Liz Cole
wins NWPA Tour Stop #6, Takes over Top Spot in Tour Rankings
The Parlor in Bellevue, Washington hosted the sixth tour stop of the Northwest Women’s Pool Associations’ 2013 season. The Parlor has been voted best of the Northwest for its pool room, comedy club and night club. For more information on all that they have to offer, please check out their website. www. parlorlive.com. We would love to thank our title sponsor Mueller for their continued support of the NWPA. Please check out their website and mention the NWPA for a discount on select items at www. mueller.com. The tournament was run on eleven Brunswick Gold Crowns with Centennial balls. Twenty-two players came out to compete Saturday morning and Rail2Rail Productions provided a free live stream all weekend (for more info on their streaming schedule, please go to www.rail2rail.tv). The format was 9 ball, alternating break, race to seven on the A side and 6 on the B side. Play wrapped up early Saturday evening and only eight players returned on Sunday morning with a chance to win the event. On the A side, Liz Cole played Sheila Clark, while Kim Jones took on Suwanna Matarazzo. Sheila and Kim both advanced through their morning matches, 7-6 and
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7-2, respectively to advance. Sheila continued in her winning ways, defeating Kim by an astounding 7-0 score line to earn a spot in her first final ever playing on the NWPA. B side matches included: Mary Coffman vs. Gloria Villa and Natalie Seal vs. Suzanne Smith. Mary (6-1) and Suzanne (6-3) advanced through their morning matches. Fresh off their first round losses, Suwanna then played Mary, while Liz took on Suzanne. Mary and Liz advanced through their matches by the same margin (6-3) and then played each other. Liz continued doing what she does best defeating both Mary (6-4) and Kim (6-2) to earn her place in the finals, a rematch of her final four A side loss against Sheila. FINAL Match- Sheila Clark vs. Liz Cole Sheila Clark- path to the final: Bye, Suzanne S (6), Jocelyn L (6), Liz C (6), Kim J (0) Liz Cole- path to the final: Bye, Alicia K (6), Mary C (2), loss to Sheila (6), Suzanne (3), Mary C (4), Kim J (2) The finals were one race to 9, alternating break. Straight out of the gate, Liz took a commanding 4-1 lead and never really let go, Sheila taking games to get to 4-2 and 6-3. Liz’s strong runout play dominated
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the final with the final score ending up at 9-3, putting Liz 35 points ahead of Mary Coffman in overall tour standings. Going into the final event of the year, the 2013 NWPA Tour Champion title is still up for grabs. We will see everyone the first weekend in November for our Year End Event and Banquet. If you’re looking for great competition, great times, and great friends, please come join us on the NWPA. 2014 schedule should be finalized soon!
Results 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5/6th 7/8th
Liz Cole $355 Sheila Clark $245 Kim Jones $150 Mary Coffman $110 Suwanna Matarazzo Suzanne Smith $72 Natalie Seal Gloria Villa $52
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