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2004 Western BCA Champions(l to r) Catherine Tran, Dana Aldridge, Bob Yunker, Michael Stephens, Natasha Hook, Jean Bartholomew, Stan Tourangeau, Jaclyn Fitchner

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WSPL State Championship

1st Place: Bethel Saloon Pirates (back row) MVP Bill Hall-Captain, Rich Lee,Dan Steward, Howard Donaghy, Bruce Stewart,

(front row) Darrel Peterson-Co-Captain, T J Foreman-Territory Manager, Dave Pollard

March 6th, 7th, & 8th

Bethel Saloon Pirates- From Port Orchard, Washington win the W.S.P.L.State Championship in Dark Horse Fashion!!

The Bethel Saloon Pirates in dark horse fashion captured theW.S.P.L. State Championship on the March 6th – 8th weekend!! After the

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by: Don “Cheese” Akerlow

The story of the tournament has to be Clyde Bowles. I’ve gotten to knowClyde over the years from deliveries, playing in tournaments and showingup at tournaments. Clyde is the perfect example of a gentleman with hisdown home, laid back, easy going demeanor. Don’t let that fool you whenit comes to shooting pool. He’s not tall, dashing or have the flash of manyof the players. He doesn’t draw the ball three cushions around the table toget position, he just makes ball with consistency. Make no mistake he canmake shots that you and I may not. I think finishing second in Masters after

being on the point says it all. I talked to Clyde after he had won the pointand he was waiting for Glenn Atwell and Stan Tourangeau to battle it out,Clyde said that he had originally submitted to be in Seniors and he went toMasters.It was good to see a lot of my old friends that I have made over the yearsas well as new one that I have reacquainted myself with. It is alwaysgratifying to meet new players and hear their opinions about “The Break”.

BCA Leagues SOLDIn an exclusive interview with Mark Griffin of Diamond Tables, he confirmedthe rumor that he had made an agreement with the Billiard Congress ofAmerica to purchase the BCA League System. The deal is not official untilthe board approves it next week. Mark said that the leagues will remain thesame. There will be no changes for the players. It will not become afranchise league and the fees will remain the same. The BCA Nationals inLas Vegas will also remain the same. They will still be run by Gary Bensonfor the next two years, at least.Mark does have a lot of ideas on how to enhance the league and createmore events for the players. He’s thinking of reviving the National 9-BallTournament that used to be held in Red Wing, Minnesota and maybe evenbring back the All American Tour. Mark is player oriented and wants to havean advisory board comprised of industry leaders and league officials tohelp staff the new league. He is moving his offices to Las Vegas, whichseems like a more appropriate place for them.Mark would like to work together so that the players get a better deal. Hewants to work in conjunction with the other leagues and tours so that thereare not conflicts in scheduling. He is very enthusiastic about what can andshould happen to make the league stronger and promote pool. He has bigplans in the works that he hopes to make a reality. The new website shouldbe up and running by April 1st and will be changing daily so check it out atwww.bcapoolleague.com. You can keep apprised of the changes goingon by checking online.Although Mark didn’t want the BCA to sell the leagues, when it becameapparent that the leagues were going to be offered for sale, he stepped upto take charge.We will have more information in next month’s issue. OTB

By: Don “Cheese” Akerlow

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The Heart and Soul of theTournament “THE REFEREES”

I think one of the most important parts of the tournament, and you mayeven call them the “heart and soul”, are the referees. They may not alwaysmake the call that you would like but they are trained and conduct themselvesin a professional manner. Next time you see someone refing thank themfor their time and dedication to a mostly thankless endeavor.See you again in November!

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Integrity in PoolDishonesty in Ranking League Operators & Division Reps

by: Jean Bartholomew, Adele Evans and Brenda Cannon

According to Webster’s dictionary, the word novice comes from novusmeaning “new” and is defined as a beginner.

This letter is not about how to rank players, it is inspired by the few playerswho are placed (or place themselves) in a lower level tournament bracketthan they should be. Let’s call it what it is—”sand bagging”. It has happenedrepeatedly with individuals and even some teams. What should be done?To be fair, I must take note that most of the League Operators involved inour Western BCA operations try to rate their players fairly and honestly. This letter is not meant for them. It is very difficult to monitor and rate poolplayers. Personally, I am not convinced there is decent system out thereto help do it. There are too many variables such as the type of equipmentplayed on, thecaliber of thecompetition playedagainst, etc. Once again at thisyear’s BCA 8- ballevent, there wereseveral playersplaying in lowerdivisions wherethey did notbelong. This wasespecially true inthe NoviceDivision. OneL e a g u erepresen ta t i veeven signed off fora player to play inthe Novice Bracket. This was done under the pretense that the player hadonly a couple of years of experience. The problem is that the couple ofyears consisted of playing continually with lots of practice time. Some players advance more quickly than others, some take lessons, somepractice day and night. So only considering when a player started playingis a very poor excuse to sign off on a novice ranking. To top it off, this

“novice” placed high in the openscotch event. How disappointingfor the true novice players to seesomeone like this walk up to theirtable in the singles. Finally, therewas the glaring inequity of the useof a “jump cue”.The word “Novice” meansbeginner! There are some pro’swho don’t pull out jump cues. Iwonder how many of this player’sopponents used one! There areno other words except unfair todescribe this behavior. It is grosslyunjust to all of the beginners whoentered the tournament in theNovice division believing theywould have a chance againstplayers of the same skill level.Here is another example thatoccurred during the last BCA 8-ball

regional tournament. I was told that a league operator approached anindividual (who has played pool for many years and is ranked high in theAPA) to join the league on the pretense that the player could sign up as aNovice! It seems some are under the impression that just because someone isnew to BCA play, they can start as a Novice—even if they are NOT abeginning player. This is just not true. A true novice is a player with beginningskill levels and not much tournament experience. The novice ranking ismeant to give players theopportunity to playagainst others of thesame ability gaining bothexperience andconfidence. It would beshame if the Novicedivision had to be droppedfrom this venue becauseof such blatant abuse ofthe system.Please try to be honestand fair when rating aplayer. It is NOT a featherin your cap or your leagueto have the top winners in

Women’s Novice Singles(l to r) Natasha Hook (1st), Linda Terletter (2nd)

Men’s A SinglesDana Aldridge (1st)

1st Place Master Scotch Doubles(l to r) Stan Tourangeau, Wendy Sedlacek


at the beach

Women’s Master(l to r) Cindy Doty (2nd), Jaclyn Fitchner (1st)

Men’s Master Singles (l to r)Stan Tourangeau (1st), Clyde Bowles (2nd)

Men’s Senior Singles (l to r)Richard Konkler (2nd), Michael Stephens (1st)

1st Place Open Scotch DoublesRoxanne Oliver, Michael Stephens

Women’s Open Singles(l to r) Catherine Tran (1st), Sandy Schaefer (2nd)

Men’s Novice Singles(l to r) Bob Yunker (1st), Ryan Jensen (2nd)

By Jean Bartholomew

I have just returned from anexciting week of top-notch poolplaying by around a thousandWBPPA members. It was agreat week, with the newdivisions to this tournamentbeing declared a hugesuccess. The large Opendivision was split into an OpenA and Open B and a Men’sSeniors and Women’s Seniorswere new. Everyone seemedto like this change. There were some great

surprises too. Clyde Bowles, a well known player of the Seattle area wonthe point in the Men’s Master Division, by beatingGlenn Atwell. Quite a feat. Clyde told me that

was his early birthdaypresent. (71 yearsyoung). Since Glennhas been a winner ofthis event severaltimes, it changed thescenario of thecompetition in thiscategory, considerably.Glenn then met StanTourangeau who puthim out at the 3rd placeposition. Stan andGlenn have met manytimes in competitionand the results arealways anyone’s guessand come down to asuper shot, or lucky roll,

to determine who wins.Stan went on to play Clydefor all the marbles. Clydetold me he got very tiredand Stan steamrolledthrough the two setsneeded to win thechampionship. Make nomistake, Stan playedalmost flawlessly anddeserved to win.Congratulations to bothStan and Clyde.The Women’s Master Div.featured Jackie Fitchner

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WBPPA REGIONAL 8-BALL

AT CHINOOK WINDS

any particular division playing for you if it is done so dishonestly. In actuality,you are performing a disservice to the player also. The pool community is

not large and in general,players already knowwho should be rankednovice and who shouldnot. By allowing theseplayers to sand-bag,they end up losing therespect of their peers. They may not realizethis will happen and inthe end is it worth themoney to them? Is itworth the loss ofrespect to you? All thatends up happening isthe player, the divisionrep, the leagueoperator, and theassociation all look bad.Pool is about integrity

and character. Think of theplayers you respect the most; dothey do the right thing during amatch? Isn’t it their characterthat you admire the most aboutthem? Think about the playersyou don’t respect, the ones whowon’t call fouls on themselvesand are just in it for the money. HOW DO YOU WANTPEOPLE TO THINK OF YOU?

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From: Dick Jones, Event Coordinator/Manager

This tournament was played Saturday Mar 13, 2004 at Eagles Club #326Downtown Bozeman, Montana.What a great turn out we had. Thirty-six teams came to the Eagles Club toplay a little pool. We even had a team come all the way from BC Canada.Thank you guys for making the trip.To all the pool players out there, thank you for supporting our tournaments.1st $430 Terry Long/Come’ Plourde, Jaffary BC, Canada2nd $320 Dan Hamper/Rob Gibson, Helena3rd $220 Loreen Carey/Shawn Spence, Manhattan/Belgrade4th $110 Hing Tsang/Shawn Curtis, Bozeman/Belgrade5/6 $60 Jeff Grinwiss/Nick Douma, Belgrade

Britton Schwartzer/Joe Schwartzer, Livingston7/8 $40 Vaughn Everly/Miral Gamradt, Belgrade/Bozeman

Jeff Boucher/Jerry Crider, HelenaAnd of course a big thank you goes out to all the local pool players whosupport my tournaments.

