Tournament Results

John Jordan		325
Chris Brunner		200
Penn Flamana		165
David Donovan		140
Falon Farleigh		125
Sherri Cunningham		120
Doug Grams		85
David Witherrow		80
Will Spradlin		10
Ronnie Banner		75
Dale Cunningham		65
Paul Rinker		60
Scott Price		55
Buddy Fountain		55
Marianne Rinker		50
Sheri Brunner		40
Rick Alexander		40
Hassan Alewaini		40
Freddie Ross		35
Josh Aman		30
Jeremia Shawham		30
Norman Stahl		30
Phil Mc Dermott		25
Scott Pria		20
Mike Crowley		10
Ed Morrow		10
Jennifer Hicks		10
Wayne Bean		10
Jim Deveny		10
Dennis Beard		10

Results 3/13/10

The 4th stop of the year was held at the Side Pocket.

We had a nice turn out inspite of the fact that many of our regulars were out of town playing in a Moose Tournament.

Buddy Fountain played good from the start but eventually fell to a 3rd place finish.

Sheri Bruner got off to a slow start but then picked it up a notch to eventually land her 4th place.

Chris Bruner and John Newton (alias Jordan) both played great throughout the tournament but when they met in the finals it was all Chris.  Jordan was having problems hanging up some key balls and Chris was not missing anything. When the score reached 5 to 0 Jordan, who had already expressed total frustration, broke down his cue and forfeited the match.

Congratulations to the young gun Chris for first place!

1st Place……..Chris Bruner       / $100

2nd Place…….Jordan                 / $ 60

3rd Place…….Buddy Fountain  /  $30

 

Results 2/27/10

The Playing Field was our host on this event which pulled 21 players. The field consisted of many regulars, some who haven’t shown up for a while and several new players.

Marianne Rinker got off to a good start winning her first 4 matches but then the wheels fell off and she lost the next two matches.

Scott Price who’s play swung back and forth from very good to fair seemed to let the rolls disturb his mental concentration and eventually settled for 3 rd place.

Penny Flammia overall played a very good tournament inspite of  some fatigue that set in early. He won several matches before losing to Jordan then in the left side of the bracket he won 6 matches to earn a rematch for the finals.  However in the finals exhaustion had set in and Jordan was playing great. With a final score of  7-4  Penny eventually settled for 2nd place.  Congradulations Penny.

Jordan (John Newton) went undefeated through out the tournament to claim 1st place.  Congradulations John on a well played tournament!

1st Place:  John Newton          $175

2nd Place: Penny Flammia    $ 80

3rd Place: Scott price               $ 50

4th Place:  Rich Alexander     $ 35

Results 2/6/10 Murphy’s II

In the middle of our snow storm we still had 14 players show up for this event.  I believe some must have rented a sled with snow dogs. But as you know some pool players like taking risks and others just cannot stand to stay in the house when there is action!

Doug Grams made the trip all the way up from New Port New. Doug is a very strong “A” player but he got a little unlucky in his first match and after several bad rolls he was sent to the one loss side. Once on the left side he displayed some very impressive wins and eventually came in 4th place.

Casey and Cricket Blevins, first time with our tour, both did very well and had a great time.

 

 

 

 

 

John Newton ( Jordan) and Falon Farleigh (a couple) both had a good day and ended up playing each other in the semi-finals, where John sent Falon to the one loss side.  Falon playing very well came back for a rematch. In the finals Jordan jumped out to a 5-2 lead and then it appeared he got distracted and missed a couple of easy shots which Falon was quick to take advantage. Eventually Jordan reached the hill which made it 6 to 4 but could not close it.  Falon won the next 3 games and took home the $150 first prize.

1st Place  Falon Farleigh  $150

2nd            John Newton      $ 80

3rd             Doug Grams        $ 50

Results 1/23/10 Side Pocket

For the first event of the new year we started out with 20 players eager to get started.  

Penny Flammia, always a strong contender, lost his first match.  Then on the one loss side , showing patience and skill, he mounted a strong comeback winning his next 5 matches before  losing and eventually settling for fourth place!

Shari Cunningham had a very good day with some big upsets and finally settled for third place.

Chris Brunner and John Newton both started out the race from the gate with very strong play and both wanted to be the in the winner’s circle.  In the semi finals Chris managed to send Jordan to the one loss side leaving Chris in the hot seat. On the one loss side Jordan playing with more determination then ever worked his way back to earn a place in the finals and a rematch. In the finals we so some great shot making and both of these players have a very exposive breakf!!! Everytime Chris broke it sounded like a shot gun going off!  The match was a nail bitter. Chris and Jordan traded games eventually going hill/hill where Chris finnally ran out for the win!!

