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Wagner WinsSweet Wins DCT Stop ...Burkhart at Knobbys......Wagner Wins .................Slikster Takes Over........River City Scotch Split..Az Ratings Committee...Kittys Scotch Split.........League Coverage ..........League Directory ..........APA Junior/Adult .........APA Regionals .............APA SW Challenge.......Roger Long ...................Beginners Pool League .Blind Draw Scotch ........Open Letter ...................480 Scotch Doubles ......Armbrust At Main St.....Stingers Scotch Split .....Frost Runs Wild..............Young Gets The Win .....Instructor Directory .......Layton At Stingers.........Dart Coverage ...............Bar Wars Leg One .........Ask Mike .......................Dart Tournaments ..........AFDA State Results ......David Fatum .................Medalist Banquet ..........PDI Darts Banquet ........Amado At Kittys ...........Kittys 12 Under Scotch..Weekly Tourney Guide..Prescott Tourneys ..........Monthly Tourneys .........Jacqueline Karol ...........Diaz & Perez Win..........Groggys Scotch .............Pool Tours ......................DCT Points List .............AWBT Points List .........DCT Schedule ...............AWBT Schedule ............Max & Ted’s Winners ...

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Arizona Billiard & Dart NewsApril 2013

Arizona Billiard& Dart News

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I am very happy to welcome The Ox Sports Bar back to the pages of the paper. Don is the new owner over there and it sounds like he has some great plans for the future. Make sure to swing by and say “hi”. Couple interesting tournaments on the horizon. Bullshooters is throwing a blind draw scotch doubles event on April 27th and Metro (along with a lot of friends) is throwing a $500 added 8’s & Under event on May 4th. Check out the ad on page two for more info about this tourney. I am very saddened to report that the local pool world lost Marvin Lawson last month. Marvin was a long time member of the local pool scene and he will be missed. By the time you read this, the memorial at The Snap on April 4th will probably have already passed. Until next time...

- Mike

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Burkhart Wins at Knobbys

Knobby’s held their 9 and under monthly 8-ball tournament March 1st with a field of fourteen players competing in the 200% payback event

J.R Burkhart and Burt Balancad played for the hot seat. J.R. won the 1st game which then gave Burt the break in the second game. Burt broke and ran that rack but JR returned the favor and ran out the last game to take the hot-seat.

On the one loss side, Larry Eans beat Sophia Morquecho 2-0 which set up a great battle between Larry and Burt. Larry took that match 2-1 over Burt.

In the finals, both 9’s end up matching up. Larry found himself winning the 1st set 2-0 against JR. As they battled it out in the second set, JR put an end to the night beating Larry 2-0 for first place. Thank you everyone who came out and a special thanks to Bruce and Carol who always provide dinner for all the pool players! The next tournament is Friday, April 5, 2013. Hope to see you there. Payouts are as follows:1st JR Burkhart 200.00 2nd Larry Eans 100.00 3rd Burt Balancad 50.00 4th Sophia Morquecho 10.00

Burt Balancad, JR Burkhart and Larry Eans

Jason Sweet took the long road, but still ended up in the winners circle at the Desert Classic Tour’s B/C event at Bullshooters on March 23rd and 24th.

It was hard to pick out a favorite with this tough field that included such notables as Burt Bal-ancad, Mike Hamman, Pat Dicker, Will Sexton, Carl Stewart, Oscar Avila, Jude Espinoza and Jason Sweet.

Sweet’s path through the brackets took an unex-pected detour midway through Saturday when he lost a match to JR Flores and had to take the trip to the one loss side.

Flores would continue through Saturday unde-feated, only to lose to Gary Koschnik on Sunday in the final four on the winners side. Koschnik has been a long time supporter of the Desert Classic Tour, playing in all of the open events improving his game every time. In this event, he would face off against Tucson’s Carl Stewart for the hot-seat.

Koschnik gave it his all, but Stewart was too much for him to deal with, as Stewart took the hot-seat with a 7-4 victory.

On the one loss side, Flores bounced back from his loss to Koschnik and defeated Chris Miller 7-5. At the same time, Pat Dicker dropped his second straight match in a 7-4 loss to Sweet.

Flores looked ready to end Sweet’s run as he led the next match 6-4, but Sweet came back to win the last three games and steal the match 7-6.

The semi-final match saw Sweet taking on Kos-chnik in a 7-6 race. Again, Sweet looked to be on

the ropes as Koschnik led the match 5-3, only to see the pockets ap-pear to shrink on Kos-chnik as he was unable to win another game against Sweet. Sweet won four straight games to capture the match 7-5 and earn his place in the finals against Stewart.

Stewart had looked un-touchable all weekend, while Sweet struggled early in his last couple of matches, So of course, Sweet ran over Stewart in the first set of the finals. Sweet broke a 1-1 tie and ran out to a 4-1 lead before winning that match 7-2.

In the second set of the finals, Sweet just kept on win-ning as he pocketed the first four 9-balls for a quick 4-0 lead. Stewart would be unable to put anything together in this match as Sweet scored another 7-2 win in the second set for first place.

Final Payouts:

1st Jason Sweet $5202nd Carl Stewart $2403rd Gary Koschnik $1304th JR Flores $805th Chris Miller $65 5th Pat Dicker $165 (with side pots)7th Will Sexton $60 (with side pots)7th Larry Coffey

Jason Sweet Wins Desert Classic Tour B/C Event

Jason Sweet and Carl Stewart

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Rebecca Wagner made her way through a field of thirty one players to capture the first Ari-zona Women’s Billiards Tour event of the 2013 season, but it was far from “the usual suspects” fighting it out with her at the end of the event.

The field of players was another strong one with representatives from Las Vegas and New Mexico, as well as players from Prescott and Tucson filling out the field. The usual top players including Wagner, Susan Williams, Stacy Allsup and Sara Miller were joined by notables includ-ing Bernie Store, Amanda Pulley, Leandrea Gaff, Ashea Erdahl and Susan Wilbur.

The brackets worked their way down to the typi-cal final four of Wagner, Allsup, Williams and a random fourth player. This time, that fourth player was Amanda Pulley; who has been mak-ing her share of noise on the ladies pool scene recently. Pulley would score the upset, with a 7-4 win over Williams. Wagner would send Allsup to the left side of the board with a 7-3 scoreline.

The next match would see Wagner defeat Aman-da in a 7-6 match for the hot-seat.

Known more for her bar-table game, Bernie Store proved that she also knew her way around the 9-foot table on this weekend. After a first round loss to Allsup, Store won five straight matches - including wins over Jeri Engh, Jodie Villegas, Tracie Hamman and Sara Miller. Asst tour director Tres Kane summed it up as he commented “Bernie is a danger to win on any size table”. Store wasn’t settling for just cashing in this event as she went on to eliminate Susan Williams 7-5 and then Stacy Allsup 7-4 to earn a match against Pulley with the winner moving on to the finals.

The match between Bernie and Amanda started out close at 2-2, but Bernie took control and won the match 7-3 to eliminate Pulley in 3rd place.

The extended final match between Bernie and Rebecca was a back and forth affair the whole way. Rebec-ca’s 1-0 lead was quickly erased and Bernie took a 3-1 lead. Each player would fight back from deficits and the score would end up tied at 5-5 before Rebecca took control of the match and won the last four games for the 9-5 win and first place.

The second chance event was won by New Mexico’s Rhea Brooks, who defeated Sara Sorg in the finals. Ly-nor Johnson and Alicia (Pocahantas) Streenz filled out the top four place in the second chance event.

The AWBT will be at Stingers in Phoenix on April 20th and 21st for their next event.

Final Payouts:1st Rebecca Wagner $3502nd Bernie Store $2403rd Amanda Pulley $1804th Stacy Allsup $1405th Susan Williams $1005th Susan WIlbur $1007th Donna Taylor $657th Sara Miller $659th Lynor Johnson $309th Tracie Hamman $309th Ashea Erdahl $309th Rhea Brooks $30

Rebecca Wagner Wins AWBT Season Opener

Rebecca Wagner & Bernie Store

Over the last couple of months, you can’t go into an Arizona pool tournament without see-ing someone wearing Slikster apparel. And that is just what Slikster’s creator George Bell was hoping for.

Slikster began in 2006 as an idea of branding for Pool, Poker & Darts. The original idea involved a design relevant to any game in which someone chooses to participate and become a ‘Master of the Game’. Bell definitely plans on expanding into the worlds of darts and poker as soon as he can. “If you look closely at the logo, in the middle there’s a SPADE on the S. And, if you look closely at the R, it looks like a hand holding a dart. I designed it that way because it includes poker and darts too” Bell commented.

For now though, Bell has focused on the billiards world. Bell said “I’ve been following Hustlin USA and other apparel companies and want to compete with them in the future. Slikster is a baby company right now though, so the only way to get eyes on us is to create different eye popping designs that pool shooters can relate to.” As an example, Bell pointed out his “Don’t poke it, gotta stroke it” shirt. “Any pool shooters from beginners to pros can relate to that. and having a sharp logo design makes the icing on the cake” said Bell.

Bell says the response has been great so far. “I get goose bumps when I’m out shooting and I see another player wearing Slikster gear. It feels good. Big thanks to all of the supporters here in town.” said Bell.

Bell wants to expand in two different directions for the future, one direction is in types of mar-

kets. When asked if there were plans outside of Pool, darts and poker, Bell responded that he would love to get into the MMA world. “My ultimate would be having the Slikster logo in the cage in MMA. I can visualize that.” Bell said with a chuckle.

Bell’s other expansion involves moving not only out of Arizona, but out of the United States. Bell said “For the future, I would like Slikster to be International. Europe,Asia and so on. When people think of of pool, I want them to think Slikster”. As it turns out, Bell won’t have to wait long to realize this goal as he has entered into a sponsorship agreement with Imran Majid, the #1 ranked player in the UK. Imran will be wearing the Slikster logo in the upcoming European Champi-onships. Bell joked, “Imran’s other sponsor is a little company called Predator. So I guess we are in good company”.

