May 2015 Az Billiard and Dart News

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#Eastmode Wins Saguaro Cup

#Eastmode Wins ...........

Cole Undefeated ............

Joven Bustamante Wins

Wagner Wins AWBT .....

League Coverage ..........

APA Juniors/Adults .......

Tucson DPT Give-away

Skip & Jans Jack & Jill

Busy Weekend ...............

Roger Long ...................

Dart Coverage ...............

Dart Tourneys ................

Thunder Mountain ........

Owen & Mahoney Win .

JW & Scott Undefeated .

All Tucson Finals ..........

Seth & Jeff Unstoppable

Alvarez & Bevins Win ..

Stingers Split .................

Tournament Guide .........

Tour Coverage ...............

AWBT Schedule ............

AWBT Points List .........

DPT Schedule ................

DPT Points List .............

Monthly Tourneys .........

Nick Kline Profile .........

Young Takes Long Way

Foos Pulse .....................

FEATURES

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Bustamante Wins Diamond Stop

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StingersMay 23rd - 24th

Nick Kline Stuns Diamond Event

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Pocket in Tucson May 2nd - 3rd

Az State Jr ChampionhipMay 16th - 17th

Az State Jr ChampionhipMay 16th - 17thPocket in Tucson May 2nd - 3rd

StingersMay 23rd - 24th

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Arizona Billiard & Dart News May 2015

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Arizona Billiard & Dart NewsMay 2015

Arizona Billiard& Dart News

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For anyone that missed the Saguaro Cup at Skip and Jan’s last month, you missed a great show. Hats off to everyone that was involved in making that event happen.

Ladies, the AWBT has rescheduled their June stop at Stingers for May 23rd and 24th. Make sure you change your calendars.

-Until next time Mike

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Cole undefeated at Knobbys

Tyson Cole made his way undefeated through a field of eighteen players to win Knobbys 9 and under 8-Ball event on April 3rd.

Cole had notable wins over Claudia Morado, Chuck Parrill and Pete Barrios on his way to the hot-seat.

On the one loss side, Parrill was eliminating Sara Sorg in 4th place (for her first Knobbys tourney cash). Parrill would then join Sorg on the rail, after losing to Barrios 2-1.

The finals would go one set with Cole winning 2-0 for first place.

Complete Payouts:1st Tyson Cole $2302nd Pete Barrios $1203rd Chuck Parrill $604th Sara Sorg $20

Pete Barrios and Tyson Cole

Ideas are easy to come by in the pool world. Ev-eryone seems to have an opinion as to what the pool world needs, but very few people actually come up with an idea and then see it through to it’s completion. The Arizona pool community got a chance to see what can happen though, when an idea is made reality.

The Saguaro Cup, conceived and executed brilliantly by Jeremy Gibbs, started taking the local pool community by storm in early March when Gibbs announced his idea for an “East vs West” challenge match to resemble the Mosconi Cup. The event would be limited to the top 9’s in town, with one open rated player to serve a leadership role on the team.

A date was set for April 18th at Skip and Jans, not leaving Gibbs much time to put everything together. That didn’t seem to deter him in any way though.

Ben Sutherland and Donald Mangahas were chosen as team captains and they got to work on the unenviable task of choosing their teams. Team #Bestside - representing the West - would be Sutherland, Brian Reich, Bret Huth, Carlos Avalos, John Ritonya and Tres Kane. Team #Eastmode would be Mangahas, Nick De Leon, Mike Sandoval, Gibbs, Lee Brown and Spike Aiardo.

As the woofing (and photoshopping) got under-way between the two teams, a sponsor program was announced by Gibbs, Within a short period of time, Gibbs had sold 10 sponsorships to local businesses that were affiliated in one way or another with the pool scene.

With sponsors on board, the event soon had a

beautiful trophy for the well deserving winning team to go along with $3000 in total prize mon-ey. Team shirts and even custom printed score-boards for all the fans to follow the action were quickly put together..

Daniel Busch of POV Pool in California was brought on to stream the event and Rick Schmitz came out from Tucson to handle photography.

Even with all of the interest on social media, the players had to be shocked on the day of the event with the turn-out from fans of both teams. Well over 100 people came decked out in shirts to support their favorite team, and each & every game or match won was greeted with rau-cous celebration from the fans supporting their teams.

Team #Eastmode looked like a team on a mission to end any possible event drama as they quickly raced to a 7-2 lead. They comfortably won match after match and looked poised to make an early day of it. Sutherland & Huth then won match 10, followed by Reich winning match 11, and Team #Bestside had something to build on. Before Team #Eastmode knew what hit them, Team #Bestside had won five straight matches and tied the score at 7-7.

Mangahas pulled Team #Eastmode back ahead 8-7, but Ritonya knotted things again at 8-8.

With every ball seeming to be the toughest ball these players had every pocketed, Gibbs, Aiardo and Suther-land pushed back their nerves and won three straight matches to give Team #Eastmode the victory.

When the celebrations finally slowed down, players from both teams were seen toasting the completion of a great event, and hopefully an event that will continue in Arizona for many years to come.

Team captains have already been announced for next year, with Eric Nordstrom representing Team #Eastmode and Ryan Anderson representing Team #Bestside. The event will move to Bullshooters on the West Side and Team #Bestside will certainly be looking to even the score with the rivals from the East.

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Team #Eastmode Wins Inaugural Saguaro Cup

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Joven Bustamante scored back to back wins over Scott Frost to top off an unde-feated run through the field at the Diamond Pool Tour’s third stop of the year at Stinger’s Sports Bar & Grill in Glendale, AZ on April 11th and 12th.

The event drew a field of 80 players, with 25 “A” players and 55 “B” players. The “A” bracket saw surprise early losses by points leader Bobby Emmons and Nick De Leon. Neither player would qualify for Sunday play, much to the crowd’s surprise. Bustamante, who had not fared well in last month’s event, had wins over Tucson’s George Teyechea, Jason Polk and Spike Aiardo, before facing off against Frost for the “A” bracket hot-seat. Frost looked unstoppable all day with wins over Rick Armbrust, Mickey Provencio and Tyson Cole. Frost did not allow an opponent past three games, and entered the hot-seat match with a combined 27-5 rack record. Even as strong as Frost was playing, he would drop the hot-seat match to Bustamante 9-7.

The “B” bracket was taken to school by Junior Point Leader Nick Kline. Kline had knocked on the door of making it to Sunday play in tour stops one and two, but he was a force to be reckoned with in the “B” bracket all weekend. Kline’s aggressive play led to wins over Trevor Long, Claudia Justus and Joe Chyzy on Saturday. Kline came back Sunday, and picked up where he left off on Saturday, with wins over Rick Schmitz and Jamie Cole to take the “B” bracket hot-seat.

The Greenmail top lady bonus was split again this month, with Heather Cortez and Sophia Morquecho both earning $50. Morquecho was also the winner of the random drawing for a two night stay at The Casino Del Sol Resort in Tucson, the presenting sponsor for the tour.