1st Place   Chris Brunner               $200

2nd              John Newton                 $100

3rd                Shari Cunningham    $40

4th                Penny Flammia           $ 30

Results 12/12/09 Playing Field

The final event for 2009 was held at the Playing field.  They were as always very gracious hosts . About half way through the tournament we held our year end awards ceremony while enjoying a fantastic buffet. Trophies went to the top 5 place finishers for total tour points earned for the year and certificates went to the top 10 place finishers. 

 

 

 “ Player of the Year Award” :   David Donovan 965 total points ( received a huge beautiful trophy)

2nd place: Paul Rinker 940 points ( received a beautiful Tim Scruggs custom made cue)

3rd place: Mike Crowley 785 points

4th place: Ronnie Banner 700 points

5th place: Dale Cunningham 690 points

6th place: Norman Stahl 560 points

7th place: Marianne Rinker 460 points

8th place: Scott price 425 points

9th place: John price 380 points

10th place: Sherri Cunningham 350 points

The tournament was full of surprises and upsets.  Sherri Cunningham, a regular on the tour played very well and was very pleased with her 4th place finish. Shawn Samaroo in a hill/hill match sent David Donovan to the left bracket (one loss side) in his first match.  From there Shawn played great going undefeated to the hot seat.  Mean while with a long tough road ahead David started playing better each match and eventually earned a rematch in the finals with Shawn. David started with a great run out then took an early 3-1 lead. Then getting in stroke he took complete control of the match beating Shawn 7-1 for a victory.

1st place David Donovan

2nd place Shawn Samaroo

3rd place Ronnie Banner

4th place Sherri Cunningham

The Richmond Billiard Tour will post their upcoming schedule over the next couple of weeks and would like to thank all the players and the Playing Field, Side Pocket and Murphy’s II for supporting our great sport!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

David Donovan

Director / Richmond Billiard Tour

Phone:804-556-6775

email: david@donovanbilliards.com

Results 12/5/09 Murphy’s II

 Murphy’s II rolled out the carpet to welcome our players and the competition was strong. 

We had several new players including Yong Knapp.  This was her first time ever to play in a tournament and she even surprised herself by finishing in the top half of the field and most importantly she says she had alot of fun. Also we enjoyed the company of Jim Rowe, a first timer, who is a real gentleman and a good sport. We hope to see you more often

Bobby Hengle, always a top contender, played several strong matches, but then with a few bad rolls was knocked out earlier then expected. Bobby accepted his loss very graciously and stayed around for the Roulette Pill Game and to amuse the crowd with his sense of humor and discussions of good sportmanship as it relates to our sport.

David Donovan won his first couple of matches but then got sent to the one loss side.  There, with some very strong play, he made a run for the hot seat but eventually was upset by Mike Crowley in a hill/ hill set.  Mike managed to get one or two more good rolls but he also played very good through out the event.

Brian Stallard, another first timer, played great through out the event.  On his way to the hot seat, in his match against Frank Woodley he was down 6 games to 2 and took advantage of a few mistakes from Frank and came back to win the set.

Eventually it was Brian and Mike in the finals.  The match started with some very strong play from Mike who took an earl lead but then stalled and allowed Brian to catch his stroke and eventually Brian pulls out the upset with a 7-5 victory! 

Congradulations to Brian for his victory and congradulations to Mike who had some outside distractions that seemed to be just enough to throw his game off a little.

1st place     Brian Stallard

2nd                Mike Crowley

3rd                 David Donovan

Brian and David ended the event by splitting the Roulette Pill Game pot!

We appreciate the great job from the staff at Murphy’s II

Results 11/28/09 Side pocket

As usual this Saturday at the Side Pocket this room was full of players and several who had not played in our tournament decided to join us for a full day of pool.

• Will Spradlin decided to participate and played very well throughout the day 
• David Donovan the Tour director played very strong and in the semi finals sent Ronnie Banner to the one loss side.  Which allowed David to go through the winner’s side undeafeated to earn a spot in the finals.
• David Witherow played very well and pulled off several big upsets but eventually had to settle for 3rd place.
• Mean while Ronnie  Banner would not stay down and kept grinding away and managed to earn a spot in the finals for a rematch. 
• In the final match David started with a strong run out but hung up the 9 ball and from there never was able to catch a gear. Ronnie was able to take advantage of a few mistakes by David and a couple of good rolls and pulled off the upset. 
•  Congradulations to Ronnie who played well!! 

1st place        Ronnie Banner

2nd                David donovan

3rd                 David Witherrow

We thanks all the players for there support of the Richmond Billiard Tour.

