September 27, 2006

CENTRAL OHIO APA NEWS AND EVENTS

Winners of the Summer Session 2006 were: 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE TEAMS!! 

CENTRAL OHIO NATIONAL TEAMS

6 8-Ball teams went to Vegas this year to compete nationally.  Almost 700 teams competed for the National Championships.  Teams that represented the Central Ohio League were:

2 of these teams made it to a money bracket:  All The Way won $1,000 and Stop 42 won $1500.  This was in addition to the $2500 given by the League office to help offset travel and lodging expenses for each team.

1 9-ball team was represented by Central Ohio.  This team was Thirsty Turtle from the Thirsty Turtle bar in Reynoldsburg.  They placed 193 out of more than 300 teams.

Thanks teams for representing Central Ohio.

 SUMMER SESSION SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD:

We received 256 nice comments about teams this session.  This is very good, considering it was only a 12 week session.  The team that received the most compliments from other teams in the summer session was YIP out of Dino's Pizza and Bar.  Not only did they win the sportsmanship trophy for their Tuesday team, but also received many good comments on their sportsmanship for their Monday night team.  This team consistently receives good comments about their sportsmanship since they have joined the league.  Team members are:  Captain:  Mike Wentzel, Co-Captain: Justin Ritzman, Jeff Lyons, Andrew Orton, Alvin Orton, Adam Lyons, and Stephen Hoff.

SUMMER TRI-CUPS

Our new format was implemented for the Summer Tri-Cups.  The tri-cup was broken into 2 different tiers and played on 2 different weekends.  A total of $42,000 was awarded between the 2 tri-cups.

Tier 1 winners (winners bracket) each received $1,850.

Tier 1 winners (loser's bracket) each team received $1,850.

The following teams received $1,000

The following teams received $1,000

Teams who placed 17-32 received $250.00 each and the rest of the teams walked away with $100.

Tier 2 Tri Cup:

Tier 2 tri cup teams received a total of $10,700.  Winners of the Tier 2 Tri-cup received $1200 each.  These teams qualified for the City Regional to be held June 2007.

4 teams came in 2^nd winning $800 each:

8 teams won $300 each and the rest of the teams walked away with $100.

SUMMER CAPTAIN/CO-CAPTAIN TOURNAMENT

The summer captain and co-captain tournament was held July 22-23.  Saturday, there were sixteen participants. 

We had 20 participants for Sunday's tournament.  Winners were:

SUMMER TOP GUN TOURNAMENT:

The 8 Ball Summer Top Gun was held August 26.  There were 45 participants in the skill levels 3-5 and 19 participants in the skill levels 6-7.

Winners were, skill levels 3-5

Winners of the skill levels 6-7 were:

SINGLES BOARDS

The Fall Single Regional Tournament will be held at the 8 Ball Sports Bar & Billiards October 7.  This is the first time the Fall Regional has been held in Ohio.  The reason we are having it here is because enough singles boards were run in Ohio from November 2005 to June 2006.  Central Ohio ran several singles boards during this time frame.   We want to thank the people who have stepped up and run boards, especially Brian Hay and the folks from Marysville who consistently run them.

Recent singles boards winners are:

There is still time to get singles boards run for the Spring Regional.  Boards will be cut off in November.  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.

U.S. AMATEUR

The U.S. Amateur was held at the 8 Ball Sports Bar & Billiards September 23 and 24^th.  Cut off to participate in this tournament was June 15^th. There were so many participants, that it went into a 2-day tournament.  Many very good players competed in this tournament.  Winners that will be heading to Atlanta, GA in November were:

2 Winners came out of the women's division:

UPCOMING EVENTS:

PERSONAL NOTES:

Barb Hinerman's husband, Keith from Logan, passed away after a long illness. We offer condolences to Barb and her family.

James and Betty Fouty II had a baby boy, James Robert Fouty III, on June 16.  All are doing well.  Congratulations to the new family!

One of our players has an $800 (purchase price) P Shier.  It is about 1 year old and has only been shot with about 6 times.  19 oz. Weight.  Asking $300 for it.  Call the League Office if you may be interested.

If you would like to include anything in the Newsletter please contact the League Office.

Richard Whaley

PH:  (614) 833-1009

e-mail:  apacolumbus@hotmail.com