Karen Corr and Julie Kelly were the final two players out of a field of 35 women at the JPNEWT event, October 11th & 12th at Drexeline Billiards in Drexel Hill, PA. Owner Bob Maidhof added $2500 and raffled a DeCola cue. This event also carried a 2009 US Open qualifier spot, which was well earned by Pam Cimarelli (nee Treadway). Co-sponsored by Sapphire Limousine and Yoder & Armstrong, the $2500-added event drew 35 of the area’s best 9-ball players to compete for the Pennsylvania State title and a chance to go to the 2009 US Open. The field included many top players, including Corr, Kelly, Pam Cimarelli (nee Treadway), Megan Minerich, Liz Taylor and Ming Ng. Karen Corr started her tournament bid with a 7-2 victory over one of JPNEWT’s newest members, Karen Freire, then quickly got through the field with wins over Tina Meraglio 7-0, Ming Ng 7-4, and Liz Taylor 7-3. She then battled successfully against Kelly to earn the hot seat. Kelly moved to the one-loss side to face Pam Cimarelli, who got out to a 3-1 lead before Kelly hit a great break and turned the tables to lead 6-3. Cimarelli won the next game, but Kelly ran out the next rack to return to the winners’ side for another chance at her friend, Karen Corr. Corr was ready for her, though, and while there was a lot of savvy play in the opening two games, Karen found her stroke and took the match 7-2. Congratulations to our new Queen of PA - Karen Corr, the Irish Invader! Special thanks to Yoder & Armstrong for the program guides, Sapphire for the Limousines, J. Pechauer and Bob Maidhof for their continued support of women in billiards and Sure Shot Billiards, Coca Cola, Black Boar, Action Vending, Accounting Offices of Frank J. DiSantis & Company, Peter Burrows, John E. Mulloy, Jr., CPCU, Drexel Agency, Inc., Iwan Simonis, RT9 Designs. Top Notch Roofing, Keane’s Oriental Rug Cleaning & Restoration Services, Landscaping Unlimited, Dave Gosselin, LUTCF (Dave Gosselin Agency, Nationwide Insurance), We Paint-You Smile, Hibachi Japanese Steak House & Sushi Bar, and Moe’s Tavern & Grill. Click here to view group photo taken in front of Drexeline

Primetime Sports Bar & Grill hosted the J.Peachauer North East Women's Tour July 12th & 13th. It was the New Jersey State Championship for 2008. The room itself, the food, and the staff are always fantastic. The event had $3000 added to the prize fund with Heinekin as a co-sponsor, as well as a Qualifying spot for the US Open that will take place in Oklahoma at the end of July. The event had 28 highly skilled participants as many members of the WPBA joined the regular crew. Sunday’s returning players included Karen Corr, Tiffany Nelson, Julie Kelly, Monica Webb, Megan Minerich, Romana Dokovic, My-Hanh Lac, and Iris Ranola. Sunday’s play had many fans interested in basically a mini- pro event with some great match-ups. Karen Corr defeated Tiffany Nelson 7-2 in the quarter finals, and Iris Ranola 7-2 in the semi-finals. Iris and Tiffany battled to the hill with Iris getting another chance with Karen. Another hill match with Karen capturing the NJ State Championship title. Because so many of the final eight were already attending the US Open, there was a bonus match on Sunday to determine who would win the qualifying spot between Sharon O’Hanlon and Asia Cycak. Asia won that match 7-3. We wish Asia great success at the US Open. Congratulations to all who participated! See you at the next event in September. Many thanks once again to Pechauer Cues and Primetime Sports Bar and Grill!

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A full field of 32 participated in the JPNEWT ( www.JPNewt.com ) event on the weekend of June 21 - 22 at Comet Billiards located in Parsippany, NJ. This room featured well maintained Gold Crown's and drew talent from the US, Mexico and Philippines. The level of competition was very impressive with Brenda Heras vs. Linda Shea, Iris Ranola vs. Asia Cycak going undefeated into Sunday. On the one loss side, Tiffany Nelson vs. Zinnie Panju, Emily Duddy vs, (12yr old) Briana Miller ( who will be competing at the JR Nationals next month in Tucson Arizona) Iris Ranola stayed very confident and extremely strong through the entire event. The final round with Tiffany Nelson coming from the one loss side. Tiffany started out with a 2 game lead, Iris came back to lead 3 - 2. Tiffany jumped to seven with 5 impressive racks. Iris returned with 4 amazing games in a row to tie them 7 to 7. Tiffany got to the hill first but Iris took the next two games to win the tournament and the Qualifier spot to Charlotte NC WPBA Classic event in Sept. 2008. We thank J.Pechauer Cues www.pechauer.com and Comet Billiards www.cometbilliards.com for their continued support of billiards. JPNEWT's next event will be the New Jersey State Championships on July 12, 13th at Primetime Bar & Billiards
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Primetime Sports Bar & Grill hosted the J. Peachauer North East Women's Tour April 19th & 20th We always love coming to Primetime Billiards. The fantastic food, the equipment, and the friendly wait staff and room management really made this event enjoyable. Primetime added $1500 toward the prize fund, which included a paid qualifier spot for the Generation Pool .com WPBA event in Charlotte NC this June. The event started with 28 women from near and far. The competition proved to be rough from the start, in round one the match ups included MyHanh Lac, an up and coming Semi-Pro, and former pro Linda Shea. Linda lost the round on the hill sending her to the one loss side. Another round one upset, Cheryl Squire sent newly ranked pro Morgan Steinman to the elimination bracket with a score of 7-6 . There were many great matches throughout the two day event including Pam Hutchings winning over Cheryl Squire 7-6, Sharon O’Hanlon over Linda Shea 7-3, Ceci Strain over Lisa Rizzi 7-5, Cha Caliskur over Naomi Fingerhut. At the end of day one, MyHanh Lac and Iris Ranola had dominated the winner side bracket. The start of day two saw the winner's side final with Iris claiming the HOT seat with a score of 7-2 over MyHanh. The elimination bracket final saw another grueling hill-hill match between Morgan Steinman and MyHanh Lac with MyHanh taking the win to get another chance at Iris Ranola. The finals match was over very quickly with Iris winning with a score of 7-1 over MyHanh. Iris had already won a spot at the GenerationPool.com event, so she settled for first place prize money, while MyHanh took second place cash and the qualifier spot. Keep your eyes on this young lady from the Phillippines, she's shy and quiet, but she's already proven herself to be a great player to watch and to compete against. Good luck to both Iris and MyHanh at the GenerationPool.com event! Our next stop will be Comet Billiards June 20th & 21st, but we will be returning to Primetime in July for the New Jersey State Championships. Come out and join us…See you there.

A field of 23 participated in our first 2008 JPNEWT event at Comet Billiards on the weekend of March 8 & 9. Located in Parsippany, NJ. This room features well maintained Gold Crown's, lunch menu, plenty of parking. We would like to thank J. Pechauer Cues www.pechauer.com and Comet Billiards www.cometbilliards.com for their continued support of billiards.