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The Billiard Congress of America has announcedthat Ewa Mataya Laurance and GeorgeBalabuska (see biography page 23) have beenelected to the BCA Hall of Fame. The InductionCeremony will be held at 7:00 pm April 1, 2004at the Las Vegas Hilton during the BCA TradeExpo. Ewa was elected in the “Greatest PlayerCategory” and George in the “Meritorious ServiceCategory”. The BCA honors inductees, “whosecompetitive skills an dedication have enrichedthe sport and industry of billiards.”“The Striking Viking”, as Ewa is known beganher career in her native Sweden, where shecaptured the National 9-Ball Championship in1980. In 1981, she won this title again and alsowon the 14.1 Championship and the European14.1 Championship. She won the World Open9-Ball Championship in 1983 and 1984, and shecaptained the winning team in the Old Milwaukee

(l to r) Rich Geiler (2nd) and Dan Louie (1st)

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By: Tiffany Taylor,Jillian’s of Seattle

For any of you who attended our first event orread up on it in The Break article, this round therewere no conflicting sporting events and no killermoths attacking the games. Jillian’s 2nd AnnualOpen 9 Ball Tournament was as good as it gets.The 64 player tournament opened with a waiting

list and attracted the top players in the northwest.The draw produced an amazingly tough board,leaving no one with an easy out. One bracketafter another was filled with A players. Even someof the best lost in two. Racing to seven the firstday and nine the next, it brought us two-fourteenhour fast paced days filled with nonstop action.

(Jillian’s continued on page 23)

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The Cue Ball in Salem hosted the third Oregonstop for the McDermott Tour on February 21st.Jim Lebold, owner, provided free Lattes,Capacinos, and donuts as well as the 9’ tableswith Championship 3030 tournament cloth. Jim,manager John Corrigan, and Rod Bair directed

the tournament.While it was hoped to exceed the 64-playercapacity advertised, only 36 players showed up.Having only 36 players and 21 tables available toplay on allowed for making some changes to the

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(l to r) Brett Seyler (4th), John Doherty (1st), Glenn Atwell (3rd), Justin Lilje (2nd)

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Team Cup in 1984. In 1988, Ms. Laurance wonthe International 9-Ball, the World 8-Ball and theU.S. Open Women’s 9-Ball Championships. Sheset the Women’s High Run record for StraightPool in 1988. She also won the 1991 WPBANational, the 1991 Women’s U.S. Open 9-Balland the 1994 WPA World 9-Ball Championships.Ewa received the Billiard & Bowling Institute ofAmerica (BBIA) Industry Service award andcurrently serves as President of the WPBA.I would like to thank Ewa for thisexclusive interview. I found her to bearticulate, professional, warm andpersonable.

D”C”A: You must be really excited about beinginducted into the BCA Hall of Fame.Ewa: I am.D”C”A: Where do you live now?Ewa: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I really likethe South. People are awfully laid back andfriendly down here.D”C”A: How long have you been a member ofthe WPBA?Ewa: Since 1981D”C”A: What are your plans as president forthe WPBA? Is there anything new coming up?Any changes?Ewa: We’re really excited … we’ve been workingthis whole last year. This current board has beenworking real hard to get a long-term commitmentfrom ESPN so we have something to really workwith, with our sponsors, as far as trying to takeeverything to the next level, whatever that mayturn out to be. Having a one year to one yearcontract with ESPN kind of limits you as far asthe investments you want to make, don’t knowwhat’s going to be around the bend. For us to beable to get real commitments from our sponsorswe obviously need to have a long-termcommitment from ESPN. We managed to get athree year commitment out of them and justsigned the contract about a month and a halfago.We’re very excited about that. What that allowedus to do was not only to sign long-termcommitments with our sponsors – for instanceBrunswick signed on as well for three years –but it also gave our long-term planning committeea chance to really take a look at our budget and

what we can do. One ofthe things we’re going todo – you’re going to seea little bit of a differentface of the WPBA thatwe are very excitedabout. We have investedin an actual set that isgoing to be travelingaround from event toevent. Peg Ledman andher crew will be taking itfrom tournament totournament. Instead ofhaving the Casinocarpeting, for instance,in the background of theoverhead shots, we’regoing to have our owncarpeting and stuff. Justto take it to another …D”C”A: I play leaguesas well and people arealways commentingwhen it’s on, about thecarpeting. Are you goingto have the logo onthere?Ewa: We are stillworking on all thosedetails. Peg Ledman ishandling that, it’s kind ofa wish list that she’strying to stretch thedollars as much as shecan. The problem is forevery dime we spend onproduction is moneytaken out of the prizefund essentially.Because the money weget in from sponsors is

spent on television production, event staging,prize fund for the players, programs for theregional tours that we support. So it’s all one bigpicture. It’s difficult to kind of delegate that moneyand spend it where it’s good for players. It’s goodfor the tour, good for our sponsors, that type ofthing.D”C”A: We have the NWPA women’s tour herein the Northwest …Ewa: Right, rightD”C”A: And we’re going to sponsor a WPBAevent this summer.Ewa: Fantastic! I’m so excited and so proudabout our relationship with all the regional toursaround the country because for the WPBA withthe resources we have – granted though we area professional association – we like to reach outto amateurs and to juniors to give them anopportunity to join a professional tour. But ourresources have always been limited already aswe just talked about so for these regional toursto get involved with us the way it’s worked out isphenomenal. We’re helping the regional tours,the regional tours are helping the WPBA. It reallyturned out to be a super relationship. We havereally good people throughout the whole countryworking for us.What’s great is that you can see these women –there’s some great players coming out of thesetours, absolutely, flabbergasting how many greatplayers there are throughout the whole country.D”C”A: You can almost go anywhere and findsomebody that can beat you.Ewa: Absolutely. So this is the grass rootsprogram that we dreamt of starting fifteen years

ago that is now really starting to kick in and cometo fruition completely and it has been for a fewyears. I know that Vicki Pasky back when thetour first started in ’93, the Classic Tour, was herbaby. She really wanted to have the grass rootsprogram really working, the regional tours, thequalifiers, and it’s in the middle of surpassingwhat we had hope it to be. We’re really excitedabout it.D”C”A: Are you still writing a column for Pool &Billiards?Ewa: I am and I just got done with my 4th book. Idid three books, “The Complete Idiots Guide”,the biggest book that I did – they decided to do arevision, so that’s coming out in the fall.D”C”A: Is that available on your website?

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hall of fameEwa: Yes. I think it links you on to Amazon.comor to Barnes and Noble. comD”C”A: At what age did you start playing pool?Ewa: I was 14D”C”A: Who taught you?Ewa: No one in particular really. I just becameobsessed with it and it was all I wanted to do.Then just by seeing, it was kind of the “spongeeffect” really. Everybody that I ran into that knewmore about pool than I did, I asked questions, Iwatched them play. I wanted to play against themto learn. The goal when men’s and women’stournaments were together, back then the menplayed a good couple of levels above what thewomen played. So I would watch the men andconstantly learn and pick up stuff every time Iwent to a tournament or into a poolroom and thattype of thing. And then a lot of alliances, my ex-husband Jimmy Mataya, Bob Hunter, Mike Sigel,some of the people that have helped me out hereand there along the way.D”C”A: When I started out myself, I did the samething pretty much about 35 to 37 years ago waswatch other people. How did they make that cueball move? How did they get to where they got tobecause it didn’t look like it should have got therewithout the rails.Did you pattern your game after anybody?Ewa: Not really. I was always a very naturalplayer, and a natural player needs to play a lot.To be able to keep the level up, if you have anatural stroke to stroke. Now a learned player,someone who has the perfect fundamentals likean Allison or even Mike Sigel, the way that heapproaches the table, need to practice much lessbecause it is much more mechanical andautomatic. They do the same thing, veryrepetitive type strokes. So to keep their level ofplay up it doesn’t take as much as for a naturalplayer to.D”C”A: So basically you get in and out of rhythmeasier.Ewa: Exactly.D”C”A: Because I’ve noticed I’m pretty muchthe same type of player like that and if I don’tpractice a lot, my game goes off.Ewa: I used to watch Mike Sigel and Nick Varner,they used to travel together all the time becauseMike for awhile was on the Brunswick staff also,and we’ve become good friends over the yearsand I watched the two of them. Nick practices allthe time and always has. Mike would go fishingor golfing or find somebody to talk to. But he justhas more of a technical, mechanical way ofapproaching the table where Nick is a morenatural player and therefore Nick needs to playmore to keep his game up. And so when I movedto Charlotte, I started doing so many exhibitions,I’m working a lot for Brunswick, I’ve been raisingmy daughter all these years, I realized I wasn’tplaying as much as I was and then Allison movedto Charlotte and I thought maybe that’s what Ishould do. I should just get a little moremechanical approach to the table, so that way Icould still get away with not playing as much andat that point I changed my game, and that wasthe biggest mistake I think I have ever made,because then I’ve been confused ever since.D”C”A: You mentioned your daughter, what isher name?Ewa: NikkiD”C”A: Does she play?Ewa: Nikki, plays enough to where she has agood time at it. She beats most of her guy friends.She’s an aspiring professional horseback rider.She jumps horses and competes, but she’s gother mother’s genes as far as competitiveness

