Mayfield
1st Michael Rudd 3rd Timothy Colbertson
2nd Jake Newman 4th Derek Sims
Open division players
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SOUTHEAST
KILLER VICTORY FOR KILBURN
COOKE STANDS THE HEAT FOR TOUR WIN
MCDERMOTT ALL-AMERICAN TOUR / CHATTANOOGA, TN J. PECHAUER CUSTOM CUES OPEN 9-BALL TOUR / CHARLOTTE, NC
Josh Kilburn, tournament director Don Hatcher
by InsidePOOL Staff
The McDermott All-American Tour’s April 28 stop was
hosted by the Chattanooga Billiard Club in Chattanooga, TN.
Featuring a $500-added men’s event with 13 players, Josh
Kilburn was the one left standing at the end of the day.
Running unscathed to the finals, Kilburn outplayed Ronnie
Long 5-2 and then clipped K.C. Donahey hill-hill to take the hot
seat. Over in the one-loss side, Joe Johnson ousted Joe Erwin 53 and then went on to eliminate Arden 5-2. Donahey ended
Johnson’s run double-hill in the semifinals but wasn’t up for
challenging Kilburn, who won the final match in one set 5-2.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Josh Kilburn
K.C. Donahey
Joe Johnson
Butch Arden
by InsidePOOL Staff
The Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour was hosted by
Dot’s Cue Club in Rocky Mount, NC, May 5, where Tommy
Cooke sliced and diced his way to a final-match win for the
title.
Cooke fought his way to the hot seat with wins over
Robert Ray 7-4, Mike Bullard 7-4, and Phillip Richardson
7-4. Ray took the long road to the championship match.
After being sent to the one-loss side, Ray proceeded to make
short work of Wayne Richardson 7-2, Joe Whaley 7-1, and
Bullard 7-3. One more win over Richardson 7-4 and the
rematch with Cooke was on.
Cooke won the lag but came up dry on the break. After
trading innings at the table, Cooke finally sank the 9 to take
the first game. A close match all the way, it seemed both
players wanted the cash equally. Cooke never relinquished
the lead, though, and went on to take the final match with a
hill-hill victory.
1st Tommy Cooke
2nd Robert Ray
3rd Phillip Richardson
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HATCH COMES THROUGH IN DRAMATIC FASHION
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SEMINOLE FLORIDA PRO TOUR / MIAMI, FL
by Rick Davis
Tearing through the third stop of the Seminole Florida Pro
Tour, Dennis “The Hatchet Man” Hatch came through the event
with unmatched play and skill. Taking place at New Wave Billiards
in Miami, FL, the May 5-6 event drew in a lighter-than-usual 47player field although the quality far surpassed the quantity.
Early action saw many of the usual suspects meet up to thin the
field. The 2006 Player of the Year, Will Bilbrey, just cannot catch a
break this season and was eliminated after double-hill losses to
multi-time tour event winner Steve Moore and Tony Chohan. Road
man Chris Bartram had the same fate as he was iced 8-3 by Moore
and 8-4 by Chohan. The event’s only female entry, WPBA star
Miyaki Sakai, got drilled 7-1 by Danny Harriman and just missed a
double-hill thriller against Wayne Catledge.
Once the event wound down to the second day of play only the
top 16 remained in contention. Hatch destroyed tour regular Neil
Fujiwara 8-3 then drilled Deuel 8-1, which included a four-pack.
That brought Hatch to the hot seat match where he faced Donnie
Mills, who had just defeated Marlon Manalo double-hill and Moore
8-3. Both players shot well, though it was Hatch who gained the
edge to take the match 8-6.
The one-loss side was its usual chaos, as few survived for long.
Manalo by far had the longest survival on the chart, taking a trio of
wins to reach the quarterfinals. This included an 8-3 defeat over
Dave Grossman and Tony Crosby then an 8-1 drilling over Deuel.
The other side of the coin saw Chohan keep control until Moore
sent him home 8-5. Now with the final handful to play, Moore and
Manalo ground away until Manalo claimed the quarterfinal match
double-hill.
CLATTERBUCK UNDEFEATED ON TIGER TOUR
Hatch was ready to continue holding shooting school and
opened everyone’s eyes after he eliminated Manalo 8-1 thanks to a
five-pack. The finals were finally on hand as Hatch sought revenge
against Mills and once again brought a five-pack out to boost him
quickly to the 9-4 win for the title of the third tour stop.