John Horsfall

Shotze’s Spring ClassicFrom: Ford

I thought that our last tournament had several of the world class players init, but this one showed that it really never ends. Players from California,Canada and all parts of Washington came together to get a piece of the$3655 paid out in prize money for this two day event.John Horsfall, who has won tournaments here in the past, showed that heis a player to be reckonedwith when you are hisopponent. His Saturdaymatches were Rodger A(7-2) and Anthony W (7-4).Sunday’s matches wereMarlon (8-3), a difficult lossto Rich Geiler (6-8), a greatmatch against Dan Louie(7-4), Randy C (7-5), andthen revenge against RichGeiler (8-3).Bryce was in the area,from California, anddecided to join our littlegroup for a weekend of upsand downs. He is afabulous player to watch.Young and upcoming anddefinitely one to watch in the future. His matches on Saturday were BenDutton (7-6), Jeff Jeminize (7-2), and Phil Wilson (7-5). Sunday found himstill having to win some difficult matches to try to take 1st place in thistournament. Mike Vidas (8-7), Randy C (8-5) and winning the point matchagainst Rich Geiler (8-7).Watching John and Bryce in the final match was like seeing the teacherand student going against each other for the first time. Bryce has all thepotential of being one of the best, but he was up against one who has beenthere for many years and has that long time experience already in place. Itwill be fun to see them going heads up in the years to come. For thespectators, it really was one to see. When either player made a great shot,it was good to see that the spectators let each of them know it. John beingjust that one step ahead of the game came out on top (9-5). CongratulationsJohn.Once again, and as always, the players need to take time out to thankDarryl, owner of Shotze’s for a great place for a tournament, and also forthe extraordinary staff that is always on hand to make the players weekendas easy as possible. Without those two elements, tournaments of thiscaliber in this area wouldn’t be.Final results are as follows:1st $1000/$536 John Horsfall2nd $655/$402 Bryce A3rd $400/$268 Rich Geiler4th $300/$134 Randy C5-6 $225 Dan Louie, Stan T7-8 $175 Simon Pickering, Brady G9-12 $125 J. D., Marlon, Mike Dooley, Mike VidasThanks to each and everyone of you for participating in this tournamentand hopefully we will see you in May – for the Memorial WeekendTournament – 64 players - $50.

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NorthWest Tours

The McDermott NorthWest Tour will be holding it’s finale at City Lights,June 26 and 27, 2004. MNWT is adding $2,000. Don “Cheese”Akerlow, tour coordinator is adding this money from the tours portionof the green fees collected from the previous tour stops. “It has alwaysbeen the plan of the MNWT to hold a finale with more added money atthe end of the season. This information was sent out in the introductorypackets to all the perspective tour locations. It is our aim to bring moretournaments to the players”, said Cheese.City Lights has graciously consented to host the finale and will beadding an additional $1,500!!! The format is 9-Ball played on 9 foottables, with a limited field of 64 players. Entry is $50 + $10 green fee.This tournament will fill fast so call Andrea at City Lights early to register(253) 383-3301.The McDermott NorthWest Tour would like to thank all the playermembers for making the 8-Ball and 9-Ball tours a success, despiteobstacles of a cancellation and negative rumors, the tour has been anoverall success. New events are planned for the next season as wellas revisiting existing locations that were a part of the tour this season.We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the host locations,for their cooperation and the time and effort they put into holding asuccessful tour event.And finally our thanks goes out to our sponsor, McDermott Cues, forgiving us the opportunity to bring quality tournaments to the pool playersin the Northwest.The McDermott Cue has a Lifetime Warranty, over 80 Designs andover 175 years of experience spread between 15 cue artisans.McDermott is leading the world in custom cues. OTB

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This month’s artistic shot is from the jump Discipline and has a Degree ofDifficulty, (DOD) of 7. If you understand the principles of this jump shotand are able to execute it, you’re on your way to winning a few games thatyour opponents never thought you would. This type of shot could veryeasily come up in an eight ball game.To set this shot up, place row of three balls as per diagram with the centerball one half diamond segment out from the long rail and straight in line

with the first diamond to the left of pocket B. One object ball is to the left ofthe center ball and one ball is to the right of the center ball with one inchspacing between all balls. The object ball on the left is the E ball. The cueball is in hand, anywhere or as the diagram suggests. The object of thisshot is to shoot the cue ball into E ball with a jump stroke. The E ball willjump into the cushion and rebound back over the other balls and be pocketedin E pocket. When executing this shot the E ball can’t contact any otherball and the cue ball can’t jump off the table. A scratch is allowed. Here area few helpful hints on executing this great shot. I place my cue ball aboutthree and a half balls away from the E ball. Next I line up the cue ball andthe E ball the same as the diagram shows. Your cue should be elevatedabout 20 to 25 degrees. Seeing this is a jump shot don’t stroke but snapthe execution of the shot with a moderate speed. Best of luck. If a similarshot like this one came up in a game of eight ball and E ball was the eight,I bet your opponents jaw would drop to the floor if you pulled this shot off.Next months artistic shot will be from the Masse Discipline and has a(DOD) of 8!

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Half-Ball SecretsBy: Bob Jewett of the SFBA

San Francisco Billiard Academy

Bob Jewett

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In my last column, I wentinto a little detail onaiming half-ball shots.Just aim the middle ofthe cue stick and cue balldirectly to the edge of theobject ball, and you getclose to a 30-degree cut.This month I’m going tolet you in on a first secretabout the half-ball shotthat is useful in positionplay — what happenswhen you hit the shotwith good draw.If you’ve studied thegame at all, you know

that the cue ball leaves the object ball at a rightangle to the path of the object ball — along thetangent or kiss line. Of course, if the cue ballhas follow or draw when it hits the object ball,the path will be bent away from that perpendicularpath, forward for follow and backward for draw.The useful secret of the half-ball with draw shotis that the cue ball will end up travelingperpendicular to its own original path. This isillustrated in Diagram 1. The shot can be veryuseful, but it requires some care if you want it towork right.First, you have to have what might be called“perfect draw” on the cue ball. For most players,this is as far below center as they can hit withoutmiscuing. Also, the cue ball must be relativelyclose to the object ball, or too much draw will belost on the cloth on the way to the object ball.You need to be careful to get an accurate hit on

the object ball. The two lightly-shaded “ghostballs” in the diagram will aid in your set up. If allthree balls are frozen, with the two helpers parallelto the long rail, and the lower helper and theobject ball pointing to the pocket, you are setup for a half-ball shot. Remove the helpers,and point your stick at the edgeof the object ball.Note that there is a curvedsection of the path of the cue ball just as itleaves the object ball, before the curve finishes.After the draw has been spent, the cue ball willcontinue in a straight path. If you shoot softly,the curve will not be as wide. If you shootharder, the curve will be larger, and in the shotshown, it might touch the side cushion beforeit straightens out to run parallel to the cushion.Unfortunately, the sharpness of the curve alsodepends on how clean the cloth and ball are.In the position shown, you should be able topocket the nine ball within five tries. Be carefulabout your setup, and especially be carefulabout how much draw you are using and howhard you hit the cue ball.The concept of this shot is not just useful for aprecise half-ball hit. If you find yourself in asimilar situation, but with a slightly fuller hitrequired to pocket the ball, you know that itshould be possible to pull the cue ball backfrom the right angle. Try moving the cue balljust half a ball down, so the shot is a little fuller,and see if you can pull the cue ball back to themiddle of the end cushion with a thicker hit.You can adjust the fuller hit back to the right-angle line by taking a little draw off the cue ball.How much? That’s why practice is necessary

with this or any system — you must develop yourfeel for the shot. If the cue ball is further back,

(Half-Ball Secrets continued on page 23)

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Joe Jacques

In Memory Of Joe JacquesBy Curt Synness

The late Joe Jacques (1929-2004) was a world-class pool player. Hemastered all the games on the big table, ran over 90 consecutive balls at14.1 straight pool and knew more than a hundred trick and skill shots. Joepossessed one of the most powerful strokes that I’ve ever seen, and couldmake the cue ball things thatastonished the nation’s greatestpool players.

The epitome of amisspent youth, Joe startedracking balls in the local pool hallin his hometown in Maine at theage of six. He dropped out ofschool in the eighth grade andstarted playing pool 14-15 hoursa day. Within two years, he wasa player for the house, and by thetime he was 16 he was making aliving as a road player up anddown the East Coast, until heexperienced a fate similar to thatof Fast Eddie Felson in “TheHustler.”

After beating a big loggerout of his paycheck in Portland,Maine, several locals took Joe outin the alley attempted to cut histhroat. The teenager managed toget away and made it to the busstation, narrowly escaping with his life. He then signed up for the Air Forceat the age of 17 and did not pick up a cue stick again for 10 years.

His military service took him to Great Falls, where Joe met hisfuture wife, Joanne. Pool tournaments and leagues were extremely rare inMontana in the 1960s, but whenever he did participate, he usually won.And although it has not been documented, Joe’s son, Lenny Jacques, saidhis dad once won $50,000 and a bar in a game. But what is a known factis that when he lost one of his best friends over a bet, he quit gamblingforever.

“The only thing you prove when you play for money,” he used tosay, “is that you like to gamble.”

