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2009 Schedule |
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February TBA
March 14, 15
Comet Billiards
$1500 added
April 18, 19
Primetime sports Bar & Grill
$1500 added
May 23, 24
Castle Billiards Lounge
$1500 added
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Current Standings
Top 10 |
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RANOLA, IRIS |
560 |
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BOONPASOOK, S |
390 |
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STEINMAN, MORGAN |
305 |
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NELSON, TIFFANY |
285 |
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PANJU, ZINNIE |
265 |
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LAC, MY HANH |
265 |
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DUDDY, EMILY |
250 |
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TESTA, ERICA |
235 |
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SHEA, LINDA |
205 |
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REGO, CANDI |
190 |
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Ranola
Runner-up
at US Open!!! |
The finals saw Fisher taking on Filipino
newcomer Iris Ranola. Ranola had already scored wins over
#1 ranked Allison Fisher and #2 ranked Ga-Young Kim in this
event, but nerves brought her Cinderella story to an end against
Fisher. Fisher already led 5-0 before Ranola could get on
the board, and the sixth rack would be the only rack Ranola
would win as Fisher cruised to a 7-1 win and first place on
the points list.
FULL STORY |
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Work Bob!!! |
Bob Maidhof of Drexeline Billiards in
Drexeline PA, won the Maryland State 14.1 Championships and
the Qualifier for the 2008 Predator World Straight Pool Championship,
to be held Aug 25-30 at the Hilton East Brunswick, NJ. He
also had highrun of 111 and went undefeated.
FULL STORY |
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| Inspiration! |
December 2008 a few
friends got together to travel up to Bingington, NY to visit
long time friend: Florence Fuller, owner of the Pocket Billiard
Lounge (retired). Florence held many WPBA sanctioned events
for the women over the years. Many of the pros today got their
start in her room. Without the help and support of Florence
they would not be where they are today. Dawn Hopkins, Linda
Haywood Shea, Billy Billing, Jean Balukas just to name a few.
She’s no longer at the realm of the business but she
is still shooting a mean game of nine ball. She gets out a
couple times a week to remind the wiper snappers they have
a lot to learn…
When Florence bought this business she didn’t play at
all. Like so many of us, she started a business and fell in
love with a the sport. You get some sort of fever; you can’t
stop thinking of it. You play out games in your sleep; we
have all dreamt that perfect run.
Thanks to Florence Fuller, many women through the years had
an opportunity to fulfill their dream. A special thanks to
the "Wanderer" Billy for helping make it happen. |
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left to right, Runner-up Kim Smith,
Room Owner Greg Taylor, and Winner Candi
Rego |
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Candi
Rego over Kim Smith |
1st
- Candi Rego + $600 + 2008 US Open Qualifier
2nd - Kim Smith + $425
3rd - Buffy Jolie + $315
4th - Morgan Steinman + $200
5th/6th - Caroline Pao, Barbara Stock + $100
7th/8th - Michelle Li, Erica Testa + $50 |
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left to right, Runner-Up My Hanh Lac,
Room Owner Joe Zancocchio, and Winner
Karen Corr |
1st - $625 Karen Corr
2nd - $420 My Hanh Lac + 2008 US Open Qualifier
3rd - $320 Morgan Steinman
4th - $215 Caroline Pao
5th/6th - $100 Carol Clark, Candi Rego
7th/8th - $50 Julie Kelly, Zinnie Panju |
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Karen
Corr Regains New York State Title
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With only 10 minutes left to sign up, the usual
suspects of the Pechauer NorthEast Women’s
Tour began to feel like they had dodged the bullets
of the big guns of the WPBA. They were wrong.
At 10:50 am, Karen Corr and Julie Kelly crossed
the threshold of The House of Billiards to play
in the New York State 9-Ball Championships on
October 13th and 14th.
The sounds of players practicing grew quieter
and the groans were audible.
“It’s a bit chilly in here –
I might have to play with my jacket on”,
quipped Julie as she and Karen signed up.
“No refunds!!” shouted a joking and
laughing Tournament Director Barbara Stock. More
groans ensued with a few sighs here and there.
But for the luck of the draw,
Julie and Karen had to play each other in the
first round. Karen lost. And that would be the
last time she lost.
