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October 2011 In This Issue Features BCAPL SW Regional....pg 1 AWBT Results..............pg 4 Knobbys B-Day Boy .....pg 4 Stuckart at Stingers.....pg 6 Pool Leagues .............11-15 APA Nationals.............pg 11 TAP National Qualifiers.. .....pg 13 Guardian Angel Benefit.. .....pg 13 Shoot The Moon AZPL Champs............pg 14 AZ All League Invitational.. .....pg 14 SW Regional Results.pg 15 SW Regional Photos..pg 15 Erin & Bernie Ox Winners.. .....pg 16 Dart Coverage……......17-19 Don Henson Tribute...pg 17 Jimbo’s Darts.............pg 18 Stingers Ladies..........pg 18 Dart Schedule…….….pg 18 Ask Mike………….…..pg 19 Fatum Perfect.............pg 19 JR & Amado Win........pg 20 Dave’s On Northern...pg 20 Tours Schedules & Points .....pg 22 Roger Long.................pg 23 Milk Dud Tips..............pg 23 Tournament Guide…..pg 24 Prescott Tourneys..…pg 25 Monthly Guide….……pg 25 Tobacco Mizer ............pg 26 Trademarks Bought...pg 26 Ed Scott Holds On.....pg 27 Jacobs Bridesmaid No More......pg 28 Pulley/Johnson Win...pg 28 Sophia & Burt Roll.....pg 29 PTSD Benefit..............pg 29 BCAPL Southwest Regional Four hundred entries from 11 states competed September 1-4 at the Radis- son Fort McDowell Resort in Scotts- dale, Arizona in the BCAPL Southwest Regional Championships. With an $18,550 prize fund, the event was played on Diamond 7’ Smart Tables provided by Bad Boy’s Billiard Pro- ductions and produced by CueSports International, the parent company of the BCA Pool League. The tournament had seven divisions: Scotch Doubles, Women’s Open Singles, Men’s Advanced / Master Singles, Men’s Open Singles, Men’s / Mixed Open Teams and Women’s Open Teams. While the event is open to all BCA Pool League and USA Pool League members, a special Arizona rating 6 and Under Singles division was also included. Starting Thursday, 32 teams played in the single elimination Scotch Doubles event. Arizona husband and wife team, Mike and Susan Williams took home $500 for first place. Thursday evening was a special BCAPL swimming pool party in celebration of Labor Day Weekend. Players relaxed pool side with their friends, family and team mates under the warm Arizona sum- mer night. Friday morning the four singles divi- sions revved up. The Men’s Open Singles (which also included any women master level players) had 71 entrants. In the finals were Benjamin Sutherland from Phoenix and Shaun Murphy from Ramona, California. Sutherland was the hot seat recipient after winning 7 consecutive matches including three hill-hill. However, Sutherland could not take out Murphy. After initially being tossed into the one loss side by North Dakotan Brian Er- ickson, Murphy rallied back winning 6 more matches before double dipped Sutherland 5-1 and 5-3. The Men’s Advanced / Master Singles Jerry Stuckart, JR Burkhart, Mitch Ellerman and Chad Barber division had 10 players including top area players such as: Tres “Big Daddy” Kane, Carlos Avalos, Nick DeLeon and Pete Lhotka. A force on the AZ Desert Classic Tour, Lhotka defeated John Smith 6-5, Kane 6-2, Jeff Hagen 6-3 and Provencio in the finals 6-3 to take home the tidy sum of $500 for his 4 match win. This year the Women’s Open Singles field (which included Women Ad- vanced players spotting a game) grew 38% from 23 players in 2010 to 37 this year. Sara “Millie” Miller, ranked 3rd on the Arizona Women’s Billiard Tour (AWBT), cruised into the hot seat taking out Nancy Kennedy 5-0, Lori Kinny 5-2, Bianca Lindahl 5-2, Vilene Stutesman 5-2 and Sue Orr 5-2. Eager for a rematch, Orr dominated Miller in the finals from the beginning, winning set one 4-2, then shutout Miller in set two 4-0 and walked with $600 for the win. Growing in popularity, the AZ 6 and Under Singles division fielded 66 entrants, up 47 players from 2010. The players in this handicapped division were for BCAPL Arizona players who had an AZ state rating 4 to 6. Sitting in the hot seat was Miguel Diaz (AZ 6) from Casa Grande, AZ. Diaz faced Joshua Welch from Yuma, in the finals. Diaz punted Welch to the one loss side during the hot seat match. Eager for revenge, Welch came back tougher than ever double dipping Diaz in the final 6-2, 6-1 to walk with the $700 first place prize. Teams took center stage Saturday September 3rd. The team competi- tions were handicapped based on the national BCAPL rating of the fielded team members. Open players were valued at 2 points, Advanced players 3 points, Master players 4 points and Grand Master 5 points. Each team fielded a 4 player roster. The player rating points were added together with a minimum 8 and maximum 12 games to win based on the team members’ individual BCAPL national rating. The Men’s / Mixed Open Team divi- sion fielded 23 (4 player) teams. Led by top AZ player Mitch Ellerman with team mates Chad Barber, JR Burkhart and Jerry Stuckart, Stinger’s Venom double dipped Knobby Bull Dawgs who was comprised of Burt Balancad, Pat Dicker, Larry Eans, Jose Gonzalez and Chris Shenker all from Arizona. The Women’s Open Team division had 10 teams vying for the $700 first place payday. Going into Sunday the team sitting in the hot seat was Arizona’s Q & Brew Q-Tease comprised of Le- andrea Gaff, Tami Hathcock, Cathy Hamilton-Kelley and Veronica Poore. The team handily took out all in their path including long time veteran team Badd Azz Babes who they later would face in the finals. The Babes included Kitty Carroll, Sonia Flores, Sara “Mil- lie” Miller, Sophia Morquecho and Susan Williams. In this case experi- ence won out with the Babes bearing down and double dipping the Q-Tease for 1st place. CueSports International is dedicated to creating more choices for all play- ers. CSI is the parent company of the BCA Pool League and the USA Pool League. CSI also produces indepen- dent events such as the US Bar Table Championships, the Jay Swanson Memorial, the US Open One Pocket Championship and the US Open 10-Ball Championship. Visit www. playcsipool.com, www.playbca.com and www.playusapool.com for more information about CSI and its divi- sions. (Check out page 15 for complete results and photos from the event.) Arizona’s Most Read & Reliable Source for Local Billiards & Dart Information