Slikster Apparel Takes Over The Valley Pool Scene

Slikster Founder George Bell

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River City Pockets’ fi rst 15 and under Scotch Doubles tournament was held over the March 9th weekend. There were 9 strong teams competing for over $500.00 in prize money.

The hot seat match found Joe Nicita and Pat Schultz doing battle with Phil An-derson and Chuck Bobbitt. Joe and Pat won the hill-hill match sending Chuck and Phil to the one loss side.

Chuck and Phil faced Steve Henderson and Lawrence Ybarra for 2nd and 3rd. Not to be denied a rematch with Joe and Pat, Chuck and Phil defeated Steve and Lawrence 6-3. For their efforts, Steve and Lawrence went home with $95.00.

Due to the lateness of the hour, Joe and Pat decided to split with Chuck and Phil. Joe and Pat went home with $185.00, while Chuck and Phil garnered $230.00.

Greg and his staff provided a great venue and outstanding service. I hope to see everyone there on April 13th.

Final Payouts:

1st Joe Nicita & Pat Schultz $1851st Chuck Bobbitt & Phil Anderson $2303rd Steve Henderson & Lawrence Ybarra $95

Pictured at right:Top: Joe Nicita & Pat SchultzBottom: Chuck Bobbitt & Phil Anderson

River City Scotch Doubles Split

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The Arizona Rating Committee came together at River City Pockets this past Sunday in an open public forum. Many committee members were able to make the meeting and some key topics were discussed. The Rooms in attendence Max & Teds 480, Metro Sports, Stinger’s, Knobby’s, Groggy’s, Skip & Jan’s, River City, Kitty’s and the Deli as well as the East Valley Legacy League, the BCA Champions League, The Bil-liards Table Talk Paper and numerous Player Rep’s that spread across all the pool rooms.

ARC members take the love of the game very seriously and there were numerous healthy con-versations voiced by all the members. The com-mittee is dedicated to put out the best product available for the betterment of the game and to promote the game of billiards.

The Committee took a new direction with Chair-man Kevin Arco moving out of state for his career. The notion of having a Chairman and a Co-Chairman was determined and the Vote Elected Jerry Stuckart as the Chairman and Bill VanderWeyst as the Co-Chair. Together both leaders will help to work with all the pool rooms and bars in the state and produce the best product in fair and justified ratings. Bill lives on the East Side and Jerry on the West Side of the Phoenix Metro Area and this conjoined effort will help align ratings and rooms across the state.

There were many new players added to the Rat-ing List from all the rooms!

The following persons were adjusted at the last meeting. Joe Nicita petitioned and was lowered from a 7 to a 6.

Don Walgenbach was lowered from a 6 to a 5.

I’d like to congratulate the following players across the state as their improvement in play has been recognized and they have been promoted to the following ratings.

Roman Granillo 5 to 6Emilio Ortega 6 to 7Neil Bennett 6 to 8Larry Worden 6 to 7Dean Waters 6 to 7Joshua Wayne “Edgars” 7 to 9Will Sexton 6 to 7Rico Gonzalez 6 to 7Joe Granillo 6 to 7Mike Roman 6 to 7Tony Yuzuik Sr. 7 to 8Lynor Johnson 5 to 6Joseph Farias 6 to 7Curtis Neal 6 to 7Joe Masi 7 to 8Pete Fox 6 to 7Nate Johnson 6 to 7Mike McDonald 6 to 7Rachel Lee 5 to 6Phil D Anderson 6 to 7Mark Rocha 5 to 6Mario Aragon 5 to 6Brian McGee 5 to 6Carl Wilson 9 to 10Luke Hagerty 6 to 7John Staten 7 to 8Justin Wethington 6 to 7George Bell 7 to 8Rick Armbrust 8 to 9Bernie Papa 6 to 7William Wilcox 5 to 6Bob Jacobs 6 to 7

Mike Chapa 5 to 6Steven Maddox 5 to 6Tony Peters 5 to 6Chad Hibbard 5 to 6Renay Justus 5 to 6Sara Sorg 5 to 6Carlos Desantiago 5 to 6Herrold Perez 5 to 6Ray Unks 6 to 7

Next Rating Meeting is Tentatively planned for June 30th and Location TBD. As always, the Meetings are open to the public and they are held inside a participating pool room at Noon. If you want your voice heard on any topic, please show up and see all the great pool enthusiasts dedicating their time to the game.

Thank you,

Chairman Jerry Stuckart

Arizona Ratings Committee

Harold Lyons & Jeff Vikete teamed up to go undefeated at Kitty’s 15 & Under Scotch Doubles event on March 30th; but due to the large field of teams (24 teams) they agreed to split in the finals against BBQ & Joe Nicita.

Lyons and Vikete took the hot-seat with an 8-6 win over Steve Daluna & Joe Farias.

On the one loss side, BBQ & Nicita had bounced back nicely from an earlier loss. After defeating JR Flores & Melcher Leal, BBQ & Joe then eliminated John Casey & Ebony Kelly 7-4. While this was going on, the father & son pairing of Dave & Steve Stowers were eliminating Claudia Justus & her part-ner Selwyn. After that, Team Stowers then eliminated Eric Winemiller & Ray Lipinid.

One of the teams on the left side of the board were going to have to see their winning streak end, and that team would be the Stowers as they dropped a 7-7 decision to BBQ & Nicita.

BBQ and Joe weren’t slowing down though and went on to then eliminate Da-luna & Farias 7-4 to earn their spot in the finals.

The clock on the wall already said 3:00 am before the finals could get underway, and that was late enough for all parties concerned to call it a night and agree to a split of first and second place.

Final Payouts:

1st Harold Lyons & Jeff Vikete $5702nd BBQ & Joe Nicita $5703rd Steve Daluna & Joe Farias $2004th Dave Stowers & Steve Stowers $80

Pictured at right:Top: Jeff Vikete & Harold LyonsBottom: BBQ & Joe Nicita

Vikete & Lyons Split With BBQ & Nicita At Kittys

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Arizona Pool LeagueLeague name: AriZona Pool LeaguesWhere: Statewide Contact: Michael Kerin Phone: 480-217-2358 Email: [email protected]: www.AZPL.net

ACS – American Cue Sports——————————————————League Name: Sharks LeagueWhere: Phoenix Contact: Lee White Phone: 602-908-1503

League Name: Prescott Billiards AssociationCity: Prescott & Surrounding Areas, ArizonaContact: Sonny GroatNumber: 928-533-3687

League Name: Kingman Pool PlayersCity: KingmanContact: Ronald MartinNumber: 928-530-0739

League Name: East Valley Legacy LeagueCity: PhoenixContact: Cathy KelleyNumber: 480-203-8640

Arizona League Information

League Name: TAP Pool LeagueWhere: Maricopa County Contact: Robert & Peggy Mallen Phone: (602) 268-6067

E-Mail: [email protected]

VNEA – Valley National 8-Ball League Association

League Name: Eagle VNEAWhere: Tucson Contact: Eric Allen Phone: (520) 748-2955

E-Mail: [email protected]

BCA – Billiard Congress of America

League Name: BULLSHOOTERS BCA 9 BALLCity/State: PHOENIX, AZ Contact 1: GIBO PACHECOHome #: 602-841-8272 Contact 2: CHARLES HEUN JRHome #: 602-246-0608 League Name: Scotch NinersCity/State: Phoenix, Az. Contact 1: ANJE ANDERSONHome #: 602-377-8583

League Name: EAST VALLEY LEGACY LEAGUECity/State: GILBERT, AZ Contact 1: Cathy KelleyWork #: 480-203-8640

League Name: Troy VendingWhere: Statewide Contact: Scott or Tobin Phone: (602) 265-0178

League Name: PARADISE POOL LEAGUECity/State: CHANDLER, AZ Contact: MATT SMITHLeague #: 480-759-0465

League Name: Charley’s Place ShootersCity/State: Glendale, AZ Contact 1: Betty BarberHome #: 602-843-3692

League Name: Arizona Hot ShotsWhere: Phoenix, AZ Contact: Larry Eans Phone: (602) 677-4220Website: www.azhotshotsonline.com

League Name: Prescott Billiards AssociationCity: Prescott & Surrounding Areas, ArizonaContact: Jerry SmithNumber: 928-458-0230

League Name: Mohave Valley Pool LeagueCity: Bullhead CityContact: Ed SandovalNumber: 928-763-3788

League Name: League of ChampionsWhere: Maricopa County Contact: Frank Alvarez III Phone: (877) 788-7227

Website: www.UPAtour.com

League Name: Troy VendingWhere: Statewide Contact: Scott Phone: (602) 265-0178

Website: www.TroyVending.com

League Name: Kingman Pool PlayersCity: KingmanContact: Ronald MartinNumber: 928-530-0739

League Name: East Valley Legacy LeagueCity: PhoenixContact: Cathy KelleyNumber: 480-203-8640

League Name: 8 Ball ShootersCity: PeoriaContact: Pat MartinNumber: 623-977-0976

League Name: Route 66 8-Ball LeagueCity: HolbrookContact: Anna BokkerNumber: 928-587-9327

League Name: Champions LeagueCity: PhoenixContact: Jerry StuckartNumber: 602-332-4499

League Name: Clicks In HouseCity: TucsonContact: Chris ChlupNumber: 520-245-9629

League Name: Wildcat Cue SportsCity: TucsonContact: Jack MurrayNumber: 520-404-5533

APA – American Pool Players Association

League Name: Tucson APAWhere: Tucson, Arizona Contact: Brandon Ferguson Phone: 520-615-9883 Fax: 520-529-8085 E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected]

League Name: APA Phoenix - MetroWhere: Phoenix, Arizona Contact: Doug & Gina Nowlin Phone: (602) 920-9192 Website: phx.apaleagues.com

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APA’s Junior Division held their tri-annual “Junior/Adult” tournament on March 17th at Bullshooters in Phoenix. This tournament is becoming one of the most popular tournaments that we run, said Gina Nowlin, APA league Operator for Maricopa County. Both the juniors and the Adults have a great time playing together as a team, she said. This event is a great way that parents and kids can spend an afternoon together having a good time doing something that’s fun and safe.

