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THE BIG SHOW 27th Annual US OPEN 9-BALL
(l to r) Rafael Martinez, Stan Tourangeau
Photo courtesy of PoolPics by Hoppe
Spokane Open and The Winner Is ....
By: Clay Skidmore, Tournament Director August 30 September 2, 2002 - Spokane, WA
(l to r front row) Barry Behrman, Ralf Souquet, Jim Wych, Mayor of Chesapeake, Brady Behrman By Don Cheese Akerlow
9-24-29, 2002 Chesapeake, VA I have been waiting to watch the LIVE finals of this event ever since I heard about it. This year pits Ralf Souquet and
Alex Pagulayan in the finals for all the marbles, $30,000 for first place and $15,000 for second. As I sit here in front of my TV, it s about to start. I have DISH Network and ordered my package at least
On Labor Day weekend McQ s Billiards held our annual Spokane Open Tournament. This year s event brought on the addition of an 8-ball tournament that was added to the 9-ball event we have done for years. Although the entries to the 9-ball field were a little light, 55 to be exact, the 8-ball field sold out with a full 32. Allowing players to shoot both events I had to keep the 8-ball field small to avoid too many conflicts with matches. Both events ran smoothly and the players were very accommodating with
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NWPA TOUR STOP #5 Q STREET BILLIARDS By: Heather Doherty
The Northwest Women s Pool Association (NWPA) held its fifth tour stop September 14-15, 2002 in Springfield, Oregon to another great showing of 33 hopeful women. Hosts of NWPA tour stop #2, Sharon and Dennis Blackwell of Q Street Billiards once again afforded these players their generous hospitality, fine food, great tables and added $750 to the prize purse. Tournament Director Ted Woodward and assistant Dan Coffman once again ran a smooth event. Having preset all the tables with score devices and player cards, the ladies were able to start matches
(l to r) Dennis Blackwell (owner Q Street), Martha Hartsell, Vic Valdez (NWPA Chairperson)
immediately upon concluding the players meeting. Tournament play ran efficiently on Saturday leaving only the final eight players to battle it out on Sunday. Playing in only her third event of the season, but certainly no freshman to competitive play, Kim Sijer of Spanaway, WA came to the event with a newly rekindled drive to win. As if having awoken from her leave of the game newly refreshed, Kim made an unbelievable reentrance to the tour, breezing through more than half of her A side matches. She blew past Connie Carlson [7-0] and Linda Carter [7-3]. She then maintained (Q Street continued page 18)
WSPL Summer Titleholders
2003 Vegas Bound
From: Gary E Smith
(l to r) Rich Robinson, Luke Oyler, Don Cheese Akerlow, Larry Bryant (not pictured) Dave Ervin
August 23-25, 2002 The Bridger Mountain BCA Team Championship was played at the Eagles Club in Bozeman, MT for entry into the BCA Tournament in Las Vegas 2003. Ball Busters from the Hub Bar out of Belgrade, MT who finished 13th out of 21 teams in league captured first place and went undefeated throughout the tournament. We ll see everyone in Vegas. (BCA continued page 16)
Bonney Lake, WA September 7th & 8th Held at: The Final Score The first thing that the W.S.P.L. Management would like to do is thank all of the players and the owners of the Final Score Sports Bar for their participation and hosting of this event. As usual the two-day titleholders started at 8:30 am on Saturday the 7th of (WSPL continued on page 24)
1st Grand Central Automatiks L-To-R Back Row- Eric Ellison, Brian VanQuathem, Jeff Patricelli, Jeff Martin - Front Row - Rick Carlson, Bonita Butenko.