Karen raced through the 1-loss side posting wins
over Naomi Fingerhut, Supadra Boonpasook, and
Sharon O’Hanlon before having to meet up
with Julie again in the final round for Saturday
night. Julie didn’t win this time and had
to settle for 7th/8th place.
Meanwhile, on the undefeated side of the chart,
My Hanh Lac was running through her opponents
– Erin McManus, Julie Kelly, and Candi Rego
before sending Morgan Steinman to face Karen after
winning the hot seat in a 7-4 score. Morgan ended
up in 3rd after a 7-1 match with Karen.
In the finals, Karen dominated the match, allowing
My Hanh only 3 games to her 9, taking back the
NY State Title she had held in 2002 and 2003.
JPNEWT thanks Room Owners Rob Riccardi, Anthony
Stilletto, Joe Zancocchio, and HOB staff Cookie,
and Al, at The House of Billiards. The Ladies
had a wonderful time and we appreciate your support
of not only this event, but for Women’s
pool as well!! J Results: |
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| Pictured
from left to right: Gary Allen, Owner,
Champion billiards, Winner Zinnie Panju,
Runner-up Supadra Boonpasook, and Michael
Ricciardella |
1st - $700 Zinnie Panju + US Open Qualifier
2nd - $500 Supadra Boonpasook
3rd - $400 Buffy Jolie
4th – $250 Morgan Steinman
5th/6th – $100 Sharon O’Hanlon,
My Hanh Lac
7th/8th – $50 Erica Testa, Linda Shea |
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Panju
Takes Maryland State Title |
Zinnie Panju almost didn’t get a chance
to win the Maryland State 9-ball title. The original
venue was cancelled at the last minute, but with
the resourcefulness of Ceci Strain, Linda Shea,
and Champion Billiards Café owner Gary
Allen, the event was rescheduled at Champion Billiards
Café in Fredericksburg, MD. Thank you Ceci,
Linda, Gary, and Michael Ricciardella who posted
up the money for the WPBA Qualifier!!
Zinnie ran undefeated through the field posting
wins over Kathleen Lawless, My Hanh Lac, Sherry
Pouncey, and Buffy Jolie. She then won the hot
seat against Supadra Boonpasook with a 7-1 score.
Supadra posted wins over Erica Testa, Linda Shea,
and Sharon O’Hanlon before being sent to
the left side of the chart by Zinnie. Supadra
then won 7-2 over Buffy Jolie before meeting up
with Zinnie again for the finals.
Zinnie would post up 4 games before Supadra got
onto the scoreboard. Supadra then answered with
4 games before Zinnie reached the hill. Zinnie
won 7-4 to claim the title. Congrats to Zinnie
Panju!! |
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left to right, Runner-up My-Hanh Lac,
Winner Karen Corr, Room Owner Adam Seltzer,
3rd place Zinnie Panju |
1st - $1700 – Karen Corr
2nd - $930 – My-Hanh Lac + US Open Qualifier
3rd - $600 – Zinnie Panju
4th - $400 – Gerda Hofstatter
5th/6th - $270 – Palma Kogan, Liz Ford
7th/8th - $185 – Joanne Corbett, Erica
Testa
9th/12th - $125 – Morgan Steinman, Melissa
Jenkins, Caroline Pao, Pam Ogarek |
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Corr Wins NJ State Championships
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Karen Corr went undefeated in a field of 31 players
to win the NJ State 9-ball Championships at Prime
Time Billiards and Sports Café in South
Amboy NJ.
Other WPBA Pros in attendance included Julie Kelly,
Kim Shaw, and Gerda Hofstatter, as well as JPNEWT
POY Morgan Steinman and POY Runner-Up Caroline
Pao, to compete for a prize fund worth over $5000.
Karen didn’t have the easiest ride to the
hot seat match after her first match win over
Carina Lawrence, as she had to play Julie Kelly
in the second round and then Gerda Hofstatter
in the round after that.
Meanwhile, Zinnie Panju was having a strong Saturday
by posting match wins over Barbara Stock, Candi
Rego, and Liz Ford.
