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City Lights
Summer 9-Ball Open
July 24-27, 2002 Morial Conference Center, New Orleans, LA
Loree Jon Jones and Jim Rempe on the 27th of July in New Orleans were inducted into the BCA Hall of Fame at a banquet held in their honor
I arrived in New Orleans on a flight, Wednesday the 24th. This was the first time I ve been in the south for over 20 years, and it was the first time in 25 years that I had flown. After a twenty minute cab ride to my hotel, I checked in and went down to the convention center about seven o clock in the evening where the Billiard Congress of (The Big Easy continued on page 16)
Photo Left: (l to r) 4th Place Dan Louie, 2nd Place Rich Geiler, Tournament Director Mike Colliers, 1st Place Raphael Martinez, 3rd Place Stan Tourangeau
June 29-30 Tacoma, WA by: Don Cheese Akerlow
The tournament filled with sixty-four players and $1,000 was added. Tournament director, Mike Caillier, prepared the players by going over the rules and regulations that would be played for the
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weekend, race to seven, Texas express rules and 9ball was the game. Start time was 11 am players were called for their matches and play began. There were twelve tables being played on in the uptown, Tacoma billiard parlor, City Lights. I got
there around three o clock Saturday after making deliveries and was privy to watching several matches that were excellent. These guys got game! Raphael Martinez from Colima, Mexico was smooth. I always like going to any (continued page 15)
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