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September 29, 2004

CENTRAL OHIO APA NEWS AND EVENTS

We have a lot of information packed into this newsletter. Please take the time to read it and share with your players.

The following teams are winners for each division for the summer session:

Division

Team Name

Place

Bar

011

POCKET POOL

1ST

CHALKIES

011

POOL BALL WIZARDS

2ND

SLAPSY-MAXIE'S

020

BREW CREW

1st

HOT SHOTS BILLIARDS

020

LIGHTS OUT

2ND

GARDEN INN

021

CUSHIONS CRAZY EIGHTS

1ST

CUSHIONS

021

SMACK DOWN

2ND

SCALAWAGS

022

THE INTIMIDATORS

1ST

SUNNYSIDE

022

LIBRARY #1

2ND

LIBRARY BAR

023

OLD SKOOL

1ST

LEDOS

023

LEDO'S 1

2ND

LEDOS

024

POST TIME HOT RODS

1ST

POST TIME

024

JUST HAVIN FUN

2ND

BREW-SKEES

025

LATE FOR POOL

1ST

BIANCHI

025

WE'RE BACK

2ND

RED ROCK CAFÉ

046

HUB A DUBA

1ST

HINEY'S SALOON

046

ASYMETRIC

2ND

ALLEY CAT

211

8BALL INC.

1ST

THIRSTY TURTLE

211

BANK IT BELLEGIOS

2ND

CLUB BELLAGIO

221

SPANKY'S NO 1 BIG DOGS

1ST

SPANKY'S PUB

221

HERE WE COME

2ND

CORNFED RED'S

222

RACK ATTACK

1ST

CLUB CHARTS

222

THE RACK MACHINE

2ND

THIRSTY TURTLE

432

RACK UM & WEEP

1ST

ERNIE'S

432

EIGHT BALLERS

2ND

BUTY'S

433

PITSTOP CREW

1ST

K & J PITSTOP

433

NEW POINT SHARKS

2ND

NEW POINT CAFE

616

KID ENTERPRISES

1ST

JIMMY T'S

616

HARVESTER

2ND

HARVESTER INN

621

MISERY MACHINE

1ST

LAST CHANCE INN

621

VICS'

2ND

VICTORIANS MIDNIGHT CAFÉ

622

ROCKY BREAKS

1ST

ON THE ROCKS

622

POCKET THE BALL

2ND

POCKETS SPORTS BAR

623

SMOOTH STROKERS

1ST

DONERICKS

623

BOOMERANGS

2ND

BOOMERANG

631

INFERNOS

1ST

LUCKY'S GRILLE AND BILLIARD

631

SHANNONS MISFITS

2ND

SHANNON'S PUB

637

SNACK PACK

1ST

STEPHENS

637

BIG GEORGE'S

2ND

BIG GEORGE'S BAR

811

GOTCHA

1ST

FRIENDLY TAVERN

811

FRIENDLY DIAMONDS

2ND

FRIENDLY TAVERN

828

SCREAM'IN EAGLES

1ST

EAGLES, LOGAN

828

CRYSTAL WIZARDS II

2ND

CRYSTAL BAR

241 9-BALL

MAGIC STIX

1ST

FILLING STATION BAR

241 9-BALL

THE GOLDEN BUNCH

2ND

GOLDEN 8 BALL

242 9-BALL

DUECES 4 X 4

1ST

DUECES 2

242 9-BALL

NEW POINT 9-BALL SHARKS

2ND

NEW POINT CAFE

CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE TEAMS!!

Trophies and plaques were available at the tri-cup last weekend for these teams. If your team was not at the tri-cup you will get them at some point during the fall session.