When the final eight returned on Sunday it was
Karen facing My-Hanh Lac, and Zinnie Panju playing
Palma Kogan. Karen won over My-Hanh and Zinnie
sent Palma to the left side of the chart as well
to set up the hot seat match. With the score tied
at 5-5, Karen’s skills and knowledge of
the game overpowered Zinnie and Karen won 7-5.
On the left side of the chart My-Hanh posted wins
over Liz Ford and Gerda Hofstatter to face off
against Zinnie for the final match with Karen.
My-Hanh won 7-4 over Zinnie.
In the finals Karen jumped out to a 5-1 lead before
My-Hanh could win another game. Karen finished
the match with a 7-2 score for the championship
title. Congrats to Karen and congrats to My-Hanh
for winning the US Open Qualifier!!
JPNEWT thanks Prime Time Billiards Room Manager
Adam Seltzer and Room Owner Kevin Seltzer for
another outstanding event!
JPNEWT’s next event will be the Maryland
State 9-ball Championships at Bill and Billies
CuesPort in Arnold, MD. This event will feature
$1500 and a WPBA 2008 US Open Qualifier. |
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left to right: Room Owner Bill Haley,
Winner Bora Jeong, and Runner-up Caroline
Pao |
1st - $500 Bora Jeong
2nd - $385 Caroline Pao
3rd - $265 Zinnie Panju + WPBA Midwest Classic
Qualifier (Bora declined the Qualifier)
4th - $150 Supadra Boonpasook
5th/6th - $80 Laura Lindauer, Melony Page |
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Jeong
Takes JPNEWT Comet Billiards Event
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Bora Jeong won her first JPNEWT event at Comet
Billiards on June9th/10th.
Bora went undefeated through the field posting
wins over Supadra Boonpasook, Amy Walker, Candi
Rego and Zinnie Panju to meet up with Caroline
Pao for the hot seat. Bora then sent Caroline
to the left side of the chart in a 7-3 win.
Caroline posted wins over Kiana Clark, Morgan
Steinman, Kathy Friend, and Melony Page before
losing the hot seat race. Caroline then won 7-2
over Zinnie Panju to rematch with Bora in the
finals.
The outcome of the finals would be an almost exact
repeat of the hot seat match with Bora winning
the event and Qualifier with a 7-2 score.
JPNEWT thanks Bill and Marcia Haley and the Comet
staff for another wonderful event. JPNEWT’s
next event will be the 2007 New Jersey State 9-ball
Championships at Prime Time Billiards on July
14th/15th with $4000 added with a US Open Qualifier
up for grabs. |
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Fox (photo courtesy of Tom Suarez) |
1st + $650 + Q – Dawn Fox
2nd +$475 – Meng Meng Zhou
3rd + $350 – Morgan Steinman
4th + $225 – Buffy Jolie
5th/6th + $100 – Naomi Fingerhut, Caroline
Pao
7th/8th + $50 – Pam Ogarek, Melony Page |
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Takes BCA Qualifier at Prime Time Billiards
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Fox Takes BCA Qualifier at Prime Time Billiards
They came far and wide to compete at Prime Time
Sports Bar and Billiard Café on April 14th
and 15th – Dawn Fox from her new home in
the South, and Meng Meng Zhou from Mainland China.
In the end, it was the two that did travel the
furthest to play in the finals for one of the
last BCA Vegas Qualifiers up for grabs.
Zhou cruised through the field undefeated with
wins over Kathy Friend, Buffy Jolie and Naomi
Fingerhut to match up against the two-tour POY,
Morgan Steinman. Zhou dispatched Morgan to the
left side of the chart with a 7-3 score.
Dawn Fox posted wins over Kiana Clark, but was
sent to the left side of the chart by Naomi Fingerhut.
Dawn then continued on her way with wins over
Erica Testa, Palma Kogan, Pam Ogarek, Naomi Fingerhut,
and Buffy Jolie to match up with Morgan Steinman.
Dawn left Morgan in 3rd place with a 7-3 win to
match up to Zhou in the finals.
In the modified race to 9, if Zhou reached 7 games
first, the match is over and Zhou wins. If Dawn
reached 7 games first, they would have to play
out to 9. Dawn built up an 8-4 lead over Zhou,
but Zhou dug in to come back hill-hill. In the
final rack Zhou made a ball but had to push out.