There was no Greenmail bounty awarded since last month’s winner, Vilmos Foldes, was not in attendance at this event.

The “A” and “B” brackets came together late Sunday with Bustamante, Frost, Kline and Cole fighting it out. Frost eliminated Cole in fourth place, while Bustamante was sending Kline left to face Frost in the semi-final match. The match between Frost and Kline was close, with Kline representing himself well, before dropping the match 7-4. This led to the rematch between Bustamante and Frost in the double elimination finals. Both players showed the fans in atten-dance what run-out 9-ball looks like on a 7’ Diamond Smart Table, but in the end it was Bustamante who scored the 9-6 win in the first set of the finals.

The Neil’s Garage Cabinets Second Chance tournament on Sunday drew 14 players, with last month’s winner, Steve Blackburn, settling for second place after a 3-0 / 3-0 double dipping at the hand of Daric Craft. Todd Dilley turned in a third place finish.

The Diamond Pool Tour will head to Pockets Pool & Pub in Tucson on May 2nd and 3rd, for their fourth stop of the season.

Tour organizers thanked Dale and his great wait staff for hosting two days of pool players, as well as Lenny Marshall from On The Rail TV for the live streaming coverage all weekend. Thanks also went out to George Teyechea and Jerry Briesath for their help commentating matches, and to Rick Schmitz for all the great photos from the event.

The Diamond Pool Tour is proudly sponsored by:Diamond Billiard Products – http://diamondbilliards.com/Casino Del Sol Resort – http://www.casinodelsolresort.com/Neil’s Garage Cabinets – http://www.neilsgaragecabinets.com/Greenmail Internet Marketing – http://www.greenmailinc.com/QB Custom Cues – http://qbcustomcues.com/Volturi Custom Cases – http://volturicases.com/Cue Sport International – http://www.playcsipool.com/The Arizona BCA, TAP and APA league systems.

Joven Bustamante

Joven Bustamante Undefeated at Diamond Pool Tour Stop

Main Event Payouts:1st Joven Bustamante $1200 9th Burt Balancad $1002nd Scott Frost $900 9th Rick Schmitz $1003rd Nick Kline $700 9th Brian Begay $1004th Jamie Cole $400 9th Mickey Provencio $100

5th Karloz Chavez $250 13th Pete Lhotka $755th Spike Aiardo $250 13th Rick Armbrust $757th Jose Mendoza $175 13th Frank Alvarez $757th Tim Daniel $175 13th Joe Chyzy $75

Scott Frost

Second Chance Payouts:1st Daric Craft $2802nd Steve Blackburn $1303rd Todd Dilley $60

Bonus Payouts:Top Female Player - Sophia Morquecho/Heather Cortez $100Top BCA Player - Jamie Cole $25Top Junior Player - Nick Kline Target Gift Card

Nick Kline

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Rebecca Wagner wasn’t even planning on making the trip from Vegas to Phoe-nix for the AWBT’s second tour stop at Bullshooters on April 25th and 26th. It was only when she was able to get the weekend off work, that she agreed to ac-company road partner Ashea Erdahl to the event. Wagner would end up mowing down a field of twenty eight players to earn first place in her first event of the new season.

Wagner would not have an easy path to the win however. Matches against Cyn-thia Haeffner and Tracie Hamman on Saturday were followed by equally tough matches against Jaye Succo and Bernie Store on Sunday. Wagner did not allow an opponent to the hill against her, and won two of those four matches 7-1.

Wagner’s opponent for the hot-seat, Store, would not have a path any easier. Store scored wins over Alicia De Leon, Jodie Villegas, Susan Williams and Erdahl before dropping the hot-seat to Wagner 7-4.

The one loss side on Sunday was a “who’s who” of top female talent, includ-ing Williams, Amanda Pulley, Justine Bishop and Susan Mello. After Susan and Susan scored wins over Pulley and Bishop, they were joined on the left side of the board by Erdahl and Succo. Susan Williams would keep her winning ways going, with a 7-2 win over Succo, but Mello would drop a hill-hill decision to Erdahl.

Things were not looking good for Williams in her next match, against Erdahl, as she trailed 5-2 in the race to seven. Williams had been in that position before though, and she drew on that experience to mount a great comeback for the hill-hill win.

The semi-finals between Williams and Store started out well for Williams, as she took an early 2-0 lead, but then it was time for Store to mount a comeback and she won seven of the next nine games for the 7-4 win and a rematch with Wagner in the finals.

The single race to nine extended final was closer than their earlier battle, but it ended in the same result, as Wagner defeated Store 9-6 for first place.

The win moves Wagner to second place on the AWBT points list, with Store still holding a comfortable lead over the rest of the list in first place. Williams, Haef-fner and Barbara Lee fill out the top five positions on the list.

Although this event worked out well for Wagner, she still doesn’t see herself able to compete in many events this season due to work conflicts.

The AWBT has been forced to change their schedule, and the upcoming Sting-er’s event has been moved to May 23rd and 24th.

The second chance event on Sunday saw Cynthia Haeffner beat Diana Leon for the hot-seat and then beat Tami Hathcock in the finals for an undefeated victory.

Assistant Tour director Tres Kane gave his thanks to Mike and Julie Bates, and the staff of Bullshooters for hosting and adding $300 to the main event and $100 to the second chance event, Jose Gonzales of Las Glorias Grille for adding $100 to the main event and his partner Kristie Ortega for running another fine event.

Wagner Wins AWBT Stop #2

Bernie Store

Main Event Payouts:1st Rebecca Wagner $300 7th Amanda Pulley $502nd Bernie Store $200 7th Justine Bishop $503rd Susan Williams $150 9th Donna Taylor $254th Ashea Erdahl $110 9th Claudia Justus $255th Susan Mello $70 9th Tami Hathcock $255th Jaye Succo $70 13th Tracie Hamman $25

Second Chance Payouts:1st Cynthia Haeffner $802nd Tami Hathcock $503rd Diana Leon $30

Rebecca Wagner

Susan Williams

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

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

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

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: Wings of Fear ArizonaCity: MaricopaContact: Bill HuddartNumber: 480-694-5039

League Name: Mohave Valley Pool LeagueCity: Lake HavasuContact: Matt DennisNumber: 928-458-0750

League Name: StrokersCity: Lake HavasuContact: Ed & Sheri LawrenceNumber: 928-727-0349

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

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

League Name: Enochs In House Where: Phoenix, AZ Contact: Glenn Newell Phone: (602) 750-4243

Arizona League Information

League Name: TAP of Greater Phoenix LLCWhere: Maricopa and Pinal CountiesContact: John & Pati MuehlingPhone: (602) 309-7777 / (602) 305-7819 e-Mail: [email protected]: www.phoenixtap.com

VNEA – Valley National 8-Ball League Association

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

E-Mail: [email protected]