The Juniors Division began just 3 years ago and has grown to 26 members. In fact, according to Gina it has become so popular and grown so fast that we have had to split it into 2 divisions. The older kids play in the “Young Guns” division that includes players from ages 11 to 17. The younger group, dubbed “Junior Guns” consist of shooters under the age of 11.

The juniors play every other Sunday afternoon at Bullshooters in Phoenix. They play three sessions per year, ending each session with an awards ceremony, lunch, and then the coveted Junior/ Adult Scotch Doubles Tournament.

Winners of the tournament receive trophies and gift certifi cates to a local retailer. To enter this tournament the junior gets to pick any adult that they want to play with, or if you are a current member of APA and have a young Gun in your family that would like to give it a try, you would also be welcome.

Winners for this Spring session tournament are:

First place - Jeremy Schneider and James MainSecond Place - Isaiah and Abe PadillaThird Place – Jahnythan Craig and Karloz

Chavez

Another activity to raise money for the junior Nation-als is the “Team Juniors Challenge Match”. The juniors have an open challenge to any and all regular adult APA teams in Maricopa County to play for bragging rights. They have been taken up on their challenge twice now and have defeated both the adult teams they’ve played.

These are an awesome group of Kids.

You can check the local website at www.apaphx.com for more information on this tournament. You can also check out our ad in this issue for date and time. We would like to invite everyone to come down and sup-port the juniors. They are the future of our sport.

APA Junior/Adult Tournament

Jeremy Schneider and James Main

Abe and Isaiah Padilla

Jahnythan Craig and Karloz Chavez

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APA Regionals were held March 2nd & 3rd at Main Street Billiards in Mesa. 128 APA players from Arizona and Nevada played for their spot at the upcoming National Singles Championships to be held at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas later this month. 11 players will be repre-senting Phoenix at the National tournament. A list of the Finalists going to Vegas are:

8 Ball

Skill Level 4 - Dede BurumSkill Level 4 -Tashana Williams (Qualified in Fall)Skill Level 5 - Max Sperry (Qualified in Fall)Skill Level 5 - Jamie GoodwinSkill Level 6 - Jeremy ZastrowSkill Level 7 - Karloz Chavez

9 Ball

Skill Level 3 - Christie SprongSkill Level 4 - Scott HenleySkill Level 6 - Francisco SarmientoSkill Level 6 - George StalterSkill Level 8 - Will Sexton

Phoenix also had several players making “Run-ner Up”. This means that if the Finalist can’t make it to the National Championship, these players will take their place.

The APA holds two Regional tournaments every year. Each Regional event features players from around the Southwest region, or in some cases, other parts of the country. These players qualify to play in their Regional event by playing in a local qualifier from the player’s area. In Phoe-nix we hold local qualifier boards periodically throughout the year. They are usually combined

with our monthly tournaments but can also be held indi-vidually. Players advance after winning a local qualifier board to the Regionals, and then on to the National Sin-gle Championships held in Las Vegas. Rooms and entry fees into the tournament are paid for the winners. They are also given travel assistance to Las Vegas. Contact your local APA League Operator if you are interested in playing in a regional or National event.

APA also has two Jack & Jill Scotch Doubles teams that will be playing at the National Championships this month. Brad Andrews and Polly Hughes qualified for this event at our annual “Valentine Day Jack and Jill Scotch Doubles Tournament”. Tim and Nancy Witts Qualified by winning the Jack and Jill Scotch Doubles Division that is played at Bullshooters each Friday evening.

We wish all players that will be competing at our Na-tional Single Championships in Las Vegas lots of luck.

APA Regionals

Will Sexton Max Sperry Scott Henley

Karlos Chavez Jeremy Zastro Jamie Goodwin

George Stalter Dede Burum Christie Sprong

Tashana Williams

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By Roger LongAdvanced Certified Instructor

We probably hear the word fundamentals used more often in conjunction with sports than with most other activities. And in any given sport we are told that we must first learn the fun-damentals before we can learn other facets of the game. And we often hear things said like, “He has gone back to working on his fundamentals.”

But what, exactly, is meant by “the fundamentals”? I know that would depend on the cho-sen sport, but can you tell me what the fundamentals in pool are?

When I stopped to ponder this question for myself one day, I realized that even I wasn’t able to properly answer it. I needed help. So I sought the course that I normally take in situa-tions like this, which is to im-mediately run to my bookcase and get a dictionary.

A quick check of my dictionary in-formed me that the words fundamental and basic mean the same thing. A lot of help that was! Basically speaking, I was still in the dark.

So I then read the second definition for the word fundamental and was told that it is something that forms a foundation for other things to be built upon. That’s good, but it still didn’t answer the question; because if you was to apply that definition to the actual construction of a building, you would find yourself with truckloads of bricks, blocks, lumber and steel, but you wouldn’t know (unless you’re an architect) which should be used in the foundation of the building and which should be used in the upper levels.

So then, still searching for help, I read down to a third definition that said fundamentals are those things that are “most important”. Now I knew I was getting somewhere! All that was left to figure out was: what are the most im-portant things to remember in building a solid pool game?

After considerable thought, I came up with a long list of things that I believed to be important in learning how to play good pool. But then I realized that that long list of mine constituted nothing more than truckloads of building mate-rials without any knowledge of where they should go. In other words, which ones should make up the foundation, and which ones should be reserved for the upper levels?

So after even more thought and care-ful study, I pared my list down to only four essential things that I believe every player should employ on each and every shot.

These four things (The Fundamentals) are:

Straight AlignmentLevel CueStay DownFollow Through

You probably noticed right away (being the well-focused reader you

What Are “THE FUNDAMENTALS”?

are) that my list didn’t include things you might have expect-ed, like stance, grip, bridge, or stroke. Well, that’s because those things can vary greatly from great player to great player but they still don’t keep those players from playing great, so they must not be all that fundamental to great play.

So I’ll now elaborate a little on each of my newly found fun-damentals so that you will be able to better understand how they made it to my final list of “most” important.

Straight Alignment. No player would intentionally line up their feet, head, hands and arms in such a way as to point their cue in some direction other than that in which they want the cue ball to travel. So make sure you’re lined up straight on every shot before shooting it.

(Column continued on page 32)

APA players met in Las Vegas on March 21 through the 24th where 15 teams attended the 2013 8 Ball Southwest Challenge Tournament held at the Riviera Hotel and Casino. 181 three player teams from all over the Southwest com-peted for over $25,000 in Cash at this popular annual event. 5 of our 15 Phoenix teams made it to the money rounds which paid down to 33rd place. Our highest placing team made it all the way to 3th and won $1500, which more than paid their entry fee and rooms. Gary Wheeler, Oscar Herrera and Justin Turner, who play out of Main Street Billiards on Thursday nights, played very strong to secure the 3rd place spot. Jeremy Zastrow, Tya Santos and Eric Peterson, who also play out of Main Street Billiards, took 5th Place and $900 in cash. Jeremy’s team won their entry into this tournament by winning the Southwest challenge Tune-up Tourney back in January. Three teams shared 33rd place winning $180 Cash each. They included:

Rich Coon, Jimmy Hinnant and Jose Cardenas Greg Vannoni, Jessie Gardella and Cheryl Wal-ters David McCauley, Luke Spreitzer and Sheldon Holderied

Everyone had a great time playing in both the main event and the all night mini tournaments. There were vendors there to take care of the player’s equipment and accessories, as well as souvenirs from the event.

In October APA will host the 9 Ball version of this same event at the same location in Vegas. It will be the same 3 person team format except the game will be 9 Ball instead of 8 Ball. Teams can start signing up in August so anyone interested in playing contact Doug or Gina Nowlin from APA

Phoenix Metro.

A complete list of the teams and players who attended: Phx 1Jimmy Hinnant - Rich Coon - Jose Cardenas

Phx 2Jamie Goodwin - Tony Muncie - Robert Molina

Phx 3Lee Ann Taylor - Joe Shipley - Sam Gambino

Phx 4Robert Pamiroyan - Dede Burum - Jen Thompson

Phx 5Julia Wawrzyniak - Manny Lopez

Phx 6Greg Vannoni - Jessie Gardella - Cheryl Walters

Phx 7Luke Spreitzer - David McCauley - Sheldon Holderied

Phx 8Max Sperry - Randy Martin - Eddie Erickson

Phx 9Jarret Moses - Shaun Netherby - Dan Wheeler

Phx 11Jeremy Zastrow - Tya Santos - Eric Peterson

Phx 12Drew Koluch - Dave Holloway - Ashish Mehta

Phx 13Brian Chapin - Pemma Reiter - Mike Lefevre

Phx 14Jory Ohmer - Jay Ohmer - Andrea Stapp

Phx 15Oscar Herrera - Gary Wheeler - Justin Turner

Phx 16Lee Lawrence - Marlene Lawrence - Lloyd Law-rence

APA 8 Ball Southwest Challenge

Gary Wheeler and Oscar Hererra

Jeremy Zastrow - Tya Santos - Eric Peterson

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Arizona Billiard & Dart News April 2013WANTED: Beginners, and Other

Non-Seasoned Pool PlayersHave you ever thought about joining a pool league, but just couldn’t bring your-self to do it because you were afraid of embarrassing yourself? If so, we have good news for you!

Bull Shooters Billiards in NW Phoenix is starting a new in-house pool league on Monday nights that will be geared toward beginners and other players who have little, or no, prior league experience.

The new league will be called the Intro League because that is what it is intend-ed to do: introduce new people to the realm of league play. Even people who have never played the game before are being encouraged to sign up, as Bull Shooters has enlisted the help of qualified volunteers who are ready to teach new players at no charge. League members will not only be taught the rules and given fundamentals coaching, they will be offered continued support throughout the league season.

Bull Shooter’s Intro League is not associated with any national league organiza-tions, so there will be no sanction fees or sign-up fees involved. Weekly dues will be a very modest $5.00 per player, and all teams that complete the league schedule will receive cash prizes at the end of the season. In addition, the top team(s) will receive trophies for their accomplishment(s).

The targeted start date for the first season is April 8.

