Scholarship Opportunities for High School Billiards Players

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Scholarship Opportunities for High School Billiards Players

The Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) is pleased to announce that they are accepting applications for the 2008 scholarship awards. The BEF Academic Scholarship Program is administered annually under the direction and guidance of the BEF Board of Trustees. Applications must be postmarked no later than March 15, 2008 and can be downloaded by going to the BEF website at www.BilliardEducation.org (http://www.billiardeducation.org/).
The BEF Academic Scholarship Program is divided into two categories: Excellence in Education scholarship (one $5,000 scholarship awarded over a two-year term) and Aiming for Higher Education scholarships (seven individual scholarships at $1,000 each). The objective of the BEF Academic Scholarship Program is to grant scholarships to high school seniors who have benefited from the sport of billiards and are pursuing a college education.
Prospects must adhere to the following scholarship criteria: 1) hold a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA (on a 4.0 scale); 2) must have an ACT score of at least 23 or SAT score of at least 1050; 3) submit a 500-1000 word essay on how billiards has been an integral part of their life; 4) must be accepted to an accredited undergraduate academic program by June 1, 2008; 5) must attend an accredited undergraduate institution and carry at least 12 hours per semester. .

The final application must also include a letter from the applicant outlining academic achievements, leadership and/or community service work, a description of the applicant’s background and career objectives, personal and professional (academic) goals, and chosen discipline of study. Applicants must also submit an official High School Transcript and SAT/ACT scores.

The BEF would like to thank all the contributors that make this scholarship and other BEF programs possible. If you would like to become a donor and make a difference in the growth of billiard programs for our youth, please contact the BEF office at 303.926.1039
The Billiard Education Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit charitable organization committed to furthering the standard of excellence and leadership within the billiard community by engaging in activities related to the education and cultural advancement of tomorrow’s leaders.
For more information about the BEF, please visit www.BilliardEducation.org (http://www.billiardeducation.org/), contact Laura Smith at 303.926.1039, or e-mail info@BilliardEducation.org (mailto:info@BilliardEducation.org).

Derby City Classic Event Schedule

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Derby City Classic Event Schedule