BCA – Billiard Congress of America

League Name: BULLSHOOTERS BCA 9 BALL City/State: PHOENIX, AZ Contact 1: GIBO PACHECO Home #: 602-841-8272 Contact 2: CHARLES HEUN JR Home #: 602-246-0608 League Name: EAST VALLEY LEGACY LEAGUE City/State: GILBERT, AZ Contact 1: Cathy Kelley Work #: 480-203-8640

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

League Name: PARADISE POOL LEAGUE City/State: CHANDLER, AZ Contact: JEREMY GIBBSLeague #: 480-779-0343

League Name: Charley’s Place Shooters City/State: Glendale, AZ Contact 1: Betty Barber Home #: 602-843-3692

League Name: Arizona Hot Shots Where: 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: Jack and Jill Scotch DoublesCity: In-House at Stingers in PhoenixContact: Brynn HoffmanNumber: 602-510-8058

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

Website: www.UPAtour.com

League Name: Troy Vending Where: 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 APA Where: 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 - Metro Where: 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 and awards ceremony on Sunday, March 29th at Bullshooters in Phoenix. The popular tournament is where the kids get to pick an adult of their choice to play in a scotch doubles match with opponents of the same skill level and age. This event 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 has grown to over 45 young players from all over the valley. The new ‘East Side’ division played their 3 week last Sunday and has grown in just a couple short weeks to 15 kids. There are two divisions for the juniors. The “Young Guns” division includes players from ages 11 to 17. The younger group, dubbed “Junior Guns” consist of shooters under the age of 11.

There were 12 teams who showed up to play for trophies and gift cards this time around. As always, lunch was served to the players while the awards for the players who excelled in the weekly division were being handed out.Winners for the junior division’s Junior/Adult Scotch Doubles tournament this session were:

First place – Michael Flinn and Adam LangleySecond Place – James and Perfecto DiazThird Place – Michael Dale and Anthony Rounds

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

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 support the juniors. They are the future of our sport.

Flinn & Langley Win APA Junior/Adult Tournament

James and Perfecto Diaz

Michael Flinn and Adam Langley

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Casino Del Sol Announces June DPT Giveaway

Casino Del Sol Resort, presenting sponsor for the Diamond Pool Tour, has an-nounced a giveaway for players at the May 2nd – 3rd tour stop at Pockets Pool & Pub in Tucson, AZ.

Casino Del Sol Resort, will award each participant in the May event a voucher that can be redeemed for a $60 credit toward any upcoming show tickets pur-chased at the Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheater (AVA), located at the Casino Del Sol Resort in Tucson. This credit can be redeemed for any tickets to any upcoming show at the AVA.

These vouchers expire on June 30th, 2015, but can be redeemed for shows play-ing after that date. Upcoming shows at the AVA include Gabriel Iglesias, Metal Mayhem (with Vince Neil, Queensryche, Quiet Riot and Gabbie Ray), Weird Al Yankovic, Chayanne and Ricky Martin; with more shows being announced soon.

Vouchers hold no cash value and no cash refunds will be offered for vouchers that are not completely used.

In addition to these vouchers, Casino Del Sol Resort will also award each par-ticipant in the May event a “2 for 1” buffet coupon to be used on their property.

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

Carl Stewart (BCA Master Certified) (602) 820-7665 [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

ACS Certified Levels: I - IV and Master

BCA Certified Levels: Certified, Advanced and Master

Jon Smith Phoenix (480) 737-1185

Frank Alvarez - UPA Pool School1.877.788.7227

[email protected]/pool-lessons

Qualified

Arizona Billiard Academy, LLC www.arizonabilliardacademy.com

Pool Instructor Directory

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What does a pool player do when her scheduled partner is a no-show for a scotch doubles event? Well, if that pool player is Heather Morvay, she takes whatever partner is available and runs through the tourney to take the hot-seat.

Morvay teamed up with Dave Linke to cruise through the field of thirteen teams, at Skip & Jan’s Jack & Jill Scotch event on April 11th, and take the hot-seat with a hill-hill win over Claudia Morado & Jon Driver.

On the left side of the board, Donna Taylor & Rick Jones were busy eliminating Laura Boothroyd & Brady Williams 7-4 in fourth place.

Donna & Rick kept things rolling with another 7-4 win, this time eliminating Claudia & Jon in third place.

Instead of playing out the finals, both teams agreed on a split of first and second place from there.

Complete Payouts:1st Donna Taylor & Rick Jones $3101st Heather Morvay & Dave Linke $1803rd Claudia Morado & Jon Driver $1754th Laura Boothroyd & Brady Williams $35

Skip and Jan’s Jack and Jill Scotch Split

Claudia Morado & Jon Driver

Donna Taylor & Rick JonesHeather Morvay & Dave Linke

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While the rest the room was going crazy with the Saguaro Cup on April 18th, Cathy Kelley was also holding two separate events on the Diamond 7’ Smart Tables at Skip & Jan’s. One event was an ultimate 6’s 10-ball event, capped at sixteen players, while the other was a 9’s & Under 9-ball event with nineteen players.

The 6s event saw Derrik Murphey take the hot-seat with a win over Luke Willkom.

Brady Williams was making his way through the one loss side, and defeated Tony Davis 4-1 to send Tony to the rail in 4th place.

Williams didn’t slow down as he then went on to defeat Willkom 4-1 in the semi-final match, to earn his place in the finals against Murphey.

Murphey turned the tables on Williams though, and defeated him 4-1 in the first and only set of the finals.

The 9s & Under event saw 7 rated player William Weiss take the hot-seat with a 4-4 win over Bill Vander Weyst.

The one loss side was coming down to Matt Gagne & Daric Craft. Gagne had stayed on the winners side most of the day, while Craft had lost to Vander Weyst early in the event and was forced to ride the left side of the brackets all day. Gagne would come out ahead in the match 6-5, and Craft would settle for 4th place.

Gagne stayed hot and defeated Vander Weyst 5-2 in the next match.

Instead of playing out the finals, Weiss and Gagne agreed on a split of first and second place prize money.

6s Payouts: 9s & Under Payouts:1st Brady Williams $455 1st Williams Weiss $1852nd Derrik Murphey $270 2nd Matt Gagne $2453rd Luke Willkom $150 3rd Bill Vander Weyst $704th Tony Davis $45 4th Daric Craft $145

Williams, Gagne and Weiss Top Busy Weekend at Skip and Jan’s

Matt Gagne and William Weiss

Top Six Brady Williams

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Oh, For Rating’s Sake!

By Roger LongCertified Instructor

I recently posted up the following question online: If someone new moves to Arizona and wants to start playing in local pool tournaments — but quickly learns that they need a rating to do so — what do you tell them?

Some people didn’t think I was being serious in asking that question. They held the opinion that I, along with everyone else who has been in Arizona for a while, already knows how our rating system works, so why was I asking? Others thought I was asking, “How do raters rate people?” and offered their suggestions on things they felt needed to be done to ensure that accurate ratings are initially set.