If you, or someone you know, are interested in playing in Bull Shooter’s Intro League, please stop by Bull Shooters Billiards & Sports Bar at 3337 W. Peoria Ave. and fill out a sign-up slip.

Will a “Blind Draw” Pool Tournament Succeed?Blind draw doubles tournaments are very common in the dart world, but can the “blind draw” concept work in pool?

Bull Shooters is about to find out the answer to that question, as they have scheduled a $500 Added (guaranteed), Open, Blind Draw, Scotch Doubles 8-Ball Tournament for Saturday, April 27 at 12:00 noon.

The entry fee for this tournament will be a mere $15 per player, and play will take place on coin-operated bar tables with teams splitting quarters for each game.

Races will be to 4 games on the winner’s side, and to 2 games on the one-loss side.

The field for this tournament will be limited to 64 players (32 teams). Sign-ups will be taken the day of the tournament, but early sign-ups will be accepted at the bar for anyone wanting to guarantee a spot.

Scotch Doubles pool tournaments have long been a common thing in Arizona, but Bull Shooters’ tournament will differ in several respects: it offers an unprec-edented amount of added money for a doubles tournament; it is open to all skill levels (even pros); and entrants do not get to select their own partners. Partners will be determined by drawing names out of a hat. That means “luck-of-the-draw” will play an important role in determining the eventual winners in this tournament.

Are you feeling lucky?

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I would like to respond to Kevin Arco‘s departing edito-rial as chairman of the highly esteemed Arizona Ratings Committee. First let’s give Kevin all due respect for giv-ing a year of his life to ensure everyone a chance to win when they play in most AZ pool tournaments and or leagues. We all owe him a big thank you…thank you Kevin. I agree with most of what Kevin said in the article but there are a few things I don’t agree with.

One thing I have to disagree with is when he says “nor should a player complain why did they raise me, I haven’t won anything”. If a tourna-ment player were raised with-out ever cashing at their current rating what incentive would they have to keep investing their time and hard earned money in more tournaments. If you can’t cash at your current rating how in the world would

you be able to cash by having to give up another game to your opponents.

With that said lets examine why the AZ ratings system was created in the fi rst place. The system was put in place not to be fair for the player but as a business solution for the league system (Arizona Eight ball Asso-ciation) in place at the time and the local bars that hosted the AEA teams and sanctioned tournaments. It was subjective based system created spe-cifi cally to retain control over player ratings for the benefi t of the businesses involved. The system protected the AEA and bar owner’s interests from shady individuals that tried to rip off their tournaments and leagues. There were no player reps on the committee. Fortunately over the last 25 years even though the AEA is no longer around the system has evolved to put the player’s interest more on par with that of the business owner.

Even though not perfect the ARC was doing a fairly good job until the disas-trous decision was made to lower ev-

eryone’s rating by one. Now when you play in a tournament it is fairly com-mon to encounter a 5 rated player (or two 5’s in scotch) that can break and run a table on you. You leave them open at any point in the game and it’s over. Let’s put that into perspective. You’re two 7 rated players playing scotch against two underrated 5 play-ers racing to handicap –6. You race to 8 while they go to 4. As they are 2 underrated you are effectively giving up 2 games on the wire. The chances of you and your partner winning (un-less you too are underrated) are pretty much nonexistent. Basic logic says that if a rating system is truly fair then a 4 should have just as good a chance to win a tournament as an 8. When have you ever heard of a 4 winning an 8 and under tournament? It should be obvious to anyone who cares to look that the system is slanted towards the higher rated players. In my book that is as it should be as long as the play-ers are rated correctly. There should be some reward for the amount of time the higher rated player has invested to improve their game.

The ideal rating system would protect both the business owner’s interest and give any player a chance to compete on a level playing fi eld in any tournament or league. Unfor-tunately no rating system is perfect but those based on sub-jectivity rather than metrics are the most prone to imperfection. A subjective rating system is one where a qualifi ed person (an expert) observes a player in competition and makes a judg-ment regarding the player’s skill level based on the rater’s knowledge of the sport. I won’t go into what it takes to be qualifi ed but it should be common sense that a 4 or even 5 rated player shouldn’t be able to rate a player at any level. Additionally no rating com-mittee member should ever be able to vote on a players rating that they have never seen play before which is not currently the case. (continued on page 32)

An Open Letter Regarding The Az Ratings Committee

By Joe Daguanno

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Serrano & Halls Win 480 Scotch

Francisco Serrano and Gary Halls bounced back from a hot-seat loss to Neil Bennett & Emilio Ortega to win the Max & Ted’s 480 March Scotch Doubles event.

Serrano and Halls were on the wrong side of a 5-3 scoreline for the hot-seat, but they took the loss in stride and eliminated the team of Mike Osborne and JB Hart in third place.

The rematch in the finals between Serrano & Halls vs Bennett & Ortega went two sets with Serrano & Halls scoring 6-4 and 6-1 wins for first place.

Final Payouts:

1st Francisco Serrano & Gary Halls $3102nd Neil Bennett & Emilio Ortega $1303rd Mike Osborne & JB Hart $80

Armbrust Wins Main Street Tournament Of Champions

Rick Armbrust defeated Bobby Emmons twice to win Main Street Billiards’ Tournament of Champions on March 30th.

Armbrust’s first win over Emmons came in the match for the hot-seat where he scored a hill-hill 7-7 win.

Emmon’s moved to the one loss side, but that would not be the last that Arm-brust would see of this young gun.

On the left side of the board. Valley newcomer Tim Daniel was doing his best to play up to his temporary 10 rating. Daniel was not on the ratings sheet yet, so was forced to play as a 10 rated player. After a first round loss to Skyler Flaherty, Daniel won five straight matches to earn a shot against Emmons in the semi-finals. Unfortunately, Daniel found out that playing Emmons with no spot is not an easy task, as Emmons won 8-4.

The finals would be a true double elimination 8-7 race between Emmons and Armbrust. Armbrust came out strong with a break and run in the first rack of set 1, but Emmons would soon take control and break a 2-2 tie to take a 5-2 lead. Armbrust would cut Emmons’ lead to 5-4, but Bobby won the next three games for the 8-4 win to force a second set.

The second set saw Emmons take a quick 3-1 lead, but this time it was Arm-brust who fought back to tie things at 4-4. From that point, Emmons would only manage one more rack before Armbrust won the match 7-5 for first place.

Final Payouts:

1st Rick Armbrust $4052nd Bobby Emmons $2303rd Tim Daniel $1004th Jesse Renteria $50

Teri Curtis & John Marquis went undefeated to win Stinger’s scotch doubles event on March 16th, but you might not have known this if you just paid atten-tion to the prize money being handed out.

In the twenty three team field, it was Curtis & Marquis who took the hot-seat with a 5-4 win over Will Sexton & Carlos Chavez,

On the one loss side, it was Doc Rice & Joe Avila who had corrected their ship after a first round loss to Ed Scott & John Ritonya. Rice & Avila were mowing down teams on the left side of the board. After eliminating Pat Schultz & Joe Nicita, Doc & Joe got their revenge over Ed & John.

Next up for Doc & Joe was Will & Carlos and they also fell by the wayside, set-ting up a finals match between Doc & Joe and Teri & John.

Although Teri & John won the final match, they had not bought into any of the side pots. This left them with $380 in first place prize money, compared to Doc & Joe’s $760 payday for second.

Final Payouts:

1st Teri Curtis & John Marquis $3802nd Doc Rice & Joe Avila $7603rd Will Sexton & Carlos Chavez $3204th Ed Scott & John Ritonya $2705th Bill Van Der Weyst & Ken Gouso $1105th Pat Schultz & Joe Nicita $40

Pictured at right:Top: Teri Curtis & John MarquisBottom: Joe Avila & Doc Rice

Teri Curtis & John Marquis Win Stingers Scotch Doubles Event

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Frost Runs Over One Pocket Madness Field

Scott Frost ran over a field of twelve players to win the Bullshooters One Pocket Madness event on March 9th

Frost faced off against Doc Rice for the hot-seat in a handicapped 12-6 match. Frost won the two games by a combined 24-1 score.

On the one loss side, Rod Elliott was facing Jim Galati to see who would take on Rice in the semi-finals. Rod had lost to Oscar Avila, but came back with a win over Billy Garrett. Galati had lost to Doc on the right side of the board, but had already eliminated Tres Kane and Avila on the one loss side.

Galati would end up getting the best of Elliott and would then go on to defeat Rice 2-1 in the semi-finals.

Frost brought his unbeaten streak into the finals and stayed hot with a 3-0 win over Galati for first place.

Final Payouts:1st Scott Frost $2302nd Jim Galati $1503rd Doc Rice $80

Scott Frost

Young Gets The Win At Kolbys

Eric Young has had a handful of strong finishes at Kolby’s monthly one pocket tournament; but he had yet to taste first place until March.

It was starting to look like a case of deja-vu for Young, as he defeated Bernie Pettipiece in his first match, but then dropped a match to Mike Pankoff.

Young had beat Bernie in his first match last month, only to be eliminated by Bernie, one spot out of the money.

This time, Young watched Tres Kane defeat Mike Pankoff for the hot-seat, and Bernie beat Joe Watson on the one loss side to set up a rematch with Bernie. Things went better for Young this time, as he eliminated Bernie in 4th place.

With that monkey off his back. there was nothing stopping Young as he beat Mike Pankoff 2-0 and then Tres Kane 3-2 in the finals for first place.