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October 2011In This Issue

Features

BCAPL SW Regional....pg 1AWBT Results..............pg 4Knobbys B-Day Boy.....pg 4Stuckart at Stingers.....pg 6Pool Leagues .............11-15APA Nationals.............pg 11TAP National Qualifiers.. .....pg 13Guardian Angel Benefit.. .....pg 13Shoot The Moon AZPL Champs............pg 14AZ All League Invitational.. .....pg 14SW Regional Results.pg 15SW Regional Photos..pg 15Erin & Bernie Ox Winners.. .....pg 16Dart Coverage……......17-19Don Henson Tribute...pg 17Jimbo’s Darts.............pg 18Stingers Ladies..........pg 18Dart Schedule…….….pg 18Ask Mike………….…..pg 19Fatum Perfect.............pg 19JR & Amado Win........pg 20 Dave’s On Northern...pg 20Tours Schedules & Points .....pg 22Roger Long.................pg 23Milk Dud Tips..............pg 23Tournament Guide…..pg 24Prescott Tourneys..…pg 25Monthly Guide….……pg 25Tobacco Mizer............pg 26Trademarks Bought...pg 26Ed Scott Holds On.....pg 27Jacobs Bridesmaid No More......pg 28 Pulley/Johnson Win...pg 28Sophia & Burt Roll.....pg 29PTSD Benefit..............pg 29

BCAPL Southwest Regional

Four hundred entries from 11 states competed September 1-4 at the Radis-son Fort McDowell Resort in Scotts-dale, Arizona in the BCAPL Southwest Regional Championships. With an $18,550 prize fund, the event was played on Diamond 7’ Smart Tables provided by Bad Boy’s Billiard Pro-ductions and produced by CueSports International, the parent company of the BCA Pool League.

The tournament had seven divisions: Scotch Doubles, Women’s Open Singles, Men’s Advanced / Master Singles, Men’s Open Singles, Men’s / Mixed Open Teams and Women’s Open Teams. While the event is open to all BCA Pool League and USA Pool League members, a special Arizona rating 6 and Under Singles division was also included.

Starting Thursday, 32 teams played in the single elimination Scotch Doubles event. Arizona husband and wife team, Mike and Susan Williams took home $500 for first place. Thursday evening was a special BCAPL swimming pool party in celebration of Labor Day Weekend. Players relaxed pool side with their friends, family and team mates under the warm Arizona sum-mer night.Friday morning the four singles divi-sions revved up. The Men’s Open Singles (which also included any women master level players) had 71 entrants. In the finals were Benjamin Sutherland from Phoenix and Shaun Murphy from Ramona, California. Sutherland was the hot seat recipient after winning 7 consecutive matches including three hill-hill. However, Sutherland could not take out Murphy. After initially being tossed into the one loss side by North Dakotan Brian Er-ickson, Murphy rallied back winning 6 more matches before double dipped Sutherland 5-1 and 5-3.

The Men’s Advanced / Master Singles

Jerry Stuckart, JR Burkhart, Mitch Ellerman and Chad Barberdivision had 10 players including top area players such as: Tres “Big Daddy” Kane, Carlos Avalos, Nick DeLeon and Pete Lhotka. A force on the AZ Desert Classic Tour, Lhotka defeated John Smith 6-5, Kane 6-2, Jeff Hagen 6-3 and Provencio in the finals 6-3 to take home the tidy sum of $500 for his 4 match win.

This year the Women’s Open Singles field (which included Women Ad-vanced players spotting a game) grew 38% from 23 players in 2010 to 37 this year. Sara “Millie” Miller, ranked 3rd on the Arizona Women’s Billiard Tour (AWBT), cruised into the hot seat taking out Nancy Kennedy 5-0, Lori Kinny 5-2, Bianca Lindahl 5-2, Vilene Stutesman 5-2 and Sue Orr 5-2. Eager for a rematch, Orr dominated Miller in the finals from the beginning, winning set one 4-2, then shutout Miller in set two 4-0 and walked with $600 for the win.

Growing in popularity, the AZ 6 and Under Singles division fielded 66 entrants, up 47 players from 2010. The players in this handicapped division were for BCAPL Arizona players who had an AZ state rating 4 to 6. Sitting in the hot seat was Miguel Diaz (AZ 6) from Casa Grande, AZ. Diaz faced Joshua Welch from Yuma, in the finals. Diaz punted Welch to the one loss side during the hot seat match. Eager for revenge, Welch came back tougher than ever double dipping Diaz in the final 6-2, 6-1 to walk with the $700 first place prize.

Teams took center stage Saturday September 3rd. The team competi-tions were handicapped based on the national BCAPL rating of the fielded team members. Open players were valued at 2 points, Advanced players 3 points, Master players 4 points and Grand Master 5 points. Each team fielded a 4 player roster. The player rating points were added together with

a minimum 8 and maximum 12 games to win based on the team members’ individual BCAPL national rating.

The Men’s / Mixed Open Team divi-sion fielded 23 (4 player) teams. Led by top AZ player Mitch Ellerman with team mates Chad Barber, JR Burkhart and Jerry Stuckart, Stinger’s Venom double dipped Knobby Bull Dawgs who was comprised of Burt Balancad, Pat Dicker, Larry Eans, Jose Gonzalez and Chris Shenker all from Arizona.

The Women’s Open Team division had 10 teams vying for the $700 first place payday. Going into Sunday the team sitting in the hot seat was Arizona’s Q & Brew Q-Tease comprised of Le-andrea Gaff, Tami Hathcock, Cathy Hamilton-Kelley and Veronica Poore. The team handily took out all in their path including long time veteran team Badd Azz Babes who they later would face in the finals. The Babes included Kitty Carroll, Sonia Flores, Sara “Mil-lie” Miller, Sophia Morquecho and Susan Williams. In this case experi-ence won out with the Babes bearing down and double dipping the Q-Tease for 1st place.

CueSports International is dedicated to creating more choices for all play-ers. CSI is the parent company of the BCA Pool League and the USA Pool League. CSI also produces indepen-dent events such as the US Bar Table Championships, the Jay Swanson Memorial, the US Open One Pocket Championship and the US Open 10-Ball Championship. Visit www.playcsipool.com, www.playbca.com and www.playusapool.com for more information about CSI and its divi-sions.

(Check out page 15 for complete results and photos from the event.)

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Another Birthday Boy Strikes at KnobbysKnobby’s held their monthly open 8 ball tournament on Friday Septem-ber 8, 2011. The competi-tion is always tough and they always treat the players with a great dinner. We celebrated Jose Gonzalez’s birthday with a surprise cake for him. 23 players showed up to

Hopell Ampongan, Jose Gonzalez and Bruce Hirose

battle it out in this monthly event. Due to the amount of players we had a race to 2 games on the winner side and a race to 1 on the losers side.

Jose captured the hot seat and waited for Hopell Ampongan and Bruce Hirose to finish their great match. Jose played Hopell in the finals and they battled it out with Jose winning the first game. The second game Hopell got an 8 ball break. Finally, the third game became a safety battle with the birthday boy coming out with the victory.

1st Place Jose Gonzalez $320.00 2nd place Hopell Ampongan $150.00 3rd place Bruce Hirose $70.004th place Scott Perry $30.00 5th/6th place Burt Balancad and Paul Vasi $10.00 Ea.

Knobby’s next open 8 ball tournament will be held Friday October 7, 2011.