Dennis Hatch
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Dennis Hatch
Donnie Mills
Marlon Manalo
Steve Moore
5th Corey Deuel
Tony Chohan
7th Tony Crosby
James Roberts
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TIGER TOUR / STERLING, VA
by Rick Davis
Taking place at First Break Café in Sterling, VA, the Tiger Pool
Tour brought a 58-player field to fight during the May 5-6 action.
Coming through unscathed was tour regular Matt Clatterbuck, who
went undefeated to claim the top spot and move into the top ten on
the tour’s rankings.
Clatterbuck could not have had a more difficult road to the
finals. Starting with a win over Shaun “Get Some” Wilkie, a tour
heavyweight and general terror in the Northeast, he then moved on
to defeat top touring pro Mike Davis. Another pair of wins brought
Caltterbuck to face yet another tour regular, Brandon Shuff, who he
defeated as well to face Pookie Rasmeloungon in the hot seat match,
where once again he prevailed.
On the one-loss side tournament director Andy Lincoln was
making a comeback along with Wilkie. Lincoln, who had taken a
first-round loss, took down seven opponents including powerhouses
Davis, Chris Futrell, and Jerry Slivka. But Lincoln missed a step in
his next round and was eliminated by Jeff Abernathy, who went on
to reach the quarterfinals. On the other side of the one-loss side
chart, Wilkie also took down seven matches but also kept to par as
he was defeated by the incoming Shuff, who met Abernathy in the
quarterfinals.
From there a few quick matches zapped the event to a close. In
the quarterfinals Shuff knocked out Abernathy and then stayed hot
as he ousted Rasmeloungon, too.
With only one match remaining
Shuff was gunning for revenge, but
1st Matt Clatterbuck
Clatterbuck had played too strong for 2nd Brandon Shuff
too long and shut down Shuff to 3rd Pookie Rasmeloungon
claim the title.
4th Jeff Abernathy
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Viking Cue Open 9-Ball Tour
J. Pechauer Southeast Open Tour
Viking Cue Amateur 9-Ball Tour
KBP Lucasi Amateur 9-Ball Tour
Ladies Spirit Tour
Great Southern Billiard Tour
Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour
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Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour
Ladies Spirit Tour
Florida State Championship
KBP Lucasi Ladies’ 9-Ball Tour
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VIKING CUE 9-BALL TOUR / RICHARDSON, TX
by Rick Davis
The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour made its first appearance in
Texas April 28-29 when it brought three divisions of play to The
Billiard Den in Richardson, TX. Fighting their way through the
fields, Gordy Van Ver Veer, Lance Sullivan, and Blaine Barcus
claimed the open, amateur, and junior divisions, respectively,
through an onslaught of very close matches.
In the open division a 40-player field came forward, although
it was Van Ver Veer and Robert Clark who bested the winners’ side
to reach the hot seat match. Van Ver Veer outplayed Clark, besting
him 9-7 to send him back into the mix on the one-loss side. Action
on the west side was starting to wind down as Jason Pierce eliminated T.J. Davis and Sammy Downs, 7-4 and 7-6, to reach the
quarterfinals. Nearby, Jack Lynch plowed through Clay Renfroe
and William Howard, each 7-2, then slipped past Pearce 7-5 to
reach the semifinals. With only two matches left Clark knocked
out Lynch double-hill and attempted to redeem himself against
Van Ver Veer. Clark took the first set 9-8, but after getting the
attention of his opponent, Van Ver Veer drilled him 7-0 to claim
the event.
The second division offered play for the amateurs, where
another group of 40 players threw their hat into the ring. Lance
Sullivan and Jim Colling were clearly in control, and after they met
in the hot seat match, Sullivan stepped forward by virtue of a 7-5
win to be king of the hill. On the one-loss side Bill Etcheverry ousted Claude Gragg 7-3, while Henry Rocha did the same to Chris
Ferguson 7-4. In the quarterfinals it was Colling over Etcheverry
double-hill, then Rocha over Etcheverry 7-2. The finals offered
some excitement as Rocha took the first set from Sullivan doublehill and then managed to tied the final set at 6-all with a 9 on the
break. Sullivan took his last chance and shocked everyone by
answering back with a 9 on the snap to claim the set, match,
and event.