Only a couple people seemed to actually understand my question, and also understand my reason for asking it. The responses from those who understood highlighted the fact that there really is no good answer to that question. That’s because no published list exists that tells people where they can go, and who they can see, to get their first rating. To my knowledge, no such list has ever existed. And that just puzzles me.

Almost every place that holds pool tourna-ments advertises those tournaments in the local billiard newspapers. In their ads, they tell

people the date and time of the tournament, the game, the format, the entry fee, the added money, the address, and the telephone number; all of which is pertinent information. But even though most of these tournaments are handi-capped and/or limited by skill level — which means every interested player is required to have a rating — none of them advertise who their tournament director is, and whether or not he or she can, or will, assign a new rating. Why is that? It doesn’t make sense to not use the rating service as another tool for promoting your room and your tournaments.

My online question revealed that some people seem to disagree that a problem exists with a “system” that does not make it clear how newcomers can get involved. They feel that if over 10,000 players have already figured it out, then anybody can do it. They have a valid point there, but that still doesn’t mean the process can’t be improved upon. And that’s what Bull Shooters and myself have decided to do.

In May, Bull Shooters will begin holding two weekly tournaments. One tournament will be 8-Ball while the other will be 9-Ball. Both will be open and non-handicapped. The entry fee for each player will be the equivalent of his/her rating, i.e. 4’s pay $4 — 10-2’s pay $12. Un-

rated players will be charged $12 to play their first tournament, after which a rating will be assigned to them and they can play at that rate in subsequent tournaments.

But the tournaments are just one way new play-ers will be able to get a rating at Bull Shooters. The other way is to schedule a rating session with myself, Bull Shooters’ representative on the Arizona Rating Committee. The fee for the session will be $20. Once the rating session has been completed, the applicant will be issued a temporary rating card that will be valid until the date of the next meeting of the rating com-mittee, at which time their final rating will be added to the official rating list. It will be ex-plained to new applicants that the rating on their temporary rating card may, or may not, be hon-ored at establishments other than Bull Shooters, but will at least give everyone a starting point for observation and evaluation in determining a final rating.

We at Bull Shooters are not trying to upset the apple cart. We understand the importance of protecting Arizona’s established players from dishonest hustlers who would try to sneak their way in with a low rating and then grab a wad of easy money before being caught. But we also understand that there is a need for making the system more accessible to honest newcomers who have no other intention than to compete fairly; and that is the need we are trying to meet.

More information on Bull Shooters’ tourna-ments and rating procedure will be available through various media communications, soon.

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Weekly Dart TournamentsSundaysWanderin – 4149 E. McDowell Rd. – Phx – 602-275-1062 2:00 Blind Draw

Mondays Greenway Village – 3143 E. Greenway – Phx – 602-971-5523 8:30 Blind Draw 200%

TuesdaysHideaway West – 3558 W Northern Ave – Phoenix – 602-522-9999 8:00 Blind DrawJoe’s Grotto – 13825 N. 32nd St. – Phoenix – 602-992-1007 9:00 Medley

WednesdaysCheers Tavern - 5915 W. Bell Rd - Phoenix - 602-938-0104 7pm Parity DrawHideaway West – 3558 W Northern Ave – Phoenix – 602-522-9999 8:00 Blind DrawRJ’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%

ThursdaysDave’s Place - 2710 W Bell Rd - Phoenix - 602-866-9898 7:30 200% Payback Joe’s Grotto – 13825 N. 32nd St. – Phoenix – 602-992-1007 9:00 Blind Draw

FridaysStingers – 10040 N. 43rd Ave – Glendale – 623-937-9645 7:00 Blind Draw +$200Bull 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 DrawHideaway West – 3558 W Northern Ave – Phoenix – 602-522-9999 8:00 Blind DrawJimbos - 12224 n. 51st Ave - 602-298-1500 8:30 Blind Draw 300%Enoch’s Sports Lounge – 6750 W. Peoria – Peoria – 623-878-6296 8:00 Blind DrawGino’s - 13623 N. 32st - 602-923-2500 10:00Blind Draw 200%

SaturdaysCheers Tavern - 5915 W. Bell Rd - Phoenix - 602-938-0104 6pm Parity DrawMetro 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%The Ox - 3209 E Pinchot - Phoenix - 602-466-3673 7:30 Blind Draw 200%Gino’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

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26th Annual SVDA Thunder Mountain Open Steel Tip Dart Tournament ResultsThe Sierra Vista Dart Association (SVDA) would like to give a big thank you to the fol-lowing individual’s & businesses for their support of the 26th Annual SVDA Thunder Mountain Open Steel Tip Dart Tournament held at VFW Post 9972 from 10-12 April 2015. It is through their generosity, that the SVDA will once again be able to make a cash dona-tion to one or more of our local charities here in Cochise County.

Oasis ApartmentsJohn Myers (In Memory of Carrie (Myers) Stubbs)P.J.’s House of Darts & SuppliesPot of Gold Thrift StoreOdds & Ends Thrift StoreGolden Rule Jewelry Antiques & MoreDave StrotmanDick GraterPC’s LoungeBetty Gallagher

VFW Post 9972Mr. Derek SimmonsRichard WaiteKelly SandersEric & Cara Duffy

Set Up/Tear Down Crew:Jay WeaverMike LutherCrystal LutherLoretta & MikeKim AshbrookDave ReimersBilly PowerBill BoughanDave StrotmanJason AmmermanJon FranklinKelly SandersVaughn Sanders

To all the members of the community and of the SVDA who participated in and helped with

the various fund raising activities throughout the year, thank you so much!!

Special Thanks to Derek Simmons for his volunteering to cook at various fundraisers throughout the year!!

Special Thanks to PC & Gina of PC’s Lounge for hosting various fundraisers throughout the year!!

A Big thanks also to the VFW Post 9972 for being gracious in their hosting of this annual event and their kind donation!!

Last, but not least to the dart players who came from Sierra Vista, Tucson, Parker, Phoenix, Scottsdale and all over the state of Arizona, as well as Florida, Texas, New Mexico and Cali-fornia – A great time was had by all and we are already counting the days till we do this again in April 2016!!!!