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Thursday, January 3rd
• Late sign-ups (if fields are not full) 4 pm-10 pm
• Practice time for 9-Ball Bank players 5 pm-12 am
• Tables available for rental 12 am-7 am
Friday, January 4th
• Tournament Room clean-up (no admittance) 7 am-9 am
• Practice time for 9-Ball Bank players 9 am-10 am
• 9-BALL BANK DRAW 10:00 am
• Players meeting 12:00 pm
• Play begins (9-Ball Bank) 1:00 pm
• Dinner Break 6 pm- 7 pm
• 9-Ball Bank match play continues 7 pm-12 am
• NO MINI TOURNAMENT TONIGHT
• Tables available for rental 12 am-7 am
• Bank Ring Game 5 people 8:00 pm
TV Table. See Grady (803) 407-0047
• Open Ring Game 3-5 players or special match on TV Table 12 am-8 am
Saturday, January 5th
• Tournament Room clean-up (no admittance) 7 am-9 am
• Practice time for 9-Ball Bank players 9 am-11 am
• 9-Ball Bank match play resumes 11 am-6 pm
• Dinner Break 6 pm-7 pm
• 9-Ball Bank match play continues 7 pm-12 am
• 9-Ball Mini-Tournament/$1,000 added/upstairs
$25 entry/limited to first 64 players Race to 5 12 am - ?
• Tables available for rental 12 am-7 am
• 10-Ball Ring Game - 5 people 8:00 pm
TV Table. See Grady (803) 407-0047
• Open Ring Game 3-5 players or special match on TV Table 12 am-8 am
Sunday, January 6th
• Tournament Room clean-up (no admittance) 7 am-9 am
• Practice time for 9-Ball Bank One Pocket players 9 am-10 am
• ONE-POCKET DRAW 10:00 am
• Players Meeting (One Pocket) 12:00 pm
• 9-Ball Bank match play resumes 11 am-6 pm
• Play begins (One Pocket) 1:00 pm
• Dinner Break 6 pm-7 pm
• One-Pocket match play continues 7 pm-12 am
• NO MINI TOURNAMENT TONIGHT
• Tables available for rental 12 am-7 am
• Open Ring Game 3-5 players or special match on TV Table 12 am-8 am
Monday, January 7th
• Tournament Room clean-up (no admittance) 7 am-9 am
• Practice time for One Pocket players 9 am-11 am
• One-Pocket match play resumes 11 am-6 pm
• Dinner Break 6 pm-7 pm
• Semi-Finals (9-Ball Bank) 7:00 pm
• One-Pocket match play continues 7 pm-12 am
• Finals (9-Ball Bank) 9:00 pm
• NO MINI-TOURNAMENT TONIGHT
• Tables available for rental 12 am-7 am
• Open Ring Game 3-5 players or special match on TV Table 12 am-8 am
Tuesday, January 8th
• Tournament Room clean-up (no admittance) 7 am-9 am
• Practice time for One Pocket players 9 am-11 am
• One-Pocket match play resumes 11 am-6 pm
• Dinner Break 6 pm-7 pm
• Hall of Fame Dinner 6 pm
Steve Booth 603-496-8321
• One-Pocket match play continues 7 pm-12 am
• 9-Ball Bank Mini-Tournament/$1,000 added/upstairs
$25 entry/limited to first 64 players Race to 2 12am-?
• Tables available for rental 12 am-7 am
• Open Ring Game 3-5 players or special match on TV Table 12 am-8 am
Wednesday, January 9th
• Tournament Room clean-up (no admittance) 7 am-9 am
• Practice time for One Pocket 9-Ball players 9 am-10 am
• 9-BALL DRAW 10:00 am
• Players meeting 12:00 pm
• One-Pocket match play resumes 11 am-6 pm
• Play begins (9-Ball) 1:00 pm
• Dinner Break 6 pm-7 pm
• 9-Ball match play continues 7 pm-12 am
• NO MINI TOURNAMENT TONIGHT
• Tables available for rental 12 am-7 am
• Open Ring Game 3-5 players or special match on TV Table 12 am-8 am
Thursday, January 10th
• Tournament Room clean-up (no admittance) 7 am-9 am
• Practice time for 9-Ball players 9 am-11 am
• 9-Ball match play resumes 11 am-6 pm
• Dinner Break 6 pm-7 pm
• Semi-Finals (One-Pocket) 7:00 pm
• 9-Ball match play continues 7 pm-12 am
• Finals (One-Pocket) 9:00 pm
• NO MINI-TOURNAMENT TONIGHT
• Tables available for rental 12 am-7 am
• Open Ring Game 3-5 players or special match on TV Table 12 am-8 am
Friday, January 11th
• Tournament Room clean-up (no admittance) 7 am-9 am
• Practice time for 9-Ball players 9 am-11 am
• 9-Ball match play resumes 11 am-6 pm
• Dinner Break 6 pm-7 pm
• 9-Ball match play continues 7 pm-12 am
• One-Pkt Mini-Tournament/$1,000 added/upstairs
$25 entry/limited to first 32 players Race to 2 12 am- ?
• Tables available for rental 12 am-7 am
• Open Ring Game 3-5 players or special match on TV Table 12 am-8 am
Saturday, January 12th
• Tournament Room clean-up (no admittance) 7 am-9 am
• Practice time for 9-Ball players 9 am-11 am
• 9-Ball match play resumes 11am-3 pm
• Semi-Finals (9-Ball) 7:00 pm
• Dinner Break 6 pm-7 pm
• Finals (9-Ball) 9:00 pm
• Thank You’s (Scott Smith) 10:00 pm
• Awards Ceremony
(9-Ball Bank, One-Pocket, 9-Ball
10TH ANNUAL DERBY CITY CLASSIC
2008 Event Schedule at Executive West
THE $10,000 STRAIGHT POOL CHALLENGE TO BE HELD IN DRINKWATER ROOM. BOB JEWETT (408) 615-7479
NATIONAL BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP AT EXECUTIVE INN. PAUL FRANKEL (901) 756-2594
THE DR. CUE CLASSIC “ARTISTIC CUP” TOM ROSSMAN (765) 760-7665

The 15th Annual U.S. Bar Table Championships

Posted by admin as Independent Tournaments - US Open Bar Table Championshi

The 15th Annual U.S. Bar Table Championships
Sands Regency in Reno, Nevada.

February 25th through March 2th.

$24,500 Guaranteed added
10-Ball: Feb. 25-27. $6,000.00 Added. Race to 7.
9-Ball: Feb. 27-29. $6,000.00 Added. Race to 9.
8-Ball: Feb. 29-Mar. 2. $8,000.00 Added. Race to 5.

Double Elimination, Alternate Breaks. Players’ meetings: Noon on day of each event. Play begins at 1pm.

All events: $125.00 entry fee — includes $25.00 registration fee.

Entries must be postmarked by Feb 16. Entries postmarked after Feb. 16 are $150–includes a $25 late fee. On site entries, if there are openings, are assessed an additional $25 fee.

For entry form click here: tournament flyer (/tournaments/us-open-bar-table.pdf)

After Hour Action Mini Tournaments; Ring Games, etc.

All Around payouts
1st: $2000.00. 2nd: $1000.00,
3rd: $500.00. You must compete in all three events to be eligible.

Women’s All Around
1st: $600.00, 2nd: $300.00,
3rd: $100.00. You must compete in all three events to be eligible.

Now produced and promoted by the playbca.com, the U.S. Bar Table Championships will feature the finest in playing equipment this year:All matches are played on: Diamond 7’ Smart Tables with Pro cut 4-1/2” pockets. Simonis 860 Tournament Blue Cloth, Red Circle cue balls and Super Aramith Pro balls.