Dawn answered back with a safe. Zhou ran out to
the 4, but missed and left Dawn a wide-open table
to take the event and Qualifier.
JPNEWT thanks Brian and Adam Seltzer of Prime
Time Billiards for hosting this event and looks
forward to returning in July for the NJ State
Women’s 9-ball Championships. JPNEWT’s
next event will be June 9th/10th at Comet Billiards
for a WPBA Qualifying event. |
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left to right: Runner-up Caroline Pao,
Room Owner Bill Haley, Winner Morgan
Steinman |
1st + $500 – Morgan Steinman
2nd + $375 – Caroline Pao
3rd + $270 – Sharon O’Hanlon +
Qualifier 4th + $175 – Kathy Friend
5th/6th + $100 – Cyndi Haefner, Supadra,
Boonpasook
7th/8th + $50 – Kathleen Lawless, Jessica
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Steinman
Takes JPNEWT Opener |
Morgan Steinman overcame a second round loss to
Caroline Pao to win the Pechauer NorthEast Women’s
Tour opener at Comet Billiards.
Morgan, the 2006 POY of two Regional tours, started
off with a win over Naomi Fingerhut, but was sent
to the left side of the chart by Caroline in a
7-4 loss. From there Morgan raced through her
matches with wins over Susan Schmidt, Carol (Toots)
Clark, Gail Glazebrook, Kathleen Lawless, Supadra,
Boonpasook, Kathy Friend, and Sharon O’Hanlon
before her rematch with Caroline in the finals.
Caroline posted wins over Judie Wilson, Morgan,
Cyndi Haefner, and Supadra Boonpasook be fore
matching up with Sharon O’Hanlon for the
hot seat. Caroline won the hot seat with a 7-2
score.
Sharon then lost to Morgan for her personal high
tour finish of 3rd place. And since Caroline and
Morgan were ineligible to win the Qualifier spot,
Sharon also won her first Qualifier. Congrats
Sharon!
The finals started out well for Caroline who jumped
to a 4-1 lead, but Morgan came back to rally to
lead 7-5 with 3 9-breaks in a row with the alternate
break format. Morgan kept up the steam and finished
with a 9-6.
JPNEWT thanks Bill and Marcia Haley for hosting
this event and we look forward to returning in
June.
JPNEWT’s next event will be a BCA Qualifier
at Prime Time Billiards in South Amboy, April
14th and 15th |
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left to right: Room Owner Lee Kuchenruether,
Winner Morgan Steinman, Runner-Up Caroline
Pao, and 3rd place Erica Testa |
1st – Morgan Steinman + $400 + 2007
Qualifier
2nd – Caroline Pao + $300
3rd – Erica Testa + $200
4th – Sandra Pereira + $100
5th/6th – Pam Ogarek, Supadra Boonpasook
+ $30 |
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Steinman
Takes JPNEWT Finale and POY |
Morgan Steinman had a stellar year with the Regional
Tours, to say the least. She started with a 5th/6th
place finish at the January Regional Tour Championships
that featured 55 of the top Semi-Pro players in
the country. Then Morgan proceeded to win back-to-back
events in JPNEWT to secure her POY status. But
that wasn’t all. Morgan was also the McDermott
New England Women’s Tour POY as well. In
the history of the Regional Tours, this is the
first time one player captured two tours at one
time. Congrats Morgan!!
As was the same with November event, Morgan went
undefeated to meet up with 2005 POY Caroline Pao.
With a first round bye, Morgan then scored wins
over Pam Ogarek, and Sandra Pereira before successfully
defending a hot seat win over Caroline Pao, 7-4.
Caroline Pao scored wins over Barbara Stock, Carol
Clark, and Supadra Boonpasook before being sent
to the left side of the chart to meet up with
JPNEWT rookie Erica Testa.
Erica lost her first match to Noell Rima, but
surged through the left side of the chart with
wins over Melissa Jenkins, Carol Clark, Naomi
Fingerhut, Supadra Boonpasook, and Sandra Pereira
before succumbing to Caroline Pao. Congrats to
Erica on her 3rd place finish in her rookie year!!
In the finals Morgan ran up a 4-1 lead over Caroline.
Caroline answered back with 5 games to go up 5-4.