Stacy Allsup defeated Kristin Haney 9-8 to win Stop #4 at Bullshooters in Phoenix. This was Stacy’s second tour win and along with fellow Las Vegan, Rebecca Wagner, they have won all four AWBT events this season. For Kristin Haney, of Prescott Valley, this second place finish, along with a fourth in April, proves she is still a woman to be reckoned with in the Arizona pool scene.

Play began Saturday with 26 ladies from the south-west and Wisconsin. After the computer draw, one bracket in particular, was loaded with AWBT point leaders. Susan Williams had a first round win over Susan “Madhatter” Mello 7-2, but in the next round she lost to point leader, Rebecca Wagner, 7-5. Then Rebecca lost 7-5 to Kristin Haney who had just beaten Sara Miller. Just like that, four of the tournament favorites were in the loser’s bracket. Only Wagner and Mello would make it out to play on Sunday.

In the winner’s semis on Sunday, Stacy Allsup defeated her road partner Amy Encinias and Susan Wilbur beat Kristin Haney. Stacy put herself in the hot seat with a 7-4 win over Wilbur.

On the loser’s side, Jeri Engh had her best finish this year (5th) with her win over LA’s Barbara Lee 7-4. Susan Mello put an end to Rebecca Wagner’s quest for her third title in a row by beating her 7-4. Kristin Haney ended Engh’s tournament 7-2 and then had a tough win over Mello 7-5. Haney then avenged her earlier loss to Wilbur by 7-1 to climb back into the finals.

The final was a very intense and deliberate affair. Neither player could gain more than a 2 game lead so it was no surprise that it came to hill-hill. In the final game both players would have their chances

at the table and the title, but Stacy was the one to make the final 9 ball. Congratulations Stacy Allsup on a great win.

In the 2nd Chance Tournament Nina Tagley wanted to redeem herself from Saturday’s play. Redeem it she did as she defeated Susan Williams in the final to take down the $100 first prize. We had 12 Second Chan-cer’s. Remember…the 2nd Chance is open to all women, even if you don’t play in the main event. It is $5.00 entry for those who did not play in main event.

Thanks again to Mike and Julie Bates and their staff for having us. Not only did they add $300 to the main event but also kicked in an additional $100 to the 2nd Chance event.Bullshooters has truly been a great supporter of Women’s pool.

Thanks to our secret donor who added $100 to the main event prize fund. We encourage this type of behavior and hope others will follow.

Thanks to my partner Kristie Ortega and Scott Water-house for all their hard work.

Our next event is October 8th & 9th. 8-ball on 7’ Diamond tables. It will be held at Stingers Sports Bar & Grill located at 10040 N. 43rd Avenue in Glendale,

AZ. Phone: 623-937-9645.Located in the Great Skate Plaza

1st Stacy Allsup $2402nd Kristin Haney $1703rd Susan Wilbur $1304th Susan Mello $1005-6th Jeri Engh $70Amy Encinias $707-8th Barbara Lee $40Rebecca Wagner $409-12th Sara Miller $25Pat Schultz $25Justine Bishop $25Nina Tagley $25

Stacy Allsup Wins Her Second Awbt Event

Front row: Susan Mello, Stacy Allsup, Rebecca Wagner and Amy Encinias.Back row: Kristin Haney, Jeri Engh, Barbara Lee and Susan Wilbur

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Thank you to everyone who came out and played in Sep. Monthly Tournament at Stingers!! We had a full fi eld of 32 players, with a lot of great Hill/Hill matches!!

As the day went on, we started getting into the money. On the one loss side, Todd Dilley and Ben Sutherland went Hill/Hill. Ben made a great bank shot but scratched in the side pocket giving Todd a 3 ball out and the win.

Hopell Ampongan was on fi re and beat Tracie Hammam 8-1 to advance on the one loss side, and giving Tracy a 7th/8th fi nish with Ben.

Brian Reich beat Ed Scott Hill/Hill to advance to the hot seat match, while Jerry Stuckart came back to win Hill/Hill against Jeff Hagen to face Brian for the hot seat.

On the one loss side, Hopell beat Ed Hill/Hill and Jeff beat Todd 8-5. Todd and Ed went home with 5th/6th place.

Jerry played very strong in the hot seat match and beat Brian 8-3. Jeff and Hopell were playing for 4th place and Jeff was able to come out on top win-ning 8-5. Jeff’s tournament would come to an end after Brian beat him 8-3 giving Jeff 3rd place.

In the fi nals Brian took the fi rst set 8-6. The second set was a battle with both players shooting well. Brian started out strong with a 5-1 lead. Jerry was able to fi ght back and they went to the Hill. They decided to split the winner take all pot of $420 and play for the rest. It was a great last rack for $220 with lots of safeties. Jerry was able to come out with the win when Brian missed the 9 ball.

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1st Place: Jerry Stuckart $7902nd Place: Brian Reich $5803rd Place: Jeff Hagen $2604th Place: Hopell Ampongan $1805th / 6th Place: Ed Scott & Todd Dilley $90 each7th / 8th Place: Ben Sutherland & Tracie Hamman $55 Each

Join us next month as we will be holding a 10 Ball tournament. See Stingers ad for details!

Amazing Finish to the Sep. Monthly Tournament at Stingers

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Arizona Billiard & Dart NewsOctober 2011APA National Team Championship

APA Phoenix Metro would like to congratulate the teams who attended the National Team Championships in Las Vegas at the Riviera Hotel and Casino last month. All our teams played well in a very competitive tournament, with over 900 teams

playing for $1,000,000 in cash and prizes. The APA Team Nationals is recog-nized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest pool tournament in the world. Teams from as far away as Japan and Canada, as well as all over the United States played to become the 2011 National Champions. Several of our teams found themselves “in the money” after it was all over. We would like to recognize all the players who were fortunate enough to represent Phoenix at this prestigious event. Following is a list of teams and players.8 Ball teams: O.B.C. – David Rayner (team captain), Burt Ciglar, Lola Lind, Alex Bedworth, Mike Seigforth, Mark Lucero and Howard Hayes .Pocket Eights – Ray McCombs (team captain), Colleen McCombs, Steve Mo-lino, Theodore Cousins, Michael (Chad) Marshall, Jeremy and Jodi Lucas, and Lindsey Meston .V-8’s – Dave Decker (captain), Jeanie Decker, Matthew Frakes, Diane Luchi, Izzy Pacheco, Matthew Olsen, Janet Miicke, and Herman Simonis.

9 Ball Team:Outcasts – Burt Ciglar (captain), Gary Robinson, Wesley Brinkley, Robert Mock Jr., Scott Coffin, Perry Richmond, and John Hughes.

Doubles Teams:Robert Agnew and Heather CathcartJessie Coulter and Kyle HubertBrian Chapin and Mike LeFevreJonathan Moening and Amanda LawrenceMarc Underwood and Cisco Sarmiento

Masters teams:Oscar Avila, Doc Rice and Bill McGaviskGary Wheeler, Steve Henderson and Quentin Kilbride

Many of these players will be returning to Vegas again this month to participate in the 9 Ball Southwest Challenge. Once again, Congratulations to everyone.