goes. Her trade of choice is horses as opposedto pool.D”C”A: You were mentioning that you weredoing your exhibitions for Brunswick, you’dcome out to Portland, at the Pavilion there,sponsored by Apollo Pools. Terry’s a goodguy.Ewa: Terry’s fantastic, he’s the salt of theearth, he really is. He’s become a real goodfriend as well as – we’re both obviouslyinvolved with Brunswick – but he’s just a reallygood person.D”C”A: When you practice, what was yourschedule?Ewa: Well, I think when I was playing my best,mostly I just played. I would play by myselfuntil I ran into someone who would, maybesomebody who came to the poolroom, thatwould be a good sparing partner.D”C”A: How do you practice?Ewa: You just rack or just throw the ballsout, all fifteen or nine balls and just run themoff and then when I run into a problem orsomething that I would have a hard time withI would shoot that same shot, over and overand over until it felt comfortable again. Andthen practice things like my break or jumpshot and all that. Mainly it was just throwingthe balls out there and playing, getting to thepoint where the table feels like it’s about afoot and a half by three feet in size.D”C”A: That’s nice when it feels like that.Ewa: I used to play 8-10 hours a day andnow I play nowhere near that. I’m still just ascompetitive as I was but my game is not as solidas it used to be. It’s verymuch more sporadicthan it used to be. That’shard to take.D”C”A: Do you thinkthat’s concentration?Ewa: No. I feel a big partof it is instead of playing8-10 hours a day I’mplaying 1 or 2 hours aday. I guess I don’t feelthe need to prove … Iused to feel like I neededto prove myself, I neededacceptance. I guess,with age and the fact thatI’ve won all the majortitles there are to win, Idon’t have the samehunger I used to have.D”C”A: I get that feelingsometimes myself butthen I re-energize myselffor whatever reason - Iget beat by someonethat is blind orsomething an it just kindof shakes me up, I think.How long have you beendoing play-by-play?Ewa: Oh, I’ve been doingthat on and off for years,since probably the early90’s. I used to do it wayback even in the late80’s. I would guestcommentate quite a bithere and there. Matchesweren’t broadcast on TVthat often back then. I’vebeen doing commentaryon and off since then.


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Letters to the Editor:Annonymous writes:I have witnessed a problem happening with my league team that upsetsme very much. We have one player, who signed up for the team, made allkinds of promises about how excited they were to play on our team andlooked forward to the league play – and now DOESN’T SHOW UP onleague night. There has been one excuse after another, week after week.We all have families, work, illness, etc. to contend with but still do our bestto make our league night commitment. I would have to be on my deathbednot to come.I’m at a loss to how to handle this player and I wonder if this problem hashappened to other teams. I feel like this player has NO commitment to theteam, NO commitment to the league and NO commitment to pool. Whywould a player do this? If you don’t want to play, why say you will? Whatgain do you get out of signing up for the team and not showing up? EGO orwhat?It is not fair to the other members of the team who put in their time andmoney each week to qualify as a team, and the players who wait on thesidelines to substitute. The team ends up not having enough playersqualified to play in the playoffs.Each team is like family and you were asked to be on the team becauseyou were wanted. When you don’t show up you are sending the messageto the team, your family, that you don’t want them. Playing on a team is anhonor and privilege and should not be taken lightly.I would be interested in knowing if this type of thing goes on all the time.Anyone can email me back at [email protected] for listening.

Linda Carter writes:My son took me to a little tournament last night that had 17 players and Iwon it - $100 and another $25 at $5 a game. The tournament directorcame up to me after the tournament was over (before the gambling started,because I was trying to recover the $15 my son had lost gambling) andasked me not to come back because I was a pro or semipro. I have justbeen bounced for the very first time due to my skill! I am very honored!

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This months Artistic Shot is from thestroke discipline and has a Degreeof Difficulty (DOD) of 8. There areno object balls in this challenge, justa dollar bill. To set up the dollar bill,place its edge even with the headcushions nose. The bill is centeredhalfway between pocket D and thefirst diamond over from pocket D,as diagrammed.The cue ball is in hand behind thecenterline, (B-E). The objective ofthis challenge is to shoot the cueball 8 or 9 cushions in diagrampattern to the dollar bill. The cue ballmust stop on or over the dollar bill.The vertical edge of the cue ballclosest to the dollar bill willdetermine success of the shot.Here are a few helpful hints on howto execute this shot. I place my cue

ball in the 1 x 1 diagram quadrantwhere the number 8 is in thediagram. If you place the cue ballas diagram you risk the chance ofhitting your hand on the table as youfollow through, You’ll need to use atleast a 10 inch bridge length so youcan execute a long fast warm upstroke. I cue the cue ball with atouch of left English and a touch ofdraw. The closer the cue ball hitsthe fifth rail by pocket E, close toscratching, the better your chancesof making the shot. If your head islow on the cue when you shoot pool,stand up more so your upper bodydoesn’t get in the way as you followthrough with this powerful stroke.Next months Artistic Shot will befrom the jump Discipline and havea DOD of 7.

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Half-Ball ShotsBy: Bob Jewett of the SFBA

San Francisco Billiard Academy

Bob Jewett

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In my January column, I described the fractionalball method of aiming in which you visualize orimagine how much of the cue ball overlaps theobject ball on its way to contact. The most usefulpart of this system is the half-ball hit, in which thecenter of the stick (and the center of the cue ball),are directed straight towards the edge of the objectball. You actually have a clear target to aim thestick at, which makes this shot unique. It turns outthat the half-ball hit has very, very importantapplications in position and safety play, which I’lldiscuss in a future column. For now, let’s work ongettingt h ebas ics h o tdown.

The spot shot shown inDiagram 1 is a good exampleto start with. The object ball ison the foot spot, and the cueball is in hand behind the line.If you place the cue ball so thatyour stick passes over theshort-rail edge of the cornerpocket, the shot is a half-ballhit. (On small tables, thecorrect placement of the cueball is closer to the sidecushion, so your stick willpass over the long-rail edge ofthe pocket.)If your cue ball placement isright, and your stick is pointedthrough the center of the cueball directly at the edge of theobject ball, and you bring yourarm straight back and straightthrough, I guarantee you’llmake the shot. (Does notapply to large cue balls,crooked tables, very stickyobject balls, or in the State ofConnecticut. Your mileage may vary.)

Diagram 1

Speaking of large cue balls, if your table is cursed with one of these, thecorrect placement will becloser to the side cushion.How much? It depends onthe cue ball — experimentwith it.As mentioned before, the cutangle for an ideal half-ball hitis 30 degrees. If the normalthrow for a rolling cue ball isincluded, it turns out to bemore like 28 degrees. Hereis how you can set up yourown half-ball practice shotanywhere on the table. SeeDiagram 2.Place the cue ball on theheadd spot. Take four ballsin a diamond pattern (like asmall nine-ball rack) andmove them forward on thetable until the 1-2 and 1-3lines point slightly above thepockets as shown. If younow remove the 1 and 4 balls,and shoot the cue ball to theprevious location of the 1, youwill be playing a half-ball hiton both the 2 and 3 at thesame time.The 1-2 line is different fromthe path of the 2 ball becausethe 2 ball is thrown slightly forward by friction from the cue ball.You can use the same small diamond to set up a half-ball shot anywhereon the table. If you want to set up a shot for the 2 ball, place the diamondso the 1-2 point to the right place if throw is included, and place the cue ballin a straight line with the 1-4, then remove the 1-3-4 and shoot the 2. Aneven faster way to set up or check shots is to make an angle template outof stiff paper. If one side is lined up with the path to the pocket, the otherwill give the required incoming path for the cue ball for a half-ball hit.When you practice shooting for half-ball, be sure to play the shot from bothsides. Some people see left and right cut shots differently.(The San Francisco Billiard Academy gives instruction at all levels frombeginning players too training Instructors through Master level. Visitwww.sfbilliards.com for more information.)

Diagram 2

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1st Place ELI’S BIG RACK(Back) James Schweiger, Marc Ouellet, Brian Mygrant,

(Front) Nate Stevens-MVP, Chad Hudgel,Brian Cleveland, (Missing) Kristine Angelus, Nick Clark

Record Breaking Team won TitleholdersSessions Back to Back

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Williams, (Front) Dawn Betschart, Tony Betschart

Fall Titleholders

February 7th & 8th, 2004

The Fall Title Holderswas a classic recordbreaker. The morningmatches started at anormally slow tomedium pace, but by12:00pm thecompetition levelstarted to increase.With the new divisionfrom Port Orchard;Captained by RobertBaker and Rich Lee,everyone was curiousto see what their teamwould bring to the table,and soon, very soon, allwatchers would seethat the Bethel Tavernhad come to play. Theywon their division matchand their noon matchwould be played againstthe Reigning SummerTitle Holders Eli’s BigRack.