After retiring from the service, Joe came to Helena, where heenjoyed shooting pool for fun, giving demonstrations and lessons, and justshowing off. When I first saw him at an exhibition in 1973, theestablishment’s owner introduced him to the crowd with, “Joe doesn’t justmake the cue ball talk. He makes it dance.” He was an encouraginginstructor to anyone interested in learning the game, and an entertainingshowman with dozens of dazzling skill and trick shots. Joe was a lot of funto play with – he always kept you laughing. I can still hear him barking outthose one-liners in that thick, staccato New England accent of his; “You’reso ugly, if you sat on a tombstone you’d hatch a ghost!” or “Those are theLee sisters…Ug-Lee and Home-Lee.”

I’ll always remember watching Helena’s two masters, Joe Jacquesand Eddy Williams, playing three-cushion billiards at the old Red Carpetpool hall, and I’ll never forget that dynamite stroke of his. Joe performedexhibitions with seven world champions: Willie Mosconi, Jimmy Caras,“Machine Gun” Lou Butera, “Cowboy” Jimmy Moore, Luther “Wimpy”Lassiter, Joe Balsis and Jim Rempe. Whenever his buddy Rempe cameto town, Jacques would take him out fly-fishing. Once at a Corner Pocketexhibition, Jacques showed Rempe a shot he’d never seen before, whichcaused the multiple world champ to exclaim, “That was not a trick shot,folks. That was pure skill and talent.”

Curt Synness is a longtime pool player and part time sports writerfor the Helena Independent Record.

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Mike’s Place 9-BallMarch 13th, 2004We had a great turn out with 25 players for this first tournament at Mike’sPlace under the direction of John Gallagher.1st $195 J R2nd $140 James Davee3rd $90 Pete Cundy4th $60 Cory Kohm5/6 $30 Pat Fenling, Raul7/8 $15 Jerry, Matt StubblesA special thanks goes to Nancy Taylor who provided us with a great venuefor the tournament complete with barbeque burgers and hot dogs. Lookfor more tournaments coming soon at Mike’s Place.


Just before midnight onSunday, February 22nd,Maria Federici was drivinghome from work when anunsecured piece of furniture(particle board) bell from theback of an open trailer in frontof her car and flew throughher windshield, hitting her inthe face. The other driverdidn’t stop. Because of herextensive injuries, thedoctors said she would notsurvive. Her mother decidedto donate her organs andeveryone said their good-byes. But this indomitableyoung lady has overcome allodds and is even getting outof bed and taking assistedwalks. Maria has many morereconstructive surgeries ahead. To read the extent of her injuries and themiracles occurring around her, go to www.mariasmiracle.com. Maria hasno medical insurance and the State Patrol and her family are hoping thatsomeone will step forward and take responsibility for what has happenedand help with medical expenses. Maria is Rich Geiler’s niece and the poolworld is pitching in to help with Maria’s expenses.On May 1-2, we are throwing a pool extravaganza to benefit Maria atKennedy High School, located in Burien, WA at 140 S 140th, just off of 1stAvenue S. Only the first 1900 paid will be guaranteed admission. OnSaturday, doors open at 3 pm and the show will go from 4-10 pm. Archer,Hall, Louie and Geiler will do a round robin doubles exhibition tournamentand Mike Massey will do his famous Artistic Pool Exhibition! On Sunday,doors open at 1, and the show goes from 2-8 pm. There will be a 4-mantournament of Archer, Massey, Hall and Louie with more trick shots byGeiler and Massey. Surprise guest on Sunday! We will be raffling offsome great donations, as well as giving out lots of door prizes to the crowd.This is an event you won’t want to miss, plus you are helping Maria and herfamily, so make sure to mark your calendars! Please give generously! OTB

You can reserve your seatstoday by sending check,money order or cashier’scheck in the amount of $50per seat. If you would like todonate more please write aseparate check to help withfuture surgeries and care.Make checks payable toMaria Federici Trust andsend with your name,address, phone and email to:Wells Fargo Bank, c/o LeeTune, POB 21927, Seattle,WA 98111. For moreinformation or availabilitycontact Rich at 206-353-5004.

This is an open appeal to all those involved in the billiard industry. ForMaria’s benefit, we need lots of donations, both for auction/raffle purposesand smaller ones for the crowd as door prizes. Anything you can find (doesnot need to be billiard related!) will help out Maria and her family. Pleasesend all non-monetary donations to Linda Carter, 24725 102nd Place SE,Kent, WA 98030. For the event, we are also asking any billiard wholesalerto find it in their hearts to donate a black Gold Crown, which we will haveautographed by all the players and auctioned off. We also need a black/green rug to put the table on, lighting, balls, rack, chalk, etc. Your name willbe prominently displayed in all materials. And we still need a professionalvideographer to film the 2 day event who will donate the rights to the film tosell on Accustats for more funds for Maria. Please contact Rich Geiler at206-353-5004 for those donations. EVERYONE who donates will be listedon mariasmiracle.com. Please plan to attend and open up your hearts andwallets for a very special young lady. Thank you!Sincerely, Linda Carter.

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Since I start from scratch on each order, it took a bit of hustle to completethem and cut the parts for the Greenway Plaza on Shols Ferry Road andthe McMennamin’s at SW Murray and Allen. They will go out March 25th.Mike has bar boxes in the last two locations which he will be replacing withreal pool tables.The tables Mike likes are the Brunswick Wilmington and with a few changes,The Sheehan Regent becomes a Wilmington. We did the tables in quartersawn oak and with Orange shellac and dark past filler in the grain. Theylook like they were made in 1905. We installed them on March 15th in theParagon Room at the Oregon Hotel in McMinnville and it is one of the mostattractive billiard rooms Mike has in his collection. We used the Granitocloth in English Green and as I walked into the Paragon Room the followingSunday to check on the settling of the tables, I could see why Mike likesthat color so well. Now we have to make some dining table tops for thereare occasions when 30 to 40 people will meet for breakfast in that room.It is now 5:00 am Monday morning and I am a zombie. Last month wecovered the tables at the Buffalo Gap and at 4:00 am today, we moved thetables for new carpet and I am waiting for carpet people to finish puttingthe carpet down. As I mentioned my recent birthday was number 66 and

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1 Yellowstone Inn 2515(l to r) Molly Jones, Barb Walker,Tina Barker, Lorry Chambers

2 Old Saloon 2401Bonnie Wood, Tricia Galati,Anne Swainson, Katie Bredenberg

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3 Hiatt #2 2239Larry Evanson, Bob Denham,Jim Smith, Jim Parrow, Gary Blakely

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1 Joe Schwartzer 6652 Britton Schwartzer 6233 Jeremy Gilliam 6204 Randy Taylor 6065 Jason Hurning 6016 Larry Evanson 5977 Bob Denham 5898 Steve Campbell 5769 Vince Schaeffer 57010 Jim Neary 566

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2 Blue Goose #4 1357Blake Edwards, Steve Cole, Jim Darr

3 Blue Goose #3 1312Teresa Johnson, Pete Hoe, Dan Chapman

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Sat Feb. 7th the day of the qualifying rounds for the 04 World FingerpoolChampionships sponsored by the Longhorn Saloon in Arlington Wa.Fingerpool is played using your finger instead of a stick, and you musthave ballast. Tournament play is straight eight; call your pocket, the samerules as with a stick.

It was 3 o’clock and the players gathered to pull peas for positions and tosee whom their opponents were going to be. All players knew that one winwould get them into thefinals on Sunday for ashot at the title. Thepressure of qualifyingcould be seen in theplayers before each oftheir shots. Sixteenplayers started todayconsisting of female,rookies, and veteranplayers. Seasonedspectators joined theplayers in the fine art oftalking trash, whilenew spectatorswatched inbewilderment. By 9 o’clock 8 players had qualified for the finals. Qualifierrounds are one game; you must win to get into the finals. Sunday Feb. 8th the day of the finals for the 04 World FingerpoolChampionships. From the qualifying rounds 8 players advanced into thefinals. The players seemed a little more relaxed today knowing that double

elimination is played in thefinal rounds of competition.The games started about 3o’clock and ended around 9o’clock with a new worldchampion. Sherman “TheProfessor” Card took 1st.place. This makes the 3rd

time his name appears on theWorld Champion FingerpoolCup. While JB “Grandma”Boykin took 2nd and MauryFogel took 3rd. Unfortunatelythis year the ballast rule was

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RENO, NV - March 4-7, 2004Cliff Joyner swept both divisions of the U.S.Bar Table Championships at the SandsRegency Casino in Reno, Nevada. It was atriumphant return to the Sands for the Houstonbased Joyner who only last December had adisappointing third place finish in the SandsOpen. So complete was his dominance thatJoyner also won a 32 player mini before themain events got underway. The $20 minitourney paid the taciturn Joyner $260 (hedefeated Ron Wiseman in the finals) and gothis week off with a bang. He proceeded to goundefeated in both the 9-Ball and Eight Balltournaments, winning a remarkableSEVENTEEN matches in a row! Twenty-twoin a row counting the mini tournament! Nowthat’s Dominance. There has never been aperformance even remotely close to this inthe ten previous U. S. Bar Table Championships. And all this from a playerwho claims to not like playing on the small tables.In the 9-Ball division 108 players teed it up on Thursday March 4. All but 32were eliminated the first day and the remaining players were “in the money”.With eight players left on the winner’s side of the board Joyner beat formerNew Jersey and California champion Paul “Doc” Brienza 9-4. Next upwas the always tough Jose Parica and down he went 9-5. This was followedby a 9-5 ‘hot seat’ victory over Ernesto Dominguez. Ernesto earned areturn shot at Joyner by defeating Parica 9-6. To no avail as the Joynerturned on the jets to coast to a 9-6 win and gain the title and the 5K to gowith it.Next up was Eight Ball and a huge 151 player field got underway on Friday.In the round of eight, Joyner got his first real scare, falling behind RickRaymundo 4-0 in the race to five. With the alternate break format thingslooked bleak for quiet Cliff, but somehow he pulled it off taking the next fivegames in a row. He then bounced Len Swisher and Edwin Montal byidentical 5-2 scores to reach the hot seat. Edwin took the loser’s sidedefeating another strong Canadian, Steve Cherewyk in a 5-4 thriller. Onemore match for Joyner and he had to beat Montal who was shooting great

