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Choose
from the many sections of the Hunter Classics Tours' Exciting Past
Which Year do you
want to visit?
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Hunter Classics
Tour Champions:
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2007
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Heather Lloyd |
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2006
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Heather Lloyd
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2005
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Leslie Anne Rogers
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2004
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Leslie Anne Rogers
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2003
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Leslie Anne Rogers
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2002
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Leslie Anne Rogers
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2001
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Leslie Anne Rogers
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2000
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Kim White
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1999
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Melanie Koger
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1998
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June Walter
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1997
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Shelly Barnes
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1996
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Orietta Strickland
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1995
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Julie Mason
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1994
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Mona Biddle
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Quick
facts:
- Longest, largest running regional women's tour.
- Most women in one event - 72 - at Fast
Eddie's in Austin, Texas Feb 2006 (won by Xiaoting Pan (from
China)).
- Most women in a combined
event - 128 - when
the Hunter Classics Tour was held in conjunction with the Amateur
Nationals in Austin, TX in August 1995 (won by Kimberly Kirk)
- Most expensive cue(s): Hunter
Classics Custom Cues valued at $2,700 - raffled at Big Daddy's Billiards in Alvin, TX
November 2004. $2,600 -
raffled at Legend's Billiards in League City August 2004. Two
others - One raffled off
Sept 2001 and the other Feb 2003 valued each at $2,400.
- Lisa Marr becomes first to win three events in a row (2002)!
- Leslie Anne Rogers becomes
first to win Tour Champion FIVE Years in a row
(2001-2005)!
Chronology
of the Hunter Tour:
- How
and Why did the Hunter Tour get started?
- First Hunter Article - "Hunter Classics Amateur Women's Tour Kicks Off Its
First Year"
- 'Tour
Director' to 'Board of Directors':
- How did Qualifiers
start?
- Gentleman Jack offers 4 Qualifiers -
1998 (and who can play in them?)
- Two WPBA
Prescott Qualifiers were won in 1998 and early 1999
- Starting
in April of 1999, each stop would be a WPBA Qualifier! (you
could qualify for the event by paying an extra $50. Whoever has placed
the highest and paid the extra $50, gets to play in a WPBA event!)
- Top Ten
Qualifier Drawing (year 2000 only due to WPBA Qualifier limit) - at the
end of the year, the top ten names in the rankings who had not won a
qualifier were put in a hat and a name was drawn to see who won a WPBA
Qualifier. Julie Stephenson won the Qualifier in 2000.
- WPBA limits
Qualifiers to 4 a year -
2001 to Feb 2002
- *(A
60-day notice is required by the WPBA to have a Qualifier -
because ABQ was in Feb, we didn't hear this news in time for the stop
to be
a Qualifier.)
- (1/29/02) Players ranked on the WPBA
Tour up to 48, but who are not a Touring Pro, must pay an additional
$25 to play in any non-qualifiers at a Hunter Tour Event. If the
event is a qualifier, you do not have to pay the extra $25.
- Each stop a WPBA Qualifier started again in 2004
to present.
- 2005 - trial period of $75 fee or number of
ladies interested in qualifier divided into $500 (which ever is lesser).
- Qualifier
fee was reduced from $75 to only
$20 for all the stops of 2006. Courtesy of an
anonymous donor who wants to provide
an avenue for ALL players to afford a chance at the WPBA
Qualifiers. If $500 (the price of a WPBA entry fee) is not
raised with the WPBA Qualifier fees, he will make up the difference
for the tour and the ladies. Thank
you to our anonymous donor!
- Qualifier Winners
- Can Pros play? How did that evolve?
- Hunter Classics Logo - created in 2000
and a new one created in 2005.
- True Double Elimination?
- 1994-2001 - The semi-finals was a race
to 9 and the finals was one race to 11.
- 2002 - After a few inquiries from some of the players
wanting a true double elimination tournament, the Hunter
Classics Board took a vote of the members to see if they wanted the
finals of the Hunter Classics Tour to be true double elimination or
kept to one race to 9 in the semi-final and one race to 11 in the
final. When the voting was over, an overwhelming majority wanted
the tour to become true double elimination (i.e. race 7 in the
semi-final and (if necessary two races to 7) in the
final. This change was implemented in 2002.
- Who Breaks?
- 1994
- 2000 - Winner breaks.
- 2001-
2005 - In a effort to
encourage new players to participate in the Hunter Classics Tour-all
matches
played on Saturday will be alternating break. Players will flip
or
lag for the first break and will alternate turns during the remainder
of
the match. Matches played on Sunday will be Winner break.
- 2006- present - Alternate break throughout the
entire tournament.
- How have the points evolved?
- 1994-1999:
points were given through 12th place for each stop.
- 2000-2001:
Points changed to reflect an incentive for players trying to get
perfect attendance. Each person per stop received points.
See 2000 and 2001 point standings.
- In
2002 - present, the WPBA wanted the regional tours to use their point
system. See 2002 , 2003 , 2004, 2005
, and current point standings.
- Affected
tournament by the points: Regional Tour Championship.
Top 8 of the Hunter Tour competed with the top 8 of
eight other women's tour in Nov 2001, top 7 in Nov 2003 and top 8 in
2005.
- What awards are available?
- Tour Champion - the player with
the most points.
- The WPBA started inviting the Tour
Champion to the WPBA Nationals. Precedence has been an invite to
the BCA Nationals in May, also.
- Quick Fact: So
far there has been only one play-off - in 1999, when Melanie
Koger and Shelly Barnes tied for points at the end of the last
stop. They played one race and Melanie won.
- Click here
for all Tour Champions (including pictures!)
- Tour Champion Runner-Up
- 1999 - Shelly Barnes
- 2000 - Gail Lave
- 2001 - Brenda Plantz
- 2002 - Orietta Strickland
- 2003 - Lisa Marr
- 2004 - Tara McCracken
- 2005 -
Heather Pulford
- 2006 - Leslie
Anne Rogers
- 2007 - Leslie
Anne Rogers
- Best Sportsmanship - played
free the following year:
- 1997 - Dora Valdez
- 1998 - June Walter
- Most Improved Player - plays
free the following year:
- 1997 - Gail Roles
- 1998 - Melinda Bailey
- 1999 - Judy Byam and Melanie Koger
- 2000 - Kawania Watson
- 2001 - Mindy Williams
- 2002 - Audra Carter
- 2003
- Rachel Hurst
- 2004
- Michelle Cortez
- 2005 - Heather Pulford
- 2006 - Terry
Petrosino
- 2007 - Kyu Yi
- Perfect Attendance
- 2000 - $200 drawing
- 2001 - $200 drawing and 1 free entry
paid in 2002
- 2002 - $200 drawing and 1 free entry
paid in 2003
- 2003 - $200 drawing and 1 free entry
paid in 2004
- 2004 - $100 drawing and 1 free entry
paid in 2005
- 2005 - $100 drawing and 1 free
entry paid in 2006
- 2006 - $200 drawing and 1 free
entry paid in 2007
- 2007 - $200 drawing and 1 free
entry paid in 2008
- What about the Second Chance Event ?
- Held EVERY Sunday of a Hunter Classics
Stop for members not in the main event (or couldn't play on Saturday
due to personal conflicts). At least $100 is added to the
tournament with
only a $10 entry fee. Tour Champions are not eligible to play in
this tournamenrt
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