O.B.C.

Pocket Eights

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MASTER’S PAYBACK1st Place: $2000 cash & $1780 Voucher2nd Place: $1500 cash & $1780 Voucher3/4th Place: $900 cash & $1780 Voucher5/6th Place: $900 cash & $1780 Voucher

Vouchers good for rooms and entry fees

2011 Tap Nationals - Here We ComeSix Tap Teams Qualify For Nationals

3/4th Place: O’Sullivan’s Boys & ShannaCharles Cites, Tommy Hacker, T.J. Sprott, Jason Floyd, Shanna Sharp, Mike Libby, Rich Saylor (Cpt) & Scott

Ford

1st and 3/4th Place: Run Em Out & Run Em Out 2Scott Knapik, Dave Sanders, Rob Unger, Chad Purvis (Cpt), Dave Linke, Jason Barkac, Chad Taylor & Ron

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Pietro (Cpt), James Taylor & Steve Russell

5/6th Place: Stick ItAaron Henry, Mike Lerna (Cpt), Angie Baltazar, Leo

Berrios & Mike Coppa

5/6th Place: Lyfs Suyt TueJ.J. Johnson, Navin Talreja, J.R. Ascencion (Cpt), Elias Maro, Chad Taylor, Brad Hagen & Leonard Repinski

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Shoot The Moon Wins AZPL State Championship

Another State Championship has come and gone and I’d like to congratulate Darren Bradford, Mike Ramirez, Eugene Hemphill & Lisa Bradford of Shoot the Moon! They defeated Curtis Elifritz, Reagan McGuire & Tony Begaye of Ginsu Knife to become two-time State Champions! Coming into the Championships ranked #1 they defeated the Sharp Shooters, Show Me the Money & Ginsu Knife twice!

The fun began on Friday night with the first Long Shot Spot Challenge. Six teams competed for the 32nd spot in the Championships. Jacki Spradling, Barry Dire & Rob Turner of Captain Jacks were the winners scoring 63 points. Luis Ordonez, Rich-ard Alcantar & Rey Trejo of Dick & the Ballers finished 2nd with 62!

Twenty-seven players hit 8-ball breaks this season and nine of them competed in the 8-Ball Break and Run Derby! Darren Bradford of Shoot the Moon finished 1st with 18 points in the final round! 2nd Place went to John Ilk of Check Raise and taking 3rd was Greg Manes of BS Pie.

The Men’s & Women’s MVP Singles Tournaments took place with Curtis Elifritz of Ginsu Knife & the Jedis beating out a full field of 16 players to win $120 in cash, a free season & a trophy! Tak-ing home the Women’s MVP was Donna Jaggers of Sharp Shooters who defeated a field of 12 includ-ing Dawn Atokuku who finished 2nd!

Twenty-six players competed in the Men’s Open singles tournament with Pete Williams of Balls in Hand beating Reagan McGuire of Ginsu Knife twice to take 1st Place and $94! Anthony Begaye of the Jedis finished in 3rd!

Thirty-two teams competed on Saturday with the Wild Card and Long Shot Spot teams starting at 9am. Every team in the tournament won cash prizes, even if they went 0-2!

Starting at 11am four new teams came in ev-ery two hours through-out the day with the final four arriving at 7pm. By the end of the evening just 8 teams remained.

Sunday began with Balls in Hand taking on the Misfits and The Jedis competing against the Hound Dogs. Waiting for the winners of those matches was Show Me the Mon-ey and the Ball Busters. The Jedis defeated the Ball Busters 67-59 while Show Me the Money defeated the Misfits for the 2nd time, this one being a nailbiter 71-69. Jedi Leader Curtis Elifritz led his padawans to a 67-53 victory over 4th Place Show Me the Money setting up a rematch of the two Flagstaff teams! Gin-su Knife sliced through the Jedis as if they were Darth Maul to advance to the Championship round for the second straight season! This time it wasn’t their old nemesis the Hound Dogs, who the Jedis eliminated in a previous match but #1 ranked Shoot the Moon! In their first match Ginsu lost 70-62. In the rematch Shoot the Moon was down 26-15. Curtis started the 2nd round with a 10-7 win over Darren to widen their lead to 14 points. In the 5th game Mike Ramirez ran out 10-0 against Tony Begaye to cut the lead to 4!

Reagan went on to defeat Eugene Hemphill 10-7 to spread the lead to 7 but in the third round Shoot the Moon rallied with a 30-18 run to defeat Ginsu Knife 69-64 to become Two-Time State Champi-ons and win $965! The Ginsu Knife took home $629 for 2nd!

Thanks to everyone who helped put on another great tournament, including Jennifer, Chris, Tara & Lisa for helping with the events! You all did a great job! I’m already looking forward to the next one on January 6th! It was wonderful to see everyone at the State Championships. I really look forward to this event because to me it’s like a big family reunion and you all make it special.

The Fall Season begins September 6th! Can’t wait to see you all this season!

Arizona Annual All League InvitationalWell, if you missed this one last year, you sure don’t want to miss it this year.

We all had the privilege of watching some of the best billiards short of ESPN. All of the players in this tournament are local league players from the Phoenix area. This event is open to all active league players in this area, no matter what league you play for. If you were not represented last year, please be sure to ask your league operator about getting you in this year.

Our first tournament, last year, had 51 players. This time we are looking for a lot more. Be sure to put this on your calendar. If you intend to go to any of the league events in Las Vegas this year then this is the best tune up you could possibly get.

We will be holding the event at Bullshooters again this year (corner of 35th Ave. and Peoria Ave.). The dates for this year will be Nov. 16th-20th, if we get partici-pation from the rest of the state (limited to the first 128 entries).

If we only use the leagues in Phoenix again the dates will be Nov. 18th-20th (lim-ited to the first 64 entries).

Hope the leagues from the rest of the state join in the fun. Check the papers next month for the final dates. Play will begin at 10am on the first day.

Come on out and enjoy some of the best local talent, good food, cold drinks and all the other fun at Bullshooters with us.

Mike and his crew are waiting to serve you. Come out and support your favorite local player and bring your friends. This will be a tournament not to miss. See you there.