JOYNER SWEEPS U.S. BAR TABLE CHAMPIONSHIPSpool. The final match of this tournament mayhave been the best as both players playedexcellently. At 4-3 Joyner, Montal pulled offan amazing run-out making one brilliant shotafter another. In the case game, Joynershowed he would not be denied, breaking andrunning out a very difficult rack. It wasJoyner’s week and he earned every penny ofthe $11,260 he made at the Sands.Next year’s U.S. Bar Table Championship isscheduled for March 2-6, 2005. See youthere!9-BALL RESULTS1$5,000 CLIFF JOYNER2$3,000 Ernesto Dominguez3$2,000 Jose Parica4$1,000 Santos Sambajon5-6 $800 Josh Smith & Danny Petralba7-8 $600 Jeff Heath & Edwin Montal9-13 $400 Shannon Daulton, Ian Costello,Frank Almanza, Paul Brienza

13-16 $300 Nate Green, Steve McQueen, George Michaels, Chris MacDonald17-24 $200 Jon Balan, Steve Knoll, Jason Marcoulier, Danny Medina,

Richard Burns, Ron Wiseman, Ace Brown & Don Wirtaman25-32 $120 Bob Halloran, Dane Elmstedt, John Widen, Marty Biegler,

Dave Dattilo, Nelson Silva, Chad Bisconer, Gerardo JamitoEIGHT BALL RESULTS1 $5,000 CLIFF JOYNER2 $3,000 Edwin Montal3 $2,000 Steve Cherewyk3 $1,250 Tony Chohan5-6 $1,000 Joey Gebron & Len Swisher7-8 $750 Rick Raymundo & Kings Santy9-12 $550 Danny Medina, Jody Thornton, Darold Crain, Shannon Daulton13-16 $400 Dave Dattilo, Steve Knoll, Frank Almanza, Ron Wiseman17-24 $250 Will Nowicki, Ace Brown, Jeff Heath, Roger Hovden,

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BUTTE, MT - February 27-29, 2004Mr Ed’s Saloon and Roach & Smith presentedthe Bob Fleming Memorial Tournament. Theyhad a field of 26 Doubles teams, paid 12places for a total purse of $1900.

1st Place $600 Dan Hamper, Jeff Boucher

2nd Place $425(left)Jason Dawes,Stacy Flemming

3rd Place $275Shawn Kerr, Justin Salcido

4th Place $200Brian LaFond, Arnie Salcido

Hsin Wins AgainThe NorthwestWomen’s PoolAssociation (NWPA)held second tour stopof the year at Dr. Cueson March 20-21, 2004in Shoreline,Washington. Onceagain, owners MattJacoby and JeffRobertson showedtheir full support of thewomen with fine food,great tables and byadding $750 to theprize purse.Tournament DirectorTed Woodward andAssistant TournamentDirector Chris Rogerskept things runningsmoothly throughoutthe tournament,leaving only the topeight to battle it out forthe title on Sunday.Hsin Huang showedthe players of theNWPA that she, once again, is the player to beat in 2004. Hsin made herway to the point by defeating Mary Olson 7-2, Marian Harrison 7-3, TrishLee 7-4, Linda Dick 7-4, Martha Hartsell 7-4 and Linda Carter 7-5.Linda Carter came through the tournament to play Hsin in the final afterlosing to her in the sixth round. Her route led her to defeats over TamréGeené-Rogers 7-6, Jackie Fitchner 7-5, Mary Hopkin 7-3, Shari Ross 7-4and Kim Gates 7-4. Mary Hopkin and Linda played each other again on theb-side with Linda coming out on top 7-4.The finals proved that Hsin was out to win, keeping her opponent on hertoes. Linda was frequently left with difficult shots or no shots at allthroughout the match. The final score was 9-1.The NWPA would officially like to welcome new members Amy Meyers(ID), Cindy Sliva (NWPA Qualifier winner sponsored by Richie D’s inMountlake Terrace, WA), Janie Reckard (WA), and Margaret Randall (WA).In addition, there were quite a few new players, trying us out for the firsttime as non-members, includingBrenda Willis, Melyssa Chasteen and Mirei Zaborac.Assistant Tournament Director Chris Rogers will be running another NWPAQualifier, sponsored by Shotze’s on June 5-6. This event is open to allwomen. The entry fee is $25 for NWPA (past and present members) and$20 for non-members. The winner (or highest finishing non-member) willreceive a free 2004 NWPA membership, free WPBA amateur membershipand free entry into NWPA tour stop #5 at Jillian’s on Lake Union. This eventis 9-ball, NWPA dress code “C”. Sign ups at 9am, Saturday, June 5. Playstarts at 10:30am. For more information or if you would like to have aqualfier in your area, contact Chris Rogers at 425-482-6163 or by email tocjrogers0606@ aol.com.Our next tournament will be held at The Cue Ball in Salem, Oregon on April24-25. This is a Benefit for the NWPA Scholarship Fund. If you are interestedin pledging a player or finding out more about this event, please feel free tocontact one of the NWPA board members for more information or visit ourwebsite at www.nwpatour.com.

Hsin Huang

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Women’s Master Team: Noti Heartbreakers(l to r) Bonnie Mahaffey, Julie Stallings, Kris Robbins, Denise Vaughn, Andrena Browne

Men’s Master Team: Hi-Revving(l to r)Ken Dodd, Dave Reavis, Paul Marquez, Justin Lilje, Pat Mowdy

Women’s Open Team: The Baltenders(l to r) Jackie Clark, Amber Foster, Phyllis Fernandez, Linda Knight, Johnnie Harris

Men’s Open Team: Pure Insanity(l to r)Mike Dubendorf, Frank Martin, Steve Dierks, Jim Dray, Mike Jensen, Terry Dubendorf

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Team Champions playing very good, solidpool to beat the rest ofthe field. Her finalmatch against CindyDoty, (past winner)was great pool. Wayto go, Jackie.The Women’s Openhad Catherine Tranbeating veteran SandyShaeffer. Sandy hasbeen away fromplaying a lot of toughcompetitive pool for awhile and its good tosee her back.In the Women’sNovice, Natasha Hooksailed through the restto win.In the new Women’sSenior, JeanBartholomew cameback on the B side towin over a very strongBonita Mahaffey at theend. Back to the men. TheMens Open A hadDana Aldridge over DanBurdick for that title.The Men’s B featuredDillon Standley overRodger Ardnt. In theMen’s Novice, BobYunker defeated RyanJensen. MichaelStephen took theMen’s Senior winningover Richard Konkler.In the teams-WomensOpen The Baltenders,Men’s Open PureInsanity, Mens MasterHi-Revving and theWomen’s Masters hadthe Noti Heartbreakers,the victors.That concludesanother exciting weekof great pool at ChinookWinds, so untilNovember when theRegional 9-Ball takesplace. CongratsEveryone and see youat the next one.See Final StandingsPage 29. OTB

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From: Dick Jones, Event Coordinator/Manager

This tournament was played Saturday & Sunday February 28th & 29th,2004 at Eagles Club #326 – Downtown Bozeman, Montana. On a daywhen winter reared its ugly head, we still had a starting field of 28 teams. Itwas a great day to be inside doing what we all like to do, play pool.1st $400 Jane Plant/Tina Hansen, Belgrade/Bozeman

This team lost its first match on Saturday morning then 11matches later they won it all.

2nd $290 Loreen Carey/Becka Stepic, Manhattan/Livingston3rd $200 Sky Tigart/Morgan Steinman, Great Falls/Darby4th $130 Erica Nunberg/Shellie Mitchell, Bozeman/Helena5/6 $70 Penny Allen/Wendy Bartleson, Billings

Janet Dunks/Mary Garcia, Butte/Great Falls7/8 $50 Denise Matz/Debbie Weber, Cut Bank

Aimee Neel/Jen Pavlovick, Belgrade

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(l to r) Erica Nunberg, Shellie Mitchell

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so far.Again thank you players for makingmy weekend a pleasure.

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Mingles McDermott Tour

(l to r) Jim Todd (3rd), Clay Belvoir (1st), Tony Waters (2nd)

By Gale A. SchultzOn March 20, 23 players converged upon Mingles in Moscow, Idaho for theMcDERMOTT tour stop. This 8-ball, $500 added double-elimination eventwas played on 4.5 X 9 ft Brunswick Medalist tables covered with 860 Simonisand kept clean with Quick Clean. Play started at 11 am and ended at11pm. At 6pm Mingles held a drawing for a $250 McDERMOTT cue. Thiswas won by Dave Lunsford who finished 7th in the tournament. In round 3Tony Waters ran into trouble playing Soud. After a hard fought battle of witsand safeties, Tony lost 5 – 3. Meanwhile, on the winner’s side, Clay Belvoir

was shooting quietly and aggressively. While he struggled in his first matchdown 3-0, he won the next 5 games in a row, and never looked back. In theend, Tony came back through the losers’ side to play Clay and lost 5-3.

