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Newsletter Oct. 26, 2011
Event 126 5 new rooms looking for players. Read
on and we’ll tell you where.
Open Division
Malakery’s in Tacoma WA sweeps the Open division this week . Leon Thomas walks
away with 1st place this week shooting a 55 and a final of 162.06. Deby Welfringer takes second with a 52 and a final of 153.03 and third place goes to Clark Smith with a 60 and a final of 152.39.
Intermediate Division
Linda Thompson from Golden Fleece, Kenmore
WA takes 1st place shooting a 25 final of 144.07.
Scratch Division
Atlanta brings the cash home . Pete Wicknig from the Marietta
Billiards brings it home shooting a 37. David Holloway from
Dave & Buster’s Duluth GA, earns 2nd with a 36. Matt
Ellsworth shot a 36 also, but was inched
out of 2nd after the stats were calculated. Pat Pilgrim from Malarkey’s
in Tacoma WA grabs 4th with a 35. Those are some close matches there. 2 ball spread
between the paying spots plus one more spot. We do need to mention that 5th place, David Vaughn, was inched out of the paying spot by stats by also scoring a 35. See the complete tournament results go to the Events tab click on Results
and select the date. (This week’s tournament was VT119. Sort the event by division in the down arrow in the upper right
of the page).
Congratulations to everyone.
Personal bests
Didn’t see any this week however we had some members that did well at NW BCA regional event. Suzanne Osborne won
the Women’s Masters, Larry Francisco won the Men’s Open Second Chance, Leo Veolette and his partner won the Masters
Scotch doubles and Dennis Hostak and his partner took second in the Open Mixed Doubles. If I missed anyone congrats to you
too.
New Players
Richard Olson from Lake City Center in Cour d’Alene ID.
Welcome to Behind The Rock Tour.
For those of you that are new to the tour your can find all this and more on the website at www.behindtherocktour.com.
You can look up your average and handicap each week and much more.
Wow! Big Week For the Tour Last Week
Even though we were short on players we were not short of pool rooms willing to give something new to the players. Players
if you’re playing in BTRT be sure to let the pool rooms know how much you appreciate their willingness to let us play
in their room. So here we go with new commitments from last week.
Hardtimes, Sacramento CA 5536 Garfield
Avenue, Sacramento CA 95841 916-332-8793 They
are working on the days and times for events. We’ll post it as soon as they let us know. Brian is heading up these events
if you want more info.
Rack ‘Em Billiards 40 North Riverside
Avenue, Medford OR 97501 541-779-6111
Schedule has not been set yet, but will be maybe as soon as this week. Check with the pool room. Thanks to Paul Kinney
for heading this room up and to the owner of Rack ‘Em, Dave who has been keeping a tab on us for quite awhile. If it’s
been awhile since you’ve visited Rack ‘Em they’ve had some remodel going on. Stop in and check it out. I
hear it’s pretty nice with more amenities.
Classic Billiards, Portland OR
3636 Southeast 122nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97236 503-761-2622
Paul thank you for believing in us and we will make you proud. Steve Marker will be heading these events up. If you’d
like to play contact Steve or Classic Billiards and give them your contact info so they can let you know when they start running
events.
Cues Billiards, Marietta GA 3354 Canton
Rd, Marietta GA 30066 770-425-1101
Thank you Terry for taking an interest in the tour. We’re excited to see you guys come on board.
Classic Billiards, Portland OR
Thank you Stever Marker for running this event. Paul thank you for extending your hand to us and we’ll try to make
you proud. Portland players let’s see what you’ve got!
Livingston Billiard, Bradenton, FL 4828
14th St West, Bradenton FL 34207
941.753.6692
Kathryn thank you for opening your doors and Robert let’s see your players show us a little something.
This is great to see all the new rooms commit to playing the tour this last month. Players these rooms believe in you so
be sure to support your pool rooms, be on your best behavior and give back.
To All Players (especially new players)
We hold tri-annual events and our next one is Dec. 10-11th. What this means is there is a
$35/entry and players must have played 11 matches to qualify for participation. Hosting rooms will be adding money and so
will the tour. All rooms play simultaneously on Saturday and Sunday. We play 2 opening rounds. The top 75% of the field moves
to the sudden death round which is one match. The top 1/3 of the field moves to the finals on Sunday. We anticipate west coast
play to begin at 11:00am and finish up by 5:00pm. East Coast you will start at 2:00 and finish up by about 8:00pm if we all
stay on schedule. Sunday finals will begin at 12:00 west coast and 3:00pm east coast. Players will play 2 matches for the
final and your best match is used to determine the finishes. Players can play multiple matches in a week to get your matches
in. Start playing now.
Marietta Players
Giselle is out of town this week. MBC has canceled their event for Weds. Oct. 26 th. Regular
events will start back up next week Weds. 7:30, Nov. 2. Matt Ellsworth will be running Dave & Buster’s event Sunday
1:00, Oct 30 so be there and bring your game. Tacoma is waiting for you.
Site Change
By the end of the week we will have a search on the rankings and members pages. This search will allow you to search by
player name or by member number for quick easy reference. Thanks Brian Dietzenbach for all your crying. You’ve brought
change for the players.
New Players
Attention new players: You are all playing in the scratch division for your first ten matches, until you have established
an average. Once you have an average you will be placed in the appropriate division. Players that come in with an average
of over 90 after two matches will go on the waiting list for an upper level division to start. Players that score an average
over 70 after three matches will also be put on a waiting list for the Advanced division to gear up. Getting on the waiting
list is important because we won’t know how many players we have unless you tell us. If you’re an upper level
player and want to participate be sure to let your EC know. Once we reach a certain number of players we will begin running
those divsioins. If you know other upper level players that might want to play have them talk to your local EC for more information.
New Site additions
We are currently in negotiations with a new tip manufacture from the UK to sell their tips which will generate sponsorship
for the tour. If you’re in need a new tip we should have them available within the next couple of weeks. We will keep
you posted on this.
Scoring Your Stats
I can’t tell you how important it is that you fill out your stats on your score sheets correctly. It could be the
difference between a win and a loss.
Magic Racks
We now have Magic Racks, 8 ball and 9/10 ball combos, available for you. BCA allows the Magic Racks at nationals so players
going to Lincoln City and or nationals get yours now. I’ve heard that TAPP league will also be allowing the use of the
racks next year but I don’t have the final on that. I will let you know when I hear more.
You can talk to your event coordinator if you’d like to purchase your own Magic Rack or you can Contact the main
office and we’ll ship it to you. Players please know, even the EC’s have to purchase these racks and if you’re
borrowing a Magic Rack from your EC then you’re borrowing their personal property. Please be respectful and courteous.
BTRT encourages the use of Magic Racks but there has been a change in dealership and unfortunately the cost of the racks has
gone up. The 8 ball racks are a single rack and sells for $12 each. A single 9ball/10ball racks are $10 ea. And a 8ball/9ball/10ball
combo pack is $17. The good news is we’re still the least expensive around. Sorry, but we had no control over this pricing
and we’re working on getting some better pricing.
Rack Em and Crack Em
www.behindtherocktour.com
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