CENTRAL OHIO NATIONAL TEAMS

Due to the growth of our league, we were able to send 6 8-ball teams to Las Vegas this year for the National Championships. The following teams represented Central Ohio at the 8-Ball Open Championship. Out of 646 teams, they placed:

Team

Bar

Placed

8-Ball Outlaws

Orange Carpet, Lancaster

65

Big Thunder

Heritage Lounge, Reynoldsburg

257

Crazy 8's

Eagles, Logan

257

Cushion's Crazy Eights

Cushions, Westerville

129

Insane Maniacs

Finish Line, Delaware

257

Spanky's No. 1 Big Dogs

Spanky's Pub, Columbus

257

We were given an exception to send 1 9-ball team to the 9-Ball National Championships this year. The team that won in Central Ohio was Sportsmens out of Sportsman's Billiard Club in Columbus. Out of 262 teams, our team placed 9th! What a good finish for only having one 9-ball team represent our area. Good job team! We thank all teams who went out to Vegas on behalf of our league.

We will not be able to send a 9-ball team to the National Championships in the future if we do not have 14 teams participating by the spring session. We need you to help get more teams started.

SUMMER SESSION SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD:

The team that gets the Sportsmanship award for the summer session is Philly's out of Philly's Bar and Grill in Marysville. The team players were: Captain, Chad Fryman; Paul Singleton; James Jarvis; Myung Hyun; Lora Wallace; Indie Singleton; Paul Nelson; and Herman Harrison Jr. This team will be receiving individual trophies for Sportsmen of the Session. Teams that tied for 2nd were: 8 Ball Knights out of Golden 8 Ball (Captain Billy Armstrong) and S.O. Just Do it out of Steppin Out in Marysville (Captain Richard Jordan).

Question for all of you. Do you think the team that wins the Sportsmenship award for the session should get an automatic bid into the Tri-Cup?

SUMMER PRIZE FUND:

All checks for the summer session were mailed by the end of August. If the captain has not yet cashed the check, please do so asap and distribute to the team. We have heard many comments that players do not even know that there is a prize fund. Some captains make the decision what to do with the money without consulting with team players. This money belongs to the entire team. Please make the decision as a team as what to do with the checks. More than $22,130.00 was distributed for the summer session.

SUMMER TRI-CUP TOURNAMENT:

Summer tri-cup was held September 24-26 at Davidson Hall in Reynoldsburg. A total of $9,600 was paid to the top 24 teams. The following teams were the winners, each team receiving $700:

Rack Um & Weep

Ernie's Lounge, Columbus

The Hustlers

Garden Inn, Columbus

Rack Attack

Billiard Club, Columbus

Smooth Characters

Players, Whitehall

Runner up's at $500:

Money 8-m-up

Club Aquarium, Columbus

Spanky's No. 1 Big Dogs

Spanky's Pub, Columbus

Snack Pack

Stephens, Marysville

Thirsty Ball Breakers

Thirsty Turtle, Reynoldsburg

8 teams placed for 3rd place winning $300 each:

Lights Out

Garden Inn, Cols.

42's Best

Stop 42, Delaware

Harvester

Harvester Inn, Spfd.

Friendly Favorites

Friendly Tavern, Newark

Shannon's Misfits

Shannon's Pub, Cols.

Kid Enterprises

Jimmy T's, Spfd.

Infernos

Lucky's Grille, Cols

Rebels w/o a Cue

O'Tooles Irish Pub, Rey.

These top 16 teams are qualified for the City tournament in June 2005.

16 4th place winners, winning $150 each:

Screamin Eagles

Eagles, Logan

Misery Machine

Last Chance Inn, GC

We Try Harder

Golden 8 Ball, Cols.

Crystal Wizards

Crystal Bar, Logan

We're Back

Red Rock, Del.

Blue Hand Group

Hot Shots, Worthington

Stephen's Summer Shots

Stephen's, Marysville

Jr's Body Shop

The Rack, Columbus

Rackn & Rollin Cues

Cosmo's, Columbus

Brew Crew

Hot Shots, Worthington

42's Best of the Best

Stop 42, Delaware

Big George's

Big George's, Plain City

High Rollers

Smokey's, Rey.