Final Payouts:1st Eric Young $2402nd Tres Kane $120

Tres Kane and Eric Young

To be added to this list, contact Mike Howerton - 480-251-3452

Carl Stewart (BCA certified) (520) 834-7665 [email protected]

Jerry Briesath (Master) Phoenix (623) 584-9221Joe Daguanno (BCA certified) Peoria (602) 628-5502 Dale Felber (BCA Certified) Scottsdale (480) 661-0521

Lenny Johnson (BCA Certified) Tucson (520) 591-7665Roger Long (BCA Advanced) Glendale (602) 320-9553

Bill MacKinnon (BCA Cert.) Tucson (520)790-9391 (520) 991-8036Joseph Ruggiero (BCA Certified & Referee) Peoria (623) 979-4532

Sean Shuster (BCA Certified) Chandler (602) 739-3424

Thomas Bingham (ACS certified-II) Mesa (480) 200-7105 David Keaggy (ACS certified-IV) Mesa (480) 980-6970 Roger Long (ACS Certified-III) Glendale (602) 320-9553

Bob Soto (ACS Certified-I) Prescott (928) 925-4788

ACS Certified Levels: I - IV and Master

BCA Certified Levels: Certified, Advanced and Master

John Smith Phoenix (630) 386-5276

Qualified

Arizona Billiard Academy, LLC www.arizonabilliardacademy.com

Pool Instructor Directory Layton Thomas Wins At StingersLayton Thomas bounced back from a loss to Todd Dilley and didn’t lose again as he won Stinger’s 7 & Under 9-Ball event on March 9th.

The thirty six player field was packed with some of the top 7’s in the Valley, in-cluding such notables as Crash Reddin, Amado Martinez, Thomas, George Bell, Skyler Flaherty, Joe Masi and BBQ.

Thomas’ loss to DIlley occurred in the round of eight, and Dilley would join Thomas on the one loss side one round later after dropping a match to Dennis Fraley.

Fraley would then go on to defeat George Bell 7-2 for the hot-seat.

On the one loss side, Layton was building momentum with wins over Adam Kroll, Nick Cipiti, Matt Koskella and Robin Clark. Thomas earned his place in the finals with a hill-hill over Bell late Saturday night.

The double elimination finals went both sets with Thomas scoring a 7-5 win in the first set and a 6-1 win in the shortened second set.

Final Payouts:

1st Layton Thomas $7602nd Dennis Fraley $3403rd George Bell $3104th Robin Clark $1805th Todd Dilley $705th Matt Koskella $707th Nick Cipiti $207th Dwayne Beagle $20

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Dart News

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Weekly Dart TournamentsSundaysWanderin – 4149 E. McDowell Rd. – Phx – 602-275-1062 3:00 Blind Draw

TuesdaysHot Shots – 2929 N. 16th St. – Phoenix – 602-277-2188 8:00 Blind DrawJoe’s Grotto – 13825 N. 32nd St. – Phoenix – 602-992-1007 9:00 Medley

WednesdaysRJ’s - 3128 E. Cactus Rd - Phoenix - 602-494-5404 10pm 200%Jesters - 1515 N Gilbert Rd - Gilbert - 480-926-1314 $7:00 Blind Draw 150%

ThursdaysJoe’s Grotto – 13825 N. 32nd St. – Phoenix – 602-992-1007 9:00 Blind Draw

FridaysBull Shooters – 3337 W. Peoria – Phoenix – 602-441-2447 8:00 Blind Draw 300%Jesters - 1515 N Gilbert Rd - Gilbert - 480-926-1314 7:30 Steel TipGarfield’s – 10123 Apache Trail – Apache Junction – 480-380-0558 7:00 Blind DrawBull Shooters – 3337 W. Peoria – Phoenix – 602-441-2447 8:00 Steel TipJimbos - 12224 n. 51st Ave - 602-298-1500 8:30 Blind Draw 300%Gino’s - 13623 N. 32st - 602-923-2500 10:00Blind Draw 200%

SaturdaysMetro Sportz Bar - 10402 N. Black Canyon Hwy - 602-997-5717 7:00 Blind DrawBull Shooters – 3337 W. Peoria – Phoenix – 602-441-2447 8:00 Blind Draw 300%Enoch’s Sports Lounge – 6750 W. Peoria – Peoria – 623-878-6296 9:00 Blind DrawGino’s - 13623 N. 32st - 602-923-2500 10:00Blind Draw 200%Kirk’s Korner – 10634 N. 51st Ave. – Glendale – 623-878-9874 8:00 Steel TipStingers – 10040 N. 43rd Ave – Glendale – 623-937-9645 3:30 Blind DrawToso’s 2401 W. Union Hills – Phoenix – 602-547-2770 8:00 Blind Draw/Mixed

Bar Wars, the brainchild of Med-alist Dart League’s John DeLuca, kicked off on March 10th with four teams of eight players each competing in a round robin - best of five - match.

The four teams competing in this event are Cheers Tavern in Glendale, Skip & Jan’s in Tempe, Stinger’s in Glendale and Toso’s in Phoenix.

The eight players from each bar are split into four flights, bro-ken down as A, B, C and Ladies flights.

The event rotates through each bar so that every team will be able to enjoy home field advantage once. Each player pays a $10 entry fee and each bar also adds money when they host the event. While the players are competing for

pride and prize money, the winning bar will win the Bar Wars trophy to display in their location.

The first leg of this event saw Cheers Tav-ern hold serve and win the event at their location.

Congratulations to the following players from Cheers: Team A: Mike Scarborough & HeathTeam B: Mark Kershaw & Enoch DavisTeam C: Dennis Segatto & Tim MontagueLadies: Regina Garcia & Jenna Hull

The next Bar Wars event will be at Skip & Jan’s in Tempe on June 9th. Make sure to stop by to see this great event play out.

Complete Schedule:March 10th - Cheers Tavern June 9th - Skip & Jan’s September 8th - Toso’s December 8th - Stinger’s

Cheers Tavern Wins Bar Wars Leg One

Team Cheers

Mike, What makes the Mas-ter Dart league so special, and Why would I want to play in it?

Ok, if I can’t answer this, I can’t answer anything…

To start with, it is hands-down the best dart league in the country. That isn’t just an opinion, but a fact. Yes, some seasons many top players don’t play and we still we have 10 or more players shoot over a 4.0.

I can’t name on two hands and feet the players who have started in the B Division or were lower players who are now Master’s Captains and playing at a top level.

Last week, the season ended and Kenny Wright made a comment that any other league with half the teams being already out of the money, you would have players and teams not show up.

All 32 players showed up and played their hearts out.

Do I know why? Not really, but I can guess. If a person were to watch all four matches being played, I would bet he couldn’t pick out who was playing for 1st and 2nd and who was playing for 5th & 6th or 7th & 8th. They are all playing just as hard to win.

You can’t help but get better in the Master league. You have players who have played for decades who know the game and can teach you the game. You have some young up and coming players who will keep Arizona on the dart map for many years to come.

All in all you have a great group of players who love the game and love to play. I can’t think of a better answer than that.

I may be wrong, but I doubt it….

By Mike Bates

Ask Mike

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The Arizona Federation of Darts Associations held their 25th Anniversary State & Singles Championsips at Bullshooters on March 2nd & 3rd.

Ten teams from around Arizona compted in the team event with the following results: Winning Team was the Tucson Dart Club with 65 points2nd place was Scottsdale Darts Association with 63 points 3rd place was Southern Arizona Dart Association with 58 points - Tucson4th place was Arizona Darts Association with 53 points - Phoenix 5th and 6th place London Bridge Darts Association with 44 points - Parker, AzHuachua City Dart Association with 44 points - Huachua City, Az 7th and 8th place Desert Dart League with 33 points - Mesa, AzCentral Arizona Darts League with 33 points - Phoenix, Az 9th and 10th place Sierra Vista Darts Association with 28 pointsMile High Darts Association with 28 points - Prescott, Az. The results of the Mens and Womens single championships were as follows. Mens finals: Nick Rivera was the winner beating out Jeff “Lefty” Meduag who took 2nd (both men in the finals were from the Scottsdale league) out of field of 32 men.

Womens finals: Anissa Radetski from the SADA took 1st place over Kelly Sanders from Hauchua City

AFDA Az State Team & Singles Championships

Men’s Singles WinnerNick Rivera

Women’s Singles WinnerAnissa Radetski

First Place TeamTucson Dart Club

Scottsdale Dart Association Arizona Darts AssociationSouthern Arizona Dart Association

London Bridge Darts Association Desert Dart LeageHuachuca City Dart Association

Central Arizona Darts League Sierra Vista Darts AssociationMile High Darts Association

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By David “The Scorpion” Fatum

The Reasons to be Good are Coming

Well, April is a busy month on the dart scene and for all the players that keep saying they are good they should be in-volved in some of these events. Experience leads to you rais-ing your game, and playing the same people everyday does not do that. While playing global matches is a step better, it still is not the same thing as hav-ing to stand next to the guy to shoot for your life in an event.

To truly get a good game you need to play in good events; and the first of such was be-ing held as I write this column. It was the Phoenix Cup held over the Easter Weekend. The problem is that other than Thad, I am not sure one single player from here went out to it? What’s up with that? Here is a step forward in the dart scene and all the big fish stayed home in the pond??

Ok, so the next one is the New World Series held the

first weekend in April so close in Las Vegas you could drive. It is a 2 day round robin event playing each guy in your pool five games, then in to a long format knock-out round for a first prize of $5,000 (keep this number in mind for a later statement in this article) and I am hoping people actually go to it as how else do you get better? I myself would have attended but I was invited to a TV event in Asia called the Super Darts where there were 16 players from around the world competing in a basically winner take all event at the same time (it can be seen April 6th at 9pm AZ and I am the first match on).

They are actually having a few more New World Series events across the USA and Canada so find them online and check them out.

Now I guess the next event this month is the NDA and I think starting out, it is a good event to go get out of your comfort zone for at least the singles and doubles on the first weekend…. the rest of it is just drawn out too long and I think you could use your vaca-tion days for some of the other events

coming up this year that will be way better. Did you know the NDA is only a 100% pay back on your entries? Just saying. I will Actually be at DART-SLIVE The WORLD Stage 1 during this event and will be attending 7/8 stages this year held in 5 different countries so a busy year.

For those involved in the DARTSLIVE Super League there will be the $60,000 Fiesta the first weekend in May and it is loaded with side events, so those that can attend really should come enjoy the party. For those that did not get in the league, well the US Open returns in late Sept and promises to be even bigger than last year so get your entry in early (should open around May).

So what else? Well I am not sup-posed to say anything officially but I can promise you that there is a reason soon to be announced that should have every player that talks about playing top level darts to save their vacation days and travel money for a 4 stop mini tour held here in the USA starting in July. The winner of said tour will get a bonus check in the same amount

that each tour event pays for first and it is over 5x what you could win by winning NDA or the Bullshooter so you do the math. It will truly be pro money and worth to stay tuned for.