The youngest entry was Doug Nash, age 16, son of Marvin Nash –3-time Idaho state champion. Doug didn’t finish in the money but he did agreat job getting out of tight spots.1st Clay Belvoir - $4702nd Tony Waters - $3003rd Jim Todd - $2404th Soud - $1205th Marvin Nash - $60

A special thanks to Skyler for the room, the tables, the donuts andcoffee. A special, special, thanks to Jim Todd, the tournament directorwho ran this tourney similar to Buddy Hall’s stroke, and his assistant,“corner market Bob”.

Correction: 8-Ball Hole Team

(l to r)CaptainChuck Cox,Steve Farley,Alan Irving,Steve Hiatt,Tanya Moser

from the Cascade Pool League was printed as the “Hole Team”

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April 23rd-26th: Jay’s Billiards - Hollywood Park, CA$5,000 Added - USPPA Handicapped Event$35 entry fee (includes $10 green fee)Race to 6 - Double Elimination - Starts at 11amMini tournament Friday Apr 23rd - $1,000 Added - $20 entry

May 8th-9th: P & J Billiards - Willow Creek, CA$1,000 Added - Open 9-Ball Tournament$250 to the Highest Finisher with a USPPA handicap of 65 or lower

May 15th-16th: Ragg’s Rack Room - Eureka, CA$4,000 Added - Open 9 Ball(USPPA Bonus Point Tournament - details at www.usppa.com)

May 15th-16th: Billiard Connection - Northridge, CA$2,000 Added - Handicap 9 Ball$40 entry for rating 66 and higher - $20 entry for rating 65 andunder ($10 green fee included)

May 22nd-23rd: California Billiard Club - Mountain View, CAReno Warm-up - $60 entry fee$1,000 Added minimum - $2,000 Added based on 128 players

May 25th-30th: Hard Times Billiards - Sacramento, CAJAMBOREE One Pocket $5,000 Added (based on 64 players)9 Ball $10,000 Added (based on 128 players) - $125 entry fee(green fee included) Scott Smith Tournament Director

Gold Spike TourGold Spike Tour

For information regarding any ofthese events, please contactTony Annigoni at 800-471-1164

See full tour listing page 31

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Cascade-Classic Pool Seminar Scheduled May 2nd

“Just before Vegas ” !!!“The all day session (6 hours) of team taught pool is scheduled for May2nd. The seminar will be held at Classic Billiards in Portland Oregon. Theprevious seminars have been a great success for the accomplished tobeginning players. This could be a great tune up for those going to LasVegas for the BCA and VNEA tournaments. It will make a difference in yourgame and just before Vegas.This the third seminar will consisted of Pat Schumacher, John Moribito,Andrew Monstis, Brad Gowin and Glenn Atwell as instructors. Small groupsrotated through each instructor gaining some of their insights andexpertise’s of over 25 to 40 years of playing experience. These particularinstructors were put together to meet this type requisite in our poolcommunity. This group sees giving back something for the years of poolbeing very good to them as very important.The seminar will show pool players prescribed pool insight in 5 differentareas of essential pool information and skill development. The goal of theseminar is to increase skills and inside techniques on fundamentals tohow to execute shots, concentrate and use methods and systems, shotmaking, etcThis official group was promoted and sponsored by several. CascadePool League a BCA & VNEA League, Classic Billiard on 122nd And Powellin Portland, Dragonfly Tattoo in Vancouver Wash, Bigfoot Billiards Tablerecovering and table manufacturing Troutdale, On the Break monthly poolnews from Montana, PCC-Products Cue Clean International Distribution,and On The Wire monthly Pool news Oregon. The cost of the seminar isonly $60 per person because of all the sponsors that help out. The Seminarincludes a lunch, seminar manual, free future pool time. This is consideredthe greatest value ever for this type of instruction.The response was so tremendous that the staff is eager to put on anotherseminar. This seminar group keeps getting better and better providinginsights for people who want to advance their pool knowledge and skills.Check it out, more information contact Cascade pool League 503 252-4215.

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The Club 9-BallFrom: Phillip Dunckel

The weekend ofFebruary 27th – 29th TheClub in Okanogan, WAheld a nine-balltournament. Thirty-fourplayers converged onThe Club to via for the topprize. Brady Golan ofKelowna, BC emergedvictorious. Golan playedwell throughout the twodays of play. The firstround pitted Golanagainst Donna Totten ofSeattle with a final scoreof Golan 7 – Totten 0.Golan then faced Jim Ward of Spokane. Golan7, Ward 1. Nick Kruger was the next opponent,7 – 5. In the fourth match Soud Abdulrazaq won4 and Golan 7. Wayne Boyd of Omak thendefeated Golan 7 – 2. Golan again faced Wardwith a final score of 7 – 0. In the finals Golanagain faced Boyd. The final score was 7-1 and7 –4. Top Woman player honors, which werebased on total matches won, were split betweenOroville’s Bunny Williams and Okanogan’s LindaDick. The female players consisted of GailStensgar of Omak, Nancy White of Yakima,Williams, Dick and Totten.1st $625 Brady Golan, Kelowna, BC2nd $410 Wayne Boyd, Omak, WA3rd $250 Jim Ward, Spokane, WA4th $175 Stan Tourangeau, Vancouver, BC5th $100 Nick Kruger, Penticton, BC6th $100 Soud Abdulrazaq, Spokane, WA7th $50 Anthony Wahpat, Yakima, WA8th $50 James Mason, Missoula, MTTop Women $50

Bunny Williams, Oroville, WA and

Linda Dick, Okanogan, WAThe Friday night warm-up tournament drew 23players.1st $180 Wayne Greenhalgh, Grand Forks, BC2nd $110 Loren Brown, Yakima, WA3rd $80 Sal Saenz, Malott, WA4th $50 Wayne Boyd, Omak, WATop Woman $20 Bunny Williams, Oroville, WAThe Second Chance tournament on Sundayafternoon consisted of eighteen players.1st place/2nd place split $192

Tourangeau/Kruger3rd $ 48 Jack Heggie, Omak, WAThe staff and management of The Club wouldlike to thank all of the players that made thisweekend a lot of fun. We look forward to thenext tournament. Finally the management wouldlike to thank tournament director Billy Zumwaltand our staff for all their hard work over theweekend.Watch for our next tournament on May 22-23, 9-Ball - $40 entry - $500 Added with a Friday nightwarm-up. See ya there!

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In Memory Of LeRoy LongA resident of Montana formany years, LeRoy was anavid sportsman and a giftedand dedicated pool player. Hewas an active participant inpool leagues andtournaments and participatedin the planning of many in thecommunities of Big Fork,Polson, Kalispell, Libby andEureka.LeRoy was a lifetime memberof the Veterans of ForeignWars of the United States andwas also an active memberof the American Legion.LeRoy served asQuartermaster/Adjutant ofTobacco Valley Post 6786from 1998 until his death onJuly 21, 2002. This memorialtournament is dedicated to hismemory.

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On March 12-13-14 the Big Sky Open was held at many of the bars inBillings, Montana with 14 teams participating.1st Silver City, Great Falls2nd Prime Time, Billings3rd Mr Ed’s, Butte4th Grandstand, Miles CityPrime Time beat Silver City the first go round to put them in the losersbracket. They came back to beat Prime Time the second time 9-8. Greatfinish!First Place in the Consolation Bracket went to Squire of Billings, SecondPlace to Sports Page 9-8.Thanks to all the teams that played and hopefully we will have more nextyear.

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Trish Lee, Vancouver, WA 80 points7/8 $94 Amy Meyers, Idaho Falls, ID 65 points

Regene Springett, Langley, BC non-member9-12 $80 Cindy Doty, Longview, WA 50 points

Linda Dick, Coulee Dam, WA 50 pointsShari Ross, Bothell, WA 50 pointsTiffany Taylor, Seattle, WA 50 points

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Well, I’ve been in and around pool for almost 40 years. I consider myselflucky to always find a good pool room wherever I lived. Seems like Californiahas got a LOT OF GREAT POOL ROOM OWNERS and one pretty goodPLAYER’S ASSOCIATION.Hard Times Billiards in Sacramento CA will be having it’s 5th annualJamboree this year thanks to the cooperation of Chet Itow of CaliforniaBilliards. Chet has been having the very successful “traditional RENOWarmup” for years and has graciously offered to hold it back a week, sothat Hard Times will be able to hold the Jamboree the week before theSANDS Reno shootout.Chet Itow will still be having his great tournament May 22nd and 23rd.Hard Times will start their Jamboree tournament May 25th until May 30th.Much thanks to Tony Annigoni for running up his cell phone bill and puttingthousands of miles on his car, making all of the communications worthwhile.The USPPA and California Billiards (Mountain View), Hard TimesBilliards (Sacramento), Jointed Cue (Sacramento), Jay’s Billiards(Hollywood Park), Ragg’s Rack Room (Eureka), The BilliardConnection (Northridge CA), P&J Billiards (Willow Creek CA), Sands(Reno) have all worked out a 2004 calendar of events.The listings were collected to help prevent any conflicts that might occur inmaking the schedules work.I have never seen this type of communication between pool hall owners.They all want their events to be successful and be the best that they canoffer for the players. This kind of scheduling has been needed to avoidconflicts for a very long time in the pool industry. The west coast poolrooms seem to have “got it together” better and quicker than the rest of thepool world.There is a total of $137,000 of “added money”, for these tournaments. Allwithin 500 miles of each other. Who says there isn’t any money to bemade this year in California and Reno?See what communications and proper scheduling conditions can do tohelp a pool room and tournaments be profitable to all concerned. See www.usppa.com (or see usppa ad page 20) for the 2004 tournamentlistings.Tom Suarez, Tournament Director,Hard Times Billiards, Sacramento CA