Room reservations:
Call 866.FUNSTAY (866.386.7829)
Group Code BAR225
Special Rate Sun-Thurs, $29,
Fri-Sat. $49, plus 13.5% room tax.
Room reservations must be made by Feb 20, 2008 to guarantee rate. (One night advance deposit required)

McCloud Cruises to Billiards Victory

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McCloud Cruises to Billiards Victory
Tri-State Tour / Summerset, NJ

by Rick Davis
The Tri-State Tour held their last billiard event of the 2007 calendar year December 29 at One Shot Billiards in Summerset, NJ. This was the first time for the tour to visit this room and it was treated to a talented 32-player field that was owned by Tom McCloud, who went undefeated through the event.
Late on the winners’ side McCloud found himself in the hot seat match against Mario Sahatjian and slipped past him double-hill to become king of the hill. On the one-loss side it was a tight race to reach the final rounds, as Albert Lopez eliminated Danny Cintron 7-6 and Stephen Brush knocked out Duane Toney 7-5. At that point Brush was in high gear with his eye on a comeback, and after drilling Lopez 7-2 in the quarterfinals and then ousting Sahatjian 7-5 in the semifinals, he was on his way to fight for the title.
McCloud was happy to receive Brush in the finals since he had defeated him earlier that day. Although Brush managed to put up a fight, McCloud was offering his A-game and defeated Brush 7-4 to claim the event.
Results:
1st Tom McCloud
2nd Stephen Brush
3rd Mario Sahatjian
4th Albert Lopez
5th Duane Toney
Danny Cintron

Viking Tour at Randolph’s Billiards

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Viking Tour at Randolph’s Billiards
Randolph’s Billiards hosted the Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour this weekend and the Christmas Spirit was abounding at Randolph’s this weekend. Players from near and far came in to participate in the events and take their shot at some extra Christmas cash this weekend. Not only did players have the opportunity to make some extra Santa dough from The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tours events many of them stuck around to participate in Randolph’s Sunday nite Handicap Tournament which had another 44 players. Randolph’s was packed with action all weekend long as players went head to head in a friendly game of 9-Ball.

The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tours two events had 93 participants. The Open event consisted of 55 players with 12 Free entries for women and Jr players. The Amateur event consisted of 38 players with 6 Free entries for women and Jr players. The events had a combined total of $7500 in payouts.

The Open Division was won by Mike Fuller with a whopping $2100 payout. Fuller had quite an exciting trip to take first place with the luck of the draw he faced his dad Peaches Fuller in the first round sending him and all of his upcoming opponents to the one loss side Mike had some pretty tough competion as he steam rolled thru the top half of the bracket. Mike defeated Peaches Fuller 7-6; Chuck Ritchie 7-0; Skip Coffey 7-1; Ronnie Park 7-5; Mike continued on his winning streak to defeat professional players Mike Davis 7-5; Larry Nevel 7-3; only to face him again in the hot seat and send him to second place 7-5.

Larry Nevel rolled thru the bottom half of the bracket until he faced Mike Fuller in the quarter finals where he was sent to the one loss side. Nevel begin by defeating Zack Boch 7-1; Jeff Pruitt 7-5; Ed Killough 7-1; Tony Watson 7-3 where Nevel fell behind 3-1 and Watson failed to make a ball on the break for game 4 which gave Nevel the opening he needed to run out a 6 pack against Watson sending him to the one loss side.

Open Division:

1st Mike Fuller
2nd Larry Nevel
3rd Mike Davis
4th Ron Park
5/6th Jeff Abernathy, Tony Watson
7/8th Adam Pendley, Greg Gilliam
9/12th Mark Bumgarner, Marcus Pendley, Claude Marrier, Eddie Little,

The Amateur Division was won by Chuck Ritchie who began his trek to 1st place in the bottom half of the bracket and went undefeated to the finals. In the first round he drew a bye then proceeded to send all his opponents to the left side of the chart beginning with Aimie Kilby 5-1; Rory Dover 5-2; Katie Cowan 5-3; Jim Davis 5-3; Brent Newman 5-2; and once again facing Rory Dover in the finals 5-3.

Rory Dover took second after drawing a bye in round one facing and defeating Ed Killough 5-1; before being sent to the left side by Ritchie 5-2; Dover fought his way back to the finals by defeating Mike T 5-1; Dennis Killough 5-2; Jim Davis 5-3; Kyle Helms 5-2: and Brent Newman in the semi finals 5-3.

Amateur Division:

1st Chuck Ritchine
2nd Rory Dover
3rd Brent Newman
4th Kyle Helms
5/6th Jim Davis and Greg Whittington
7/8th Dennis Killough and Chad Smith

The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour would like to extend a special thank you to Randy and Becky as well as all the great staff that made this holiday weekend away from home an enjoyable experience for our staff as well as all the players.