Drunken Monkeys

Granville St Tavern, Gahanna

Infermos

Lucky's, Hilliard

Pocket the Ball

Pockets, Columbus

SUMMER TOP GUN TOURNAMENT:

The summer top gun tournament will be held at the Golden 8 Ball on High Street this Saturday. Results from the tournaments will be in the next newsletter. Good luck players!

U.S. AMATEUR TOURNAMENT:

The U.S. Amateur Tournament was run September 18th at the Golden 8 Ball on High Street. 9 winners of the 65 participants will be going to Berlin, Connecticut to participate in the National US Amateur tournament in November.

Ladies - Shannon Condit, Reynoldsburg, OH

Men - Michael Seames, Colubiaville, MI; Danny Nole, Reynoldsburg, OH; Michael Newland, Grove City, OH; Joseph Brush, Brazil, IN; John Binion, Detroit, MI; Michael Sulkosky Jr., Latrobe, PA; Michael Petrie, Birsdell, NY; Chris Frederick, Marysville, OH.

FALL SESSION 2004:

ADDITION OF NEW EMPLOYEE:

We have added Donna to our staff. She has been working in the office for 5 weeks now. Some of you may have met her during the tournament. We would like to welcome her aboard!

We are in our 5th week of the fall session. There have been some problems that need to be addressed:

  1. One drop bar had money stolen week one, which included a lot of membership fees in each envelope. Many of the envelopes had cash in them. Also, every session, money mailed into us somehow ends up disappearing as well. Please, whether you are a drop team or a mail team, send either a check or money order with your scoresheet, at least during the first 2-3 weeks. If you have to send cash, please reduce it down to a 20 and a 10.
  2. Bar Sponsor Fees: For some reason, we can not get this under control. A captain will give the bar the envelope and the bar owner mails the envelope to us. There is no address on it! So it may float around in the mail system for a long time until it reaches us. Or it may never reach us at all. Please put the bar sponsor envelope inside your envelopes after getting the money from the bar owner. And, once again, it makes sense to send a check or money order.
  3. We are only getting comments from about 10% of the teams. We cannot check skill levels of players without the surveys being filled out.

SINGLES BOARDS:

4 singles boards were run at the tri-cup this last weekend.

Winners of the boards were:

Bruce Spears

Stephens, Marysville

Jason Burns

Red Rock Café, Delaware

Jesse Laforteza

Red Rock Café, Delaware

John Keep

Lucky's Grille & Billiard, Hilliard

Way to go! These 4 will be competing in March with several other single boards winners.

Stephens out of Marysville will be running a singles board in the next few weeks. We will notify you of the date and time!

Call now to run a singles board. Be one of the contestants to participate in the next Singles Regional. Who knows, you may be making the next trip to Vegas!

All that is required is a person willing to take time to set a date and time. It doesn't matter where the tournament is run. It can be in someone's basement! Make an evening out of it. Up to 8 players can participate. The total cost for the board is $120. With 8 participants, each player will pay $15. The fewer participants, the greater the cost.

We encourage you to run boards for the same skill levels(ex. 3's & 4's). It is no fun for a 3 to be in a singles tournament against a 7. As you can see above, the Regional separates the skill levels giving everyone a chance to go to Vegas. The more boards we run, the more participants we have in the regional and the better the chance to hold the regional in Columbus.

PERSONAL NOTES:

Tim David and Melissa Rentler had a little girl the 4th of September. Kylie, 6 lbs 4 oz. 19 inches long.

Burton and Amanda Combs had a little girl, Cali, August 18. 6 lbs, 2 oz. 18-1/4 in. long.

Mary Shepherd had back surgery a couple of weeks ago and although she is either in a wheelchair or using a cane, she is doing great!

Please e-mail us if you have any information you would like to add to the newsletter.

Richard Whaley

PH: (614) 833-1009

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apacolumbus@hotmail.com

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