As predicted though,Eli’s would over comethe Bethel BankBurners in a very closematch and the newdivision team would

gain the experience of playing and seeing a very young, but experiencedEli’s team move into the 2nd day winners bracket. But the match just madethem raise their level ofcompetition, and theywould go on to play theQ’z division championsof the North PierceDivision to a suddendeath match. Wow,what a start for the newPort Orchard DivisionChampions. (Bring it onBank Burners – Wehave more of thatcompetition at State inMarch)!!

The NorthPierce DivisionChampions match wasalso a classic matchbetween two well-developed teams, eventhough the currentchampions, (Q’zN.A.D.S.) would fight tothe very last ball!! Thesudden death matchwould be won by thenew divisionchampions, Q’z P.I.G..Congratulations P.I.G.!!

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From: Mary Hopkin

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NWPA players are currently soliciting financial pledges for each game theywin during the third 2004 NWPA tour stop April 24-25 at The Cue Ball inSalem, OR. The players also accept one-time donations.

Each year the players will have a similar fundraiser to keep the scholarshipfund healthy to ensure long-life to the unique women’s billiard scholarship.Scholarship winners will be chosen by the NWPA board, based on theirapplications, grade point average and a required essay focused on womenand billiards. The scholarship is available to any woman entering anaccredited Northwest college or university.

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WOODINVILLE, WAThe annual Valentine Tournament at McCorry’s February 14-15, 2004 wasanother fun event. As the Tournament Director I always look forward to thisweekend and this was to be another fun weekend. The quality of playingkeeps getting better each year and this was no exception. 27 couplessigned up to play and 27 couples were determined to place in the money.Unfortunately only 8 couples were destined to finish in the money spots.When the dust settled on Sunday the final winners were:1st $700 Linda Carter & Mike Zimmerman2nd $400 Crissy Ishida & Raul Abenojar3rd $260 Sherry Griffin & Scooter Hendrickson4th $170 Heather Dougherty & J D Dougherty5-6 $100 Cindi Silva & Eddie Mataya

Brenda Willia & Gord Gervais7-8 $80 Shelby Eikenberry & Mark Avlon

Shawne Wolf & Leroy DorseyI would like to thank all the players for playing in the tournament; I enjoyedmeeting new players and visiting with the returning players. It was a funweekend for me and I hope the players had a good time. Thank you all!Watch for our upcoming tournaments:March 20-21: 8-Ball Men’s Round Robin- Vegas Rules - $35 + $5 greenfee – added money – 16 player maximumApril 17-18: 9-Ball Open – Double Elimination – 32 player maximum -$20 + $5 green fee – Memorial Tournament – added money – TexasExpressMay 1-2: 8-Ball Ladies Round Robin – BCA Rules - $35 + $5 green feelimited to 16 maximum – added money

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13 teams participated in the Sweetheart Tourney.1st place went to Bob Bizzell and Nilene Willman.Second place went to Jake and HeatherKovnesky. My apologies to Third place, DrittonSchwartzerand TrishaGalati whocame all theway fromLivingstonand Fourthplace JoshK o v n e s k yand ShawnaM c D a n i e lw h o s epictures didnot comeout. The restof theplacing teams were from Butte. We did have acouple from Helena who placed Fifth.

1st Bob Bizzell / Nilene Willman2nd Jake and Heather Kovnesky3rd Dritton Schwartzer / Trisha Galati4th Josh Kovnesky / Shawna McDaniel

Our upcoming tournament is a Blind-draw eightball benefit tourney for Mike Franich. It will beheld on 03/20/04 and be a one day tourney.Money will be added depending upon number ofentries.

1st Nilene Willman and Bob Bizzell

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tournament. The players voted to extend the races to 9 in the winners bracket, 7 in the losersbracket and 11 for the final match. Even with extended races, the tournament was completed in only14 hours of straight play.While the playfield lacked inquantity, it certainly did not lack inquality! Past McDermott Tourwinners present included StanTourangeau, Brett Seyler, andGlenn Atwell. We also saw 25players new to the tour, many ofthem local players. It was nicehaving a tournament that drew topplayers from the NW as well asbringing in some of the local talent.The low cost of the McDermottTour card was appreciated bymany of the local players notplanning on competing in otherevents.JD Doherty worked his waythrough the field, the hard way, towin the $900 first place prize. JD lost his first match to Russell Cearley (7-9) before winning ninestraight matches to take top honors. JD defeated John Campbell 7-1, Stan Tourangeau 7-5, MikeStevens 7-6, Lucas Thomas 7-3, Russell Cearley 7-2, Lee Remmers 7-4, Brett Seyler 7-4 andGlenn Atwell 7-3 before facing off against Justin Lilje. JD definitely worked hard for his money,playing virtually non-stop all day long. While those on the winners side had several breaks, those inthe losers bracket didn’t have much of a chance to catch their breath. I think that the winner of thetoughest draw had to be John Campbell who faced Glen Atwell in his first match and then JD in hissecond match.Justin looked unstoppable taking the winners side. But after defeating Tony Bloom 9-6, Ron Migues9-1, Bobby Schindler 9-3, Lee Remmers 9-1 and Glenn Atwell 9-7, he fell to JD 11-8 in the finals.The biggest surprises of the day were the quick exits from the field by Stan Tourangeau and JohnCampbell. John was out in two and Stan was out in three.Tournament results:

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From: Dick Jones, Event Coordinator/Manager

This tournament was played Saturday January 31st at Eagles Club #326downtown Bozeman, Montana. What a great turn out we had. Twenty-sixteams came to the Eagles Club to play a little pool.1st $230 Curt Watts / Holli Sumpter, Bozeman/Belgrade

In the wee hours of Sunday morning, this team came out of thelosers side of the bracket to win it all.

2nd $160 Dave Seavey / Loreen Carey, Belgrade/Manhattan3rd $100 Dan Reeves / Susie McRae, Bozeman4th $70 Leland Flint / Cindy Barbula, Three Forks/Bozeman5-6 $30 Walt Nead / Tina Baker, Livingston

Miral Gamradt / Aimee Neel, Bozeman/BelgradeTo all the pool players out there,thank you for supporting our tournaments.

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Recently, The NewGrove held itseight-week 9-ballq u a l i f y i n gchampionship with$500 in the pot upfor grabs. Some ofthe who’s who ofpool were therevying for their spotfor the cash, likeRick Brunner, J.D.,Tim Tweedell, BradHornshaw and JeffJiminez just toname a few. All ofthe contestantsshowed class andspor t smansh ipthroughout the

tournament. But when the sticks were put away, and the balls were racked,the top five finishers were:1st Kris Iverson2nd Zac Leech3rd TNT4th J D5th Jersey GentlemanThe New Grove is starting a new 9-ball eight-week qualifier every Saturdaynight. 7:00pm sign ups and 7:30 start. Texas Express is the format. Don’tforget that March Madness is coming to The New Grove with drink andfood specials all through the month, lots of door prizes and other greatgiveaways.For any details or info about upcoming events call 425-347-0677.

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“Sensational Again” !!!“The all day session (6 hours) of team taught pool took place on November16th. The seminar was held Classic Billiards in Portland Oregon. It was agreat success it brought in a full compliment of pool students fromaccomplished to beginners. All participants left with greater knowledge ofpool and its capacities.The second seminar group consisted of Pat Schumacher, John Moribito,Andrew Monstis, Brad Gowin and Glenn Atwell. Small groups rotatedthrough each instructor gaining some of their insights and expertise’s ofover 25 to 40 years of playing experience. This group of instructors wereput together to meet this type need in our pool community. They are givingback something for the years of pool being very good to them. (Aresurrection of sorts.)The all day session was able to help pool players with prescribed poolinsight with 5 different areas of essential pool information and skilldevelopment. The goal of the seminar is to share skills and insidetechniques on fundamentals to how to execute shots, concentrate anduse methods and systems, shot making, 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, The Break monthly poolnews, PCC-Products Cue Clean International Distribution, and On TheWire monthly Pool news Oregon. The cost of the seminar was kept to $60per person because of the all sponsors help. The Seminar included alunch, seminar manual, free future pool time. This is the greatest value forthis type of instruction.This seminar group keeps getting better and better providing insights forpeople who want to advance their pool knowledge and skills. The responsewas so tremendous that the staff is eager to put on another seminar soon.There is great news if you missed this one another seminar is scheduledfor April 11th more information contact Cascade pool League 503 252-4215 OTB

From: Nita Saddler

SPOKANE, WAOver Valentine’s Day weekend McQ’s Billiards hosted our annual mixedscotch doubles tournament. Twenty-one teams hooked up for two days toshowcase their playing ability and coaching ability. Play on Saturday wentsmooth and fairly quick and the field was trimmed down to 4 teams forSunday. The pairing of Clay Skidmore & Phyliss Fernandez proved tootough for the rest of the field, as they were able to do what they could notdo last year. Having the driver’s seat for the second year in a row they gotthe job done that they failed to do last year. It was also Clay’s 40th birthdaythat weekend so he got a nice birthday present.Thank you so much to all the teams that played we hope to see you againsoon. I would also like to thank Carrie Queen for her help with the tournamentboard while I was playing my matches.1st $616 Clay Skidmore & Phyliss Fernandez2nd $462 Tony Etchechoury & Amber Johnson3rd $308 Steve (Duke) Melinak & Leanne4th $154 Stacy Mallot & Deby Welfringer

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JENSEN & JENSEN WINOn February 19th-21st, Boise State University hosted the 2004 ACUI Region14 Rec. and College Bowl-Tournament. Region 14 includes Washington,

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tournament in Boise and since has played pool together, happily ever after.“The competition was fierce in the final matches, said Hope, with bothmen’s and women’s finals going down to wire.” Michael is a four timeIdaho State Champion and Hope Elizabeth is last year’s VNEA InternationalScotch Doubles Champion with one time scotch doubles partner RossGutterude of Pocatello Idaho. “We’re excited to go down in April to representour Region and Boise State University in the Nationals. Our goal is to bethe first husband and wife team to win the ACUI Pocket BilliardsChampionships” said Hope.