Just as a closing thought as to why to go out and practice. Travel to get experience and truly raise your level of game is the total reason for the events that I will play in this year. Now, no one will ever win every event but if you did the winner would take in a cool $333,000 in first prize money and this includes the new American tour coming in July through November, so now go practice!!!!

Suntrack Games - Medalist Dart Leagues Awards Banquet & Tournament

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Monday Women’s OnlyHeather, Beverly

Sunday Open Cricket Red TeamSteve, Dan

Thursday Open CricketChuck Zaborsky

Tuesday Mixed Couples CricketKelly, Joel, Charlotte, Jerry

Sunday Cricket/501 Blue TeamJoe

Diane and Dennis would like to start by thanking all the players for the great season and for com-ing to the Banquet/Tournament. Diane and Den-nis would also like to thank Marino’s, Tony’s, The Other Room, Stinger’s, Dave’s on Northern, Enoch’s and Dave’s Place. We would like to thank Dale from Stingers for hosting our banquet and tournament. We would also like to thank the bartenders from Stingers. We had a great season. All the players would like to thank Diane and Dennis for all their hard work and commitment to the league. Thank you to everyone who helped bring the food for the banquet. Last, we would like to thank Phyllis for coming to the banquet. For those of you who don’t know Phyllis, she was the previous owner and ran the league for many years. Thank you so much Phyllis for com-ing to the banquet and sharing this time with us.

Banquet Winners were: 1st Place- Tammie Hermanek and Scott Bielik 2nd Place- Connie Davenny and Chris Bettis 3rd Place- Dennis Shea and Natasha Fraser

Top Teams:

Sunday Open Cricket/ 501 Red Team 1st Place- Tony’s “Bad Company” Dan Shea & Steve Boe

Sunday Open Cricket/ 501 Blue Team1st Place- Tony’s “It Takes Two” Joe Lawrence & Allen Steffler

Monday Women’s Only Cricket/ 5011st Place- Other Room “The Dartaholics” Beverly Konicke & Heather Ray

Tuesday Mixed Couples Cricket 1st Place- Dave’s on Northern “7 Come 11” Jerry Hamaker Kelly Hamaker Joel Campbell Charlotte Campbell

Thursday Open Cricket/ 501 1st Place- Other Room “Night & Day” Corry Timmerman Chuck Zaborsky

PDI Darts Banquet and Tournament

Heather Ray, Charlotte Campbell Joel Campbell, Josh FoxDan Shea

Tammie Hermanek Donna ButcherJoe Lawrence

Joe Campbell Scott BielikBeverly Konicke

Top Guns

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Fri Sat Sat Sat Sat Sat Sat Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun

8:00 pm 11:00 am 11:30 am 2:00 pm 2:30 pm 5:30 pm 8:00 pm 11:00 am 11:30 am 1:30 pm 2:00 pm 4:00 pm

ChicagoB/D

Doubles

501Men's

Doubles

501Ladies

Doubles

CricketMen's

Singles

CricketLadiesSingles

701MixedTriples

ChicagoB/D

Doubles

CricketMen's

Doubles

CricketLadies

Doubles

501LadiesSingles

501Men's

Singles

501Mixed

Doubles

Entryper team

$20 $24 $24 $20* $20* $36 $20 $24 $24 $20* $20* $24

1st $130 $160 $110 $150 $120 $120 $130 $160 $110 $120 $150 $120

2nd $80 $100 $70 $90 $60 $60 $80 $100 $70 $60 $90 $80

3rd/4th $45 $50 $30 $40 $40 $45 $45 $50 $30 $40 $40 $40

5th/8th $20 $20 $20 $20

Totals $380 $360 $240 $400 $260 $270 $380 $360 $240 $260 $400 $280

SIERRA VISTA DART ASSOCIATIONpresents the

24th Annual

Event Location:VFW Post 9972

549 W. Veterans DriveSierra Vista, AZ 85635

Accommodations:America's Best Value Inn

100 Fab Ave., SV(520) 459-5380

April 12 thru 14, 2013

THUNDER MOUNTAIN OPEN

$3,800+ in Cash Prize Payouts

Chicago Style: 301(DI/DO, 501(SI/DO) and Cricket. No game is played twice. Best 2 out of 3 legs wins match.Proceeds from this tournament will go to a non-profit organization within the community.

* Singles events includes a $2.00 ADO surcharge fee.

SANCTIONED BY:

For further information, contact SVDA Tournament DirectorSam Bishop (520) 249-0017 or [email protected]

P.J.'s House of Darts & Supplies will be on site during the TMO

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Amado Wins Kittys 7 & Under

Amado Martinez held off some of the best 6’s in town and won Kitty’s March 7’s & Under 9-ball tournament on March 16th.

Although the tournament was a 7’s and under, it was the 6’s that ran wild in this event. Amado defeated 6 rated Randell Moore for the hot-seat 7-1.

On the one loss side, the only other remaining 7 left in the field - Mike Hower-ton - was being handed his walking papers by John Wells 6-4. At the same time, 6 rated Ernie Turner was eliminating 6 rated John Neal in 5th place.

With three 6’s and one 7 left in the field, Wells eliminated Turner 6-3 and then ran over Randell 6-2 to set up the final match between Wells and Amado.

Wells kept his strong play going with a 6-1 win in the first set of the finals, but Martinez ran away with the second set 7-2 for first place.

Final Payouts:

1st Amado Martinez $3902nd John Wells $2253rd Randell Moore $604th Ernie Turner $35

Amado Martinez & John Wells

Moore & Bedore Split With Team Van Der Weyst

Bill Van Der Weyst and his son Cody teamed up to split Kitty’s 12 & Under 9-Ball tournament with Randell Moore & Rick Bedore on March 23rd.

Team Van Der Weyst made their way through the 20 teams and took the hot-seat with a 7-3 win over Joe Nicita and his partner Fred Crowley.

On the one loss side, Randell Moore and Rick Bedore were working their way to the finals the long way. Moore and Bedore lost to Joe & Fred earlier in the event, but had won four straight matches on the left side of the board. They quickly pushed their winning stream to five, with a 7-3 win over Joe and Fred.

Instead of playing out the finals, the two remaining teams agreed on a split for first place.

Final Payouts:1st Bill Vander Weyst & Cody Van Der Weyst $4752nd Randell Moore & Rick Bedore $4803rd Joe Nicita & Fred Crowley $2154th Tim Casey & Mike Wolfe $85

Rick Bedore, Randell Moore, Bill and Cody Van Der Weyst

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MONDAY 7:30 SPIRITS 9303 APACHE, MESA 480-986-5572 OPEN CALL FOR DETAILS CALLTUESDAY 7PM KOLBY’S 1301 EAST UNIVERSITY DR. 480-829-7344 9-BALL 9’TBL WILD BALL $15.00TUESDAY 8PM BROOKSIDE II 15170 W BELL RD SURPRISE 623-556-1000 9-BALL D/E 200% RACE TO 2 $5.00TUESDAY 7:30 MVP SPORTS BAR 6001 N. 43RD AVE 602-973-2018 8-BALL D/E SIGN UP AT 7PM $5.00WEDNESDAY 8PM BROOKSIDE II 15170 W BELL RD SURPRISE 623-556-1000 8-BALL D/E 200% RACE TO 2 $5.00WEDNESDAY 8:00 THE CURVE 8455 W. PEORIA AVE PEORIA 623-878-4250 8-BALL D/E 200% RETURN $5.00THURSDAY 7PM ENOCHS 6750 W PEORIA AVE 623-878-6296 9-BALL D/E $5.00THURSDAY 7:30 KAY’S PLACE 315 S ALMA SCHOOL 480-962-9151 8-BALL D/E ADDED MONEY $5.00FRIDAY 9:00PM HARRY’s LAST CALL 9521 N 7TH STREET 602-944-9944 8-BALL RACE TO 1 D/E $5.00SATURDAY 1PM SPUD’S BAR & GRILL 3558 W. NORTHERN AVE 602-944-3992 OPEN 9BALL D/E 200% W/24 $5.00SATURDAY 3:30PM MVP SPORTS BAR 6001 N. 43RD AVE 602-973-2018 OPEN 8BALL D/E 200% $5.00SATURDAY 4:00 KAY’S PLACE 315 S ALMA SCHOOL 480-962-9151 8-BALL D/E ADDED MONEY $5.00SATURDAY 7PM 43RD AVE TAVERN 8945 N 43RD AVE 623-847-0335 8-BALL D/E 200% Race to 2/2 $5.00SUNDAY 1PM SKIP & JANS 7700 S PRIEST DR 480-598-8611 HANDICAPPED BTR TOUR $5.00SUNDAY 3PM MVP SPORTS BAR 6001 N. 43RD AVE 602-973-2018 8-BALL D/E SIGN UP AT 2PM $5.00SUNDAY 4PM KAY’S PLACE 315 S ALMA SCHOOL 480-962-9151 8-BALL D/E ADDED MONEY $5.00SUNDAY 7:30 SPIRITS 9303 APACHE, MESA 480-986-5572 OPEN CALL FOR DETAILS CALLSUNDAY 7PM DAVES PLACE 2710 W BELL 602-866-9898 OPEN 8BALL D/E 200% $5.00SUNDAY 3PM EXIT-7 7941 W. GLENDALE AVE 623-939-6261 8-BALL RACE TO 2 D/E 200% $5.00SUNDAY 6PM DADDY O’S 4163 W THUNDERBIRD 602-298-9953 OPEN 8BALL D/E 200% RACE TO 2 $7.00

SUNDAY 2PM 5030 LOUNGE 5030 W. PEORIA AVE 623-939-3876 3-BALL (5 TOTAL SHOTS) $2.00

TUESDAY 7:30 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 8-BALL 7’ TABLES SIDES $5.00THURSDAY 7:30 480 BAR 480 N ARIZONA AVE 480-899-2268 8-BALL D/E RACE TO 2 200% Payback $5.00SATURDAY 7:30 PM THE DELI 9635 W PEORIA AVE 623-979-5163 8-BALL D/E 200% PAY $5.00SUNDAY 3:00 480 BAR 480 N ARIZONA AVE 480-899-2268 8-BALL D/E RACE TO 2 200% Payback $5.00

