HUNTER CLASSICS AMATEUR WOMEN'S TOUR
Fourth
Hunter Classics Stop a Big Success at Fast Freddy's in Arlington, Texas!
Alicia Teskey, Leslie Rogers, Gail Lave
Gail Lave wins the Fast Freddy's
Hunter Classics tournament two years in a row!
Forty-two women showed up
on this hot, Texas weekend to play some great pool at Mike Lynch's pool
room, Fast Freddy's, on August 4-5, 2001 in Arlington, TX. Although
many of the women were Texans, some traveled from as far away as Minnesota,
Missouri and Colorado to compete. Even Gail caught a Friday afternoon
flight from Missouri and almost missed her plane ride back on Sunday evening
after her final match with Leslie Rogers, the runner-up in this event.
The Hunter Classics Tour
would like to welcome the new players that joined us at this great event!
We hope to see you again soon!
Wes Hunter made another beautiful
Hunter Classics Cue, this one valued at $1,700. Made of tiger maple
and cocobolo with teal and red veneers with a black and white irish linen
wrap, Kathy Krabbenschmidt was ecstatic when she won it! Thank you
to Wes for supporting this tour with another one of his exquisite cues!
12 ladies survived until
the Sunday matches, with the winners side matches of Leslie Rogers versus
Sherri Hudson (who was very pregnant) and Nancy French (having a great
tournament) versus Alicia Teskey (who had her highest finish yet, playing
solid pool all weekend).
Houston-area girls LaDonna
Ulrich and Nicole Bacon (who was playing with a broken finger) placed 7th/8th,
with Mindy Williams having her best tournament yet at 9th-12th place, along
with Linda Long. Brenda Plantz, always one to contend with, placed
5th/6th along with Sherri Hudson. Rounding off the top 12 were Austin
ladies Heather Pulford and Deanna Kniola placing 9th-12th. Congratulations
to all of these women on a great tournament!
Gail Lave started her fight
Saturday morning beating Kim Mills (7-2) and Wendy Echols (7-0) before
losing to Deanna Kniola (5-7). She then fought through the loser's
bracket beating Sandi Dunlap (7-1) and Shayla Neris (7-2) and came back
on Sunday to compete some more. On Sunday she beat Heather Pulford
(7-4), Nicole Bacon (7-5), Sherri Hudson (7-4), Nancy French (7-1) and
Alicia Teskey 9-7 before reaching Leslie in the finals.
Leslie Rogers had a tough
road for her as well, playing 4 nail-biting double hill matches along the
way (including the finals). Leslie got a bye the first round, then
proceeded to beat Kathy Krabbenschmidt (7-1), Nicole Bacon (7-4), Mindy
Williams (7-6), Sherri Hudson (7-6) and Alicia Teskey (9-7) before meeting
up with Gail in the finals.
The finals was a hard fought
race, with both wanting to taste the win. For Leslie, it would have
been her first Hunter Classics Tour win (and she was playing very well)
and Gail could see how close herself was to winning this event two years
in a row. Going back and forth, tied several times, it then down
to the last game in a race to 11. Gail came out on top, winning with
a score 11-10 and $750 richer, with Leslie placing second and winning $550.
Alicia got 3rd place and $375, with Nancy French placing 4th and receiving
$250.
Downstairs on Sunday, 18
women were fighting in the Second Chance Tournament, with $100 added.
Melissa Norton, Sherry Pouncey, Beth Shriver and Stephanie Tuinstra all
placed their highest yet, finishing respectively, 1st ($100), 3rd ($50),
5th and 6th ($15). Melinda Bailey finished 2nd ($70), with Kelly
Harmon (always consistently placing) finished 4th ($30).
Mike and his staff were wonderful
as always and we can't wait for their stop again next year. Randy
Cole ran the tournament smoothly for us ladies and again, thank you to
Wes Hunter. Without Wes, we wouldn't have the longest running regional
women's tour!
Don't forget to visit us
at our next stop in Las Vegas, September 8-9, when a WPBA Qualifier will
be in contention at this Hunter Classics event!
Visit us on the web for all
information: www.hunterclassics.com.
PLAYER Gail Lave
Leslie Rogers
Alicia Teskey
Nancy French
Brenda Plantz
Sherri Hudson
Nicole Bacon
LaDonna Ulrich
Mindy Williams
Deanna Kniola
Heather Pulford
Linda Long
Wanda Benavides
Michelle Cortez
Shayla Neris
Julie Stephenson
Camille Madison
Pat Penn
Krystal West
Kim Hughes
Sandi Dunlap
Kelly Harmon
Melinda Bailey
Snowy Belt