Saturday 11 April 2015 Ladies Doubles 501 (8 Teams):1st - Bridget Werner / Lea Rolland

2nd - Cris Froman / Annisa Radetski 3rd/4th - Kelly Sanders / Loretta Weidemann

3rd/4th - Ashley Monka / Uschi Bowman

Men’s Doubles 501 (14 Teams): 1st - Adam Sevada / Daniel Hilsenbeck 2nd - Moon Tamez / Jason Ammerman

3rd/4th - Mike Neubert / Franke Carrasco 3rd/4th - Russ Janus / Matt Nelson

Ladies Singles Cricket (12 Entrants):1st - Lea Rolland

2nd - Bridget Werner3rd/4th - Cris Froman

3rd/4th - Uschi Bowman

Men’s Singles Cricket (25 Entrants): 1st - Mike Neubert 2nd - Steve Hogan

3rd/4th - John Miranda 3rd/4th - Moon Tamez

5th/6th/7th/8th - Tom Futrell5th/6th/7th/8th - Bill Boughan

5th/6th/7th/8th - Charlie Harrison 5th/6th/7th/8th - Adam Sevada

Mixed Triples 701 (13 Teams):1st - Matt Miranda / Ashley Monka / Charlie Harrison 2nd - Cris Froman / Mike Neubert / Franke Carrasco

3rd/4th - Jay Weaver / Joel Bohlen / Lea Rolland 3rd/4th - Bill Hilsenbeck / Mike McCarron / Jackie Hilsenbeck

Blind Draw Doubles (34 Entrants): 1st - Chris Werner / Charlie Harrison 2nd - Moon Tamez / Franke Carrasco

3rd - Billy Power / Richard Weigle 4th - Russ Janus / Yvonne Davis

5th/6th - Steve Cook / Gary Williams 5th/6th - Mike Neubert / Vaughn Sanders

7th/8th - Gail Bohlen / Cris Froman 7th/8th - TJ Ursia / Annie Tighe

Sunday 12 April 2015Men’s Doubles Cricket (13 Teams):

1st - Mike Neubert / Franke Carrasco 2nd - Chris Werner / Moon Tamez

3rd/4th - Adam Sevada / Daniel Hilsenbeck 3rd/4th - Jay Weaver / Joel Bohlen

Ladies Doubles Cricket (8 Teams):1st - Lea Rolland / Bridget Werner

2nd - Cris Froman / Annisa Radetski 3rd/4th - Ashley Monka / Uschi Bowman 3rd/4th - Annie Tighe / Barbara Robinson

Men’s Singles 501 (16 Entrants): 1st - Mike Neubert

2nd - Charlie Harrison 3rd/4th - Chris Werner3rd/4th - Russ Janus

5th/6th/7th/8th - Billy Power 5th/6th/7th/8th - Franke Carrasco 5th/6th/7th/8th - Mike McCarron

5th/6th/7th/8th - Steve Hogan

Ladies Singles 501 (13 Entrants):1st - Ashley Monka

2nd - Bridget Werner3rd/4th - Loretta Weidemann

3rd/4th - Uschi Bowman

Mixed Doubles 501 (13 Teams):1st - Chris Werner / Bridget Werner

2nd - Mike Neubert / Uschi Bowman 3rd/4th - Cris Froman / Franke Carrasco

3rd/4th - Kelly Sanders / Charlie Harrison

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Seth and Jeff Win Skip and Jan’s Scotch

Chet Lahti moved his 16 & Under Scotch Doubles 9-ball event to Skip and Jan’s on April 4th, much to the delight of the nineteen teams that took their shot at first place.

Seth Johnson & Jeff Vikete were the happiest of the teams, as they took the hot-seat with a one-sided 5-1 win over Junior Flores & Steve Stowers.

At the same time as the hot-seat match, Doug Hanson & Jason Shriner were eliminating Chad Purvis & David Link in fourth place.

Doug & Jason would settle for third place, after losing to Junior & Steve 8-6.

The finals was another win for Seth & Jeff, as they defeated Junior & Steve 5-3 in the first set.

Complete Payouts:1st Seth Johnson & Jeff Vikete $8102nd Junior Flores & Steve Stowers $3153rd Doug Hanson & Jason Shriner $1504th Chad Purvis & David Link $455th Billy Norish & Tony Denton $205th Matt Koskella & Justin Turner $20

Seth Johnson & Jeff Vikete

Owen & Mahoney Win Close One at Kittys

Bill Owen & Pat Mahoney clawed out two hill-hill wins over William Weiss & Mark Norman to take first place at Kitty’s 13 & Under scotch doubles event on April 4th.

Win #1 for Bill & Pat came for the hot-seat, where they held off William & Mark in a hill-hill match.

Ken Gillies & Tom Martin were on a roll on the left side of the board with three straight wins, but would settle for third place after losing to William & Mark 8-5.

That win led to a rematch in the finals between Bill & Pat vs William & Mark. The first set of the finals couldn’t have been much closer with the score tied five different times before William & Mark scored an 8-6 win.

The second set was even closer as Bill & Pat scored a hill-hill win for first place.

Complete Payouts:1st Bill Owen & Pat Mahoney $3402nd William Weiss & Mark Norman $1603rd Ken Gillies & Tom Martin $40

Bill Owen & Pat Mahoney

Walsh & North Win at Kittys

John Walsh teamed up with Scott North for an undefeated win at Kitty’s 12 & Under scotch doubles event on April 18th.

JW & Scott were unstoppable in the hot-seat match, where they defeated Jim Digregorio & Manny Steele 6-0.

Jim & Manny then lost to Dave Kay & his partner Rin in the semi-final match 7-4.

The opponents didn’t matter for JW & Scott, as they defeated Dave & Rin 6-3 in the first set of the finals.

Complete Payouts:1st John Walsh & Scott North $4302nd Dave Kay & Rin $2103rd Jim Digregorio & Manny Steele $30

John Walsh & Scott North

Purdy & Schramm Win All Tucson Finals

Aaron Purdy & John Schramm topped an all-Tucson finals to win Kitty’s 15 & Under Scotch Doubles event on April 25th.

Purdy & Schramm had very little difficulty taking the hot-seat with a 9-3 win over fellow Tucsonians Steve Barker & Scott Vogelsberg.

Chuck Ryan & Hugo Villanueva were able to derail plans for an all-Tucson final three teams, when they defeated Jose Mendoza & Diane McCoy 7-4 for 3rd and 4th place.

Chuck & Hugo could not break Tucson’s hold on the finals though, as they lost to Steve & Scott 9-5.

The final match looked to be fated for two sets as Steve & Scott raced to an early 3-0 lead, but Aaron & John came back to win the match 9-6 for first place.

Complete Payouts:1st Aaron Purdy & John Schramm $5102nd Steve Barker & Scott Vogelsberg $3103rd Chuck Ryan & Hugo Villanueva $150

John Schramm & Aarom Purdy

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Sophia Morquecho split her time between two events on the weekend of April 18th - 19th. One event saw thirty four 5’s and 6’s playing 8-ball, while the other event drew twenty two 7’s and 8’s for another 8-ball event.

The 7’s and 8’s finished play on Saturday, with Frank Alvarez mowing down the field of players. Alvarez took the hot-seat in a lopsided 4-1 match against Karloz Chavez.

Karloz found Ed Scott waiting on the one loss side. Ed had lost to Tenadore Lee in the second round, but then won four matches to challenge Chavez in the semi-finals. Scott would have to settle for third place though, after dropping the semi-final match to Chavez.

The final rematch between Alvarez and Chavez didn’t go any better for Chavez, as Alvarez cruised to a 4-0 win in the first and only set.

The 5’s and 6’s took two days to crown a winner, but it was Mike Bevins turn-ing in a dominating performance for first place.