Finally, 14 players entered the juniors division, which was
owned by Blaine Barcus and Mikey Gipe, who clashed in the hot
seat match before Barcus shifted into gear, besting Gipe 9-6. On
the one-loss side Stephan Brown emerged from the quarterfinals 72 over Jason Creel but was then eliminated 7-5 by the incoming
Gipe. Back in the finals Gipe tasted revenge as he took the first set
9-4, but again the king of the hill answered back to take the final
set 7-4 and claim the event. While the junior division did not
receive a cash payout, the top two finishers, Barcus and Gipe, each
received an entry in the BEF Nationals, along with a very nice
Viking cue.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Gordy Van Ver Veer
Robert Clark
Jack Lynch
Jason Pearce
5th William Howard
Sammy Downs
7th Clay Renfroe
T.J. Davis
1st Lance Sullivan
2nd Henry Rocha
3rd Jim Colling
4th Bill Etcheverry
5th Claude Gragg
Chris Ferguson
1st Blaine Barcus
2nd Mikey Gipe
3rd Stephan Brown
4th Jason Creel
5th Camron Radford
William Howard
MCDERMOTT ALL-AMERICAN TOUR / SAND SPRINGS, OK
Kari Damron, room owner Cindy Smith, Sandy Chamberlain
Richard Webb, room owner Cindy Smith, Chris Weast
by InsidePOOL Staff
Sandite Billiards in Sand Springs, OK, proudly hosted the April
28-29 stop of the McDermott All-American Tour. This event featured
a men’s and women’s division, which saw Richard Webb and Kari
Damron take top honors, respectively.
In the men’s division, which drew 22 players, Chris Weast ran
undefeated to the finals. Earlier in the winners’ bracket, he knocked
Donnie Ferguson into the left side of the chart 7-3 before outlasting
James Raney 7-5 in the hot seat match. Webb, sent west by Raney,
recovered to eliminate Neil Drews 7-2 and Shane Johnson 7-4. Now
in the semifinals, Webb ended Raney’s run with a 7-5 and advanced
to the finals against Weast. He had to defeat Weast twice for the title,
and Webb was up for the task, claiming the title 7-4, 7-6.
Sandra Chamberlain went undefeated through the 13-player
field in the women’s division. She outplayed Jackie Meyers 7-4 in the
winners’ side, going on to deal Damron a 7-3 loss in the hot seat
match. Now on the one-loss side, Damron warmed up for the final
match by eliminating Carol Grah 7-3, going on to a rematch against
Chamberlain. Chamberlain had no answers for Damron in the finals,
as Damron fired on all cylinders to take the title in two sets, 7-3, 7-2.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Richard Webb
Chris Weast
James Raney
Shane Johnson
1st Kari Damron
2nd Sandra Chamberlain
3rd Carol Grah
5th Donnie Ferguson
Neil Drews
7th Richie Price
Thomas Williams
4th Jackie Meyers
5th Kathryn Hair
Cindy Smith
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6/4/07
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Central
BOWMAN DOES IT AGAIN
MCDERMOTT ALL-AMERICAN TOUR / EAST MOLINE, IL
by InsidePOOL Staff
A L .
Jesse Bowman again proved his dominance of the McDermott
All-American Tour on their May 5 stop. Hosted by Leisure Time
Billiards in East Moline, IL, the event saw Bowman run undefeated
to the finals through the 39-player field.
After outplaying Jim LaFavre 6-3, Bowman moved on to the hot
seat match. There he faced off against Mike Dunklin, who earlier had
defeated Mike Herrera 5-3, and sent Dunklin west as well 6-4. In the
left side of the chart, Rich Mager ousted LaFavre 5-4, while Anthony
Garcia eliminated Herrera 4-3. Mager went on to take out Garcia 5-3
and then advanced to the semifinals, where he also was able to defeat
Dunklin 5-3. Mager couldn’t keep his streak going into the finals,
though, for Bowman triumphed by a 6-3 margin.
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Jesse Bowman
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Jesse Bowman
Rich Mager
Mike Dunklin
Anthony Garcia
5th Jim LaFavre
Mike Herrera
7th Larry Sneath
Mark Czerwinski
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TOURANGEAU TAKES A WIN
MARVELOUS RUN BY MELLO
MCDERMOTT ALL-AMERICAN TOUR / PORTLAND, OR
ARIZONA WOMEN’S BILLIARD TOUR / GLENDALE, AZ
Vancouver’s pride, Stan Tourangeau, outlasted all comers
on the April 20-22 stop of the McDermott-All American Tour to
take first place. Hosted by Nite Hawk Café & Lounge in
Portland, OR, this event featured a $1,500-added purse with 39
players.
To reach the hot seat match, Tourangeau outplayed Dan
Louie in the winners’-bracket semifinals 9-4, while Zac Masiba
dealt Jessie Allred his first loss by the same score. Colliding with
Masiba in the battle for the hot seat, Tourangeau was able to
overcome his opponent, again with a 9-4 win.