Chuck “The Sniper” Webb

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Scotch Doubles1st Mike Williams/Susan Williams $5002nd Steve Stowers/Bernie Stor $3003rd Kevin Arco/Cathy Kelley $1503rd John Begay/Terri Johnson-McCauley$1505th Jerry Stuckart/Ashea Erdahl $505th Gary Halls/Becky Onnembo $505th Matt Raymon/Laura Kelly-Phillips $505th Elgin Miguel/Marcy Thomas $50

BCAPL Southwest Regional Championship Results & Misc Photos

Women’s Open Singles1st Sue Orr $6002nd Sara Miller $4003rd Vilene Stutesman $2504th Janine Robinson $1605th Sonia Flores $1105th Claudia Justus $1107th Lori Kinny $757th Cathy Kelley $759th Bianca Lindahl $509th Terri Johnson-McCauley $509th Cindy Yazzie $509th Claudia Morado $50

Men’s Advanced/Master Singles1st Peter Lhotka $5002nd Mickey Provencio $3253rd Jeff Hagen $2254th Mark Griffin $100

Men’s Open Singles1st Shaun Murphy $12002nd Ben Sutherland $8503rd Brian Poore $5754th Jonathan Rowe $3655th Jose Gonzalez $2505th Brian Erickson $2507th Jerry Stuckart $1607th Junior Flores Jr $1609th Burt Balancad $1109th Mike Williams $1109th Bob Soto $1109th Vic Tyynismaa $11013th Brian Reich $7513th Robert Berry $7513th Susan Williams $7513th Scott Willoughby $7517th George Bell $5017th Alex Aroz $5017th Joe Masi $5017th Bill Vander Weyst $5017th Gary Koschnick $5017th Bill Truitt $5017th Chad Barber $5017th Kenneth Beltran $50

Arizona 6’s & Under1st Joshua Welch $7002nd Miguel Diaz $4753rd Jessica Gardella $3254th Joseph Nicita $2005th Wayne Cagle $1255th Robert Freiberg $1257th Manuel Bella Jr. $807th JD Wilkins $809th Verland French $509th Elgin Miguel $509th Matt Raymon $509th Demetrio Villescaz $5013th Eric Porter $3513th Justin Wethington $3513th Angus Kittle $3513th Donna Taylor $35

Women’s Open Teams1st Bad Azz Babes $7002nd Q & Brew Q-Tease $4503rd Just Like Shootin Pool $3004th Spunky Mojo $150

Men’s Mixed Open Teams1st Stinger’s Venom $13002nd Knobby Bull Dawgs $9003rd No Air $6004th McKee’s $3955th Stinger’s Haboobs $2505th Skip & Jan’s $2507th The Heat $1757th Chosen Few $175

Women’s Open Teams Runner UpQ & Brew Q-Tease

Men’s Mixed Open Teams Runner UpKnobby Bull Dawgs

Men’s Open Singles Runner UpBen Sutherland

All Photos Courtesy of Rick Schmitz - Rixx Pixx

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Erin & Bernie Win At The Ox

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After a successful 6 and under tournament at the Southwest regional, 24 scotch doubles teams descended on the Ox for their September 12 and Under on Sep-tember 17th They were competing for over $ 1,100.00 in prize money.

The hot seat match pitted BJ Chiago & Mitch Dickerson against Erin Scott & Bernie Papa. After a very exciting match, Erin and Bernie won the hot seat.

The semi-fi nal match pitted BJ and Mitch against Rob Maldanado and Joe Nacita. After an exciting match, BJ and Mitch came away with 3rd place.

This set up a fi nal match between Erin and Bernie against Joe and Rob. After another exciting match, Erin and Bernie took 1st bringing in $770.00, while Joe and Rob took 2nd for $ 340.00.

As always, The Ox, provided a great place to play and great service. Hope to see all of you there next month.

Erin Scott & Bernie Papa

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Dart News

Don Henson Tribute WeekendOctober 21st - 23rd

Come out and celebrate a tribute to lost dart friends.

Friday Oct 21st$500 added Soft Tip

300% Steel Tip at 8pm

Saturday Oct 22nd$1,500 Don Henson “Class” ic 2pm Start

$500 Salute To Friends 8:30 Start

Sunday Oct 23rd$300 added Blind Draw Steel Tip 1pm Start

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

MondaysDonna Jeans - 6676 W Bell Rd - 623-979-7036 8:00 Blind Draw

TuesdaysFriendly Irish Pub – 1423 S. Country Club Dr. – Mesa – 480-464-8030 7:00 Blind DrawHot 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%River City - 1107 E Bell Rd - Phoenix - 602-993-3317 7:30 Blind Draw 200%

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%Garfield’s–10123ApacheTrail–ApacheJunction–480-380-05587:00BlindDrawBull Shooters – 3337 W. Peoria – Phoenix – 602-441-2447 8:00 Steel TipOx Sports Bar – 3209 E. Pinchot – Phoenix – 602-955-0943 8:00 Blind DrawToso’s – 2401 W. Union Hills – Phoenix – 602-896-8676 8:30 Blind DrawJimbos - 12224 n. 51st Ave - 602-298-1500 8:30 Blind Draw 300%Gino’s - 13623 N. 32st - 602-923-2500 10:00Blind Draw 200%

SaturdaysBull 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 Corner – 10634 N. 51st Ave. – Glendale – 623-878-9874 8:00 Steel TipStingers – 10040 N. 43rd Ave – Glendale – 623-937-9645 3:30 Blind DrawOx Sports Bar – 3209 E. Pinchot – Phoenix – 602-955-0943 8:00 Blind DrawToso’s 2401 W. Union Hills – Phoenix – 602-547-2770 8:00 Blind Draw/Mixed

Ye/Davis and Alvi/Suzi undefeatedLisa Ye and De-nise Davis scored an undefeated run through the field at the Stingers Monthly Ladies Only Darts event on September 17th.

Ye & Davis took the Queen Seats with a win over the team of Jamie & Jen.

This left Jamie & Jen facing off against Tina & Marie in the semi-finals. Jamie & Jen won that match, but would have to settle for second as they lost to Lisa and Denise again in the finals.

The players weren’t ready to go home though, so they stuck around for a sec-ond open tourna-ment that saw Alvi & Suzi defeat Teri & Bruce for the hot-seat and then defeat Kelli & Ken in the finals for the undefeated tournament victory.

Lisa Ye & Denise Davis

Suzi & Alvi

John & Harry John came out on top of a very competitive weekly darts event at Jimbo’s on Friday September 16th.

John & Harry beat Kix & Tausha to take the hot-seat and watch the fireworks on the one loss side.

The team of Pete & Madi lost to Tom & Amanda in a 501 rubber match that saw Pete start things off with 8 straight bulls, only to see his team lose when Tom throw a 160 to close out the game.

Tom & Amanda had lost to Kix & Tausha earlier in the tourney and would lose to them again in a cricket rubber match that saw Tausha throw a 7-mark to take control of the match for her and her partner.

The finals saw Kix throw a 9-mark and Tausha throw a 7-mark in a losing effort in cricket. The match came down to a cricket rubber match that saw Tausha with a hat-trick near the end, but her and her partner were still unable to defeat the steady play from both John and Harry John in the finals.

John & Harry John at Jimbos

John & Harry John

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When I play in a tournament, what is proper etiquette? Should I let the higher player go first, switch off or what?

My first question to you is this, Do you want to win? If so, let the higher player call the shots. Some very good players will opt to let you go first if they think they can win the match easily.

This is no disrespect for the other team, just giving a lower player the shot of going first. But you should know it is not automatic and when he or she

wants the lead, let them take it.

Some players (whether right or wrong) take offense to low players who jump up and say “I’ll go first in 501 you go first in cricket.” I know you’re there to have fun and most of the better players are as well, but your best shot at win-ning is that player going first.

