HUNTER CLASSICS AMATEUR WOMEN'S TOUR
Fifth Hunter Classics Stop visits Legend's Billiards in August.
Photos copyright AZBilliards.com
Mindy Cohen welcomed the Hunter Classics Tour to her wonderful and spacious
poolroom once again. This year, 50 women came to play at Legend's Billiards
in League City, Texas on August 9th and 10th. This tournament was a
WPBA Qualifier for the Coors Light WPBA Nationals and it was up for grabs
by all the players.
David Moreno, a wonderful supporter of the Hunter Classics Tour, won the
beautiful $1,900 Hunter Classics Custom Cue that was raffled off right
before the finals. Congratulations, David! We Hunter donates
Hunter Classics Custom Cues to every stop which supports the success of the
tour. Thank you, Wes!
On Sunday morning, the remaining 12 in the main event represented many facets of the Hunter Tour: previous tour
stop winners, newcomers, improvers, and consistency players. As the players
dwindled down to half a dozen, it was anybody's guess of who would win the first place prize of $750 and the WPBA Qualifier.
Finishing a very respectable and impressive 9-12th place were all Texans:
Shayla Neris from Austin, Celeste Torres from New Braunfels, Terri Kelley
from Dallas and Kim Pierce from Bastrop. Finishing a great 7-8th place
were Mindy William and Nicole Bacon, both from the Houston area. 5-6th
place finishers, Jennifer Kraber and Rose McCrory, fought hard all weekend
for their wonderful finish. For 4th place, Leslie Anne Rogers defeated
Deanna Henson. Deanna won $250 for her excellent finish. Leslie Anne
Rogers then played Lisa Marr to see who would get a chance to play Rachel
Hurst in the finals. It looked like Lisa all the way, but with a 5-2
lead Leslie caught up and turned the match into a nail biter for the crowd
at 6-6. Lisa Marr came out on top with Leslie winning $400 for 3rd place.
Leslie had already won a qualifier spot for the WPBA Nationals the previous
weekend, so it came down to the last two ladies, Lisa and Rachel.
Rachel Hurst from Austin has been having a great year. She has been
placing consistently in every event she has played in and in this event she
proved herself again. Rachel started out having to play Amanda Lampert
from San Antonio, then Julia Gabriel from Illinois. Both of these players
play exceptional, but Rachel prevailed winning 7-3, 7-4 respectively.
Then Rachel defeated Betina Yurkus from Louisiana, 7-2, then Mindy Williams,
7-1. On Sunday, Rachel played Leslie Anne Rogers first. This
was the fifth time in five months these two have met on Sunday and this time
Rachel won the match with very solid play by a score of 7-5. Rachel
then played Lisa Marr for the hotseat and defeated her 7-5 as well.
Lisa's road to the finals started out with wins over Andrea Wardell, 7-2,
then Christina Laredo 7-1 and Suzanne Walkuski 7-2. She had her hands
full with Terri Kelley next but won 7-4. On Sunday morning Lisa defeated
Jennifer Kraber. After losing to Rachel for the hotseat, and defeating
Leslie 7-6 for the finals, Lisa was ready to play in the finals. At
this tournament last year she double dipped her opponent in the finals to
win the tournament. Could she do it again this year? Yes.
She defeated Rachel 7-3 the first set and 7-2 the second set.
Lisa went home with $750 and the WPBA Qualifier and Rachel took home $550
for her wonderful finish. Lisa was very excited after her win and wanted
to give extra thanks to her sponsor Jones Brothers Pool Tables in North Little
Rock, Arkansas. Lisa commented after the tournament that she started her
run of three wins last season with a double dip win in the 5th event of the
season. Her win at this stops rockets her up to 3rd place in the point standings.
In the second chance tournament, Kristin Haney defeated Andrea Wardell for
the tournament win. Kristin won $120 and Andrea won $90. Amanda
Lampert came in third and won $70 with Michelle Cortez winning $40 for 4th
place.
Congratulations to all the ladies!
Visit us next month at Pool Sharks in Las Vegas, NV on September 20 and
21st. $2,000 added and a WPBA Qualifier! And, don't forget the
our Ten Year Anniversary Party in November - everyone is invited! Come
join us to celebrate the longest, largest running women's tour in the nation!
There will be gifts and raffles at Big Daddy's in Alvin, TX November 6th
and 7th. We will also crown the Most Improved Player and the Tour Champion.
Don't miss this stop!
1st
Lisa Marr
$750 + Qualifier
2nd
Rachel Hurst
$550
3rd
Leslie Anne Rogers
$400
4th
Deanna Henson
$250
5-6th
Rose McCrory and Jennifer Kraber
$150
7-8th
Mindy Williams and Nicole Bacon
$100
9-12th
Terri Kelley, Shayla Neris, Celeste Torres, and Kim Pierce
$75
13-16th
Suzanne Walkuski, Tricia Moses, Anne Mayes, Kristin Haney and Julie Stephenson
$55
17-24th
April
Sheldon, Michelle Cortez, Audra Carter, Suzanne Walkuski, Sara McDonald,
Lucille Donahue, Betina Yurkus, and Julie Stiranak