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USPPA $500 Added “65” and Under36 players $1220 purse1st $300 Nelson Silva2nd $220 Nate “McNate” McGil3-4 $130 Sean Canet, Alex Bradley5-8 $70 Gerges Saeed, Nick Malendez, Deron Tharp,

Shane Zoellmer9-16 $20 Kevin Cibert, Mike Morang, Mai Schiek,

Bradly Wanner, Jesse Gilbert, Don McLeod,Eric Shieh, Bret Baker

Sunday Feb 29th Weekly 9 Ball17 players $340 purse1st $110 Jim Fabionar2nd $90 Robert Aldana3rd $80 James Williams4th $60 Joey Gebron

Thursday March 4th USPPA20 players $260 purse1st $100 Ken Caruthers2nd $70 Don Armstrong3rd $45 Herb Neuman4th $45 Jason Plunk

Saturday 1st of the Month One Pocket March 6th

$20 entry $10/player added, $480 purse16 players1st $210 Rafael Martinez2nd $130 Eric Kraus3rd $80 Jim Fabionar4th $60 Tony Melindez

Sunday 1sto the Month 9 Ball March 7th

$20 entry fee, $300 added, 33 playersPurse $9601st $300 Rafael Martinez2nd $200 Gilbert Allenano3rd $135 Tony Melindez4th $95 Eric Kraus5-6 $65 Jesus Quinonez, Robert Aldana7-8 Jun Almoite, Josh Palmer

Sunday March 14th weekly 9 Ball23 players $5 added/player $15 entry fee, purse $4501st $150 Amar Kang2nd $100 Joey Gebron3rd $80 Joe Gonzales4th $60 Dave Rodden5-6 Tom Davis, James Williams

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2nd Place: Time Out Shooting Crew (back row) Bonnie Bergman, PhilGriffin DC, Dave Ehlers, Orla Poole (front row) Fred Sayre-Co-Captain,

(not pictured) Rich Moore-Captian, Roy Pena

3rd Place: Burning Felt (back row) Shannon Williams-Co-Captain,Dave Hagedorn, Tony Betschart, (center) Dawn Betschart-Captain,

(not pictured) Tony Bradford, Rich Owens

4th Place: Q’z Attitude Adjusters Jimmy Worley, Uriah Westlund-Captain, Ron Dodge-Co-Captain, Teresa Dodge, Keoki Ganitano,

Richard Belcher, (not pictured) Roger Hanson, Troy Gifford

5th Place: End Zone-Get Summ T J Foreman-Captain,Chris Borgman-Co-Captain, Robert Baker,

Rhiannon Linville, Dewey Gibson, Brian McNaught(not pictured) Derick Borgman

6th Place: Q’z Sofa Kings Josh Brown, Trenton McAfee,Mistey Nickerson-Co-Captain, Chad Pritchard-Captain,

Mark Owen-Coach, (not pictured) Dan Berry, Sean Harris

WSPL State Champions continued from the front page

newly attained division of PortOrchard was formed in Septemberof 2003 there were still manyunanswered questions; but the onefact that was well known is that therewere many talented players in the PortOrchard area.

After being organized into theirteam by captain Rich Lee, the teammanaged a fourth place finish in theFall Title Holders Tournament inJanuary. This was good experiencefor the new team!! Only one team inthat tournament, the Big Rack out ofEli’s Roadhouse, beat them and wenton to win the Fall Title HoldersTournament. That experience wouldgive the Bethel Saloon team theconfidence they needed to competeon a higher level in March. The

confidence level obtained in their first and last matches, as they went on to do what no team hasdone before them; contributed tothem winning matches against veryexperienced teams in sweepingfashion. On their way through the fieldof competitive teams they would alsosee what they had experienced in theirFall Title Holders Tournament, suddendeath matches all around them!! The2004 State Championship would fielda total of nine sudden death matches,(a record) and make the entire eventvery exciting and more competitivethan any past State Championship sofar. Many matches went down to thelast match and last two balls, but itwas the Bethel Saloon Pirates thatreally established a presence that

would show against the Time OutShooting Crew on Monday night!!Congratulations to the Pirates andthanks to all of the teams thatparticipated in this years StateChampionship!!

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Classic 50’s Casino1810 14th St SWGreat Falls, MT

(406) 453-0136

May 15: 8-Ball Singles

$20 entry - Starts 1PM

$300 ADDED

4100 East Valley Hwy Renton, WA

(425) 251-9851

WESTERN BCA 8-BALLMen’s Master Team11 entries - $3000 Added1st $2500 Hi-Revving2nd $1500 The Resurrection3rd $800 Cools4th $400 Midway MastersWomen’s Open Team27 entries - Total Purse $40501st $1200 The Baltenders2nd $900 Ladies Luv Pool3rd $600 All About Us4th $450 Noel’s Slick Stix5-6 $300 Ex-Cues-Us, C.L.B. Gatekeepers7-8 $150 She Hawks, One TimeMen’s Open Team117 entries - Total Purse $175501st $2500 Pure Insanity2nd $1950 Whoo Whaa!3rd $1500 Terminators4th $1200 Corner Pockets5-6 $950 Team Lunde, Quick & Easy7-8 $700 Misfits-Lane County,

Sliva, Alverado, Mataya9-12 $525 Six Shooters, Dead Stroke 6,

And Your Little Dog Too!, Islanders13-16 $350 Silver Bullets, Rackrunner,

Dean’s Fredk Show Ugly,Scoreboard Red’s Team

17-24 $250 Cue & Cushion, Baker, Jellin,Shafted, What’s Up Doc’s?,Doc’s Subs, Team Vancouver,Riverside Billiards & Blues

25-32 $200 Westside, Ramrods, Killer B’s,Rogues, Back Alley, Cash Please,Yukon Jack’s Outlaws, Alibi Achs

Women’s Master Team10 entries - $3000 Added1st $2500 Noti Heartbreakers2nd $1500 On The Wire3rd $700 Chalk and Awe4th $300 W.I.B.Men’s Novice Singles62 entries - Total Purse $18601st $300 Bob Yunker2nd $260 Ryan Jensen3rd $220 Mike Dunn4th $180 Larry Moyer5-6 $135 Bob Markee, Drew Burleson7-8 $95 Ray Camacho, Jae Belveal9-12 $65 Larry Tuma, Patrick Stover,

Harley Wiggins, Chris Schooley13-16 $45 Roy Middlemiss, Mark Heroy,

John Evans, Joe MainMen’s Senior Singles54 entries - Total Purse $16201st $300 Michael Stephens2nd $240 Richard Konkler3rd $180 Ford4th $130 Bob Cummings5-6 $105 Cecil Pickett, Mike Jones7-8 $80 Ralph Belgarde, Carroll Johnson9-12 $60 Tom Rice, Ron Armstrong,

Mike Jensen, Jack Chace13-16 $40 Bob Powell, Larry Burnett,

Don Morse, John PierceWomen’s Master Singles33 entries - $1850 Added1st $1050 Jackie Fitchner2nd $670 Cindy Doty3rd $450 Becky Mowdy4th $300 Sherry Griffin5-6 $170 Phyllis Fernandez, Cathy Gamble7-8 $100 Amanda James, Martha Hartsell9-12 $40 Karla Tias, Bonnie Mandas,

Natalie Wiita, Nancy NelsonMaster Scotch Doubles38 entries - $1000 Added1st $1100 Tourangeau, Sedlacek2nd $800 Stevens, Doty3rd $600 Elce, Fitchner4th $400 Gamble, Gamble5-6 $250 Christensen, Tias

Thompson, Thompson7-8 $150 Randall, Burney

Atwell, Saenz-Maes9-12 $85 Lilje, Lilje / Dodd, Dodd

Davee, Ruth / Robertson, JamesNovice Women Singles42 entries - Total Purse $12601st $300 Natasha Hook2nd $240 Linda Terletter3rd $180 Janice Farley4th $120 Sue Yoshikawa5-6 $90 Deena Hinrichs, Nancy Pelfrey7-8 $60 Laura Howard, Sandy Aichele9-12 $30 Tammy Wayne, Jennifer Kjerulf,

Doreen Butler, Pat Neesham

Men’s A Singles104 entries - Total Purse $31201st $700 Dana Aldridge2nd $400 Dan Burdick3rd $300 Eddie Mataya4th $200 Terry Ludwig5-6 $140 Gary Hettrick, John Evans7-8 $100 Larry Francisco, Sam Rabito9-12 $70 Jerry Beers, Doug Enera, Jim Dray,

Jim Davenport13-16 $50 Joe Evinger, Mike Cronk,

Brad Hornshaw, Henry Rico17-24 $40 Fred Edgar, Marvin Seal,

Jesse Arismend, Bill Wright,Dan Sternberg, Scott Chandler,Rick Elce, Bill Henderson

25-32 $30 Geno Childress, Ron Alves,Darin Walding, George McKeon,Lloyd Aalvik, Calvin McDowell,Jack Rubino, Paul Mullens

Men’s Master Singles83 entries - $4000 Added1st $2000 Stan Tourangeau2nd $1300 Clyde Bowles3rd $800 Glen Atwell4th $500 Tom Lyons5-6 $350 Joe Trevino, Ken Dodd7-8 $250 Ivan Doty, Tony Balzer9-12 $150 Justin Lilje, Richard Geiler,