Will they hit every time? No! And just because their first round wasn’t great doesn’t mean you should start next time either.

Also, every dog has his day. Don’t get mad if a lower player shoots his or her shorts off, it happens, live with it. It is

fun to rag those players (if you know them well enough)

And I do often, but do it in fun. I don’t care who you are, you have thrown a dart and hit a triple that you weren’t shooting at.

Remember the first thing in a dart tour-nament is to have fun, but don’t play if you are “fall down hammered” or you are just going to wheel your darts at the board like a baseball player. You both want to have a good experience, no matter what the skill levels are.

And I heard this the other day, a very below average player said “If I draw

that girl I’m going to quit, she is terrible.” This was a 2.2 shooter.

Really, look in the mirror or better yet look at your league stats! Play the tournament, have fun, and communicate with your partner, you may not know who he or she is.

This is my opinion and I may be wrong, but I doubt it..

By Mike Bates

Ask Mike

About 20 years ago a small bar in Peoria ran a high score dart tournament and it was a lot of fun for all who played and watched. Bull Shooters decided to try it out to see how it would go, and from the players reaction we will do it again.

It took 6 weeks of qualifying and several attempts by lots of players, but on Sunday, Sept. 4th it all happened. 40 players qualified in three levels. 28.0 points per dart and above, 23-27.99 and 23 and under. Three players qualified at the top of those levels and they received $40 each before the tournament started. They were David Fatum with a 1422, Mike Bates (1132) and Jamie Bates (855).

In the top Bracket, if you didn’t score 1200 points you were probably going to lose. The semi final match was a battle of the two top seated players; JC Mar-tinez and David Fatum. In the third and final game both players started with 5 straight hat tricks, (30 bulls in a row between them). JC missed one round and Dave continued his torrid streak. It turned out he needed them all as JC re-corded nine hat tricks, but not to be outdone, David finished it off with a perfect 1500 game to garnish another $20 for the perfect game.

Kenny Wright won the middle division beating Daniel Vinesky in the finals and Len Orlando slipped by Marie Franque to win the lower bracket.

There was no entry fee and a $600 total payout. All it takes is $1 to qualifyeach time. Qualifying for the next tournament starts this weekend.

David Fatum Shoots perfect game to win at Bull Shooters

Jamie Bates and Dave Fatum

Kenny Wright and Daniel Vinesky Len Orlando and Marie Franque

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JR & Amado Top Scotch Team at Groggys

With the Southwest Regional being held the first weekend in September, Grog-gy’s held their monthly scotch doubles tournament over the weekend of the 17th and 18th. There were 12 very good teams competing for over $ 600.00 in prize money.

The hot seat match found JR & Amado playing Jim Money & Randy Kinney. After a very close match, JR & Amado came away with the hot seat.

The 3rd place match pitted Randy & Jim against James and Donald. Randy & Jim were not about to be denied a second chance to beat JR & Amado and sent Donald & James away with 3rd place.

This set up a rematch between JR & Amado and Jim & Randy. The rematch went the same way as the first meeting though as JR & Amado took 1st while Jim & Randy took 2nd. JR & Amado took home $ 405 while Jim and Randy received $ 190.

As always, Groggy’s, provided a great place to play, great service and excellent food. Hope to see all of you there next month.

Amado & JR / Randy Kinney & Jim Money

Advertiser SpotlightDave’s on Northern

When Hudson’s closed on I-10 and Northern, the area lost a great neighbor-hood bar. But when one door closes, another one opens; and it was the perfect opportunity for longtime Valley bar owners Dave and Lori Delos to take over the space and open Daves on Northern.

Dave and Lori have been in the bar business here in Phoenix for fifteen years and were already the owners of three other local bars (Marino’s. The Other Room and Tony’s), and were in the market for a small neighborhood bar to become their fourth room. It seemed to be a no-brainer to the Delos’ as soon as they checked out the space. “We felt comfortable as soon as we walked in the door”, said Dave Delos.

As comfortable as the space was, there was still work to be done before Dave’s on Northern could be opened. The DJ Booth and dance floor were immediately removed, and new carpet was laid down in the room. Removing the dance floor allowed room for three bar tables that could be located across the bar from the 4 soft top dart boards. “It was important to have a setup that gave both dart players and pool players plenty of room” said Delos.

The Delos’ also brought some familiar faces that their customers might be fa-miliar with as bartenders from the other three Delos rooms are picking up shifts at Dave’s.

The room is equipped with seven TV’s, and two more are on the way, to allow customers to catch their favorite sports events.

The Delos’ are already sponsoring Softball teams out of the room and are look-ing to sponsor both dart and pool teams. So if you are looking for a new home for your team, stop by and talk to Dave or Lori. You can also say “hi” to Leslie, Chrissy, Brandy or Ashley; the friendly bartenders there.

Delos said his goal with opening the new room was to have a quiet local bar where people can see their friends, watch a ball game and enjoy a game of pool or darts. They seem to be well on their way to meeting that goal.

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Desert Classic Tour Points List

1. Chuck Evans 4252. Bobby Emmons 4203. Pete Lhotka 4004. Mitch Ellerman 3205. George Teyechea 2956. Dennis Orender 2807. Mike Sandoval 2758. Babe Thompson 2509. Ken Gouso 2409. Bernie Pettipiece 24011. Brett Huth 23512. Jose Parica 20012. Paul Grande 20012. Ray Robles 20015. Susan Williams 19516. Tres Kane 19017. Jude Espinoza 17518. Nick Deleon 14519. Ben Sutherlan 13020. Scott Frost 12521. Mike Boyer 12022. Jim Galati 11523. Gus Briseno 11023. Todd Rowitz 11025. Matt Kwasny 10025. Ronn Rutan 100

AWBT Points List

1 Rebecca Wagner 4652 Susan Wilbur 3152 Susan Williams 3154 Stacy Allsup 2805 Sara Miller 2605 Kristin Haney 2607 Edwidge Cavanna 2008 Jeri Engh 1559 Diana Clayton 1309 Justine Bishop 13011 Carol Smith (Webb) 12012 Pat Schultz 11012 Amy Encenias 11014 Nina Tagley 10014 Alicia Streenz 10014 Susan Mello 10017 Jessica Bunnell 8018 Cecilia Villanueva 7018 Tracie Hamman 7018 Ann Burgess 7021 SunnyGriffin 6521 Michelle Trevino 6521 Barbara Lee 6524 Billie Grace Carman 6024 Jodie Villegas 60

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By Roger LongAdvanced Certifi ed Instructor

If you’re around the game of pool for very long you will un-doubtedly hear the word “Eng-lish” used frequently; but often it is used errantly.

In pool, what English means is: sidespin. The sidespin in question generally refers to that which is applied to the cue ball with the tip of the cue stick, but occasionally it can be sidespin that is transferred from one ball to another.

Where players sometimes err is when they make statements like, “I hit it with high center English,” or “I hit it with low center English.” How can the ball have any English (sides-pin) on it if it is hit right on the vertical axis? It can’t. There-fore, straight follow and draw

shots that do not require any sidespin for cue ball position purposes will not be hit with English.