Results 11/14/09 Murphy’s II

 

Murphy’s II did a great job brining in the players on this date.  We had a field of 24 players composed of many regulars and several strong new players. The place was jumping all day and everyone had a great time.

Walter Dilliard’s first time playing in one of our events played good all day and with a few good rolls wound up taking second place. Congradulations Walter. Danny Mastermaker played some great pool but lost in the third round to Frank Woodly . However he would not stop there.  Danny fought back, on the one loss side, to earn his rematch, where this time beat Frank with some great shot making.  Next Danny faced Walter fplaying for the hot seat however with just 1-2 bad rolls Danny eventually had to settle for 3rd place.

In the finals it was a show down between Walter and John “Jordan”.  Walter played his best but was no match for John who played great.  In the final game John on the hill got a bad roll an was snookered behind the nine but made a great kick on the 8 ball to get on the nine for the win!

1st Place      John “Jordan”               $200.00

2nd                Walter Dilliard              $100.00

3rd                 Danny Mastermaker    $  50.00

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*   Pill Game     Larry Bess                        $150.00

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Thanks to Murph’s II and Staff for their support.

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Results 11/7/09 Playing Field

 

On this date we had a good group of competitors composing largely of regulars on the tour.

The quality of play on this day was extremely good. In the final match between David Donovan and Paul Rinker, who had been playing really well, David got off to a strong start with a run out from the 2 ball then two break and runs. Ultimately David won 7 -3.

1st Place     David Donovan

2nd                Paul Rinker

3rd                 Ronnie Banner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tour Points as 0f October 30,2009

 

Paul Rinker		705
David Donovan		650
Mike Crowley		610
DaleCunningham.		445
Norman Stahl		427
Scott Price		425
John Price		380
Marianne Rinker		370
Ronnie Banner		350
Sherri Cunningham		270
Sean Millican		250
Chris Brunner		250
Brandon Rogers		235
Charlie Knight		210
Chris Pearce		195
Jim Dickerson		190
Kevin Usery		170
Doug Jarrold		165
Cecil H		120
Josh Dickerson		120
John Jordan		110

10/24/09 Tournament

This event was hosted by the Side Pocket.  With many regulars showing up action got started early.

Several strong players got derailed early leaving the field open to 3 regulars who each wanted the victory.

Mikle Crowley who is one of the top tour point earners played extremely well but had to settle for third place. 

In the finals Dale Cunningham and Ronnie Banner fought a tough fight.  The match was altimately decided by Ronnie’s ability to make some very good combos  along with a couple of good rolls. Congradulations to Ronnie who has consistently over the year played well !

1st Place      Ronnie Banner        $100

2nd Place    Dale Cunningham   $ 60

3rd Place     Mike Crowley            $ 40

10/17/09 Tourament  Results

1st Place Winner          Scott Sykes          $200

2nd Place                       Ronnie Banner     $ 90

3rd Place                        Shaun Samoro      $40

4th Place                         Dale Cunninham  $30

Eighteen players marched into Murpy’s II on this day to show their skills on the Brunswick tables.

Scott Sykes on his first time in our event pulled off several close matches but altimately won first place.

Ronnie Banner played very good trought out the tournament but had to settle for 2nd place.

 

 

10/10/2009 Tournament Results

This event, hosted by the Playing Field,  got under way at 12:30 and everyone there seemed ready for action.

Paul Rinker  played a good steady game and went undefeated for the hot seat position.

Meanwhile Norm Stahl who got off to a great start by winning his first 3 matches  stalled and was sent to the left side. Eventually Norm after a long hard day of battle had to settle for third place.

Dale Cunningham was sent to the one loss side early in the day. But Dale who just loves to play did not let that upset him. He just kept playing and playing until after numerous tight matches found his way in the finals against his best friend Paul. In the finals Paul and Dale kept trading games until the score was 5-5 then Dale managed to pull off the victory by winning 7-5.  Congratulations Dale!!

1st Place          Dale Cunningham        $100

2nd                   Paul Rinker                 $ 50

3rd                   Norm Stahl                  $ 30    

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Tour Results 9/26/09

We had a very enthusiastic group of players show up for this 9 ball event at the Side Pocket .

Shari Cunningham, who is a regular on the tour, got off to a rough start by losing her first match to Brandon Rogers. However she then played extremely well and started a strong comeback mounting impressive wins of 4-3, 4-1,4-1, 4-1, before finally losing to John Price and settled for fourth place.  Congratulations Shari!

John Price and Wayne Marshall both played well but Brandon Rogers, with the handicap system, proved to be too good on this day as no one could stop him.  Congratulations Brandon!