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BILLINGS, MTThe 2004 Players Open 4-man team tournament kicked off with everyonegathering at Bullwacker’s in Billing’s Montana for the Calcutta and players

meeting at about 7 pm Friday January 23.The field appeared to be a little strongerthis year. Last years champs, 4 sticks O’butta, featuring players like Jeff Boucher,TR Olson, Dan Hamper, and Jason Tigart,as well as not only 3 time past championsAlberta Crude, but also the Sore Losersteam from Calgary. Cole Dixon and PaulBrienza put up a strong team, anotherformidable team was the home town boyswith Jim Winters and Doug Medina, not tomention the team that always proves tobe strong or at least wise enough to find

there way into the money over the last 20 years or so. Of course I amreferring to another long-time, hometownfavorite team consisting of Gerry Kohm,Terry Bummer, Bob Deroek, and RyanGrimm. With over three thousand dollarsadded and $100 a team entries at stakeeveryone was anxious to get started andthe money talk was flying around the room.This kind of event is only possible becauseof our gracious sponsors for offering theirtime and establishments in order to makeit a real top-notch event. The ownershipof Bullwacker’s not only supplied us witha place to play, but some very interestingtimes at their other establishment The Wild West nightclub, where a lot ofthe players could be found while not playing. Not only is this place one hotclub, but it would offer another awesome venue for competitive pool inMontana in the future. I would especially like to notice Pete Fagenstrom

and Cassidy from the staff at the Wild Westfor making our visit there one to remember.This place makes the coyote ugly look likea church, but what a class act. Specialthanks should also be given to both VFWclubs and Charlie Browns who providedthe finals and one of the best prime ribsaround.The Sports Page also had awesomelunches and a real good pool atmosphere.Thanks to all sponsors, I can tell you fromthe player’s perspective that we all enjoyedand appreciated your efforts. And as

always a very special thanks goes out to Fritz, our man with the plan,thanks again.First round matches featured one tough half of the bracket as usual, inwhich the two Canadian teams matched up early and the winner playedlast years champs, all of this just to get tothe A-side final. After winning a nail-biterover the always tough Dave Schwartzteam, the Kohm-Bummer team earned ashot at last years champs in the A-sidefinal and proved to be ready for the task.They started off the match with some goodshooting and all the rolls and foundthemselves in a 7 to 5 lead in the race to 9match. 4 stix showed their heart and wonthe last 4 games in a row to earn the driversseat spot. Meanwhile the two Canadianteams found themselves matched upagain in the B-side final. 3 time champions Alberta Crude showed somereal speed in a quick and decisive 9 to 6 victory over Pete Sky, Russ W.,Josh, and Mark V. out of Calgary, after having lost to them 9 to 3 on Saturday.Now Alberta Crude had to Face Kohm-Bummer to earn a chance atredemption and a rematch of last years final. Jody T., Lorne K., Kim B.,and Ben R. were looking forward to that match so much that they failed to“focus, focus” as Jody would so eloquently put it and the hometown boyssurprised them with a 9 to 5 victory. The Finals pitched the hometownboys at 4 stix with the daunting task of having to defeat them twice. Thiswas not to be in a very quick well-played match by the defending champs,earning them a decisive 9 to 3 victory and made them back-to-backchampions. This is the fifth victory for the Boucher-Olson led teams, onlyadding to their impressive resumes over the last 5 or 6 years. OTB

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from: Nita SaddlerPOST FALLS, IDOn February 21st and 22nd, The Falls Club held a class “B” 8-Balltournament. Although we didn’t sell out the field, we still had 40 competitivepool players. There were a few complaints on a couple of players that Iallowed to shoot in the tournament, but in the end it turned out to be apretty even field.Ron Renwick started out with a first round bye, along with a lot of otherplayers, and drew J P Jones for his second round match. Ron was not offto a good start and was defeated by J P 5-3. Ron then went on with hishead held high and conquered the B-side by first defeating Ken LeMarsh5-0, T J Frank 5-3, Dennis Brown 5-2, Chuck Hood 5-2, Lyle Redthunder5-2, Scott Nelson 5-4, and Terry Long 5-1, before going on to meet theundefeated Mike Gordon in the finals.Mike started out with a first round bye as well, then first defeated DanGorrman 5-0, Deacon Pike 5-0, Chuck Hood 5-2, Scott Nelson 5-0 andTerry Long 5-2 before facing our B-side winner Ron Renwick. Mike was onfire however and would not allow himself to be beat. The match ended witha victory for Mike Gordon 5-1, and a promotion to “A” class. Excellentshooting everyone!1st $700 Mike Gordon +$135 side pot2nd $475 Ron Renwick3rd $350 Terry Long4th $225 Scott Nelson +$85 side pot5th $125 John Carr, Mike Tinney7th $50 Mike Knight, Lyle Redthunder

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SAN DIEGO, CAThe eighth annual Jay Swanson MemorialTournament was held at College Billiards andGaslamp Billiard Palace on January 31 -February 1, 2004. This year saw it’s largestnumber of tournament entries with a field of192 players. The field was expanded from itsoriginal 128 players when it was full a weekbefore the tournament was scheduled to begin.Day one opened at the 32 table GaslampBilliard Palace where the field would be whittleddown to the 48 players that would open thefinal day’s play at College Billiards. Thetournament was structured as a race to 9 onthe winner’s side and to 7 on the loser’s withall of the final 48 players finishing in the money.Santos Sambajon after being sent to theloser’s side had to fight his way back to playfor the win. Jerry “Baby Huey” Matchin defeatedSambajon 9-6. From there Sambajon startedhis comeback through the field. He defeatedAaron Aragon 7-2, who settled for fourth place.While that was going on Ian Costello facedMarshall Jung for the hot seat. Jung the up andcoming young player from Orange County fellto Costello 9-6.This set up the match on the loser’s sidebetween Marshall Jung and Santos Sambajon.Jung jumped out to a 2-1 lead which Sambajonsoon tied at 3-3. From here Jung and Sambajon jockeyed back and forthfor the lead with the score at 6-4, Sambajon was looking like a clear winnerbut Jung was not done yet. When Sambajon missed the 5 ball in the nextgame, Jung played safe leaving a kick shot for Sambajon. He fouled whichgave Jung ball in hand and he ran out the rack, score 6-5. Jung is within agame of Sambajon. Now it was Jung’s break, he scratched puttingSambajon in the driver’s seat with ball in hand. That was all he needed torun out and win the match 7-5.

Now the finals were set with Ian Costellofacing Santos Sambajon. The finals was asingle race to 13 and Costello jumped outto a 3-0 lead. Sambajon was having troublegetting going in the match and missed twostraight-in shots on the 8-ball but finally goton even ground at 4 all. From there thematch seem to swing in Sambajon’s favorand he easily defeated Costello 13-5.Next year ’s Jay Swanson MemorialTournament is already in the planning andwill be in January 2005 with an expandedfield.

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The cascade pool league Party was as usual a good time for all. Hostedthis year by Pub181 it was a good time for all that participated. Over 3

thousand dollars worth of door prizes, trophies, awards, team shirts, giftsand fun. We kicked off the raffle for a custom Pool Table By Randell ofBigfoot Billiards to be Raffled off at the Chinook Winds Regional 8 BallTournament.Thanks to the participation, support and input from all our players, we

are coming closerand closer to whatfor us is the answer:To have fun, testourselves incompetition, createexperiences toremember for alifetime, be part of acommunity offriends, and becomea pool family.Cascade Pool

League is in its 6th year in the Portland, Oregon area, operating yearround. CPL is both BCA and VNEA sanctioned. You don’t have to be agreat player to play in CPL.We also want to acknowledge people forthere help, Division Managers: Loren

Taylor,DebMoore,KurtHamm,.Otherscontributing:CindySorenson,JoyceGumm,Doug Poczynek, Darryl Farley, CecilPickett. Donny Morse, Sharon Campbell,Bryan Skinner, plus others whocontributed to the League, Bob & LizDonaugh, Pub 181, Paul Chang PCCProducts, Dave Randell Bigfoot Billiards,

Rich Moore & Mt Hood Distributing. “On The Wire”Perfect Attendance Awards went to Chris Nall perfect attendance 6years, Robin Patrick-Flemming 5years of perfect attendance, DaveRandell 4 Years of perfectattendance. 3 Years to AlexHargand, Mario Saldivar. MenMVP awards went to AndrewMonstis, Mike Hackston, JohnLewis, Owen Grady, WomenMVP Tami Parlette, LyndaFanning, Kristen Gault. Highestwin % Pat Schmacher 90 %,Highest Run out % Alan Irving20%, Most Table runs AndrewMonstis 14, Most 50 point setsMike Hackston 6, Highest pointAverage per night Tim Merril46.5, Most Games won BradGowin, Tim Merrill, AndrewMonstis 58, Highest women win% Sharon Campbell 82 % MostPoints Andrew Monstis, BestCaptains, Loren Taylor, Jennifer

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by: Pat Sheehan

In the closing days of 2003 we celebrated the 100th year of powered flight.Thank the Lord the Wright Brothers were great pilots for all of the attemptsto duplicate their plane and flight have failed. We might still be on the groundif they were not only great mechanics and aeronautical designers but alsogreat flyers. If you are a history buff like me, a trip to McMenamin’s CedarHills Pub is like a look backwards in time to the early days of flightdevelopment. The Pub sits on the sight of one of the most famous andbusiest private airfields in the United States, SW Cedar Hills Boulevardand Jennings Avenue.