Now let’s address another fallacy concerning English. Many players be-lieve that English will alter the natural direction that a ball takes after being struck with the tip or another ball. For instance, they believe that hitting a cue ball on the left side will cause it to curve to the left, and that hitting it on the right side will make it curve to the right. They also believe that English applied to the cue ball will have a great affect on the direction a contacted ob-ject ball will take. They are wrong on both counts.

A rolling ball can have sidespin on it and it will still roll in a straight line. It’s only when a ball takes off slid-ing or back spinning with English (when hit at the horizontal centerline

or below) that the friction between the ball and the cloth will be great enough to force the ball off of a straight path and swerve it to the side of its applied English. (This is why we are taught to hit the cue ball with a level cue if we want it to travel in a straight line. Hit-ting down on the ball causes it to take off with a slide or backspin.)

Where English achieves its most ef-fective results is when the ball comes off a cushion. The natural angle of rebound can be drastically changed with the use of English. Expert play-ers are well versed in the use of inside, outside, running, and reverse English, and use those various side spins to play for position on subsequent shots.

So why do we call sidespin, “English,” rather than calling it side spin? Well, to explain that, we fi rst have to realize that it’s a natural American tendency to

want to attach a slang label to almost anything that intrigues us. Second, even though it was a Frenchman who introduced the leather tip to billiards – thereby allowing sidespin to be imparted to a cue ball – it was Englishmen who fi rst intro-duced the tip and sidespin to American players. Whenever sidespin was put on a ball after that, it was said to have “Eng-lish” on it.

By the way, Englishmen don’t call sidespin “English,” they simply call it side. Maybe they should have called it “French,” instead?

English, American Style

Milk Dud tips are now available locally

Yes, you read the title right. It does say, “Milk Dud tips.” But what are they, you might ask?

Unless you are a frequent visitor to the discussion forums at AZBilliards.com, you have probably never heard of these tips before. On the forums, however, milk dud tips have been discussed at length, and what the forums have reported is that this is the tip that the top player in the world has supposedly been using for several years now.

The reason these tips are called “milk duds” is because of the way they are processed. The process involves taking one particular brand of tip and soaking it in milk for a certain length of time, and then letting it dry while pressing it to a certain thickness. The end result is a fi rm (not too soft, not too hard) tip that will hold its shape and will grab the cue ball well.

Maestros Pro Shop is now stocking milk dud tips in two thickness choices: .175-inch and .215-inch. We offer either installed for a very modest $12, which is less than half the cost of most other high-grade tips on the market.

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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 7:00 RIVER CITY 1107 E BELL RD 602-993-3317 9-BALL D/E 100% $7.00TUESDAY 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 $7.00TUESDAY 7:30 GROGGYS 2207 W MAIN ST MESA 480-969-7648 8-BALL D/E 150% $5.00WEDNESDAY 8PM RED ONION 15002 N. CAVE CREEK 602-867-9989 8-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00WEDNESDAY 7:30 METRO SPORTZ 10402 N BLACK CANY HWY 602-997-5717 9-BALL 9’ TABLES SIDES $5.00THURSDAY 7PM RIVER CITY 1107 E BELL RD 602-993-3317 9-BALL D/E 100% $7.00THURSDAY 7:30 GROGGYS 2207 W MAIN ST MESA 480-969-7648 9-BALL S/E 150% $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 PAPPY’S SPORTS BAR 11801 N. 19TH AVE 602-944-3992 8BALL D/E $$ ADDED $5.00FRIDAY 7:30 SKIP & JANS 7700 S PRIEST DR 480-598-8611 9-BALL 200% D/E $5.00SATURDAY 1PM 43RD AVE TAVERN 8945 N 43RD AVE 623-847-0335 9-BALL D/E 150% $5.00SATURDAY 7:30 GROGGYS 2207 W MAIN ST MESA 480-969-7648 8-BALL D/E 150% $5.00SATURDAY 7:30 PAPPY’S SPORTS BAR 11801 N. 19TH AVE 602-944-3992 9-BALL D/E $$ ADDED $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 (-3) 9’ TBLS/SIDES $12.00SUNDAY 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% $5.00SUNDAY 8PM RED ONION 15002 N. CAVE CREEK 602-867-9989 8-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00

MONDAY 7:00 RACEWAY BAR 49237 W PAPAGO ROAD 520-568-0808 8-BALL D/E CALL FOR DETAILS $5.00TUESDAY 7:00 RACEWAY BAR 49237 W PAPAGO ROAD 520-568-0808 9-BALL D/E CALL FOR DETAILS $5.00TUESDAY 7:30 STINGERS 43RD AVE & PEORIA 623-937-9645 9-BALL HDCP-2 D/E $10.00THURSDAY 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 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 $5.00SUNDAY 2:00 PM KITTYS 2836 N. 36TH ST 602-957-9786 9-BALL D/E 200% PAYBACK $5.00

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Monthly Tournament GuideEvent Location Address Phone

Prize Fund Tourney Kolbys 1301 E University (480) 829-7344 September 24th - 25th7 & Under 9-Ball Metro Sportz 10402 N. Black Canyon (602) 997-5717 September 24th - 25th15 & Under Scotch 9-Ball Kitty’s 2836 N 36th St (602) 957-9786 September 24th

5’s & Under 9-Ball The OX 3209 E. Pinchot (602) 955-0943 October 1st7’s & Under 9ball Kitty’s 2836 N 36th St (602) 957-9786 October 1st15 & Under Scotch Groggys 2207 W Main St (480) 969-7648 October 1st

DCT Kolbys 1301 E University (480) 829-7344 October 1st - 2ndSW Pocket Billiards Championships Bullshooters 3337 W Peoria (602) 441-2447 October 6th - 9th

Open 8-Ball Knobbys 10812 N Cave Creek Rd (602) 870-0273 October 7thAWBT Stingers 10222 N. 43rd Ave (623) 937-9645 October 8th - 9th

10 & Under Scotch Doubles The OX 3209 E. Pinchot (602) 955-0943 October 8th14 & Under Scotch Skip & Jans 7700 S Priest Dr (480) 598-8611 October 8th

8 & Under 10-Ball Stingers 10222 N. 43rd Ave (623) 937-9645 October 15th - 16th12 & Under Scotch Doubles The OX 3209 E. Pinchot (602) 955-0943 October 15th

7 & Under 9-Ball Metro Sportz 10402 N. Black Canyon (602) 997-5717 October 22nd - 23rd12 & Under Scotch Doubles The OX 3209 E. Pinchot (602) 955-0943 October 22nd

Preacher Ronns 1-Pocket Kolbys 1301 E University (480) 829-7344 October 29th15 & Under Scotch 9-Ball Kitty’s 2836 N 36th St (602) 957-9786 October 29th

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 $5.00Fridays 7:00 JackAss Bar & Grill 8156 E. Valley Road, Prescott Valley 928-772-7777 Open 8-Ball Race to 2 DE $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

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Mr. Mallen brings 18 years of experience in the billiard industry as the owner of the G Cue Billiard Store in Tempe, Arizona, the TAP (The Association for Pool) Billiard League in Arizona and as a dedicated billiard player.