First place       Brandon Rogers         $135

2nd                  John Price               $ 60

3rd                  Wayne Marshall        $ 35

Once again the tournament went very smooth and everyone had a very good time. The always exciting Roulette Pill Game was a big smash and lasted until the end of the event.  The last two standing were John Price and Bobby Forbes who decided to split the $85 pot.                     

Tournament Results / Murphy’s II  September 12, 2009

On this beautiful day with many other activities going on, we had a field of 26 players in attendance.

 

1st Place         John Jordan                $250

2nd                  Brandon Rogers         $125

 3rd                  Dwayne Stacy            $ 75

4th                  Marianne Rinker        $ 50

 

*Pill Game winner was Falon Farleigh, $175 (also placed 7th in the tournament).

Brandon Rogers, Dwayne Stacy and Marianne Rinker all played extremely well on this day; however, John Jordan stole the show, going undefeated with scores of 5-2, 5-2, 5-0, 5-0, and 5-1 over Brandon in the finals.

We would like to thank Jennifer Hicks (owner) and her staff for doing a great job of hosting the event.

 

Tournament Results / Playing Field September 5, 2009

 

1st Place   Charlie Knight                     $120

2nd       Mike Crowley                             $70

3rd     Shari Cunningham                         $35

 

On this warm and sunny day, we had 14 players show up, and all had a great time.

Shari, who is very quiet and polite, did not hesitate to show how her game is improving.  Mike, always a threat, was running strong until Shari sent him to the one loss side.  Meanwhile, Charlie Knight was playing very well and went undefeated for a seat at the finals.

Mike did not like it on the left side of the bracket, and tightened up his game.  And, after knocking off several opponents, earned a place in the finals.  However, Charlie, on this day, proved to be the one who wanted it the most.  Charlie won the final match and was declared the overall winner!

 

 

 

 July 11,2009  at the Playing Field

·        1st Place         Scott Price                 $140

·         2nd                 David Donovan       $80

·         3rd                  Joe Porter                   $40

·         4th                  Tommy Woodcock     n/a

·         5th                  John Price                     n/a

·         Despite the beautiful weather we had 16 players show up with their cues ready for action.

·         Welcome and congratulations to Tommy Woodcock a new comer to our event. Tommy played extremely well and managed a 4th place finish. Not bad for his first time.

·         Joe Porter’s game was clicking fairly well and when he did run into trouble was able to use his knowledge of the game to get out of some tough spots. He hung tough and eventually managed several nice upsets which earned him a 3rd place finish.

·         Scott Price played very solid all day and sailed through to the hot seat on the winners side . 

·         David Donovan got off to a very shaky start and was sent to the one loss side early by Tommy Woodcock.  However once on the one loss side David apparently realized he did not want to go down for the count and came back very strong. Winning his last 4 matches all with scores of 4 to 1 victories. Eventually earning a rematch with Tommy and this time pulled off the upset with a win of 4 to 1. Earning a spot in the finals.

·         In the finals Scott and David both played very good, with some great shot making and very few safeties played. However they both got a couple of undeserving bad rolls and  ultimately the match went hill/hill. After a scratch by David, Scott was able to run out from the six ball for the win!

·         We introduced a new version of the pill game called Pill Bottle Roulette and the players loved it!!! It gave everyone who participated something fun to do while waiting between matches. The game proved to consist of lots of luck and some skill and loads of fun!

** I would like to thank Marianne and Paul Rinker for their help and support in running this event.

  

Results 5/2/09 at the Playing Field 

 

·        1st Place        Doc Reading             $100

·        2nd                 Paul Rinker             $50

·        3rd                  Ronnie Banner        $35

·        4th                  Dale Cunningham   N/A

·         **                   Scott Price              $250      ( Special Door Prize ) 

·        A field of 14 players arrived and ready to play on this beautiful sunny day. But after the dust settled only one player remained standing Doc Reading took first place on his first event.

·        Paul Rinker a regular on the tour went undefeated to the hot seat after sending Doc to the one loss bracket.

·        Doc came back from the one loss side to earn a rematch for the finals. After the first 8 games which was very evenly played, the score was tied at 4-4. In game number 9 Doc makes a bank on the 9 to go ahead 5-4. Then in the next game Doc makes a combo on the 2&9 to  put him on the hill.  At this time Paul decided not to give up and makes a 2-9 combo to bring the score to 5-6. Next game after several safeties Paul makes a great run out from the 5 ball to tie the score at 6-6. In the hill/hill match game after many safety plays by both players Doc is the first to see day light any finally pockets the 9 ball for a victory.  