Morgan and Caroline traded the next two racks
with Caroline reaching the first hill at 6-5.
If Caroline were to have reached 7 games first,
they would have to play out to 9. Morgan regrouped
and won the next two racks to make the finals
7-6.
JPNEWT thanks Clifton Billiards room owner Lee
Kutchenreuther and his staff, Sandy and Michelle
for another wonderful event. We also thank J.
Pechauer Custom Cues for their continued support.
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left to right: Runner-Up Gina Lipsky,
Amy Johns, Winner Morgan Steinman |
1st – Morgan Steinman $500 + Qualifier
2nd – Gina Lipsky $375
3rd – Charlotte Reeder $225
4th – Colleen Shoop $125
5th/6th – Sharon O’Hanlon, Naomi
Fingerhut |
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Steinman
Wins Cosmo’s Billiards JPNEWT Event
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Morgan Steinman may have started off on a wrong
note in losing her first match hill-hill to JPNEWT
newcomer Naomi Fingerhut, but that just made her
more determined to dominate the left side of the
chart on Saturday and Sunday.
Morgan slowly but surely gathered steam through
the two-day event to rack up her first JPNEWT
event win on Sunday in a 9-3 final against JPNEWT’s
#1 ranked player Gina Lipsky. Morgan posted wins
over Judie Wilson, Barbara Stock, Amy Johns, Erica
Testa, Sharon O’Hanlon, Colleen Shoop, and
Charlotte Reeder to meet up with Gina in the finals.
Gina posted wins over Kathy Fiend, Dee Barbules,
Supadra Boonpasook, and Sharon O’Hanlon
before meeting up with Charlotte Reeder for the
hot seat match, which she won 7-4. Charlotte then
lost 7-4 to Morgan to finish in 3rd place.
JPNEWT thanks Cosmo Salerno and Amy Johns for
hosting an event on such short notice and we look
forward to returning next year.
JPNEWT’s year finale will be a $500-added
event on December 3rd and 4th at Clifton Billiards
in Clifton, NJ. |
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left to right, Room Owner Joe Zancocchio,
Winner Dawn Hopkins, Runner-Up Erin
McManus, and Rich Pietkun |
1st - Dawn Hopkins $500
2nd – Erin McManus $375 + 2007 WPBA
US Open Qualifier
3rd – Naomi Fingerhut $250
4th – Caroline Pao $125
5th/6th – Gina Lipsky, Sherry Pouncy
$75 |
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Hopkins Takes NY State Title |
Dawn Hopkins went undefeated to win the New York
State Women’s 9-Ball Championships held
on October 7th and 8th at House of Billiards in
Staten Island. While the turnout was off a bit,
the “Usual Suspects” showed up to
vie for the POY title to be determined in December.
On her way to victory, Dawn posted wins over Naomi
Williams, Erica Testa, and Sherry Pouncey to meet
up with Tour newcomer Naomi Fingerhut for the
hot seat match.
Naomi had her best tournament finish of the year
with scoring wins over Melissa Jenkins, Joanne
Corbett, and Gina Lipsky be fore getting knocked
to the left side of the chart by Dawn in a 7-2
match. Naomi then lost out to Erin McManus for
a 3rd place. Congrats to Naomi on her highest
tour finish to date!!
Erin McManus took a break from life as a college
student to come out and play with the tour for
the first time two years. Erin posted a win over
Kathy Friend before being sent to the wrong side
of the chart by Sherry Pouncey. Erin gathered
a head a steam and won her next matches over Erica
Testa, Gina Lipsky and JPNEWT POY Caroline Pao
to face Naomi Fingerhut. Erin won over Naomi 7-3
to match up with Dawn in the finals.
All the steam seemed to let out of Erin as Dawn
won the first 4 games before Erin got on the board.
Erin would only manage to win one more game as
Dawn gave a clinic on how to play and went on
to win 7-2. Congrats to Erin for winning her first
Qualifier!