B e r n a r dAirfield wasbuilt in 1930 byC h a r l i eBernard on apart of thefamily farm. Itwas also thehome of ab u s t l i n gaircraft designand assemblyfacility and af a v o r i t elanding spotof one of myDad’s drinkingp a r t n e r s ,“Tex” Rankin.“Tex” was oneof the mostfamous and

colorful pilots in the early day of flight, and my Dad was one of the bestknown bootleggers in the Northwest. “Tex” had learned to fly from one ofOrville Wright’s first students just after World War I and flew in the oldBarn Storming Circus’ of the twenties. Joe Sheehan learned his trade at

the Brunswick Home office, bootlegging later from Bugs Moran. “Tex” helda lot of records forcrazy stunts and wasrecognized as a WorldChampion AcrobaticAce. One of the recordshe sought was theMost Time in the Air.This required somevery specialequipment, one ofwhich as a lightweightpropeller. GeorgeRawlings, anotherdrinking buddy, gavehim that propeller. “Tex”fell short of the recordof 23 days by 20 days but that propeller hangs in the Pub thanks to Rawlings’son along with some great photos, for George was a photo finisher bytrade.Like many of Mike McMenamin’s projects things fall together in unusualways. I found an Anniversary 4 ½ x 9 pool table in Vancouver. Mike likedthe looks of that model Brunswick table so I bought it for him to match thesnooker table at the Blue Moon. Mike decided to add a Billiard Room to theCedar Hills Pub so a small change in my plans but Mike had a dream. Theroom had space for two tables and he asked me to find a matching table.Since it has been over 54 years since that model table, which celebratedthe 100th Anniversary of the Brunswick Balke Collender Co, you have abouttwo chances of finding one, slim and next to none. Mike told me to take aninventory of the tables he had in storage. First stop Edgefield where I founda 6 x 12 and 5 x 10 Snooker. Next stop Ringlers, Bingo!!! There in thebasement hiding under extra uniforms and restaurant equipment a 4 x 8 CIAnniversary Carom Table. I think it was the Keno table from the SecondAvenue Billiards, and very rare because most carom tables made in thiscentury were 5 x 10.Now playing pool on a table with no pockets would be tough, but they nowhave diamond saber saw blades so we soon had six pockets. What to doabout the castings to fit the rails. Pat Sheehan has never been known tothrow away a pool table part and my shop shows it, so low and behold fourCI pocket castings, but no side pocket castings. The CI did not have side

pocket castings so all I had to do was find a set of CI rails. Eureka! Acomplete set of 4 x 8 CI Sportsman rails that we got from Fort Lewis,some Walnut veneer on the Poplar rails – viola – Anniversay rails. I love itwhen a great plan comes together.It is fitting that the last year the CI was made was 1947, the year of “Tex’s”last flight. Dad was in K Falls covering the tables at the Waldorp and talkedto “Tex” the night before “Tex” hit the power lines at the end of KingsleyField. “Tex” had made a lot of unscheduled landings and his motto “anylanding you can walk away from is a good one” has often been quoted.This was one “Tex” didn’t walk away from. He was headed to Bernard fieldwhere McMenamin’s Pub stands. Plan to safely land on one of the barstools at the Pub and share in the history of the early days of flight, somegreat beer and a chance to play on a part of the history of pool.My thanks to Tim Hills for some of this article is plagiarized from hisvoluminous files of history. I wish I had written down my history as wellinstead of counting on my failing memory.

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(l to r) Paul Marquez (1st) , Troy Vanwinkle (2nd), Tim Merrill (3rd), Mike Stevens (4th)

The Main Event at pub 181

By: Pool Writers Collective

No one could stop ‘Karate Kid’ Paul Marquez as he worked his wayundefeated through the field at The Main Event. Paul walked away richerfor his efforts at the 9-ball tournament, held Feb 7thth and 8thth at Pub 181in Gresham, Oregon.The 4rd annual event had some new facets this year. Pub 181 owner BobDonaugh presented the winner of a drawing among qualified players witha $500 travel certificate for air and lodging for two to a destination of choice.Kay Rubens, a loyal Pub 181 participant for many years, won the trip. “Itwill be Las Vegas,” she says.Co-Tournament Director Don Morse presented Andrew Monstis theTournament Director with a $100 bonus. Andrew, with 189 points, was thetop point earner for the 20-week session qualifier. Fishy… He earned itAnd who ever heard of a tournament where you were guaranteed to makemore than your entry fee? Players paid $10 to enter and were guaranteedat least $20 back.Over 110 players competed in the open qualifier over 20 weeks for the 32-spot field in the two-day finale. Because admission to the top 32 wasbased not only on performance but attendance, many top “A” players didn’tmake the final 32, and the final field was a great mix of talent.Pub 181 added approximately $1850 to the event, for a total pot of $2190.Andrew and Don pretend the payout scheme the first year when thetournament added $900. 2nd year $1700 was added. Last year $2100 Itgets bigger every year and again was a success.Many of the entrants got their first taste playing in a big tournament againsttop competition, and there were a few upsets. Rich ‘The Cheese Teaser’Adams beat out Scott the Shot Simpson and Julie Burney. Both Tom‘TheSpider’ Deirks and Ray ‘What Do You Say’ Galli were unexpectedly outearly. Some Bright spots in tourney Tim Merrill played great. Andrew Monstissays he just might start playing more now and Troy Vanwinkle played verygood only to be stopped by the Karate Kid. The most improved player overthe qualifying season Sharon MeyerTaverns and bars around the country could benefit by taking a look at Pub181’s business model. Liz and Bob’s hands-on management philosophymeans you get everything you could want in a sports bar. And, they reallyknow how to bring in and treat pool players. Every week Pub 181 putsover $400 into the pool economy for tournaments Matching pots, leagues,

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Jump Cues No LongerAllowed at the Sands

From: USPPA Management

The USPPA & The Sands Regency are pleased to announce that JumpCues will no longer be allowed in any USPPA or Reno Open Events for theforseeable future. While Jump Cues will continue to be allowed on thepremises for match play games that are private in nature, all Novelty Cueswill no longer be allowed in Tournament Play.Players are encouraged to shoot jump shots with their playing cue or breakcue only. The USPPA Plans to implement this system wide after theDecember ’04 Events. Independent Tournament Directors have had theright to do so at all times and may begin to do so at their discretion.

USPPA Customer Input PolicyThe Management of The United States Pool Player’s Association wouldlike to encourage all Members as well as prospective Members to sharetheir input regarding our Programs or Programs they would like to see. Asa result, we would like to outline the following Policy regarding fielding thatinput:Please be advised all interested parties are encouraged to email me [email protected]. Included in your message should be specific issuesthat you are willing to have discussed in a public forum. In addition, anyand all concerns or suggestions should have an implementation orsuggested solution included.On a personal note, I would like to advise Any and All Respondents thatAnonymous Complaints should be treated as if they were Ducks Fartingunder Water. Anyone responding must be willing to have their emails orcomments made public or should conserve their energy for practicing theirpool game. Regards, Tony Annigoni - Managing Partner, USPPA Principal, Two Cushion Club Principal, Couture Events & Couture Marketing

All League Women Top TenTami Parlette 55Linda Fanning 50Venessa Schwab 47Kay Rubens 42Linda Smith 41Sharon Campbell 40Kristen Gault 39Robin-Patrick-Fleming 37Cindy Sorensen 37Bonnie Jones 36Season Most PtsAndrew Monstis 675Tim Merrill 652Brad Gowin 651John Lewis 632Loren Taylor 631Aaron Curti 628Dave Randell 623Mike Hackston 616Tim Leslie 603Mike Lacross 597Season Table RunsAndrew Monstis 14Dave Randell 10Mike Stevens 8Brad Gowin 7Glen Atwell 6Paul Norman 6John Morabito 6Jeff Leiss 6Bill Rosenberry 5Alan Irving 5Owen Grady 5Chuck Mileur 5AVG Pt per gameTim Merrill 9.3John Jacobs 9.08John Lewis 9.02Loren Taylor 9.01Aaron Curti 8.9James lee 8.88Mike Moore 8.87Scoot Reyes 8.87Kieth Briggs 8.81Mike Hackston 8.8