MONDAY 7PM RJ’S 3128 E CACTUS RD 602-4945404 8-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00MONDAY 7:30 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL BARBOX 200% Payback $5.00TUESDAY 7:30 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL 9’ TABLES SIDES $7.00TUESDAY 7:30 STINGERS 43RD AVE & PEORIA 623-937-9645 9-BALL HDCP-2 D/E $10.00TUESDAY 7:30 LOFT AGAIN 15015 N. CAVE CREEK RD 602-482-3130 8-BALL 200% RACE TO 1 D/E $5.00TUESDAY 7:30 SPUD’S BAR & GRILL 3558 W. NORTHERN AVE 602-973-0011 9BALL D/E HDCP -2 $ ADDED $7.00WEDNESDAY 7PM MAIN ST 1749 W MAIN ST MESA 480-969-7898 9-BALL S/E FULL HANDICAP $5.00THURSDAY 7:30 LOFT AGAIN 15015 N. CAVE CREEK RD 602-482-3130 8-BALL 200% RACE TO 1 D/E $5.00FRIDAY 7:30 SKIP & JANS 7700 S PRIEST DR 480-598-8611 9-BALL 200% D/E $5.00FRIDAY 7:30 PAPPY’S SPORTS BAR 11801 N. 19TH AVE 602-944-3992 8-BALL D/E 200% Payback $5.00SATURDAY 6:00 SHOOTERS BAR 4132 E. MCDOWELL RD 602-633-2377 8-BALL $10 Side Pot $5.00SATURDAY 7:30 GROGGYS 2207 W MAIN ST MESA 480-969-7648 8-BALL D/E 200% $5.00SATURDAY 8PM GREENWAY VILLAGE 3143 E. GREENWAY RD 602-971-5523 OPEN 8BALL D/E 200% $5.00SUNDAY 2:00 KOLBY’S 1301 EAST UNIVERSITY DR. 480-829-7344 9-BALL D/E HDP (-2) 9’ TBLS/SIDES $10.00SUNDAY 4:00 CHANTILLY’S 717 W UNION HILLS DR 602-789-1417 8-BALL BARBOX D/E 200% $5.00 SUNDAY 7PM DAVE’S PLACE 2710 W. BELL RD 602-866-9898 8-BALL D/E 200% $5.00

MONDAY 7:00 RACEWAY BAR 49237 W PAPAGO ROAD 520-568-0808 8-BALL D/E CALL FOR DETAILS $5.00TUESDAY 6:00 SHOOTERS BAR 4132 E. MCDOWELL RD 602-633-2377 8-BALL Race to 1 D/E $5.00TUESDAY 7:00 RIVER CITY 1107 E BELL RD 602-993-3317 9-BALL D/E 200% Payback $5.00TUESDAY 7:00 RACEWAY BAR 49237 W PAPAGO ROAD 520-568-0808 9-BALL D/E CALL FOR DETAILS $5.00TUESDAY 8:00 CANDY STORE 18613 N CAVE CREEK RD 602-569-0084 8-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00THURSDAY 6:00 SHOOTERS BAR 4132 E. MCDOWELL RD 602-633-2377 8-BALL Race to 1 D/E $5.00THURSDAY 8:00 THE NUGGET 4130 N 83RD AVE 623-873-1118 8-BALL RACE TO 1 150% PAYBACK $5.00THURSDAY 7:00 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL BARBOX $5.00FRIDAY 6:00 SHOOTERS BAR 4132 E. MCDOWELL RD 602-633-2377 8-BALL Race to 1 D/E $5.00FRIDAY 7:00 CHARLEY’S PLACE 4324 W THUNDERBIRD 602-439-1668 8-BALL 200% PAY / RACE TO 2 D/E $5.00FRIDAY 7:00 RACEWAY BAR 49237 W PAPAGO ROAD 520-568-0808 8-BALL D/E CALL FOR DETAILS $5.00FRIDAY 7:30 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 8-BALL BARBOX $5.00SATURDAY 3:00 CACTUS JACKS 4747 E ELLIOT RD 480-753-4733 8-BALL CALL FOR DETAILS $5.00SATURDAY 7:00 CHARLEY’S PLACE 4324 W THUNDERBIRD 602-439-1668 8-BALL 200% PAYBACK $5.00SATURDAY 7:00 DIZZY’S 7051 NORTH 7TH ST 602-944-9699 8-Ball 200% PAYBACK $5.00SATURDAY 4:30 PM KIRK’S KORNER 10634 N. 51ST AVE 623-878-9874 8-BALL 150% PAY $1 SIDEPOT $5.00SATURDAY 7:30 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00SATURDAY 8 PM NEIGHBORS 7530 W. PEORIA AVE 623-878-4154 8-BALL D/E 200% W/8PLAYERS $5.00

MONDAY 7:00 THE BREAK ROOM 4729 E MCDOWELL 602-267-1010 LADIES ONLY BCA 8-BALL 200% $5.00FRIDAY 7:30 480 BAR 480 N ARIZONA AVE 480-899-2268 8-BALL D/E RACE TO 2 200% Payback $5.00SATURDAY 1:00 THE BREAK ROOM 4729 E MCDOWELL 602-267-1010 8-BALL 200% $5.00SUNDAY 2:00 KITTYS 2836 N 36TH ST 602-957-9786 8-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00SUNDAY 7:00 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 8-BALL BARBOX 200% 6’S & UNDER$5.00

WEDNESDAY 7:00 RACEWAY BAR 49237 W PAPAGO ROAD 520-568-0808 8-BALL D/E 14 & UNDER $10.00FRIDAY 8:00 KIRK’S KORNER 10634 N. 51 ST AVE 623-878-9874 8-BALL D/E 150% $5.00SUNDAY 3:00 STINGERS 43RD AVE & PEORIA 623-937-9645 9-BALL D/E SIDEPOTS $10.00

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Monthly Tournament GuideEvent Location Address Phone

9’s & Under 8-Ball Knobbys 10812 N Cave Creek Rd (602) 870-0273 Apr 5th15 & Under Scotch 9-Ball Groggys 2207 W Main St (480) 969-7648 Apr 6th

15 & Under Scotch 9-Ball River City Pockets 1107 E Bell Rd (602) 993-3317 Apr 13th14 & Under Scotch 9-Ball Max & Ted’s 480 480 N Az Ave (480) 899-2268 Apr 13th12 & Under Scotch 9-Ball Groggys 2207 W Main St (480) 969-7648 Apr 13th

One Pocket Madness Bullshooters 3337 W Peoria (602) 441-2447 Apr 13th7’s & Under 9-ball Kitty’s 2836 N 36th St (602) 957-9786 Apr 13th1 Arizona Women’s Tour Stingers 10040 N 43rd Ave (623) 937-9645 Apr 20th-21st

2 & Under Scotch Doubles Kitty’s 2836 N 36th St (602) 957-9786 Apr 20th15 & Under Scotch 9-Ball Kitty’s 2836 N 36th St (602) 957-9786 Apr 27th

Kolby’s Monthly 1-Pocket Kolbys 1301 E University (480) 829-7344 Apr 27th8’s & Under 10-ball Stingers 10040 N 43rd Ave (623) 937-9645 Apr 27th-28th

9’s & Under 8-Ball Knobbys 10812 N Cave Creek Rd (602) 870-0273 May 3rd Slikster 8’s & Under 9-Ball Metro Sportz 10402 N Black Canyon (602) 997-5717 May 4th15 & Under Scotch 9-Ball Groggys 2207 W Main St (480) 969-7648 May 5th

Monday 6pm Barefoot Bob’s Billiards 8367 E. Pecos Dr, Prescott Valley 928-759-9590 6 & Under 8-Ball Bar Box $5.00Tuesdays 7:00 Tony’s Place 8624 E. Valley Road, Prescott Valley 928-759-2990 6 & Under 8-Ball DE $5.00Tuesdays 7:00 Scores Sports Bar 1011 E. Commerce Drive, Prescott 928-778-2211 Open 8-Ball $5.00Wednesday 7pm Barefoot Bob’s Billiards 8367 E. Pecos Dr, Prescott Valley 928-759-9590 9-Ball 9’Tables (Green Fee) $5.00Wednesdays 7:00 Gurley Street Pub 801 E. Gurley Street, Prescott 928-778-2491 Open 8-Ball $5.00Saturdays 7:00 Billy Jacks 2517 S. State Route 69, Humboldt 928-632-5808 Open 8-Ball $5.00Sunday 2pm Barefoot Bob’s Billiards 8367 E. Pecos Dr, Prescott Valley 928-759-9590 8-Ball 9’Tables (Green Fee) $5.00Sundays 2:00 Eagles Lodge 218 N. Cortez, Prescott 928-778-6688 7 & Under 8-Ball DE $5.00Sundays 2:00 Crazy Horse Saloon 904 S. Hwy 89, Chino Valley 928-636-4697 7 & Under 8-Ball $5.00

Prescott Valley Weekly Tournaments

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What Would A Sucker Do?

By Jacqueline KarolHouse Pro at DownLo Billiards in Chico, California

If you look around the room and don’t see any suckers….YOU are the sucker!

You are playing 8-ball and have solids here with ball-in-hand. What do you do?

Idea #1: “Hit it really hard and call something somewhere!”

Idea #2: “Combination shot!”

Idea #3: “Bank one of them in!”

Suckers…

Why aren’t these the best ideas?

Idea #1: It is very unlikely that you will pocket a ball let alone guess where it will go.

Idea #2: Combination shots are often unreliable, especially when they are far from the pocket and not lined up or “wired” to the pocket.

Idea #3: Bank shots are also an unreliable, low-percentage option.