Portland, OR, native Glenn Atwell was working his way
through the one-loss side and bested Allred 9-3 to advance.
Louie was also ousted, sent home early with a 9-7 victory
belonging to Mike Zimmerman. Zimmerman fell prey to Atwell
in the next round, though, 9-7, and in the semifinal match,
Atwell ended Masiba’s run by a 9-6 margin. The finals consisted of a single race to 11, with Tourangeau clipping Atwell for the
title by the narrowest of hill-hill margins.
by InsidePOOL Staff
The Arizona Women’s Billiard Tour afforded its members a chance
to warm up for the BCA Nationals in Las Vegas, NV, the weekend of
April 28-29. They held an event at Northern Lounge in Glendale, AZ,
that attracted 35 ladies, with Susan Mello coming out ahead of them all.
Susan Williams and Susan Mello made it all the way through the
winners’-side bracket and met up for the hot seat match. Mello came out
victorious and waited patiently as Williams went on to play Michelle
Trevino.
After Williams defeated Trevino, she went on to the rematch
against Mello. In the true double-elimination format, Williams had to
defeat Mello twice to win. An outstanding run of the stripes gave
Williams the first game but was overshadowed by Mello, who captured
the next four racks in a row to win the first set 4-1.
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AWBT players
Glenn Atwell, Stan Tourangeau
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Stan Tourangeau
Glenn Atwell
Zac Masiba
Mike Zimmerman
5th Jessie Allred
Dan Louie
7th Al Perez
Eddie Mataya
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Susan Mello
7th Mary Moench
Susan Williams
Amy Willkom
Michelle Trevino
9th Pamala Barbosa
Margie Stephanik
Sonia Flores
Holly Ryan
Kristin Haney
Cathy Kelly
Linda McBride-Adams
SILVA SWEEPS MEMORIAL TITLE
MCDERMOTT ALL-AMERICAN TOUR / COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
by InsidePOOL Staff
The McDermott All-American Tour’s seventh annual Jack
Michaely Memorial brought out a full 64-player field, with
Ruben Silva taking home the title triumphantly. Hosted by
Antique Billiard Museum in Colorado Springs, CO, the weekend
of May 5-6, this stop offered a $1,000-added purse.
New Mexico’s Anna Kostanian ran undefeated to the finals,
outplaying Steve Flanigan 9-2 to reach the hot seat match.
Meeting her there was Nick Tafoya, who had just knocked Nate
Smith into the west side of the chart 9-7. Kostanian comfortably
dispatched Tafoya 9-4 and then waited for her next rival.
In the left side, Silva ousted Flanigan 7-3, while Jeff
McKeon eliminated Smith 7-6. Silva was on a roll and took out
McKeon 7-5 in the quarterfinals and then ended Tafoya’s run by
a 7-4 margin. The final match was a one-set race to 11, and Silva
kept his momentum going to take care of Kostanian by an 11-6
margin for the title.
Anna Kostanian, Nick Tafoya, Ruben Silva Jr.
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EASY WIN FOR WILLIAMS
DEDICATED VICTORY FOR HJORLIEFSON
TIGER CANADIAN WOMEN’S POOL TOUR / BARRIE, ONT
CANADIAN 30K TOUR / NEWMARKET, ONT
WO R L D
R E P O RT
by Carolina Fernandez and Corrine Johnson
The Tiger Canadian Women’s Pool Tour held its first WPBA qualifier of
the season at Dunlop Billiards in Barrie, ONT. Held April 14-15, this event
featured a $1,500-added purse, with Naomi Williams taking first place.
Sunday saw the return of the top eight players. The match for the hot
seat was a tough one, with Williams pitted against Marina Linguerri, but
Williams pulled it off to send Linguerri to the west side of the chart. On the
one-loss side, the field grew smaller as Marie St. Germain defeated Penny
Devos and then Brittany Bryant.
St. Germain was then matched up with Linguerri, an up-and-coming
player with her sights set on the WPBA. Though St. Germain won this
match to advance, she was ineligible to win the qualifier, which passed to
a grateful Linguerri.