Cascade Pool League StandingsAll League Men Top TenAndrew Monstis 99Mike Hackston 90John Lewis 87Brad Gowin 87Loren Taylor 84Tim Merrill 82Owen Grady 77Glen Atwell 76Chad Skroch 76Aaron Curti 75Most Games WonAndrew Monstis 58Tim Merrill 58Brad Gowin 58John Lewis 57Loren Taylor 57Mike Hackston 55Aaron Curti 53Owen Grady 50Jeff Leiss 50Mike Moore 49Chad Skroch 49Glen Atwell 49MVP Nightly AVGAlan Irving 7Mike Hackston 6.4John Lewis 6.2Loren Taylor 6Andrew Monstis 5.9Scott Reyes 5.9Tim Merrill 5.9Owen Grady 5.9Glen Atwell 5.9Pat Schumacher 5.750 Pts SetsMike Hackston 6Chad Skroch 5John Lewis 5John Jacobs 4Scott Reyes 4Andrew Monstis 4Rick Kuykendall 3Justin Eskenazi 3Stacy wilson 3Tim Leslie 3Mike Lacross 3Mike Moore 3Mike Kasper 3James lee 3Loren Taylor 3Tim Merrill 3Keith Briggs 3

Runout %Alan Irving 20.0%Andrew Monstis 12.5%Bill Rosenberry 11.9%Mike Stevens 10.0%Jeff Leiss 8.5%Paul Norman 8.5%Owen Grady 7.1%Chuck Mileur 7.1%Brad Gowin 7.0%Glen Atwell 6.5%John Morabito 6.5%10 ZipsAndrew Monstis 13Dave Randell 9Mike Stevens 8Brad Gowin 6Glen Atwell 6Paul Norman 6John Morabito 5Bill Rosenberry 5Alan Irving 5Mike Hackston 5Jim Gillespy 5Pete Disciascio 5Game Win %Pat Schumacher 90.0%Tim Merrill 83.0%Loren Taylor 81.0%John Lewis 81.0%Scott Reyes 80.0%Mike Hackston 79.0%James Lee 78.0%John Jacobs 77.0%Aaron Curti 76.0%Andrew Monstis 75.0%Chad Skroch 75.0%Mike Moore 75.0%Glen Atwell 75.0%AVG Pt per gameTim Merrill 9.3John Jacobs 9.08John Lewis 9.02Loren Taylor 9.01Aaron Curti 8.9James lee 8.88Mike Moore 8.87Scoot Reyes 8.87Kieth Briggs 8.81Mike Hackston 8.8

Interdivisional Tournament Winners: B Flight Pub 181-Alley Cats, BB Flight Peanut Farm-8 BallHole, A Flight Calamity Jae’s Lost Bastartos, AA Flight Hour-Glass Half Full, AAA Flight Sewicklys-Table 32 . One of the best finishes in league history between Pool Gods and Table 32. Tied in adead heat in rounds and games they played a sudden death round. It came down to the last fewballs before Table 32 won.Season Division Final Results:

League Payouts:Pool Gods Cheetah $550.00Hour Glass Panther $527.55Table 32 Panther $514.75New Kids on Block Cougar $501.50Los Bastarto’s Panther $495.05Where’s Randell Panther $468.70KC Sunshine boys Cougar $461.208ball hole Panther $451.60Jellin Panther $448.65Brand X Cheetah $439.15Good time…Fun Cheetah $439.10Magic Carpet Ride Panther $418.10Off the wall Cheetah $417.85Max Bet Ocelot $412.458’s and Aces Ocelot $408.45Lost Souls Ocelot $402.10Sporting wood Ocelot $392.70Rollin Rock Cheetah $389.60Fire wood Cheetah $383.85Alley Cats Cougar $373.80Jail Birds Panther $359.15Gresham Inn Cheetah $359.00Clack Attack Ocelot $349.60Bossmen Ocelot $342.05Crazy 8’s Cheetah $339.65Ramrod’s Cougar $333.50One time Cougar $322.00More’s enough Cougar $273.80

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George Balabushka - Cue maker George Balabushka was born in Russiaon December 9, 1912. He arrived in the U.S. in 1924 and began designingand building children’s wooden toys and educational materials, which gavehim an intimate knowledge of the properties of various woods. After 30years as a woodworker and Straight Pool player, he began making poolcues. He was an innovator in cue construction, finishes and designs. Mr.Balabushka was quickly recognized as the premier cue maker of his era,inspiring other cue makers and elevating the demand for custom cues. Hewas the first to be inducted into the American Cuemakers Association(ACA) Hall of Fame in 1993. Because of their playability, design and rarity,Balabushka cues have become legendary and highly collectible. ABalabushka cue was featured as an object of admiration in the book andmovie The Color of Money. Mr. Balabushka died in 1975 at age 62.



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tournament room very much to hisliking. Jason matched up againstRobert Aldana, Craig Oden and “hotseat” opponent Mark Haddad.Crowd pleasing and opponentgrimacing safeties accompaniedMr. William’s aggressive attack onthe table.During the “Hot Seat” match againstMark Haddad, Jason made a combothat normally good players wouldpass up. The balls were positionedsuch that they were both back cuts.Cue ball back cut into 1st ball tocombo back cut into object ball. Therisk for missing would normally stopany good player from taking theshot. To make this even more risky,very make-able balls surroundedMark Haddad’s pocket. When Mr.Williams shot the combo (and madeit) the cue ball rolled over to thecluster of balls by Mark’s pocket, for‘easy pickens’ for the OUT and WIN.Tony Chohan was waiting on theOne Loss side to avenge anearlier loss to Mark Haddad. Thematch turned out to be a contestof ‘who could take the wildestshots’. Back cuts from mid table,2 and 3 rail shots were dropping,in the pack and bank comboswere also dropping. The crowdwas too amazed to applause; theyjust sat there, wondering if what

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D”C”A: I met you and Mitch when I was outthere at Lincoln City. What did you think of theNorthwest and the Pacific Ocean?Ewa: We love it! We went fishing while we werethere actually with Terry. We caught a 38 and 40pounder Salmon, and we had the time of our life.We actually were talking about making a golf tripout there when the weather was a little warmer.And we were talking to Terry about how great itwould be to have a place out there somewherein the mountains. We really like the outdoors bothMitch and I. We both love to play golf and it doesn’tget any prettier than the Northwest. It is the mostbreathtaking place. I’ve never been up toWashington. I hear about all the nature and thewoods, everything up in that area. I’ve never beento Montana. We’ve been talking about when we

go out to tournaments and stuff – we actuallystay and see something.D”C”A: What kind of cue do you use?Ewa: Bob Hunter’s Cue – Hunter Cue.Bob’s originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan andBob’s a World Champion Straight Pool player.He kind of went the same way Sigel did, hemakes cues, he lives in Nevada. I think CarsonCity.D”C”A: Do you have a favorite place to play,Myrtle Beach or do you go somewhere else?Ewa: Actually there’s no real poolroom here thatI go to. I play at home. I have a BrunswickMontebello in my house where I made a reallynice poolroom, so that’s where I usually play.Every once in a while I go up to Wilmington,there’s a poolroom up there but its kind of toughto stay sharp because I don’t have anyone tospar with. I’ll be playing on my table at home andI’ll be playing great and all of a sudden I get to atournament and there’s an actual opponent firingback at me. It makes it a little tougher.D”C”A: Do you do have any charities?Ewa: Make A Wish Foundation is my maincharity, but also the Cancer ResearchFoundation. My husband had prostate cancer 2years ago, so that one hit closer to home thanyou ever expect or want it to. Those are my twomain charities and I’m really involved with theMake A Wish Foundation.D”C”A: Both in the ranks of professional andamateur players there has been in the past 20 to25 years a tremendous growth in pool, what doyou contribute that to?Ewa: I give the WPBA an amazing amount ofcredit because I think sports and recreation isoverall very cyclical. It kind of comes and goes,it becomes the in thing to do then it kind ofdisappears. Right now poker is all the rage.Poker’s been around forever but if you look 5