JPNEWT thanks House of Billiards owners Joe Zancocchio,
Anthony Silletto, and Rob Riccardi for hosting
this event, and we look forward to coming back
next year. JPNEWT also thanks Pechauer Custom
Cues for their continued support. JPNEWT’s
next event is at Cosmo’s Billiards in Dickson
City, PA on November 4th and 5th. |
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left to right, Runner-Up Dawn Hopkins,
Winner Kelly Fisher, 3rd Place Liz Ford |
1st - Kelly Fisher $1300
2nd – Dawn Hopkins $800
3rd – Liz Ford $500
4th – Supadra Boonpasook $250 + WPBA
US Open Qualifier
5th/6th – Caroline Pao, Alexandra Calabrese
$125
7th/8th – Gina Lipsky, Ming Ng $90 |
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Kelly
Fisher Takes New Jersey State Title
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A full 32 player field turned out for the $2000-added
New Jersey State 9-Ball Championships at Prime
Time Sports Bar and Billiards on September 15th
and 16th. Kelly Fisher and Val Finnie traveled
from North Carolina to battle for the title while
Dawn Hopkins drove north in her home state to
attempt to regain the title she had won once before.
On Sunday the final six returned to Prime Time
with match-ups for 5th/6th place between Liz Ford
and JPNEWT POY Caroline Pao, and Alexandra Calabrese
and Supadra Boonpasook. Liz and Supadra emerged
the winners and since Liz was not eligible for
the US Open Qualifier, Supadra won her very first
Qualifier. Congrats Supadra!!
The hot seat match commenced at 12:30 pm between
Kelly Fisher and Dawn Hopkins. Kelly posted wins
over Kathy Friend, Janice Larocca, Val Finnie,
and Caroline Pao. Dawn won her matches against
Liz Ford, Kathleen Lawless, Gina Lipsky, and Alexandra
Calabrese. “Quik Fire” Fisher won
the hot seat with a 7-2 score. Dawn then rematched
with Liz Ford and won again, 7-3.
The finals may have been a repeat of the players
from the hot seat match, but Dawn emerged from
her match with Liz with a new determination for
the final showdown. In the modified finals race,
Kelly had to reach 7 games first to win, but if
Dawn reached 7 games first, they had to play out
to 9.
Kelly won the lag and the first game, but Dawn
won the next two games and from then on Dawn could
not gain more than a one-game lead over Kelly
in a virtual “catch-up” battle. With
the score tied at 6-6, Dawn won the first hill-hill
to continue the race to 9. Kelly was able to take
the lead, 8-7, in the 15th rack, but Dawn forced
a second hill-hill, tying the score at 8-8. In
the final rack Dawn came up dry on the break.
Kelly faced a half-ball hit on the 1, but took
a chance and played a 1-9 carom that split the
pocket to win the match and the title for 2006.
JPNEWT thanks Prime Time Billiards and Heinekin
for hosting the event. We also thank Pechauer
Custom Cues for their continued support. JPNEWT’s
next event is the New York State Championships
at House of Billiards in Staten Island on October
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Winner Kelly Fisher, 3rd place and Qualifier
winner Val Finnie |
1st + $700 – Kelly Fisher
2nd + $550 – Tiffany Nelson
3rd + $400 – Val Finnie (plus US Open
Qualifier)
4th + $300 – Sueyen Rhee
5th/6th + $200 – Ellen Yu, Pam Treadway
7th/8th + $100 – Caroline Pao, Annette
Carroll |
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Fisher Wins Maryland State Title
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It took Kelly Fisher all of 30 minutes to send
defending Maryland State Champion Tiffany Nelson
to the left side of the chart to win the hot seat,7-1.
Then it took Kelly only 40 minutes to unseat Tiffany
permanently to take claim to the title in the
finals with a 7-2 score.
Bill and Billies CuesPort held the Maryland State
9-ball Championships on July 15th and 16th for
the second year in a row with the J. Pechauer
NorthEast Women’s Tour. Room Owner Kurt
Ziem generously added $1500 to the prize fund,
as well as a US Open Qualifier to be awarded to
the highest finishing Semi-Pro player in the field
that was open to the WPBA Touring Pros.
And the Touring Pros came. Kelly Fisher and Tiffany
Nelson drove up from North Carolina with Val Finnie,
and Sueyen Rhee drove in from Virginia.
On her way to the hot seat, Kelly posted wins
over JPNEWT newcomer Cheryl Squire 7-1, JPNEWT
POY Caroline Pao 7-2, and fellow Touring Pros
Sueyen Rhee 7-1, and Tiffany Nelson 7-1.