Williams, having already earned her touring pro status with the
WPBA, was also ineligible for the qualifier but happy to face St. Germain
in the final match. On the hill at 6-2, Williams breaks and is left with a
wide-open table. She runs out but rattles the 6 ball; however, St. Germain
was unable to capitalize, and Williams dished up for the win.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Naomi Williams
Marie St. Germain
Marina Linguerri
Jen Dong
Danielle Morris
Brittany Bryant
7th Corrine Johnson
Penny Devos
Naomi Williams, room owner Brian Bedford, Marie St. Germaine
GREAT WIN FOR GARDINER
CANADIAN 30K TOUR / BARRIE, ONT
by Willy Hermoza and Tony Butera
Dunlop Billiards in Barrie, ONT, played hosted to the April 29 stop of
the Canadian 30K Tour. Out of the 22 participating players, Darlene Gardiner
took top honors over Kory Jacobs.
Jacobs eked past John Black double-hill in the quarterfinals to go on to
the next match against Jeff Dick. After besting Dick 4-2, Jacobs advanced to
the finals against Gardiner. In the true double-elimination format, Jacobs was
able to score the first set 6-3 but lost the 9 ball in the hill-hill second set,
handing Gardiner the win.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Frequent winner Erik Hjorliefson went undefeated at the April 14-15 stop of the Canadian 30K
Tour. Hosted by Bigwig Billiards in Newmarket,
ONT, this event attracted 40 players vying for the
first-place prize.
On Sunday, Hjorliefson steamrolled over
Dennis Rhodes, defeating him 10-2 and sending him
to the one-loss side grind. On the bottom half of the
winners’-side bracket, 14-year-old Jeff Robson bested Rob Brandenburg 5-8 in an exciting double-hill
match. The battle for the hot seat was a one-man
show, as Hjorliefson took over and defeated Robson
10-1.
On the top of the one-loss side, Dennis Rhodes
bested Brian McDougal in another double-hill match
7-7. Also, Jason Klatt made quick work of
Brandenburg 9-3 to win the bottom bracket of the
one-loss side. Never letting up, Klatt trounced
Rhodes 10-2 and stampeded Robson 10-1.
The stage was set for the final scene.
Hjorleifson started out slow but then kicked it into
high gear, never really letting Klatt into the action.
Erik won the match 9-4, dedicating this win to his
grandmother, who recently passed away.
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WILLIAMS SCORES A HAT TRICK
CANADIAN 30K TOUR / SCARBOROUGH, ONT
TIGER CANADIAN WOMEN’S POOL TOUR / WATERLOO, ONT
Millie’s in Scarborough, ONT, played host to the April 21
Canadian 30K Tour, which saw Marc Bucais end up in the winner’s circle. Despite the nice weather and a range of other tournaments going on, the competition was strong.
On the top of the winners’ bracket, John Morra defeated
Glen Lee 9-3, while Bucais bested Chris Jenkins 6-7. Going on
to try for the hot seat, Bucais then sent Morra west with a 6-7
win.
Glen Lee was fighting his way through the one-loss side,
scoring a double-hill win over McEarl Bucais, while Chris
Jenkins defeated Jimmy Toupin 8-5. Lee went on to best Jenkins
5-6 only to be routed by Morra 9-3 in the semifinal match.
Advancing to the finals, Morra found he was no match for Bucais
that day, as Bucais took the thirtieth stop of the tour.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Marc Bucais
John Morra
Glen Lee
Chris Jenkins
McEarl Bucais
Jimmy Toupin
Marc Bucais, John Morra
by Carolina Fernandez
The Tiger Canadian Women’s Pool Tour held their third tour
stop at Pool Paradise in Waterloo, ONT, May 5, in which Naomi
Williams pulled a 3-0 hat trick CWPT record win.
Sunday saw the remaining six players return, with Brittany
Bryant ousting Carrie Dwyer 6-5 and Darlene Gardiner eliminating
Susan Wipper in another 6-5 match. Dwyer and Wipper took home
fifth place. Now on fire, Gardiner advanced to best Bryant, who settled for fourth place, and reach the semifinals with Williams, who
had just suffered a loss to Maureen Seto in the hot seat match.
With the score knotted at 5-all in the semifinals, Williams ran
out the next two games to reach the hill but rattled the 5 ball in the
side. Gardiner is finally able to pick up her cue but scratches on the
6 ball, handing the match to Gardiner, who won 8-5.
In the double-elimination finals, both Seto and Williams kept
the audience enthralled, as Williams took control of the table in the
first set to win 8-3. The second set went longer, with the players
tying at hill-hill. Funny shape on the 2 ball led to Seto sitting in her
chair as Williams came back to the table to dish up for her 8-7 win.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Naomi Williams
Maureen Seto
Darlene Gardiner
Brittany Bryant
Susan Wipper
Carrie Dwyer
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