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years ago and 5 years from now, there’s a goodchance poker may or may not be the rage.I think that the WPBA has managed to keepconsistently on television – Yes, we’re short ona lot of things. We need regular time slots. Weneed ESPN to help promote us instead of puttingit on when it’s convenient. I don’t mind the rerunsbeing on whenever, but the original program, thefirst time it’s shown, we need to be able to builda fan base and give our fans a chance to followand to build on that. So there’s a lot of thingsmissing but I think the fact that we’re staying outthere, we’re showing a really professional face.What a great family sport it is. What a greatintelligent sport it is. It’s a sexy sport. It’s all theway around, it doesn’t matter what walk of lifeyou’re in it’s just a great game for everybody. I

think that that’s one of the things, men’s sportshave always been great, but women’s pool hasreally brought a lot of that attention to it.D”C”A: What about on the amateur level?Ewa: I think the amateur level too. I think thatfeeds it. First of all the serious amateur, especiallyon the women’s side but even on the men’s sidehas really seen an opportunity so that there’sactually the next level to go to. In pool out therethe professional tour, is growing by leaps andbounds so there’s someplace to go – there’ssomething. That if you’re an aspiring professionalthen there’s someplace to go now, which therenever was in the past. I also think that the APA,the BCA, the Valley league – the N-P-B-A – whatis it? N-B – I’m alphabet soup here …D”C”A: There’s the VNEA, BCA, there’s TAP,there’s APA …Ewa: Right, all those leagues are all doing theirpart of promoting the game. Yeah, most of themare businesses and that’s wonderful and I hopethey do really well, but the main thing is that asthey’re doing their business, it’s promoting poolall over the place. And also BCA’s program withthe juniors. There are so many girls now thatcome to our tournaments and say “I’ve beenwatching you on TV” or “I’ve always dreamed ofbeing a professional player.” How many , otherthan if Daddy owns a poolroom, how many 12year old girls have even thought about pool before.So it’s all, everybody is doing their part.Everybody’s bringing it together and this is whatI’ve always dreamed of, is that the industry wouldactually come together. The proprietors, thedealers, the manufacturers, the players and worktowards common goals. And try to fight againstother sports to get our recognition as opposedto be fighting against each other, which isludicrous. Because as we’re fighting against


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each other – other sports out there are taking our TV time. They’re taking our sponsorship dollars.They’re taking our opportunity because we’re too busy bickering amongst ourselves. I think that thathas to change and it’s still changing and it’s really neat to see.D”C”A: There has been a lot of Asian players come in, in the past few years and them seem to bemaking a lot of noise, great players, what do you think?Ewa: Well, I think it’s fantastic. This really shows that not only are we doing our stuff here but thingsare happening all over the world as far as pool goes. Asia has really taken off. I mean it’s always beenbig in the Philippines and Japan. When we were over in Japan, in the early to mid 80’s and especiallyright after the late 80’s when the “Color of Money” hit, it went crazy in Japan. Every block had apoolroom on it all of a sudden. Loree Jon Jones, myself, Vicki Pasky, Robin Bell, Robin Dodson,some of us, we were over there playing tournaments in the mid to late 80’s. But then it’s really grown.China’s where it’s really become popular, Taiwan, Europe, Australia. It’s really grown at a tremendouspace, first of all there’s a big pool of people over there and that’s part of it. They’re taking it veryseriously. So for instance when Allison Fisher or Karen Corr learned how to play snooker, it wasn’tjust in a poolroom somewhere or watching somebody. There’s professionals that actually teachfundamentals over there. In Asia, there’s people like Jennifer Chen or Ga Young Kim, who work withcoaches that are billiards trainers and that professionalism is something that we are behind on herein the United States. That’s something we are finally starting to figure out with all these nice billiardrooms now. You should be able to go to a poolroom and find a professional that you can work with inevery single poolroom, no different than at a golf course.Women have been lagging behind and in Asia, they went up, that’s automatic and they jumpedahead of us. So girls like Ga Young Kim now are learning from, how to hold a cue stick correctly. Notby trial and error and wasting three years but having some body help her right from the start teachingher both mental toughness and the physical aspects of the game and how to think the game. I thinkthat is really showing up in how good both the men’s and women’s side, how good these playersreally are.It makes no sense if you don’t get instructions, because that’s like saying that Tiger Woods sucksbecause he actually goes to a tournament and gets a lesson once in a while.D”C”A: Tiger, the best golfer in the world gets training – so why shouldn’t we or you or me.Ewa: Exactly. It’s no different than – the minute we stop growing you’re doneD”C”A: Yes, you stop learning, and it’s over.Do you have anything to add?Ewa: I’m forever, forever, forever grateful to Brunswick Billiards who back in the late 80’s, before Iwas ranked #9 or whatever I put up, to sign me on and let me actually have this as my profession andsupport my daughter. I am forever grateful to my husband, Mitch, for supporting me, and helping meout and my daughter for being patient and understanding when Mom has to go out of town. And to theWPBA, all the women that have been so instrumental in taking this sport to where it is now. Wealways had the dream that someday we’d actually make a living playing pool. And it’s happening!There’s aspiring pros coming up now. It may not be in my lifetime but it may be shortly thereafter orat least not in my career, that men or women players can actually, the top 20, the top 30, make agood living from playing on the tour.

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1. Efren Reyes $38,7002. Johnny Archer $31,9673. Corey Deuel $30,1434. Ralf Souquet $19,9655. Jason Miller $11,3906. Mika Immonen $10,9547. Charlie Williams $6,8638. Santos Sambajon $6,4609. Alex Pagulayan $5,93310. Jimmy Wetch $5,75011. Bobby Pickle $5,69012. Danny Harriman $4,98313. Marco Marquez $4,72314. John Brumback $4,60215. Sylver Ochoa $3,25016. Jerry Slivka $3,17417. Marcus Chamat $3,16418. Hiroshi Takenaka $2,99319. Billy Palmer $2,90020. Glen Rogers $2,800

1. Jeanette Lee $1,1932. Sarah Rousey $7903. Helena Thornfeldt $7504. Leslie Anne Rogers $7505. Jeannie Seaver $7006. Heather Pulford $6407. Lisa Marr $6008. Hsin Huang $5609. Rachael Abbink $55010. Tracie Hines $52511. Ellen Van Buren $50012. Sueyen Rhee $45013. Debbie Schjodt $42514. Toni Tucker $40015. Melinda Bailey $35516. Kerry Impson $35017. Deanna Henson $30018. Kim Dager $30019. Gwen Dickert $30020. Katie Gray $279

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

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Lynnwood, WA 980361-800-605-4140(425) 775-4140

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35509 21st Ave SW Federal Way, Washington(253) 952-2302

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

July 17-18, 2004 (Possible Qualifier)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

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November 9-10, 2002 Bankshots BilliardsWinner: Maryann McConnell

January 11-12, 2003 Blondies BilliardsWinner: Jackie Pranteau

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September 13-14, 2003 (8-Ball) Alberni Valley Billiard ClubWinner: Maryann McConnell

November 15-16, 2003 (8-ball) Bankshots BilliardsWinner: Kathie MacDonald

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August 23-24 California Billiard Club, CAWinner: Michelle Rakin

September 20-21 Broken Rack, CAWinner: Michelle Rakin

October 25-26 Hard Times Billiards, CAWinner: Michelle Rakin

November 8-9 Family Billiards, CAWinner: Helen Gaughran

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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

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DAY CITY LOCATION PHONE EVENT / RULES ENTRY ADDED TIMEMondays Oroville Kingsmen (530) 534-1922 9-Ball USPPA $13 7:00PM

San Francisco Family Billiards (415) 931-1115 USPPA $20 7:00PMTuesdays Mountain View CA Billiard Club (650) 965-3100 8 Ball Handicapped $10 8:00PM

Oroville Kingsmen (530) 534-1922 Youth League ($15 dues) $2 7:00PMWednesdays Northridge Billiard Connection (818) 831-0747 USPPA Open $15 $$$ 7:30PM

Rancho Cordova Diamond Billiards (916) 368-8800 9-Ball - ‘C’ & below $5 $$$/Break Pot 7:30PMSacramento Hard Times (916) 332-8798 9 Ball ‘B’ $5 $50 8:00PM

Thursdays Monterey Easy Street (831) 333-0825 NPL $10 6:30PMRancho Cordova Diamond Billiards (916) 368-8800 9-Ball - ‘B’ & below $5 $$$/Break Pot 7:30PMSacramento Hard Times (916) 332-8798 9 Ball USPPA $10 7:30PMSan Francisco Family Billiards (415) 931-1115 USPPA $20 7:00PM

Fridays Mountain View CA Billiard Club (650) 965-3100 9-Ball ABC $20 8:00PMSaturdays Monterey Easy Street (831) 333-0825 USPPA $15 1:00PM

Northridge Billiard Connection (818) 831-0747 9-Ball Handicapped $20+$1 reg. $5/player 1:00PMSan Francisco Family Billiards (415) 931-1115 NPL $20 3:00PM

Sundays Mountain View CA Billiard Club (650) 965-3100 9-Ball USPPA Handicap $20 $1000Break Pot 7:30PM

Rancho Cordova Diamond Billiards (916) 368-8800 8-Ball Open $5 $$$ 7:00PMSacramento Hard Times (916) 332-8798 9 Ball Open $15 $50 1:00PM

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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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% 7:30PMTacoma Dock Street Landing (253) 272-5004 8-Ball $5 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% 7:30PMVancouver 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 $5 100% 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 8 Ball $5 $30 8:00PMTacoma City Lights (253) 383-3301 8 Ball - Vegas Rules $5 100% 2:00PM