As the exclusive manufacturer and licensee of the Adam, Balabushka and Helmstetter legendary brands, Mr. Mallen has plans to develop and expand the product line of merchandise for each entity.

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Miser, an Arizona pool player for the last 20 years, teamed up with longtime friend Dick Garrick a little over a year ago to open the store and business is booming. Booming enough that plans are in motion to open a second location in Flagstaff in the very near future.

Tobacco Mizer is a store for tobacco lovers (works well considering the name) who aren’t interested in continuing to pay the high prices for tobacco these days.

Tobacco Mizer’s offers everything you might need to roll your own cigarettes at home, or you can use one of their three rolling machines to roll your cigarettes right there in the store. With their extensive selection of 100% fresh tobacco, Mizer’s can match the taste of any brand that a customer currently smokes.

In addition to the rolling products, Tobacco Mizer has a complete selection of pipe tobacco, premium cigars, smokeless tobacco, electronic cigarettes and smoke odor eliminating candles and sprays.

With the high cost of tobacco these days, any smoker really owes it to their wal-let to check out what Tobacco Mizer has to offer. If you are not a smoker, swing by anyway and say “hi” to Bob.

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Ed Scott held off a late charge by Tim Rachu to win the August 8’s & Under 9-Ball Monthly on August 27th and 28th at Metro Sportz Bar.

While the field of 24 players might have been less than hoped for, it was still packed with some of the best 8-rated players that the West Side has to offer. Players finishing out of the money included Hopell Ampongan, Burt Balancad, Tommy Vergis, Jimmy Brewer and BBQ.

Ed Scott took the hot-seat with a lopsided 8-2 win over Joe Chyzy, who was having a great tourna-ment until he ran into Scott.

The action on the one loss side was exciting with some great matches. Rachu eliminated Mike Lalumiere 7-3, while Susan Williams and Bernie Stor were engaged in a catfight of their own. Stor led the match 5-2, only to see Williams come back to tie the score at 5-5. Williams didn’t let her foot off the gas as she won the next three of the next four games for the 8-6 win.

Next up was Rachu vs Williams. Rachu comment-ed before the match that he had watched Williams play Stor and he “couldn’t give her a chance”. And he didn’t. Rachu cruised to a quick 7-2 win.

Rachu kept his hot play going in the semi-final match against Chyzy and raced out to a 5-0 lead. Chyzy wasn’t going to go home without a fight though and won five of the next six games to get within one at 6-5. That close to the finish line, both players tightened up a bit, but Rachu held on for the 7-5 win.

The first set of the double elimination finals saw both Scott and Rachu go on multiple rack runs.

From 2-2, Scott won three games for a 5-2 lead, but trailing 6-3, Rachu won three racks to tie things at 6-6. This left Rachu needing one game, while Scott needed two in the “race to full handicap” match. Scott won the next rack for hill-hill, but a miss on the 8-ball by Scott left Rachu with a win and the fans with a second match to determine a winner.

The second set of the finals was a much closer affair with the score tied at 1-1, 2-2, 4-4 and 5-5, before

Scott turned things up a notch and won three straight games for the 8-5 victory and first place.

Scott pocketed $668 for first place, while Rachu settled for $240 in second place prize money with no sidepots. Chyzy earned $286 for third with the side pots, and Williams took home $162 for fourth.

Ed Scott Holds on For Metro Win

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Bob Jacobs escaped the role of bridesmaid and fi nally won a Kitty’s monthly at the 7’s & Under 9-Ball event on September 3rd.

Jacobs had settled for sec-ond place after losing to Jack Cheesman last month, but this month

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Bob Jacobswas a different story as Jacobs cruised to the hot-seat with a 6-3 win over Johnny Garcia.

On the one loss side, Andrew Roche was mowing down players in an attempt to avenge his earlier loss to Jacobs. Roche had wins on the left side of the board against Amado Martinez and Tim Rachu before running into the immovable ob-ject called Johnny Garcia. Garcia made quick work of Roche to the tune of 7-2.

The double elimination fi nals got started in the worst way for Jacobs as he struggled keeping the cue-ball out of the pocket on his early breaks. Garcia took an early 3-1 lead, but Jacobs fought back to tie the score at 3-3 and 4-4. From there, Garcia took advantage of a 9-ball break and his usual style of no-non-sense play to win the match 7-4 and force a second match to determine a fi nal winner.

Whatever problems Jacobs had with his break in the fi rst set were gone in the second set as he raced to a 3-0 lead and never looked back. Garcia would get close at 3-2, but Jacobs win the next three games for a one-sided 6-2 win and fi rst place in the event.

Not buying into the side pots hurt Jacobs, as he settled for $160 in fi rst place prize money. Garcia earned $190 for second with all of the sides.

Pulley & Johnson Win Kitty’s Scotch

Small but mighty, that is how I would describe the 10 scotch doubles teams vying for their share of over $ 630 in prize money on August 27th at Kitty’s in Phoenix. Anything the fi eld lacked in quantity, was certainly made up in quality.

The hot seat match pitted Steve Stowers & Layton Thomas against Amanda Pul-ley & Brad Johnson. After a great duel, Amanda and Brad held the hot seat.

John Walberka & Diana Clayton met Steve & Layton on the one loss side, with John & Diana taking 3rd.

This set up a rematch between Steve & Layton against Brad & Amanda to decide a fi nal winner. After a tense match, Brad & Amanda took 1st and Steve & Layton took 2nd. For their efforts, Brad & Amanda took home $360 while Steve & Layton received $230.

As always, Kitty, provided a great place to play and great service. Hope to see all of you there next month.

Layton Thomas, Steve Stowers, Kitty, Amanda Pulley & Brad Johnson

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Sophia & Burt Roll at Skip & Jan’s

Small and strong, that describes the 9 scotch doubles teams vying for their share of $590 in prize money at Skip & Jan’s on September 10th. The action was fast and furious with everyone out to win.

The hot seat match pitted Chuck Bobbitt & Emmitt Webb versus Burt Balancad & Sophia Morquecho. After a great hill-hill duel, Burt & Sophia held the hot seat.

The 3rd place match found Chuck & Emmitt against Chris Carpenter & Rick Taylor. After a few tense moments, Chuck & Emmitt came away with 3rd place. This set up a rematch between Burt & Sophia and Chris & Rick. Burt & Sophia had sent Chris and Rick to the one loss side in the first match. After an exciting match, Burt & Sophia took 1st and Chris & Rick took 2nd. For their efforts, Burt & Sophia took home $260 while Chris & Rick received $250.

As always, Skip and Jan’s, provided a great place to play, great service and excellent food. Hope to see all of you there next month.

Chris Carpenter, Rick Taylor, Sophia Morquecho & Burt Balancad

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