Steve Lingelbach, Mike Stevens13-16 $100 Paul Marquez, Bill Rosenberry,

Pat Mowdy, Frank Martin17-24 $65 Brad Weatherbee, Jeff Jerome,

Greg Christensen, Mike Lambert,Pat Schumacher, Dave Randell,Mark Woodruff, Tom Rossi

Women’s Senior Singles14 entries - Total Purse $4201st $200 Jean Bartholomew2nd $120 Bonita Mahaffey3rd $70 Anna Speck4th $30 Gail JohnsonOpen Scotch Doubles100 entries - Total Purse $60001st $1050 Stephens, Oliver2nd $800 Thoma, Thoma3rd $600 Kellogg, Hook4th $430 Myers, Fuller5-6 $300 Evans, Evans / Henderson, Iredale7-8 $200 Sternberg, Sarti / Langley, Miller9-12 $150 Hiatt, Moser / Estes, Estes

Burdick, Burdick / Dennis, Brandt13-16 $100 Sloan, Osborne / Welch, Mahaffey

Self, Heckel / Red, Anderson17-24 $80 Rodriquez, Sterrett / Borran, Brenner

Mendoza, Willson / Brown, NordlingLetsom, Dawkins / Smith, BoiseTrusty, Price / Hoffman, Hoffman

25-32 $60 Irons, Irons / Schultz, Meyer /Mildenberger, Aust / Eckert, FosterLemmon, Lemmon / Beck, LilienthalGoddard, Cannon / Mataya, Sliva

Men’s B Singles205 entries - Total Purse $61501st $450 Dillon Standley2nd $350 Rodger Arndt3rd $250 Eddie Dinglason4th $200 Shad Pantle5-6 $160 Damon Minx, Tim Merrill7-8 $130 Jeff Clark, Louie Smith9-12 $100 Ray Galli, Mark Cuelho,

Gary Wallace, Scott Grim13-16 $80 Lee Wright, John Lewis,

Sid Krumpe, Pete Disciascio17-24 $70 Alex Hargand, Chief Smith,

Peni Misa, Brent Langley,Dave Medlin, Terrel Broussard,Jeffrey Leiss, Randy Halbeisen

25-32 $60 Dave Hemman, Paul Allers,Ray Sibert, Bill Nelson,Steve Mendoza, John Hamilton,Constantino Cendejas, Scott Hendrickson

Women’s Open Singles108 entries - Total Purse $32401st $600 Catherine Tran2nd $410 Sandy Schaefer3rd $310 Leah Hurst4th $220 Betty Broussard5-6 $150 Lynda Fanning, Michelle Barkdoll7-8 $120 Gayle Gould, Wendy Sedlacek9-12 $90 Jenny Fuller, Melanie Elder,

Margie Avlon, Amber Foster13-16 $60 Kathy Price, Suzanne Osborne,

Brandy Thoma, Kathy Hoffman17-24 $40 Jan Aust, Donna Kingsbury,

Linda Meyer, Darcy Moss,Shirley Morgan, Julie Valdez,Teresa Shaw, Linda Knight

25-32 $30 Cindy Sliva, Eva Hill,Tammi Osburn, Wanda Plummer,Janie Reckard, Jenni Sheldon,Vanessa Schwab, Rachael Williams

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1. Efren Reyes $48,7002. Johnny Archer $31,9673. Corey Deuel $30,1434. Ralf Souquet $19,9655. Mika Immonen $13,9546. Jason Miller $11,3907. Cliff Joyner $11,0008. Charlie Williams $6,8639. Santos Sambajon $6,46010. Alex Pagulayan $5,93311. Jimmy Wetch $5,75012. Bobby Pickle $5,69013. Warren Kiamco $5,00014. Danny Harriman $4,98315. Marco Marquez $4,72316. John Brumback $4,67717. David Gutierrez $4,62518. Sylver Ochoa $4,55019. Rob Saez $3,83020. Rodney Morris $3,800

1. Jeanette Lee $8,2932. Karen Corr $6,2003. Allison Fisher $3,3004. Helena Thornfeldt $3,0505. Vivian Villarreal $1,8006. Kim Shaw $1,8007. Tracie Hines $1,3918. Nikki Hollingsworth $1,3009. Michelle Rakin $1,30010. Lisa Marr $1,25711. Hsin Huang $1,11012. Ga Young Kim $1,07513. Jeannie Seaver $1,00014. Sarah Ellerby $90015. Amanda Lampert $86016. Debbie Schjodt $85017. Sarah Rousey $79018. Leslie Anne Rogers $75019. Julie Kelly $70020. Monica Webb $700

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631 N Broadway - Everett, WA (425) 339-8876POOL DARTS

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24228 104th Ave SE Kent, WA(253) 859-1783

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Good Time Ernies15747 Ambaum Blvd SW - Burien, WA 206-248-1670

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Saturdays 4-9PM: $8.95 Prime Rib DinnerMonday 6PM-Close:

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Steak NiteThursday 5pm

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October 4-5, 2003 - City LightsWinner: Stan Tourangeau

October 11, 2003 - Skyland PubWinner: Glenn Atwell

November 1-2, 2003 - Let’s Play BilliardsWinner: Brett Seyler

November 29-30, 2003 - City LightsWinner: Stan Tourangeau

December 13-14, 2003 - Harvey’s BilliardsWinner: Dan Louie

January 24-25, 2004 - Falls ClubWinner: Edwin Montal

February 21-22, 2004 - The Cue BallWinner: John Doherty

March 20, 2004 - MinglesWinner: Clay Belvoir

April 3-4, 2004 - Small Table 9-BallShooters Sports Bar, Lewiston, ID$1,500 ADDED GUARANTEED (See Ad page 20)

April 24-25, 2004 - Open 9-BallOlympic Club, Centralia, WA$1,000 ADDED GUARANTEED (See Ad page 27)

June 26-27, 2004 - McDermott Tour FinaleCity Lights, Tacoma, WA$3,500 ADDED (See ad p34)

For information contact: Don “Cheese” Akerlow 406-285-3099

January 17-18, 2004 - Let’s Play BilliardsWinner: Hsin Huang

March 20-21, 2004 - Dr Cue BilliardsWinner: Hsin Huang

April 24-25, 2004 (Annual Charity Event)The Cue Ball - Salem, OR

June 19-20, 2004(WPBA Qualifier sponsored by RT9)McQ’s Billiards - Spokane, WA

July 17-18, 2004(WPBA Qualifier sponsored by “The Break”)Jillian’s - Seattle, WA

September 18-19, 2004 (Possible Qualifier)BackStreet Billiards - Boise, ID

November (tbd) 2004 (Year end 9-Ball)The Breaking Point - Lynnwood, WA

For information contact: Tamre Geene Rogers 206-920-1936

NorthWest Tours

January 17-18, 2004 - Pappy’sWinner: Katie Gray

February 21-22, 2004 Scotch Doubles FundraiserTime Out Lounge - Tempe, AZ

April 17-18, 2004 WPBA Qualifier(sponsored by J Pechauer Custom Cues)Sixshooters - Phoenix, AZ

June 5-6, 2004Metro Sportz Bar - Phoenix, AZ

July 17-18, 2004 (Possible Qualifier)Pockets - Tucson, AZ

August 28-29, 2004 (Possible Qualifier)Metro Sportz Bar - Phoenix, AZ

October 16-17, 2004 - TBDDecember 4-5, 2004 (Possible Qualifier)

Sixshooters - Phoenix, AZFor information contact: Susan Williams 480-818-2880

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Thursdays Billings Bullwackers (406) 259-9865 8 Ball $5 $25 9:00PMBillings Corner Pocket (406) 248-3314 8-Ball $5 7:00PMBillings King’s Korner (406) 256-8946 8-Ball $10 $5/player 7:00PM

Sundays Billings Bullwackers (406) 259-9865 9 Ball $5 $25 8:00PMBillings Corner Pocket (406) 248-3314 9-Ball $5 7:00PMBillings King’s Korner (406) 256-8946 9-Ball $10 $5/player 1:00PMButte Mr Ed’s (406) 782-3700 8 Ball $5 $2.50/player 2:00PM

Tuesdays Moscow Mingles (208) 882-2050 9 Ball $5 8:00PMWednesdays Moscow Mingles (208) 882-2050 8 Ball $5 7:00PMFridays Lewiston Shooters (208) 746-9240 8/9 Ball Alternating $5 $30-$40 7:30PMSaturdays Moscow Mingles (208) 882-2050 8 Ball $5 Matching 7:00PMSundays Pocatello Oasis Bar (208) 232-9347 8/9 Ball Alternating $5 Matching 8:00PM

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USPPAApril 23-26, 2004 - Handicapped 9-Ball

Jay’s Billiards, Hollywood Park CA$5,000 ADDED

May 8-9, 2004 - Open 9-BallP & J Billiards, Willow Creek, CA$1,000 ADDED MINIMUM

May 15-16, 2004 - Open 9-BallRaggs’ Rack Room, Eureka, CA$4,000 ADDED

May 15-16, 2004 - Handicapped 9-BallBilliard Connection, Northridge, CA$2,000 ADDED

May 22-23, 2004 - Reno Warm-upCalifornia Billiard Club, Mountain View, CA$1,000 ADDED MINIMUM

May 25-30, 2004 - Jamboree One Pocket & 9-BallHard Times Billiards, Sacramento, CA$5,000/$10,000 ADDED (based on full fields)