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Tournament TrailDATE CITY LOCATION PHONE EVENT / RULES ENTRY ADDED TIMEMar 2 Lincoln City, OR WBPPA (See Feb Issue) BCA League Opr. 8-Ball Scotch Doubles $25-$35+$5 $$$ 9:00AMMar 3-4 Lincoln City, OR WBPPA (See Feb Issue) BCA League Opr. 8-Ball Singles $25-$35+$5 $$$ 1:00PMMar 5-7 Lincoln City, OR WBPPA (See Feb Issue) BCA League Opr. 8-Ball Teams $125-$175+$25 $$$ 6:00PMMar 4-5 Reno, NV Sands Regency (See Feb Issue) (310) 821-8858 9-Ball Bar Table $100 $10,000 10:00AMMar 6 Sacramento, CA Hard Times (See ad p14) (916) 332-8793 One Pocket $20 $300 NoonMar 7 Sacramento, CA Hard Times (See ad p14) (916) 332-8793 9-Ball $20 $300 1:00PMMar 7 Portland, OR Sams Billiards (See ad p30) (503) 282-8266 Straight Pool $12 11:00AMMar 6-7 Reno, NV Sands Regency (See Feb Issue) (310) 821-8858 8-Ball Bar Table $100 $10,000 10:00AMMar 12-14 Billings, MT Big Sky Open (See Feb Issue) (406) 256-9200 8-Ball Team Tournament $150 $$$ CallMar 13 Bozeman, MT Eagles #326 (See ad p 28) (406) 587-9996 8-Ball Open Doubles $30 $200 11:00AMMar 13 Renton, WA Mike’s Place (See ad p30) (425) 444-2251 9-Ball $15+$3 g.f. $250 w/32 3:00PMMar 13-14 Everett, WA Shotze’s (See ad p25) (425) 220-9051 9-Ball Spring Classic Limit 40 $60 $1,000 CallMar 13-14 Mtn View, CA CA Billiard Club (See ad p18) (650) 965-3100 Pechauer Tour Stop $50+$10 g.f. $4,000 Guar. 1:00PMMar 19 Billings, MT Kings Korner (See ad p10) (406) 256-8946 8-Ball Blind Draw Doubles $5/player Matching 6:45PMMar 19 Fairview, MT Waterhole #3 (See ad p22) (406) 742-5224 Mixed Couples $10 $$$ 6:00PMMar 20 Fairview, MT Waterhole #3 (See ad p22) (406) 742-5224 Singles $25 $750 1st guar. 11:00AMMar 21 Fairview, MT Waterhole #3 (See ad p22) (406) 742-5224 2-Man Team $10 $$$ 2:00PMMar 20 Moscow, ID McDermott Tour (See ad p11) (208) 882-2050 8-Ball at Mingles $25+$10 g.f. $500 Guar 10:00AMMar 20 Butte, MT Mr Ed’s (See ad p30) (406) 782-3700 8-Ball Blind Draw Benefit Call $$$ CallMar 20 Seattle, WA 1st Ave Pub (See ad p15) (206) 431-1916 8-Ball $10+$10 g.f. $300 w/32 1:00PMMar 20-21 Post Falls, ID Falls Club (See ad p28) (509) 951-1207 8-Ball Class “C” $35+$5 g.f. $3,000 Payout CallMar 20-21 Woodinville, WA McCorry’s (See ad p29) (206) 367-4060 8-Ball Mens Round Robin 16 Max $35+$5 $$$ CallMar 20-21 Libby, MT Mint Bar/VFW (See ad p10) (406) 293-7280 Tom Scott Memorial (M & W) $15+$10 g.f. $800+ w/50 8:00AMMar 20-21 Shoreline, WA NWPA (See ad p4) (206) 920-1936 9-Ball Call CallMar 27-28 Mtn View, CA CA Billiard Club (See ad p18) (650) 965-3100 One Pocket/9-Ball $20 ea $300 ea 1:00PMMar 27-28 Oak Harbor, WA American Legion (See ad p7) (360) 675-5266 8-Ball Partners BCA Rules $50 $200+ 10:00AMMar 27 Great Falls, MT Classic 50’s (See ad p29) (406) 453-0136 9-Ball Singles $25+$10 g.f. $300 1:00PMMar 27 Mount Vernon, WA River City (See ad p15) (360) 424-3515 8-Ball Women’s Scotch Dbls $40 $200 w/full field 10:30AMApr 2-4 Billings, MT Eagles Lodge (See ad p26) (406) 256-9200 8-Ball Eagles State Team $90 CallApr 3 Sacramento, CA Hard Times (See ad p14) (916) 332-8793 One Pocket $20 $300 NoonApr 4 Sacramento, CA Hard Times (See ad p14) (916) 332-8793 9-Ball $20 $300 1:00PMApr 3-4 Federal Way, WA P J Pockets (See ad p21) (206) 391-4356 8-Ball Limit 32 players $20+$10 $1,000 w/32 9:30AMApr 3-4 Lewiston, ID McDermott Tour (See ad p20) (208) 746-9240 9-Ball at Shooters $50+$10 g.f. $1,500 CallApr 4 Portland, OR Sams Billiards (See ad p30) (503) 282-8266 Straight Pool $12 11:00AMApr 9-11 Great Falls, MT TJ’s/8-Ball In (See ad p6) (406) 590-7849 8-Ball Men & Women $40+$10 g.f. $2,250 w/full fields 7:00PMApr 14-18 Canyonville, OR Seven Feathers (See ad p16) (541) 471-0556 BCA 8-Ball Challenge Varies $2,000+ CallApr 16 Billings, MT Kings Korner (See ad p10) (406) 256-8946 8-Ball Blind Draw Doubles $5/player Matching 6:45PMApr 16-18 New Town, ND Four Bears Classic (See ad p2) (701) 421-1385 8-Ball Men & Women $40M-$25W $20,000 payout 7:00PMApr 17-18 Mtn View, CA CA Billiard Club (See ad p18) (650) 965-3100 One Pocket/9-Ball $20 ea $300 ea 1:00PMApr 17-18 Woodinville, WA McCorry’s (See ad p29) (206) 367-4060 9-Ball Open Texas Express 32 Max $20+$5 $$$ CallApr 17-18 Phoenix, AZ AWBT Stop (See Page 31) (480) 818-2880 9-Ball at Sixshooters Call $500 CallApr 17-18 Renton, WA Sunset (See ad p15) (425) 255-7225 9-Ball Pechauer Tour $50+$10 Call CallApr 23 Twin Falls, ID Pocket (See ad p25) (208) 724-1179 9-Ball Men & Women $25 $$$ 6:00PMApr 24-25 Twin Falls, ID Pocket (See ad p25) (208) 724-1179 8-Ball Men & Women $30M-$25W $$$ 11:00AMApr 24-25 Mt Vernon, WA River City (See ad p15) (360) 424-3515 8-Ball 3 Person Team $60+$15 g.f. $700 w/32 9:30AMApr 24-25 Salem, OR NWPA (See ad p4) (206) 920-1936 9-Ball at The Cue Ball Call CallApr 24-25 Lewistown, MT MCMOA (See ad p17) (406) 442-7088 State 8-Ball Championships Qualify at bars $20,000 w/full field CallApr 24-25 Centralia, WA McDermott Tour (See ad p5) (360) 736-5164 9-Ball at Olympic Club $50+$10 g.f. $1,000 CallApr 24-25 Post Falls, ID Falls Club (See ad p28) (509) 951-1207 8-Ball Class “D” $25+$5 g.f. $1,800 Payout CallApr 30-May 2 Pocatello, ID Gate City Open (See ad p26) (208) 233-1516 9-Ball (Fri) 8-Ball (Sat-Sun) $40 & $30 $$$ 7:00PMMay 1-2 Woodinville, WA McCorry’s (See ad p29) (206) 367-4060 8-Ball Ladies Round Robin 16 Max $35+$5 $$$ CallMay 1-2 Tacoma, WA City Lights (See ad p12) (253) 383-3301 Mixed Scotch Doubles $50+$10 g.f. $500 Guar. CallMay 8-9 Post Falls, ID Falls Club (See ad p28) (509) 951-1207 9-Ball Class “B” $35+$5 g.f. $3,000 Payout CallMay 15 Great Falls, MT Classic 50’s (See ad p29) (406) 453-0136 8-Ball Singles $20 $300 1:00PMMay 22 Bozeman, MT Eagles #326 (See ad p28) (406) 587-9996 9-Ball Singles Limit 32 $25 $200 11:00AMMay 29-30 Everett, WA Shotze’s (See ad p25) (425)220-9051 9-Ball Memorial Day $60 $1,000 w/64 Call

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Stan TourangeauWon @ City Lights

November 29-30, 2003

March 20, 2004 - Open 8-Ball @ Mingles, Moscow, ID*$500 ADDED GUARANTEED $25 entry + $10 green fee - Race to 5/4 - BCA Rules - Limit 32

Players Meeting 10AM - Starts at 10:30AM

April 3-4, 2004 - Small Table 9-Ball @ Shooters, Lewiston, ID*$1,500 ADDED GUARANTEED $50 entry + $10 green fee - Double Elimination - Race to 9/7

Texas Express - Sign-up 8am - Play starts at 10am

April 24-25, 2004 - Open 9-Ball @ Olympic Club - Centralia, WA*$1,000 ADDED GUARANTEED $50 entry + $10 green fee - Texas Express Double Elim.

Dan LouieWon @ Harvey’s

December 13-14, 2003

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