The 7th and last tour stop of the 2000 season was held at Big Daddy's in Alvin, TX. This is the 4th time in a row that Big Daddy's has hosted the season finale of the Hunter Classics Tour.  Many thanks for our wonderful hosts Vicki and Ed McKillop.  Also, a big thanks for Ron Gibson for being our referee and Mike Roles for being yet again a great Tournament Director for us!

Congratulations to the Hunter Classics Tour year end award winners!

51 ladies from across the United States and Taiwan competed in this event and as usual it was a tough field of competitors.  The 16 left standing on Sunday were familiar names as top Hunter Classics Tour finishers.

The surprise of the stop was Sherri Hudson.  She was a qualifier contestant and she lost her first match of the tournament to Nicole Bacon.  She battled her way back through a tough field of competitors with wins over Holly Gilbert (7-1), Connie Turner (7-1), Gail Lave (7-2), Gail Roles (7-0), Lisa Marr (7-3), Sophie Lopez (7-5), Julie Mason (7-5), Orietta Strickland (7-4) and Kim White for her spot in the finals.

Yung-Yi Yan from Taiwan made her way to the finals with wins over Tracy Ward (7-3), Melissa Martinez (7-2), Brenda Plantz (7-3), Julie Stephenson (7-0), Leslie Rogers (7-5) and Kim White.

It was a grand finish in the final race to 11.  Yung-Yi reached the hill first.  She had a chance to win it - but missed a combo on the 9.  That left Sherri with the game - bringing the match hill-hill.  Again it looked like Yung-Yi had the win, but while running out she hooked herself behind the 9 trying to get position for the 7.  She missed hitting the 7, and with ball-in-hand, Sherri ran out for the win.  An exciting and appropriate ending for a great Hunter Classics Tour year.

The top 5 Hunter Classic Tour players of the 2000 season were:
1       Kim White
2       Gail Lave
3       Julie Stephenson
4       Cynthia Ferrer
5       Lisa Marr

The second chance tournament was also an exciting event.  A record breaking 31 ladies participated in this event.  The prize fund was infused with the donations by the World Class pro-player and classy gentleman - Jeremy Jones.  Players and fans paid $5 for a challenge match with Jeremy.  Jeremy in turn donated the $200 he raised to the 2nd Chance Tournament prize fund. Thanks Jeremy!!!

Melinda Bailey the 1998 Hunter Classics Most Improved Player and 2000 LBAF State Championship runner-up played very well to win the winner's bracket of the 2nd Chance Tournament.  Brenda Plantz from Denver, CO made her way through the 1-loss side to the finals with Melinda Bailey.   It was a tough match with both players playing very well.  Brenda Plantz prevailed by winning in the finals.  Congratulations to Brenda for the win, Melinda Bailey for her 2nd place finish and Lucille Donahue for her 3rd place finish.

But wait!!!  That isn't the end of the winners.  Many outstanding prizes were donated for this stop, including autographed pictures of Ewa Mataya.  A big thank you for the following people for supporting the Hunter Classics Tour and congratulations to the winners:

Cues were donated by:
Jerry Olivier - winner - Randy Page
Rhino - winner - Brett Toche'

It was an outstanding year for the Hunter Classics Tour, as 180 ladies competed in the events throughout the year.  Enough praises cannot be said to Wes Hunter for making this tour possible.  Thank you Wes for continuing to support the ladies!  All the Hunter Classic Tour ladies are winners due to Wes' support.

A special thanks also goes to the Hunter Classic Tour Board members for donating their time and effort to keep this tour going.

Tour Board Members:
Julie Stephenson
Lucille Donahue
Melinda Bailey
Cynthia Ferrer
Shayla Neris (retired)

The Hunter Tour Classic ladies are looking forward to another great season in the year 2001. 
 

PLACE 1st  2nd 3rd  4th 5th/6th 5th/6th 7th/8th 7th/8th 9th-12th 9th-12th  9th-12th 9th-12th  13th-16th 13th-16th 13th-16th 13th-16th 17th-24th 17th-24th 17th-24th 17th-24th 17th-24th 17th-24th 17th-24th 17th-24th

PLAYER Sherri Hudson Yung-Li Yang Kim White Orietta Strickland Julie Mason Leslie Rogers Sophie Lopez Deanna Kniola Lisa Marr Julie Stephenson Linda Lujan Melanie Koger Michelle Cortez Gail Roles Kawania Watson Belinda Lee KC Mink Gail Lave Lucille Donahue Melinda Bailey Tracy Ward Nancy Goodwin Marvel Garza Brenda Plantz

WINNINGS $750 + Qualifier $600  $450 $300 $175 $175 $125 $125 $75 $75 $75 $75 $75 $45 $45 $45 $25 $25 $25 $25 $25 $25 $25 $25

2nd Chance Tournament Results:
      $300 added, 31 players

(Note: Jeremy Jones played Challenge matches on Saturday for $5 and raised an extra $200 for the Second Chance Tournament!  Thank You Jeremy!)
 

1st	Brenda Plantz	$200
2nd	Melinda Bailey	$170
3rd	Lucille Donahue	$105
4th	LaDonna Ulrich	$65
5/6th	Shayla Neris	$20
5/6th	Nancy Beavin	$20
7/8th	Jennifer Kraber	$10
7/8th	Cynthia Ferrer	$10