Hunter
Classics Tour Year 2007 in Review
Another
successful year for
the Hunter Classics Amateur Women's Tour is complete! Over
$35,000 in
cash and prizes were awarded to the Hunter Classics Tour members and we
celebrated Thirteen Years!!! Room owners
add $2,000 to each Hunter Classics Tour tournament (guaranteed) and BIG
thanks go
to them, the players, and our amazing sponsor, Wes Hunter, who donates
a Hunter
Classics Custom Cue to every tournament!
Hunter
Classics Tour Continues to Grow Strong:
136 ladies from around the world competed in the Hunter Classics Tour
in the
year 2007. The highest attendance of one tournament was 69 women
(in February)! Average attendance is 42
players a stop. We also had ten stops in 2007 – the most we ever
had.
Year
2007 Award Winners:
Tour Champion - Heather Lloyd
Tour Champion runner up - Leslie Anne Rogers
Most Improved Player - Kyu Yi
Perfect Attendance, $200 drawing winner - Shayla Neris
Year
2007 WPBA Qualifier Winners:
Leslie Anne Rogers (3)
Heather Lloyd (2)
Amanda Lampert (2)
Estelle Bijnen
Michelle McDermott
Rebecca Zhou
Summary
of Tournaments:
1st stop:
Estelle
Bijnen
69
ladies competed at Fast Eddie's in Round Rock, Texas in
February. Estelle Bijnen from the Netherlands won
the
tournament and the WPBA Qualifier. Heather Lloyd from Autin came
in second.
Belinda
Lee from Houston won the Second
Chance Tournament.
2nd stop:
42 ladies competed at Shooters II in Lake
Jackson, Texas
in March. Heather Lloyd won the tournament and Lisa Marr from
Little Rock,
Arkansas
came in second. Leslie Anne Rogers won the WPBA Qualifier
Terry
Petrosino from Houston won the Second
Chance Tournament.
3rd
stop:
44 ladies competed at Magoo's Billiards in Tulsa, Oklahoma
in March. Leslie Anne Rogers won the tournament and WPBA
Qualifier. Lisa Marr came in second.
Jennifer
Kraber from Austin won the Second
Chance Tournament.
4th Stop
44 women played at Bogies Billiards in Houston, Texas in
April. Rebecca Zhou won the tournament and
the WPBA Qualifier. Leslie Anne Rogers came in second
Helen
Hayes from San Antonio won the
Second Chance Tournament.
5th
stop:
34 ladies competed at Fast Eddie's in College Station, Texas
in June. Leslie Anne Rogers won the tournament and the WPBA
Qualifier. Kyu Yi came in second.
Amanda
Lampert won the Second Chance Tournament.
6th
stop:
36 women came to compete at Magoo's Billiards in Tulsa, Oklahoma in
July. Heather Lloyd from Austin double-dipped Leslie Anne Rogers
to win the tournament. Michelle McDermott won the
WPBA Qualifier.
Samm
Diep from Colorado won the Second
Chance Tournament.
7th
stop:
19 women came to compete at Paradise Billiards in Corpus Christi, Texas
in August. Amanda Lampert won the tournament and the WPBA
Qualifier. Heather Lloyd came in second.
Board
member Helen Hayes from
San Antonio won
the Second Chance tournament.
8th
stop:
49 women came to compete at The Billiard Den in Richarson, Texas in
September. Amanda
Lampert won the tournament and the WPBA Qualifier. Heather Lloyd
came in second.
Kyu
Yi from
San Antonio won
the Second Chance tournament.
9th
stop:
36 women came to compete at Bogies Billiards in Houston, Texas
in October. Tara McCracken won the tournament. Heather
Lloyd came in second and won the WPBA
Qualifier.
Amanda
Lampert won the Second Chance Tournament.
10th
stop:
42 women came to compete at Legend's Billiards in League City, Texas
in November. Heather Lloyd won the tournament and the WPBA
Qualifier and the Tour Championship!
Lisa Marr came in second.
Board
member Helen Hayes
won the Second Chance Tournament.
The
year 2007 saw many veteran
Hunter Classics players along with numerous new faces. The goal
of the
Hunter Classics Tour is to provide a friendly, respectful, and
competitive
environment for ALL levels of women to compete. We are dedicated to helping the women
reach their dreams.
The
Hunter
Classics Tour's success is due to the all of the supportive players
that love
pool and come to the events to challenge themselves and have fun.
The
Hunter Classics Tour is the largest, longest-running regional women's
tour in
the United States!
All
the
ladies wish to thank our dedicated main sponsor Wes Hunter, the
host
rooms, and the rest of our wonderful sponsors for another successful
year!
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