June 3-7, 2004 - USPPA Pro AmSands Regency, Reno, NV$10,000 ADDED

June 8-13, 2004 - Reno OpenSands Regency, Reno, NV$23,000 ADDED

July 9-12, 2004 - Open 9-BallJay’s Billiards, Hollywood Park CA$5,000 ADDED

Aug 14-15, 2004 - Hard Times 8-BallHard Time Billiards, Sacramento, CA$1,000 ADDED

Aug 26-30, 2004 - Hot Shot Team EventSands Regency, Reno, NV$20,000 ADDED

Sep 11-12, 2004 - TBABilliard Connection, Northridge, CA

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Jackie Fitchner

By Annie Gay February 28th, 2004 Sharky’s Pool & Brew ofSalem, Oregon held an open women’stournament. Colleen Carter, Sharky’s managerkindly donated five dollars per player and alsohad five diamond rings donated to this event.Renee Nohren of All That Glitters in Salem waspresent to donate the rings and offer free sizingfor the women. We had a drawing for two of therings and the other three were given to firstthrough third place. The two diamond rings werewon by Sharon Hall of Sheridan and ShawnHartung of Vancouver. This was an eight ball, double elimination, raceto three, open women’s event. The entry feewas $15. The tournament director is Annie Gayof Salem. We had intended to make this a two day eventbut the play went so smoothly we were able tofinish the tournament in one day. We were able

to do so because Sharky’s has ten tables for usto use. I plan on making this an annual event tobe held in February each year. We will have toclose the field at 64 players. Ladies, don’t missthis event next year. Watch for theadvertisement in January 2005.The results of the tournament are:1st Jackie Fitchner $190

+ diamond ring2nd Wanda Plummer $ 145

+ diamond ring3rd Patti Lilje $100

+ diamond ring4th Shawn Hartung $755/6 Jennifer Nordling $50 each

Dolly Martell7/8 Mindy Sullivan $25 each

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DAY CITY LOCATION PHONE EVENT / RULES ENTRY ADDED TIMEMondays Auburn Java Billiards (253) 939-6690 8-Ball “C” $5+$1 g.f. 6:30PM

Federal Way Tall Timbers (253) 952-2302 8-Ball SL2,3 + non-league $5 100% ($100 max) 7:00PMKent Eli’s Road House (253) 859-1783 8-Ball Singles $5 50% 7:30PMLakewood Maggie O’Toole’s (253) 584-3278 9-Ball $5 100% 7:00PMMt Vernon River City (360) 424-3515 8 Ball - Women’s $5 100% 7:30PMRenton Spotlight (425) 277-7850 9-Ball No “A” Players $5 100% w/16+ 7:30PMSeattle Legends (206) 938-3598 8-Ball $5 100% 7:30PMShoreline North City (206) 362-1443 8-Ball Scotch Doubles $3/player 100% 7:30PMSpokane Top Hat (509) 489-6540 8-Ball $5 Matching to 20 8:00PMTacoma Dock Street Landing (253) 272-5004 8-Ball $6 Matching Call

Tuesdays Everett The New Grove (425) 438-8449 8-Ball $5 Free g.f. 100% 7:00PMFederal Way Vintage (253) 835-1468 9-Ball Call 100% w/16+ 7:00PMFircrest Nifty Fifties (253) 564-9454 8-Ball $5 Matching 7:30PMKent Eli’s Road House (253) 859-1783 8-Ball Spot Option $5 50% 7:30PMLynnwood Corner Pub (425) 771-8192 8-Ball $5 100% 7:30PMOkanogan The Club (509) 422-1907 8 Ball Call Pocket FREE $5/player 7:00PMRenton Spotlight (425) 277-7850 8-Ball No “A” Players $5 100% w/16+ 7:30PMSpokane McQ’s (509) 891-8357 9 Ball - Texas Express $5+$2 g.f. $50 7:30PMSumner Log Cabin (253) 863-2905 9-Ball Vegas Rules $5 Matching 7:00PMVancouver Spot Bar & Grill (360) 256-1110 Ball in hand Call Pocket $5 $3/player 8:00PMWhite Salmon Elkhorn (509) 493-1939 9-Ball $5 $2.50/player 7:00PM

Wednesdays Arlington Shotze’s (360) 403-7665 8 Ball $7+$3 g.f. $7/player 7:00PMEverett Great American Casino (425) 347-1669 8-Ball-Amateur Tourny $5 $150 8:00PMEverett The New Grove (425) 438-8449 8-Ball Womens Qual. $5 Free g.f. 100% 7:00PMFederal Way Tall Timbers (253) 952-2302 8 Ball - Modified TAP $5 100% ($100 max) 7:00PMKent Eli’s Road House (253) 859-1783 Scotch Doubles $5 50% 7:30PMLakewood Longhorn Saloon (253) 581-2580 8 Ball - Open Tables $5 Pays 75% field 8:00PMMount Vernon Riverside Billiards (360) 848-9767 8-Ball “C” & Below-Vegas $7.50 7:00PMRenton Spotlight (425) 277-7850 8-Ball Women $5 100% w/16+ 7:30PMSpokane Sage Bar & Grill (509) 534-9908 8-Ball Call Pocket $3 Matching 7:00PMSumner Sharkey’s (253) 863-0742 9-Ball $5 $$$ 7:00PMTacoma City Lights (253) 383-3301 9 Ball - Texas Express $9 $150 w/25 7:30PMTacoma Latitude 84 (253) 531-5154 8-Ball - (9-Ball 3rd Wed) $5 $$$ 8:00PM

Thursdays Everett The New Grove (425) 438-8449 Meat Shoot $5 Free g.f. 7:00PMFircrest Nifty Fifties (253) 564-9454 9-Ball $5 Matching 7:30PMKent Eli’s Road House (253) 859-1783 8-Ball Singles $5 50% 7:30PMLakewood Maggie O’Toole’s (253) 584-3278 8-Ball $5 100% 7:00PMOlympia Frankie’s (360) 412-1330 9 Ball - Valley $5 Matching 7:00PMRenton Sunset Billiards (425) 255-7225 9-Ball $7+$3 g.f. 50% 7:30PMSpokane McQ’s (509) 891-8357 8 Ball - BCA $5+$2 g.f. $50 7:30PMTacoma Cue & Cushion (253) 536-1531 9 Ball $5+$2 g.f. $5/player 6:30PMVancouver Spot Bar & Grill (360) 256-1110 8 Ball - Call Pocket/Ball In Hand $3 $2/player 8:00PMWhite Salmon Elkhorn (509) 493-1939 8-Ball $5 $50+based on field 7:00PMWoodinville McCorry’s (206) 367-4060 8 Ball-Vegas Call Pocket $5 50% 7:30PM

Fridays Everett P C’s Pub (425) 258-9465 8 Ball - B & below $5 100% 8:00PMEverett Robbie’s Ramblin Rose (425) 339-8876 Pool Shoot $3 7:30PMOmak Shorthorn Tavern (509) 826-0338 8 or 9 Ball $5 7:00PMRenton Mike’s Place (425) 255-9213 8 Ball $5 100% w/16 8:00PMSeattle 1st Ave Pub (206) 431-1916 8-Ball (Break Pot) $5 100% 8:30PMShoreline North City (206) 362-1443 8-Ball $3/player 100% 7:30PMSpokane Double Dribble (509) 468-7946 8-Ball $5 Matching 8:00PMVancouver Spot Bar & Grill (360) 256-1110 8 Ball - Call Pocket FREE $2/player 8:00PM

Saturdays Everett The New Grove (425) 438-8449 9-Ball - Open Qual. $5 Free g.f. 100% 7:00PMEverett Robbie’s Ramblin Rose (425) 339-8876 Pool Shoot $3 6:30PMFircrest Nifty Fifties (253) 564-9454 9-Ball $5 100% 2:00PMKent Eli’s Road House (253) 859-1783 Scotch Doubles $5 50% 5:30PMOkanogan The Club (509) 422-1907 8 Ball - Vegas Rules FREE $5/player 6:00PMRenton Mike’s Place (425) 255-9213 8 Ball $5 100% w/16 2:00PMRidgefield Sportsmen’s (360) 887-8805 8 Ball - Call Pocket $2 Matching 7:30PMSumner Log Cabin (253) 863-2905 8-Ball $5 Matching 2:00PMTacoma 72nd St (253) 472-8806 8-Ball Scotch Doubles $5 Matching 4:00PMTacoma Cue & Cushion (253) 536-1531 8 Ball $5+$2 g.f. $5/player 2:00PMVancouver Spot Bar & Grill (360) 256-1110 Slop Pool $2 Meat 8:00PM

Sundays Arlington Shotze’s (360) 403-7665 9 Ball $7+$3 g.f. $7/player 3:00PMEverett Great American Casino (425) 347-1669 9-Ball $10 100% 8:00PMFederal Way Vintage (253) 835-1468 8-Ball Call 100% w/16+ 6:00PMLakewood Longhorn Saloon (253) 581-2580 9-Ball - Open Tables $5 Pays 75% field 8:00PMLynnwood Pockets (425) 787-2111 8-Ball $5 75% w/16 6:00PMOkanogan Club (509) 422-1907 9 Ball - Vegas Rules $5 Matching 2:00PMOlympia Frankie’s (360) 412-1330 8 Ball - Valley $5 Matching 6:00PMParkland Nifty Fifties (253) 538-0280 8-Ball New TD $5 $$$ 4:00PMRenton Sunset Billiards (425) 255-7225 8-Ball Race to 2 $7+$3 g.f. 50% 2:00PMSpokane Double Dribble (509) 468-7946 Golf Billiards $7.50 1:00PMTacoma City Lights (253) 383-3301 8 Ball - Vegas Rules $5 100% 2:00PM

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