First Central Carolina 9 Ball Classic We had a great turnout for the first ever Central Carolina 9 Ball Classic at Gate City Billiards Club in Greensboro, NC. 51 players entered the event, many local but many from out of state, all seeking the promised $1,500 minimum 1st prize. It drew a strong field of players including, BJ Ussery, Scott Lewis, Tony Morrison, Eddie Little, Derek Leonard, Jeff Pruitt, and many more. This was a one day single elimination event with a race to 9 in all but the final which had a race to 11. The tournament started at 2:00 EST Saturday, January 23rd and ended just before midnight. Eddie Little out lasted BJ Ussery in the finals to take home the 1st place prize, a total of $2,000 (purse plus auction). BJ walked away with $1,000 total prize money for 2nd place. SPONSORS: • Southeast Tech Fore (Mike Orrell) $1,000 towards purse • Gate City Billiards Club (Don Liebes) $500 towards purse • Sign Language (Tommy Lyles) provided t-shirts for all of the participants
RESULTS: In • • • •
the quarter finals (Losers won $110 each): Adam Stanton defeated Paul Mullins 9 to 7 Eddie Little defeated Scott Lewis 9 to 6 Bob Strandburg defeated Sidney Champion 9 to 6 BJ Ussery defeated Jason Hayward 9 to 8
In the semi finals (Losers won $500 total each): • Eddie Little defeated Adam Stanton 9 to 8 • BJ Ussery defeated Bobby Strandburg 9 to 2 In the finals (BJ earned $1,000 total and Eddie won $2,000 total): • Eddie Little defeated BJ Ussery 11 to 9
RA HANNA WINS TRI STATE AT CASTLE BILLIARDS
E Rutherford NJ Jan. 23, 2010 - Ra Hanna went to the hot seat after some early close matches and sent dave shlemperis to the loser side in the hot seat match. Meanwhile, on the loser's side, tri chau was on his way to winning 5 matches in a row for a shot at the title. In the semifinal, shlemperis tokk a commanding 4-1 lead until chau comes back winning the next 5 racks finishing with the last 2 racks making the 9 on the break. ironically, in the finals againt hanna, chau took a 5-2 lead till hanna wins the next 4 racks ending it with a 9 on the break. The the tristate tour would like to thank ozone billiards for supplying us with a Pechauer custom cue that was given to the winner of the tourney. RESUTS: 1st $500 2nd $350 3rd $200 4th $140 5th - 6th $100 7th - 8th $55 9th - 12th
Ra Hanna Tri Chau Dave Shlemperis Annie Flores Randy Mackin, Pho Tran Minnie Trobiano, Andrew Boryszewski Peter Brennan, Sandie Patarino Richard Ng, Jorge Szymanski
From left to right are Tri Chau (second place), Bill Focaccia (tour director) and Ra Hanna (winner) holding the Pechauer cue.
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