Answer:

Although it is tempting to try to run out when given ball in hand, circumstances may not allow that. In this case, there is a very simple and powerful safety hidden in the mess. Play a stop shot behind the cluster while breaking out one ball, taking care not to run into the other balls and possibly selling out. This leaves your opponent a very tough kick shot on the 8-ball, with little chance of winning OR leaving you safe. Now when it is your turn at the table, you will have the option to run out or play another safe. Either way, you have main-tained control of the table and your opponent is left to wait for your next devious move.

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Diaz and Perez Win At Groggys

Miguel Diaz and Cee Perez came out ahead of nineteen other teams at Groggy’s 12 & Under scotch doubles event on March 9th.

Diaz and Perez took the hot-seat with a win over Chet Lahti and Mike Roman.

On the left side of the board, Claudia Justis and Selwyn lost to Dale Menghe & Joe Farias, 6-2, to end up in 4th place.

Dale and Joe would then lose to Chet and Mike by the same 6-2 scoreline and bow out in 3rd place.

The finals saw Chet & Mike looking to win two matches against Miguel and Cee, in order to avenge their earlier loss. They would avenge that loss with a 6-4 win in the first set of the finals, but Miguel and Cee would come back and win the second set 5-5 for first place.

Final Payouts:1st Miguel Diaz and Cee Perez $6102nd Chet Lahti & Mike Roman $2303rd Dale Menghe & Joe Farias $105

Miguel Diaz and Cee Perez

Groggys Scotch Split

Daniel Jaworoski & Lynor Johnson were the team to beat at Groggys 15 & Un-der Scotch Doubles event on March 3rd, but ended up splitting in the finals.

Daniel and Lynor outlasted twenty three other teams to take the hot-seat with a 5-4 win over Bill Van Der Weyst and JR Ascension.

On the left side of the board, Chris Negrin & Mike Luta had just eliminated Ebony Kelly & Eric Lacey 5-4, but they couldn’t handle Van Der Weyst and Ascension as they lost a hill-hill match 8-4.

The finals would be double elimination with an 8-5 race and Van Der Weyst & Ascension won the first set 8-3 to force a second set.

Instead of playing the second set, the two remaining teams agreed on a split for first and second place.

Final Payouts:1st Daniel Jaworoski & Lynor Johnson $6602nd Bill Van Der Weyst & JR Ascension $6603rd Chris Negrin & Mike Luta $1604th Ebony Kelly & Eric Lacey $60

JR Ascension, Bill Van Der Weyst, Daniel Jaworoski & Lynor Johnson

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DCT Points List

1. Mitch Ellerman 3602. Nick Deleon 2503. Rick Armbrust 1854. Chuck Evans 1805. Dennis Orender 165

6. Bobby Emmons 1557. Mike Sandoval 1258. Tres Kane 1109. Paul Grande 10510. Ken Gouso 85

11. Mickey Provencio 8011. Gus Briseno 8013. Bret Huth 7013. Robin Clark 7015. Todd Dilley 65

15. Will Sexton 6517. Larry Coffey 6018. Carl Stewart 5519. Brian Reich 5019. Carl Wilson 5019. Jerry Stuckart 5019. Jim Henrickson 5019. Luke Hagarty 5019. Max Maurer 50

Standings current as of Stop #2 (River City)

2013 AWBT Tournament Schedule*Sign-ups close at 11:30am and play starts at 12:00pm. Please call ahead if you are going to be late!*Side pots available at all events. Second Chance Tournament at all events!

March 16-17 - BullShooters, Phoenix - $300 added (9-ball on 9’ tables)Race to 7 - DE - Entry Fee: $25AWBT Yearly Membership fee: $40 payable at this event only!or…$10 Admin Fee at every event you play in this season

April 20-21 - Stinger’s Sports Bar, Glendale - $300 added (8-ball on 7’ Diamond tables)Race to be determined - DE - Entry Fee: $20 + $10 Admin Fee (if non-AWBT member)

June 8-9 - Skip & Jan’s Sports Bar - $300 added (9-ball on 9’ tables)Race to 7 - DE - Entry Fee: $25 + $10 Admin Fee (if non-AWBT member)

September 14-15 - BullShooters, Phoenix - $300 added (9-ball on 9’ tables)Race to 7 - DE - Entry Fee: $25 + $10 Admin Fee (if non-AWBT member)

October 12-13 - Pockets – Tucson - $300 added (9-ball on 9’ tables)Race to 7 - DE - Entry Fee: $25 + $10 Admin Fee (if non-AWBT member)

November 16-17 – BullShooters, Phoenix - $300 added (9-ball on 9’ tables)Race to 7 - DE - Entry Fee: $25 + $10 Admin Fee (if non-AWBT member)

BULLSHOOTERS STINGERS SKIP & JAN’S POCKETS3337 W. Peoria Ave 10040 N. 43rd Ave. 7700 S. Priest Drive 1062 South Wilmot RdPhoenix, AZ 85029 Phoenix, AZ 85051 Tempe, AZ 85284 Tucson, AZ 85711

(602) 441-2447 (623) 937-9645 (480) 598-8611 (520) 571-9421

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2013 AWBT Annual Membership Dues are good thru December, 2013

There will be two options for you to chose:1. Pay $40.00, in advance, at the 1st event of the 2013 season – March 16th only!

If you cannot attend the 1st event, you can pay the $40 by mail, to the AWBT prior to March 11th

You will receive AWBT points (2 for Saturday & 1 for Sunday) for every event you play in.Or…

2. Pay $10.00 admin fee at every event you play in, plus the entry fee.Play in 4 or more events above and earn money back from the player’s points fund at the end of the year just for participating! Attend all events, both days, and receive 10 bonus points!

*Qualifiers: In order to be eligible to play for the qualifier spot, an additional fee of $50 is required, WPBA Membership ($25) is required and the AWBT Membership fee ($40) will be required as well.

2013 WPBA Conditional Membership Dues: $25.00, optional and is good thru December, 2013

AWBT Points List

1. Rebecca Wager 2002. Bernie Store 1603. Amanda Pulley 1254. Stacy Allsup 100

5. Susan Wilbur 805. Susan Williams 807. Donna Taylor 657. Sara Miller 65

9. Ashea Erdahl 509. Lynor Johnson 509. Rhea Brooks 509. Tracie Hamman 50

13. Connie Soots 4013. Jaye Succo 4013. Jodie Villegas 4013. Sara Sorg 40

17. Alicia Streenz 3017. Carmen Osenton 3017. Jeri Engh 3017. Jodi Hirning 3017. Judith Sperling 3017. Leandrea Gaff 3017. Martha Zanetis 3017. Terri Johnson-McCauley 30Standings current as of Stop #1 (Bullshooters)

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(What are the fundamentals - Continued from page 13)

Level Cue. No matter which direction a player aims his cue stick the ball will swerve off of the line of aim if the player hits down on it. Not all shots can be hit with a perfectly level cue, however, but you should always hit every shot with the cue being as level as possible.

Stay Down. Straight alignment and a level cue won’t mean squat un-less everything is held in place until the cue ball is well on its way to its destination. Even the slightest body movement (other than the stroking arm moving straight forward) will pull the shot off line and cause you to miss.

Follow Through. Stroke the tip all the way through the cue ball to en-sure that the desired action is imparted to the cue ball. Some shots may require a short follow-through, while other shots may require a longer follow-through, but all shots require some sort of follow-through. Fol-lowing through the cue ball also helps you to stay down on the shot.

You can help yourself remember The Fundamentals by memorizing the following little poem.

With straight alignmentand a level cue,I will stay downand follow through.

Yeah, yeah, I know. It’s cornball. But it works.

(Open letter continued from page 15)Kevin says he doesn’t get it but does makes an interesting point when he states “I don’t want to get raised” is the most common phrase in every pool room/bar he’s been in. It’s real simple! Nobody likes loosing! Players don’t want to get raised because they know that the underrated players dominate in competition. They don’t want to get raised because they know that until they are underrated again their chances of winning again are slim to none.

Some problems with a subjective rating system:House raises player because they place and don’t spend money.House won’t raise player who spends a lot of money.House raises player because other players complain.TD doesn’t want to raise player because they are friends.TD doesn’t want to raise player because player tips them money when they win.Committee member votes to raise player because they lost to them in a match.Committee member votes to raise player without ever seeing them play.Committee member votes to raise an 8 to a 9 while they are only rated a 5.

How do we get rid of this problem of an unfair subjective rating system? Again it’s simple…we move to a metric based rating system. When it comes to billiards there are just too many intangibles for a subjective system to be either effective or fair. When we see the same winning faces in the local billiards publications all the time we know something in the system should change. Metric systems are based on a player’s performance results and are not infl uenced by politics, business deci-sions, unqualifi ed raters or friendship. Metrics don’t lie.

It’s not a player’s knowledge of the sport that should determine their rating but rather their ability to win against their peers. What difference does it make if I know 2 and 3 rail shape, diamond systems, can kick, bank and have a hell of a break if lower rated players are still beating me.

How would it work? Bars that use the rating system turn in their tour-nament results to the committee on a monthly basis only reporting the handicap, number of players for each tournament and who placed in the money. If a player places in the money too much they get raised. How much is too much? The pool player community could easily vote on how much a player can win before they are raised. If a player who you feel is underrated doesn’t cash in a tournament then their rating doesn’t matter, as they were never a threat to the money. If they put you out of the tournament then obviously you weren’t a threat to the money either.

If a league uses the ratings they would turn in the player rating and position results at the end of each season. For example if a 6 rated player in league is winning more than the other 6’s and or some of the 7’s then it is easy to see they need to be raised or placed on the watch list. While this would not be a perfect system it would be far better than what we have today. If a player gets raised and hasn’t been able to cash in 6 months to a year they could petition the committee to be lowered to their old rating. Gone would be the politics, dishonesty and unqualifi ed unethical player raises of the past.

We could just get rid of the ratings systems completely but let’s face it…without a ratings system in place the pool scene in Arizona would be abysmal. The only way the system will change is if enough players complain!

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Dave, Corky & ScottEmilio, Ernie & CorkyJason, JB & Scott

Kiko, Ernie & BenRamon, Gilbert & NeilGuy JR, Neil & Kiko

JR, Ernie & Roy Joe, Neil & Gary

Max & Ted’s 480 March Wall of Fame

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