Tiffany Nelson posted her wins over Val Finnie
7-3, Pam Treadway 7-6, and Ellen Yu 7-5 before
losing to Kelly for the hot seat.
Then Tiffany faced Val Finnie who had come back
from her first round loss with wins over Morgan
Steinman 7-6, Kim Sudler 7-5, Caroline Pao 7-4,
Ellen Yu 7-4, and Sueyen Rhee 7-5. Tiffany froze
Val in her seat with a 7-0 score to rematch with
Kelly Fisher. Val won the US Open Qualifier with
her 3rd place finish and fine performance.
JPNEWT thanks Bill and Billies CueSports' Room
Owner Kurt Ziem and his gracious staff for a fantastic
event. We also thank Pechauer Custom Cues and
Inside Pool for their continued sponsorship.
J PNEWT’s next event is the New Jersey State
9-ball Championships at Prime Time Billiards in
South Amboy. The event date is September 16th
and 17th and is currently scheduled as $3000 added,
including a US Open Qualifier. This event is also
open to all WPBA Touring Pros. |
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left to right: Room Owner Bill Haley,
Runner-Up Barbara Stock, Winner Kathy
Friend, and Co-Tour Coordinator Rich
Sacco |
1st – Kathy Friend - $450 + Qualifier
2nd – Barbara Stock - $330
3rd – Caroline Pao - $200
4th – Morgan Steinman - $100
5th/6th – Gina Lipsky, Supadra Boonpasook
- $70 |
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Kathy
Friend Takes JPNEWT Comet Event
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At JPNEWT’s event at Comet Billiards on
June 24th and 25th, Kathy Friend arrived literally
seconds before the Player’s Meeting was
to begin.A little frazzled from an incident while
traveling to the event, she dropped her first
match to Tour newcomer Naomi Fingerhut. After
that, she regained her composure and that was
the last time Kathy lost a match. Coming from
the B-side of the chart, Kathy posted wins over
Sherry Pouncey, Carol Clark, Erica Testa, and
Supadra Boonpasook before returning on Sunday.
Tour Coordinator Barbara Stock got a bye to settle
down after the first round matches went off and
had a chance to warm up a little before her first
match. Barbara posted wins over Bye, Allison Mosimann,
Erica Testa, and a hill-hill battle with the McDermott
NEWT POY Morgan Steinman to return on Sunday for
the hot seat match.
The Final Four returned on Sunday with Kathy Friend
matching up to Morgan Steinman and Barbara Stock
playing JPNEWT Tour POY Caroline Pao. There were
a few “firsts” that were going to
happen on Sunday. Kathy dispatched Morgan in a
7-3 win. Barbara won her “first” hot
seat in a 7-4 win over Caroline Pao (note to self,
winning on Sunday feels pretty good, try to keep
this up!). Kathy was playing strong and posted
a 7-4 win over Caroline to head for the finals.
This was a “first” time in over a
year that two players who have never won a Qualifier
matched up in the finals.
Claiming a stake to literary license to skip over
the gory details of the finals, Kathy won 9-4
over Barbara. Congrats to Kathy Friend for her
“first” JPNEWT tour win and winning
the Qualifier!! Keep up the good shooting!!
JPNEWT thanks Bill and Marcia Haley of Comet Billiards
for hosting our second event of the year with
them. We also thank Pechauer Cues and Inside Pool
for their continued support. JPNEWT’s next
event is the $1500-added + US Open Qualifier Maryland
State 9-Ball Championships at Bill and Billies
Cues Port in Arnold, MD. |
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left to right: Dave Ludy, Runner-up
Caroline Pao, Winner Pamela Treadway,
and Room Owner Adam Seltzer |
1st - $550 + BCA Open Qualifier – Pamela
Treadway
2nd - $425 - Caroline Pao
3rd - $300 – Ming Ng
4th - $200 – Morgan Steinman
5th/6th - $100 – Val Finnie, Tina Meraglio
7th/8th - $65 – Sharon O’Hanlon,
Gina Lipsky |
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Treadway
Undefeated In BCA Qualifier At Prime Time Sports
Bar and Billiards | |