Lucasi Hybrid Cues All-American Tour

by Mimi McAndrews

What started out to be a miserable day had a happy ending as Jeannie Seaver won the Flamingo Billiards Tour 3^rd Annual “Cues for the Cure” event, which was combined with the Lucasi Hybrid Cues All-American Tour’s October 8 tournament, hosted by Amy’s Billiards in Stuart, FL.

Seaver almost didn’t make it to the event. Both she and sister, Vanessa Seaver, ended up in a car accident when the weather and road conditions became unmanageable. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured, at least not enough to stop either from making it to the event, making it to the money, and winning the tournament.

Seaver had a tough first match, but despite the mishap on the way to the event, she managed to pull off a tough hill-hill win against room owner Amy Poulter. After that it was smooth sailing with a 7-2 win over Kelly Cavanaugh and a 7-2 score over Marina Souza to make it to the single-elimination redraw. There Seaver knocked out top player Helene Caukin 7-4 and sister Vanessa 7-3 to make it to the final match.

Meeting her there was Jennifer Page, who had just eliminated Cassidy Mulligan in third place. The match went back and forth all the way to double-hill. Just when it looked like Seaver would run out and take the win, with two balls to go she left herself with a tough shot to get shape on the 9. She gave it her all but missed, leaving a tricky but makeable cut shot in the side pocket for Page. But just when it looked like it was over for Seaver, a little too much inside english saw Page fail to make the cut in the side and miss the ball entirely, giving ball in hand to Seaver, who easily ran out the last two balls and won the event.

Seaver almost didn’t make it to the event. Both she and sister, Vanessa Seaver, ended up in a car accident when the weather and road conditions became unmanageable.

Results:

1^st Jeannie Seaver $400

2^nd Jennifer Page $250

3^rd Cassidy Mulligan $100

Vanessa Seaver

5^th Helene Caukin $50

Chris Ann Fields

Robin Boggs

Lauren Pickard

by InsidePOOL Staff

Leslee Davis Blaikie became the third Tiger Bay Area Amateur Tour (BAAT) champion in as many tournaments this year, winning the $300-added handicapped event March 19. The tournament drew 15 players to Capone’s Billiard Lounge in Spring Hill, FL.

Leslee Davis Blaikie became the third Tiger Bay Area Amateur Tour (BAAT) champion in as many tournaments this year, winning the $300-added handicapped event March 19.

Following first-round losses, Kelly Cavanaugh and Sabra MacArthur Beahn worked through the one-loss side until meeting up in the quarterfinals. Beahn took a 2-0 lead, but Cavanaugh came on, winning four games of 9-ball and one game of 8-ball to claim the 5-6 race with a score of 5-2.

While Cavanaugh and Beahn were working on the west side, Chris Fields and Blaikie were dominating the east side of the chart. This set up the hot seat match between Fields and Blaikie, and when yet another hill-hill battle was finished, Blaikie sat in the hot seat after having defeated Fields 6-4 in the 6-5 race.

In the first 9-ball game of the semifinals, Cavanaugh prevailed. Fields responded by winning the next three games and taking the lead. Cavanaugh was unfazed as she took the last two games of 9-ball and two games of 8-ball, winning the match 5-3 in the 5-6 race.

In the final round, Blaikie opposed Cavanaugh, with Cavanaugh needing to win two matches before Blaikie won one in the true double-elimination format. The race was 7-5 with Blaikie needing 7. Blaikie gained a narrow advantage in the 9-ball by leading 4-3. In the 8-ball, Cavanaugh reached the hill first, but Blaikie fought back to win the match in the end.

Results:
1st Leslee Davis Blaikie $275
2nd Kelly Cavanaugh $175
3rd Chris Fields $125
4th Sabra MacArthur Beahn $75

by InsidePOOL Staff

JoAnn Mason Parker, having friends affected by breast cancer, was even more motivated to bring awareness to the cause, and she did so when she won the Flamingo Billiards Tour’s “Cues for the Cause” breast cancer fundraising event, held in conjunction with the American CueSports Alliance/Lucasi Hybrid All-American Tour. It was a special event, as 23 players gathered at Amy’s Billiards in Stuart, FL, October 16.

JoAnn Mason Parker, having friends affected by breast cancer, was even more motivated to bring awareness to the cause, and she did so when she won the Flamingo Billiards Tour.

Parker started the day with a 7-4 win over Emily Wilmoth Broxson. Shelly Harrison, fresh off winning the Atlanta Billiards Expo amateur 9-ball tournament, sent Parker to the one-loss side 7-5. Not to be stopped, though, Parker won her match against Jessica Barnes 7-2 to make it back to the final eight redraw.