Bevins looked pretty much unstoppable in his 4-1 win over Phillip Salas for the hot-seat

Salas would earn another shot at Bevins by defeating Leroy Smith 4-3 in the semi-final match.

The rematch between Bevins and Salas was almost a repeat of the hot-seat match, with Bevins running away with a 4-0 win in the first and only set.

7’s & 8’s Payouts: 5’s & 6’s Payouts:1st Frank Alvarez $440 1st Mike Bevins $8002nd Karloz Chavez $420 2nd Phillip Salas $4103rd Ed Scott $245 3rd Leroy Smith $2004th Hopell Ampongan $120 4th Bob Ferrell $1255th Gary Elston $25 5th Glen Kerr $1355th Tenadore Lee $25 5th Guy Stritzinger $85 7th Ben Lani $45 7th Larry Randle $45

Alvarez and Bevins Top Dual Stingers Events

Phillip Salas and Mike Bevins

Frank Alvarez

Barrera and Siebels Split at Stingers

Joey Barrera and Kurt Siebels split two matches against each other, and then split 1st and 2nd place at a massive 8’s & Under event at Stingers on April 25th.

The first time the two players met was for the hot-seat, where Siebels scored a hill-hill win over Barrera.

The one loss side came down to two tired warriors as Burt Balancad faced off against Tony Page. Both players had lost their first matches of the day and had then won a total of 14 matches between them. Balancad would come out ahead of Page 7-2.

The full day of matches seemed to take their toll on Balancad as he then lost to a hot-shooting Barrera 7-3 in the semi-final match.

The first set of the finals was all Barrera, as he cruised to a 7-0 win. From there, both players agreed on a split of first and second place.

Complete Payouts:1st Kurt Siebels $425 5th Matt Koskella $502nd Joey Barrera $425 5th Steve Blackburn $503rd Burt Balancad $200 7th Tenadore Lee $304th Tony Page $110 7th Crash Reddin $30

Joey Barrera and Kurt Siebels

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MONDAY 7:30 STINGERS 43RD AVE & PEORIA 623-937-9645 8/9/10-BALL D/E RACE TO 3 $3 Greens $10.00 MONDAY 7:00 CHEERS TAVERN 5915 W. BELL RD 602-938-0104 OPEN CALL FOR DETAILS CALLMONDAY 7:00 MAIN ST BILLIARDS 1749 W MAIN ST, MESA 480-969-7898 9’ TABLES RACE TO 4/3 $5.00TUESDAY 7:30 KOLBY’S 1301 EAST UNIVERSITY DR. 480-829-7344 9-BALL 9’TBL $10.00TUESDAY 8PM BROOKSIDE II 15170 W BELL RD SURPRISE 623-556-1000 9-BALL D/E 200% RACE TO 2 $5.00THURSDAY 1:00 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL 9’ TABLES HANDICAPPED $5.00THURSDAY 7:30 KAY’S PLACE 315 S ALMA SCHOOL 602 666-6634 8-BALL D/E ADDED MONEY $5.00SATURDAY 4:00 KAY’S PLACE 315 S ALMA SCHOOL 602 666-6634 8-BALL D/E ADDED MONEY $5.00SUNDAY 4PM THE SNAP 1516 W CAMELBACK 602-222-3551 8-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00

MONDAY 7:30 THE LOFT AGAIN 15015 N CAVE CREEK RD 602-482-3130 3-Ball CALL FOR DETAILS CALLSUNDAY 2PM 5030 LOUNGE 5030 W. PEORIA AVE 623-939-3876 3-BALL (5 TOTAL SHOTS) $2.00

MONDAY 7:30 WHAT THE HELL 7309 E MAIN ST 480-380-6000 9-Ball ADDED MONEY $10.00TUESDAY 7:30 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 8-BALL 7’ TABLES SIDES $5.00FRIDAY 7:30 STINGERS 43RD AVE & PEORIA 623-937-9645 9-BALL HDCP-2 D/E $10.00SATURDAY 7:30 PM THE DELI 9635 W PEORIA AVE 623-979-5163 8-BALL D/E 200% PAY $5.00SUNDAY NOON KOLBY’S 1301 EAST UNIVERSITY DR. 480-829-7344 9-BALL D/E HDP (-2) 9’ TBLS $6.00

MONDAY 7:30 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL BARBOX 200% Payback $5.00MONDAY 7:30 JESTER’S 1515 N GILBERT RD 480-926-1314 8-BALL D/E BAR TABLES $5.00TUESDAY 7:00 KITTYS 2836 N 36TH ST 602-957-9786 9-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00TUESDAY 7:30 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL 9’ TABLES SIDES $7.00WEDNESDAY 7:30 THE LOFT AGAIN 15015 N CAVE CREEK RD 602-482-3130 8-Ball 200% PAYBACK $5.00WEDNESDAY 7:30 THUNDER PASS 9303 APACHE, MESA 480-986-5572 9-Ball CALL FOR DETAILS CALLTHURSDAY 7:00 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL BARBOX $5.00THURSDAY 7:30 WHAT THE HELL 7309 E MAIN ST 480-380-6000 8-Ball ADDED MONEY $6.00FRIDAY 7:30 SKIP & JANS 7700 S PRIEST DR 480-598-8611 9-BALL 200% D/E $7 Greens Fee $5.00FRIDAY 8:00 KIRK’S KORNER 10634 N. 51 ST AVE 623-878-9874 8-BALL D/E 150% $5.00SATURDAY 4:30 PM KIRK’S KORNER 10634 N. 51ST AVE 623-878-9874 8-BALL 150% PAY $1 SIDEPOT $5.00SATURDAY 5:00 WHAT THE HELL 7309 E MAIN ST 480-380-6000 9-Ball ADDED MONEY $6.00SATURDAY 7:30 SKIP & JANS 7700 S PRIEST DR 480-598-8611 8-BALL 200% D/E $2 Greens Fee $5.00SATURDAY 8PM GREENWAY VILLAGE 3143 E. GREENWAY RD 602-971-5523 8BALL D/E 200% $5.00SUNDAY 2:00 STINGERS 43RD AVE & PEORIA 623-937-9645 8-BALL D/E RACE TO 2 $5 Green Fee $5.00 SUNDAY 2:00 THE BREAK ROOM 4729 E MCDOWELL 602-267-1010 9-BALL D/E $5 SIDE POT $5.00SUNDAY 3:00 GROGGYS 2207 W MAIN ST. 480-969-7648 9-BALL BARBOX D/E 200% 5.00

