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Heavy Hitters at Hard Times by: Jay Helfert, Tournament Director
Three days of June 11-16, one pocket 2002 ended with the Sacramento, eternal skills of CA Jose Parica The 3 rd Annual proving too Hard Times much for his S u m m e r challengers. Jamboree Three days of attracted some Nine Ball of pool s biggest followed and guns to vie for Rodney Morris the One Pocket talent shined and Nine Ball titles. 55 players (l to r) Jay Helfert-Tournament Director, Rodney Morris 1st Place 9-Ball, brightest. Six Chuck Markulis-Owner Hard Times Billiards days of fantastic comprised a pool by some of the best in the game, and the stellar One Pocket field and the Nine Ball was crowds who packed Hard Times Sacramento 76 strong. (Hard Times continued on page 25)
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NWPA TOUR STOP #3 SHOTZE S RACK N ROLL; EVERETT, WA; JUNE 22-23, 2002 By: Heather Doherty
With a record breaking playing field of 52 w o m e n , excitement and anticipation a b o u n d e d among the players and spectators participating in the (Kirk Wins continued on page 16)
APA Teams Go To Las Vegas Pierce County, Washington compete in 2002 8-Ball and 9-Ball National Championships
By: Michelle Barkdoll, League Operator APA Pierce County, WA
July 15-21, 2002 Medford / Central Point, Oregon This year the Jackson County Expo Fair, with a theme of Reach For The Stars , will be headlining Mike CB Mike CB Bromagem Bromagem s pool talents. He will be teaching the basic skills of pool shooting, including how to select a stick, holding positions, stance positioning and more. CB will also be putting on some of his trick shot exhibitions. CBs first Challenger Event was during the 2000 Jackson County Expo Fair, CB took on all challengers. He shot 650 games in the six days, with a loss of only 15 games, during the 98 degree weather. (He even had a warped shaft on his pool stick to prove it at the end of the fair.) CB was the Oregon State Pool Champion three consecutive years in the 90 s and is well known, respected and loved in the pool community. He travels all over Oregon and to parts of Washington to re-cover and maintain pool tables in the bars/taverns, pool halls and for home pool tables users. Mike owns CB Enterprises, which re-covers pool tables as well as the custom building of tables. He is available to help customers with sales, supplies, tables or to just provide lessons. This year the charity promoting the 1st Annual Pool Shooters Challenge is the Jackson County (Challenge continued on page 10)
Three from forty-two teams qualified through their top performance in the Local Team Championships at City Lights Billiards in Tacoma, Washington (May 28 June 2) to compete at the 2002 Camel 8-Ball National
Well It Looked Kewl? - Jimmy G s Sports Bar & Casino Damon Shafer, Joe Mack, Joe Cunningham, Bill Girnau, Pete Semoe, Tricia Lewis, Dylan Meyer
Team Championships. Two out of twenty-five teams qualified (June 15 16) for the APA 9Ball National Championships. Both conducted by the American Poolplayers Association (APA). These teams will be joining more than five hundred 8-Ball and two (APA continued on page 15)
A Family of Games
By: Don Cheese Akerlow
Everett, Washington Once again the Family Game Store is opening its doors in a new and convenient location, the Everett Mall (next to Mervyn s). This marks the third store that has opened in the local area. Bringing Families Together Keeping Families Together is the motto of the Family Game Store. Owner Gary Zimmerman armed with 45 years in retail management with Gary Zimmerman - Owner Family Game Stores Albertson s and Radio Shack, the last seven of which he worked in Monroe, opened his first Family Game Store in February 2001. In his own words Gary said, I wanted to do something to contribute to the community and still use the retail skills I had acquired through the years. Ironically, it was a trip back home that gave me the idea. That was the beginning, It started me thinking about how, today, families don t really do a lot together. Everybody does their own thing instead. So out of retirement he came. What better way to do it than through GAMES. I thought, Why not bring back the old-fashioned (A Family of Games continued on page 7)