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June 2007
Lloyd
Double Dips and Wins on the Hill at Magoo's
Magoo's Billiards in Tulsa, Oklahoma welcomed back the Hunter Classics
Tour for the second time this year. Thirty-six women competed in
the event and enjoyed the atmosphere of the Magoo's family-like
waitresses and bartenders. This event was also a WPBA Qualifier
for the October WPBA event in Norman, Oklahoma. Throughout the
event, it was anyone's tournament but big guns were pitted early
against each other on the beautiful 9-foot tables and they fell one by
one leaving only 12 ladies left on Sunday.
On Sunday on the winner's side, Leslie Anne Rogers would defeat Julia
Gabriel hill-hill while Heather Lloyd sent local Michelle McDermott to
the other side with a score of 7-2. When Leslie and Heather would
meet for the hot seat, Leslie would prevail 7-3 to wait on the
sidelines to see who she would play in the finals.
On the one-loss side, Kim Pierce would defeat Lisa Henderson-Major 7-6
and then local Kathy Batson (her first Hunter event) 7-5 before running
into a red-hot Julia Gabriel who defeated Kim 7-1. Amanda Lampert
would defeat Shayla Neris 7-4 then Julie Stephenson 7-4 and Michelle
McDermott 7-5 before losing to Julia Gabriel 7-4. Board members
Helen Hayes and Monica Anderson placed 9th-12th along with Lisa
Henderson-Major and Shayla Neris. 7th and 8th places were filled
by board member Julie Stephenson and straight shooter Kathy
Batson.
5th and 6th places were filled by Kim Pierce and Michelle
McDermott. This proved to be an interesting turn of events to see
who would win the WPBA Qualifier in Oct in Norman that was up for
grabs. With only 4 players left, each were not eligible for the
pro event: Heather Lloyd has a spot in each WPBA event as the
Hunter Tour Champion of 2006; Leslie Anne won a WPBA qualifier for the
Oct event back in June with her win at the Hunter Classics Tour event
in College Station; and Amanda Lampert also had a spot being the
Regional Tour Champion. That left Julia Gabriel who had a
previous engagement that weekend and wouldn't be able to attend the
WPBA event. Kim and Michelle both paid the extra $20 to be
eligible for the qualifier and a play-off would be necessary to see who
would win the WPBA Qualifier. Michelle McDermott cried with
excitement afterwards as she won 7-1 and this 23 year-old
Oklahoma-native will be playing in her first pro event in October!
Back in the main event <
check out the brackets >, steady-hand Heather Lloyd defeated
Julia Gabriel 7-3 in the semi finals for a rematch with Leslie Anne for
the title. Julia placed 3rd and earned $400 for her fine
play. Heather sailed through the first set against Leslie Anne
7-3 in this double elimination tournament which meant another match
would need to be played to see who would win the title. It was a
long day, though, and the next set was not so easily won. Heather
was up 2-0 then Leslie Anne caught a gear and was up 5-2, then 5-3,
then 6-5. Heather managed another game to tie the second double
elimination set to a hill-hill match! Heather won the last game
and earned $750 for first place and Leslie Anne earned $550 for second
place.
Kim
Pierce, Julia Gabriel, Heather Lloyd, Michelle McDermott, Amanda
Lampert and Leslie Anne Rogers
Heather not only won the tournament, she also won the beautiful $1,600
Hunter Classics Custom Cue!
Other
prizes were won by:
Susan Petty - free Strok-N-Style glove gift certificate
Lisa Henderson-Major - free Pool and Billiard subscription
Julia Gabriel - Samm's SidePocket Goodie Bag
Debbie Watson - Starbucks gift card
Diana Cardona - free
entry fee
Samm Diep won the Second Chance tournament by double dipping Jillian
Valles with a hill-hill win. Kyu Yi came in 3rd and Jennifer
Combs came in 4th.
Kyu,
Jillian and Samm
A BIG thank you to Wes Hunter of Hunter Classics Custom Cues for his
generous support of the Tour for over 13 years!
Our
next stop is at Paradise Billiards in
Corpus Christi, Texas August 18-19. Come on out for Good
Pool, Good Friends, Good Times!
Main event
payouts, $2,000 added:
| Place |
Player |
Amount |
| 1 |
Heather
Lloyd |
$750.00
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| 2 |
Leslie Anne
Rogers |
$550.00 |
| 3 |
Julia Gabriel
|
$400.00 |
| 4 |
Amanda
Lampert |
$280.00 |
| 5 |
Kim Pierce
|
$160.00 |
| 5 |
Michelle
McDermott
|
$160.00 +
WPBA Qualifier |
| 7 |
Kathy Batson
|
$110.00
|
| 7 |
Julie
Stephenson |
$110.00 |
| 9 |
Shayla Neris |
$60.00 |
| 9 |
Monica
Anderson
|
$60.00 |
| 9 |
Lisa
Henderson-Major
|
$60.00 |
| 9 |
Helen Hayes
|
$60.00 |
| 13 |
Laura
McDermott
|
$35.00 |
| 13 |
Samm Diep
|
$35.00 |
| 13 |
Melinda
Hinojosa |
$35.00 |
| 13 |
Terry
Petrosino |
$35.00 |
Second Chance tournament results:
14 women, $100
added
1st:
Samm Diep $100
2nd
Jillian Valles $70
3rd
Kyu Yi $45
4th Jennifer Combs $25
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