MONDAY 7:00 DAVE’S PLACE 2710 W BELL RD 602-866-9898 8-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00MONDAY 7:00 SAGE & SAND 13831 W GLENDALE AVE 623-935-5810 8-BALL D/E 150% PAYBACK $5.00MONDAY 7:00 DODEY’S 3114 E CACTUS RD 602-404-2300 8-BALL D/E ADDED MONEY $5.00MONDAY 8:00 CANDY STORE 18613 N CAVE CREEK RD 602-569-0084 8-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 $5.00WEDNESDAY 7:30 JESTER’S 1515 N GILBERT RD 480-926-1314 9-BALL D/E BAR TABLES 150% $5.00WEDNESDAY 8:00 COOPS 8455 W. PEORIA AVE PEORIA 623-878-4250 8-BALL D/E 200% RETURN $5.00THURSDAY 8:00 THE NUGGET 4130 N 83RD AVE 623-873-1118 8-BALL RACE TO 1 150% PAYBACK $5.00FRIDAY 7:00 KITTYS 2836 N 36TH ST 602-957-9786 9-BALL BARBOX 200% $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 SAGE & SAND 13831 W GLENDALE AVE 623-935-5810 9-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $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 $5.00FRIDAY 7:30 480 BAR 480 N ARIZONA AVE 480-899-2268 8-BALL D/E ADDED MONEY $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 7:30 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00SATURDAY 8:00 CONNOLLY’S 5160 W NORTHERN 602-377-8936 8-BALL BARBOX 200% RACE TO 2 $5.00SUNDAY 1:00 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00SUNDAY 2:00 KITTYS 2836 N 36TH ST 602-957-9786 8-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00SUNDAY 3:00 CROSSROADS 5030 W MCDOWELL 602-278-3857 8-BALL D/E ADDED MONEY $5.00SUNDAY 4:00 COOPS 8455 W. PEORIA AVE PEORIA 623-878-4250 8-BALL D/E 200% RETURN $5.00SUNDAY 5:30 480 BAR 480 N ARIZONA AVE 480-899-2268 9-BALL D/E ADDED MONEY $5.00SUNDAY 7:30 WHAT THE HELL 7309 E MAIN ST 480-380-6000 8-Ball ADDED MONEY $6.00

SUNDAY 7:00 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 8-BALL BARBOX 200% $5.00SUNDAY 7PM DAVES ON NORTHER 2344 W NORTHERN 602-973-7797 8BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00MONDAY 8:00 480 BAR 480 N ARIZONA AVE 480-899-2268 8-BALL D/E ADDED MONEY $5.00FRIDAY 7PM 5030 LOUNGE 5030 W PEORIA 623-435-3997 8BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00

SUNDAY 5:00 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 16 & UNDER 9-BALL 9’ TABLES $20.00

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DPT “A” Player Points List

1 Scott Frost 3652 Bobby Emmons 2803 Joven Bustamante 2204 Brian Reich 1804 Vilmos Foldes 180

6 Ben Sutherland 1657 Spike Aiardo 1558 Bret Huth 1359 Donivan Pedroncelli 11510 Tim Daniel 110

10 Pete Lhotka 11010 George Teyechea 11013 Carlos Avalos 10514 Tres Kane 10015 Rick Armbrust 95

16 Donald Mangahas 9017 Jason Polk 8018 Eric Young 7518 Nick De Leon 7520 Mickey Provencio 70

20 Brian Begay 7020 Jon Smith 70

Points current as of third 2015 stop. (Stingers)

AWBT Points List

1. Bernie Store 3602. Rebecca Wagner 2003. Susan Williams 1754. Cynthia Haefner 1655. Barbara Lee 160

6. Renay Justus 1157. Jodie Villegas 1107. Veronica Poore 1107. Jaye Succo 11010. Sara Miller 100

10. Tami Hathcock 10010. Ashea Erdahl 10013. Cathy Kelley 9014. Donna Taylor 8014. Susan Mello 80

16. Beth Orth 7516. Tracie Hamman 7518. Sandi Wilson 7018. Carmen Osenton 7020. Tina Hess 65

21. Connie Soots 6521. Justine Bishop 6521. Amanda Pulley 65

Points current as of second 2015 stop. (Bullshooters)

DPT “B” Player Points List

1. Nick Kline 2652. Rick Schmitz 2453. Oscar Avila 2354. Guyle Fielder 2155. Linn Vissage 200

6. Jamie Cole 1957. Jose Mendoza 1908. Karloz Chavez 1859. Mike Hamman 17510. Spike Aiardo 160

11. Burt Balancad 15512. John Schramm 15013. Eric Lervold 14014. Timber Bridgewater 13015. Harold Lyons 125

16. Joey Barrera 12016. Trevor Long 12018. Carl Stewart 11019. Joe Nicita 11020. Chris Carpenter 105

Points current as of third 2015 stop. (Stingers)

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Monthly Tournament GuideLocation Address Phone

9’s & Under 8-Ball Knobbys 10812 N Cave Creek Rd (602) 216-9933 May 1stDiamond Pool Tour Pockets 1062 S. Wilmot (520) 571-9421 May 2nd-3rd

13 & Under Scotch Doubles Kitty’s 2836 N 36th St (602) 957-9786 May 2nd16 & Under Scotch Doubles Skip & Jans 7700 S Priest Rd (480) 598-8611 May 2nd15 & Under Scotch Doubles The Break Room 4729 E. McDowell (602) 267-1010 May 9th

One Pocket Madness Bullshooters 3337 W Peoria (602) 441-2447 May 16thAz State Junior Championship Bullshooters 3337 W Peoria (602) 441-2447 May 16th-17th

3 Person Team 9-Ball Stingers 10040 N 43rd Ave (623) 937-9645 May 16th-17thLadies 6 & Under 8-Ball Max & Ted’s 480 (480) 899-2268 May 16th

Arizona Women’s Billiard Tour Stingers 10040 N 43rd Ave (623) 937-9645 May 23rd-24th6 & Under 8-Ball Max & Ted’s 480 (480) 899-2268 May 23rd

12 & Under Scotch Doubles Kitty’s 2836 N 36th St (602) 957-9786 May 23rd15 & Under Scotch Doubles Kitty’s 2836 N 36th St (602) 957-9786 May 30th

16 & Under Scotch 9-Ball Stingers 10040 N 43rd Ave (623) 937-9645 May 30th-31st

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Nick Kline had already proven to the Diamond Pool Tour that he was one of the top junior play-ers in the state after two events, but at the third event - just one day after his seventeen birthday - he proved that he is one of the top players no matter what age is being considered.

Kline cruised through the B bracket without a loss, taking down such notables as 8 rated play-ers Trevor Long, Jamie Cole and Rick Schmitz. Kline’s finish puts him atop the Junior and B Player points lists.

Kline’s finish, as the “B bracket” hot seat win-ner, gave him the opportunity to fulfill one of his pool goals. “My goal at the start of the season was to just get as much experience as possible; and maybe play Scott Frost” said Kline after the tournament. Kline would “get to play” Frost, and he held his own in a 7-4 loss.

Kline says he has been playing the game for roughly four years. He got started playing pool when he would visit his Mom, where she worked at the Moose Lodge 319 in Prescott after school. “The only thing to do there is play darts or pool, and I got more interested in pool.” said Kline. When asked what drew him to the game of pool, Kline replied “I think I just like how many vari-eties as to how the game can end up. There are a million different ways a ball can roll and I find it fascinating how it rolls in that one spot”.