Parker had a revenge match in the single-elimination redraw as she matched up again against Harrison, this time winning 7-5. Parker went on to take the next match against Kelly Coyle 7-4, making it to the finals.

This day was also good to relative newcomer Chris Ann Fields, who made it to the finals by defeating Robin Boggs 7-4 and top tour players Stephanie Mitchell 7-5, Helene Caukin 7-3, and Sabra MacArthur Beahn 7-3.

In the finals, Fields appeared to lose steam, and Parker quickly took a commanding lead. With Parker up 5-1, Fields scratched in the seventh rack, giving ball in hand and the game to Parker. Now on the hill, Parker took the final game after a dry break by Fields, winning the final match 7-1.

Results:
1st JoAnn Mason Parker $400
2nd Chris Ann Fields $280
3rd Kelly Coyle $185
Sabra MacArthur-Bean
5th Amy Poulter $90
Shelly Harrison
Kelly Cavanaugh
Helene Caukin

by InsidePOOL Staff

Chris Fields dominated the 20-player, $400-added tournament held at Wally’s in Lakeland, FL, September 25. It was her first Tiger Bay Area Amateur Tour (BAAT) win since joining in July, and it launched her into tenth place overall for the 2010 season.

Chris Fields dominated the 20-player, $400-added tournament held at Wally’s in Lakeland, FL, September 25. It was her first Tiger Bay Area Amateur Tour (BAAT) win since joining in July, and it launched her into tenth place overall for the 2010 season.

After eliminating Jessica Barnes and Sabra MacArthur Beahn, Niki Rasmussen went on to face Fields in the quarterfinal match. They split the first four racks, but when the match changed from 8-ball to 9-ball, Fields found her rhythm, sweeping the next three games for the 5-2 win.

The semifinal round was a grudge match between Fields and Jamie Toennies, who had delivered Fields to the left side of the chart earlier with a 5-2 win. Fields showed she was ready to play, winning the first two games of 8-ball. Toennies struck back, taking the following game. But Fields was not to be vanquished. The game changed to 9-ball, and Fields swung the momentum back her way, snagging the next three games and the match with a score of 5-1.

The stage was set for the final round between Fields and hot seat winner Shelly Harrison. The first match went hill-hill, with Fields forcing the second set. A couple of errors on Harrison’s part led to a lopsided 5-2 victory for Fields in the second set, with Fields collecting her first TBAAT title.

Results:
1st Chris Fields $300
2nd Shelly Harrison $225
3rd Jamie Toennies $125
4th Niki Rasmussen $100
5th Sabra MacArthur Beahn $50
Kelly Cavanaugh $50

by InsidePOOL Staff

Two hard-working poolroom owners, each playing with only two hours of sleep, squared off in the finals of the Flamingo Billiards Tour stop March 6 at Ultimate Billiards in Fort Pierce, FL. Margie Soash of Hollywood Billiards in Hollywood, FL, outlasted Stephanie Mitchell, owner of The Corner Pocket in Largo, FL, after a long, safety-dominated slugfest.

It was the first Flamingo Billiards Tour event for Soash and five other new members, all of whom made a big impression at the tour’s 2010 kick-off event. Soash went undefeated for the day, squeaking by Mimi McAndrews 7-6 and Christie Cloke 7-5.

Mitchell started the day with a loss 7-3 to new member JoAnn Mason Parker, the 1990 WPBA U.S. Open champ who has returned in excellent form after a long hiatus. Mitchell then caught a bye before blanking Kelly Cavanaugh 7-0.

After the modified double-elimination redraw, Mitchell avenged her early loss to Parker 7-4, Jessica Barnes defeated Kim Caso 7-2, Jeannie Seaver swept Helene Caukin 7-0, and Soash went 7-5 against Melissa Durkin, another impressive new member.

In the semifinals, Seaver fought back from a 6-2 deficit but eventually lost to Soash 7-5. Meanwhile, Mitchell ran the final table on Barnes for a 7-3 victory.

The first game of the finals was a precursor of things to come, with each player notching six innings at the table. Smart play, tight pockets, and tired eyes led to a true test of focus and endurance. After Soash took the first rack, Mitchell went on a five-game streak before jawing the 9 ball in the seventh game. Soash brought it to double-hill, and the last rack saw Mitchell jaw the 9 ball again, leaving Soash the game and match.

Two hard-working poolroom owners, each playing with only two hours of sleep, squared off in the finals of the Flamingo Billiards Tour stop March 6 at Ultimate Billiards in Fort Pierce, FL.

by InsidePOOL Staff

After nearly 15 hours of competition, Jessica Barnes outplayed Bethann Ryno to capture the win at the second stop of the Tiger Bay Area Amateur Tour’s (BAAT) 2010 season. The $400-added event was held at Strokers of Tampa, FL, and hosted 20 players from around the state February 27.