Kline joined the APA’s Junior league in Phoenix and he said that has helped his game a lot. Kline is rated a 7 in the APA and the league’s handicap system makes him have to try hard no matter who he plays. “I have to get to 55 before my opponents get to a different number. That makes me work as hard as playing another 7.” explained

Kline.

The APA and Diamond Pool Tour are not the only organized events that Kline has competed in. He revealed that he has taken a liking to one pocket and com-peted in a couple one pocket events at Barefoot Bob’s in Prescott. When asked what drew him to one pocket, Kline said “I enjoy that there is a lot more skill and thinking, strategy wise, involved than anything else I play”.

While noting Scott Frost’s confidence at the table as something he would like to emulate, Kline mentioned a couple other top players that he especially likes. “I recently started a stroke copying Corey Deuel. It’s a loose stroke, that tightens up as you deliver the stroke. It’s been working really well. I always like the way Shane Van Boening plays too. He has a very powerful stroke.” said Kline.

When asked about his high finish on the Diamond Tour, Kline revealed the secret to his success. “Whenever I play a tournament, and younger players who look up to me are playing, I always tell them to just have fun with it. You played to get more experience, but also to have fun. I took my own advice this time and no matter what happened, if I shot a bad shot or got a lucky roll, I just had fun with it. “

Kline’s 3rd place finish earned him $700 in prize money, and he says he is saving up that money for a new Meucci cue that he has his eye on.

When asked about the future, Kline said that his main goal was “to try to be the best. I have fun with it and I might as well do something that I enjoy. If I could be up there with players like Shane and Corey and Scott, that would be great”.

Kline isn’t just a kid with the idea of making mil-lions playing pool though. He is currently learning how to make cues and hopes to study woodwork-ing in college to help with that goal. He says he might like to run a pool hall or maybe teach others how to play when he gets older. No matter what it is that he ends up doing, he is certain that he wants to work within the pool industry.

As for the short term future, Kline plans on com-peting at all of the Diamond Pool Tour stops, as well as the upcoming Az State Junior Champion-ship at Bullshooters in May. He has hopes that a good finish there will qualify him to play in the Junior Nationals event in Las Vegas later this year and he hopes to represent his state well in that event.

The pool world has seen a lot of young talent get sidetracked with everything that can grab a young-ster’s attention. Kline doesn’t strike us as someone who is just into the game for the short term though. We expect to see a lot more of Kline in the Arizona pool scene in the year’s to come.

Nick Kline - Top Junior with plans for the future

Young Takes Long Route to Bullshooters Win

Eric Young came back from a second round loss to win five matches and cap-ture first place at the Bullshooters One Pocket Madness event on April 18th.

Young dropped his second round match to Paul Feltman Sr., but that would be his only loss of the day.

Back on the winners side, Adam Kroll was defeating Don McCoy 2-0 to take his first hot-seat at a One Pocket madness event.

After young dispatched McCoy in third place, he made quick work of Kroll 3-0 for first place.

Complete Payouts:1st Eric Young $2302nd Adam Kroll $1703rd Don McCoy $1104th Steve Lavalette $70

Eric Young

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Foos PulseFoosball News

By Jim King

Hello, Valley of the Sun foosers! Just as the weather is starting to warm up here in the valley, anticipation for the start of the 2015 Summer League is also heating up. We’re seeing more and more newcomers showing up at events around the valley, and the possibility to add a few more teams for the next league, which is tentatively scheduled to start in early June.

INTERIM LEAGUEWe just wrapped up 11 weeks of our Interim League tournaments, having had 51 differ-ent foosers participate to date. Turnout at the events has been steady with an average of 9 teams competing each week. An interesting fact is that there have been five events where teams including lower handicap players (rat-ings below 2.0) have taken first place. Our beginners are undeniably bringing their skill levels up and are more than capable of con-tending against the veteran players. Congratu-lations go out to Brian Sternberg, Phil Tran, Colten Dusenberry, Jacqueline d’Estries, Paul Freund, and Rick Weirman on raising their games so rapidly.

Brian Salke continues to lead the interim league with a .800 winning percentage, Billy Nolan following up with .663, Brian Sternberg (rookie) at .662, and Jim Sherman at .652. Interim events are always on Wednesday nights and are typically held at Main Street Billiards in Mesa. However, keep your eyes and ears open for a possible new interim event on Sat-urday afternoon at Stinger’s Sports Bar in the west valley!

TOURNAMENTSWeekly tourneys are continuing to take place at Cactus Moon in Mesa on Friday nights, Stinger’s Sports Bar in northwest Phoenix on Saturday nights, and The Loft Again in north Phoenix on Sunday afternoons. The formats vary from Draw Your Partner (DYP), Bring Your Partner (BYP), No-Two-Pro BYP, Roto Doubles DYP, Roto Doubles High-Low DYP, Pick Your Partner (PYP), or 12 Limited. De-tails on each format can be found by visiting www.ArizonaFoosball.com and clicking on Coming Events.

The level of players can fluctuate from Begin-ner to Pro-Master at some of these events. Interpretation: Take advantage of learning from those better than you!

SPECIAL: CHAMPIONS OF SEASONS PAST(Started last month, we re-live some accom-plishments from previous season’s champs...)

Foos Bowl XI Champions: #Town. This team ended the 2013 Spring season in third place in the Eastern Conference, yet beat both higher seeded teams (Ginsu and Hot Shots: Part Foos) to gain a birth to the title match. #Town came out on top over the Western Champions, Stingers, with a solid 3-1 victory in the final.

Foos Bowl X Champions: Hot Shots: Part Foos. This second version of the original Hot Shots team ended the regular season in third place in the Eastern Conference, and defeated both the first and second place teams (Ginsu and #Town, respectively) in the playoffs to earn their shot at the title. The West was repre-sented by the Foos Brothers, who finished the season atop their conference. However, once again, the East rose to the challenge and came out on top, easily beating the “Brothers” 4-1.

2015 SUMMER LEAGUEEveryone who’s been in the league over the past several years realizes how awesome, well organized, and fun it is. Where else can a true beginner in a new sport realize success against veteran players on a consistent basis, bringing them back again and again to continue their quest at improving their game? Each fresh season always offers up new and improved fac-ets, whether it’s tweaking the rules, enhancing the website, or adding new players, teams, and venues. The current Arizona Foosball League has become a veritable “Tour de Foos”!

The 2015 Summer League is tentatively sched-uled to start early June and preparation is start-ing to take shape. As always, players of all skill levels are welcome to join. Also, we are currently looking to add several coordinators to help with league startup and administration (by the way, coordinators get free league entry!). If you are interested in getting involved at any level, visit www.ArizonaFoosball.com and join the current sign-up sheet, post in our forums, or contact Bill Nolan at 602-751-8818.Keep Foosin’ Fun!

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