Significantly, one player slid into the top three Saturday. Seventy-five-year-old Barbara Ellis, whose previous best finish with BAAT was fifth place, has steadily been improving her game and stroked herself into a third-place finish.

As the tournament progressed, veteran Michell Monk was bested by Shanelle Loraine, who resigned Monk to a seventh-place finish tie with Sis Tarver, who lost to Susanne Cherkowsky. Loraine went to the hill before being eliminated by Valerie Dukick 6-3, tying with Cherkowsky for fifth.

Dukick, who returned to the tour last month after a long hiatus, defeated Tammy Gillis, Kelly Cavanaugh, and Cherkowsky before being sent to the one-loss side by Ellis. Ryno had prevailed over last month’s winner Rachel Delaney and last year’s tour champion Monk before succumbing to Barnes. Dukick and Ryno faced off in the hard-fought quarterfinal match and went hill-hill with Ryno sinking the game-winning ball, taking the match 4-4.

Facing Ryno in the semifinals was Ellis, who defeated Christine Brenner, Lana Loomis, and Dukick before being defeated by Barnes. All but one of Ellis’s matches went to the hill, and this one was no different. The games went back and forth, Ellis playing with new-found deliberation and Ryno stroking with steady determination. Ryno dominated 6-3 and took the opportunity to try to exact revenge on Barnes in the finals.

After nearly 15 hours of competition, Jessica Barnes outplayed Bethann Ryno to capture the win at the second stop of the Tiger Bay Area Amateur Tour’s (BAAT) 2010 season.

Results:
1st Jessica Barnes $300
2nd Bethann Ryno $225
3rd Barbara Ellis $150
4th Valerie Dukick $100
5th Shanelle Loraine $50
Susanne Cherkowsky $ 50

by InsidePOOL Staff

A missed ball-in-hand shot had Jeannie Seaver steaming at herself, and it was this that led to her dominating victory over Michell Monk at the November 21 stop on the Flamingo Billiards Tour stop. This end-of-the-year, $250-added event was hosted by Corner Pocket Billiards in Orlando, FL.

Both Seaver and Monk came out of the one-loss side to make the final eight in the modified double-elimination format. Monk, fresh off her top-16 finish at the WPBA Nationals, defeated new Flamingo Billiards Tour members Sandy Hamor 7-4 and Rachel Delaney 7-2 but came up short against Stephanie Mitchell’s strong play 7-5.

The Flamingo Billiards Tour traveled to Corner Pocket Billiards in Orlando, FL this weekend.

Seaver’s day started with a loss to Mary Kenniston 7-3, another new tour member. After being sent to the left side, Seaver defeated Niki Rasmussen 7-5 and Janis Sessions 7-0.

Following the redraw, Kenniston rematched with Seaver, but this time Seaver prevailed 7-1. On the other tables, Mitchell defeated Sandy Hamor 7-4, and Sabra MacArthur-Beahn defeated impressive newcomer Kelly Cavanaugh 7-4.

The quarterfinals also featured a match-up of the tour’s top two ranked players, with Monk defeating Helene Caukin 7-3 and clinching the title of 2009 Flamingo Billiards Tour Champion.

In the semifinals, Monk bested MacArthur-Beahn 7-1, while Seaver struggled to fight her way back from a 6-3 deficit against Mitchell, eventually taking the set to double-hill. It was in the final game that Seaver found herself with a gift—ball in hand with an easy three-ball out—but then she inexplicably missed a chip shot on the 7-ball. Thanks to a nasty leave, Seaver got back to the table and took the match.

In the first game of the finals, Seaver took out her frustrations on the break by jumping the Cue off the table. But she quickly settled into dead stroke with beautiful position play and precision shots. Monk had chances in the second and seventh games but came up short on the 8 ball each time. Seaver’s long run-outs and total control led to a quick 7-0 victory and her first Flamingo Billiards Tour win.

A missed ball-in-hand shot had Seaver steaming at herself, and it was this that led to her dominating victory over Monk at the November 21 stop on the Flamingo Billiards Tour stop.

Results:
1st Jeannie Seaver $370
2nd Michell Monk $240
3rd Sabra MacArthur-Beahn $130
Stephanie Mitchell
5th Helene Caukin $75
Kelly Cavanaugh
Sandy Hamor
Mary Kenniston
9th Janis Sessions
Mimi McAndrews
Shanelle Loraine
Rachel Delaney