  5/30/09 Results from Murphy’s II  

  

·         1st Place         $100 /Doug Jerrold

·         2nd Place        $ 45 /Josh Aman

·         3rd Place        $ 25 /Dale Cunningham

With the races in town and lots other activities on this warm sunny day we had a small but enthusiastic group of players that showed up ready to play!

Josh Aman had his best day yet. He went undefeated to claim the hot seat.  Meanwhile Doug Jerrold was also playing fantastic on this day. Doug racked up one victory after another until he lost to Josh for the hot seat, then worked his way back for a rematch for the finals.  This time Doug pulled off a big upset and won the final match with a 7-3 win!

Josh also was one of the lucky winners to get a chance to break the Big Rack. He made a ball on the break and then was able to make two balls to pocket an extra $70

 

 Results from 8 Ball Event 1/24/09 / Playing Field

 

We had a field of 27 players and it was a double elimination, handicapped event. 

 

1st Place     $235   Chris Pearce                                                      

2nd Place    $100   David Donovan (Director Richmond Billiard Tour)

3rd Place     $50    Blas  Orellana

4th Place      $35    Frank Glott 

5-6th Place   $20  Marianne Rinker- Walter Black

 

Comments /High lights

• Congratulations to Chris Pierce who played great and made very few mistakes through out the tournament and went through the winner’s side undefeated.
• Marianne Rinker had a very good day and surprised many opponents with very strong play, for her ranking, making several very difficult long green shots at critical times to win.
• Josh Dickerson, the winner of the last event and always a strong contender played good but could not get past his good friend David Donovan on the one lost side.  David was pocketing balls very well and making every bank shot, no matter how difficult, with ease.  However in the last game David surprised Josh with a conservative play, a safety that ultimately resulted in a win removing his good friend Josh from the tournament…
• In the semi-finals David played a new comer Blas Orellana.  Blas had been steam rolling over his completion.  During this match the balls would not co-operate and therefore the layouts were not conducive to run outs.  Favoring aggressive shot making and much to David’s dislike the match became a battle of safeties.  However with forced patience and under pressure David was able to pull out a victory and Blas had to settle for 3rd place.
• In the finals David had to spot one game on the wire and 1st break to Chris Pearce, which proved to be insurmountable.  David being a little too eager went for a couple difficult shots, which it turns out with the tight pockets, he should have and cost him the match.  Chris, who had played great, was patient and did not make any mistakes and won the event undefeated.

 Results from the Playing Field for 3/7/09

 

1st  Place         David Donovan       $200

2nd Place         Sean Millican          $100

3rd Place         Gary Herrington      $60

4th Place         Carey Mcnamara     $40

5-6th                 Laura Scott – Joe Porter

7-8th                 George Santos- John Price

9-12th               Walter Black, Richard Brown, Paul Rinker, Sheri Bruner

 

• In spite of the beautiful warm sunny day after a week of snow we had 26 players show up.

• Gary Herrington and Carey Mcnamara both played very well in this event.   After many close matches Gary finished a strong 3^rd and Carey settled for 4^th place.
• Sean Millican who went undefeated in our last event had his eye on taking two in a row.  However in the semi finals David Donovan managed to send him to the one loss side with a 5-2 win.   From there Sean ran through the one loss side determined not to let anyone stop him from a rematch for the finals.
• In the finals David and Sean both displayed great shot making and excellent cue ball control.  David took an early 2-0 lead with Sean later closing the gap at 4-3.  From there it went back and forth with each player usually only getting one chance at the table. They each had several fantastic run outs, but in the end David closed out the match with the final score 7-4.

             Results 5/9/09 at the Side Pocket 

·         1st Place        Mike Crowley          $120

·         2nd                 Norman Stahl         $55

·         3rd`                 David Donovan       $35

·         4th                  Chris Bruner           N/A

·         5th-6th          John Price - CJ Cole

·         7th-8th          Walter Payette- Andre Shank

 

·         A field of 13 players showed up for this event and we witnessed many close matches throughout the day.

·         Norman Stahl put on one of his best performances to date. He went undefeated to earn a playoff spot for the finals. At the hot seat he sent Mike Crowley to the one loss side with a 5-3 win. Mike Crowley faced David Donovan on the one loss side and managed to pull off a close win with a score of 4-3. This earned him a rematch in the finals with Norm. This time Mike picked up his game and managed the upset with a 7-4 victory. Congratulations Mike!

·         After 3 drawings we had no winners for the Big Rack

  

June 13,2009 Results from the Side Pocket 

·        1st Place         Paul Rinker                 $100

·        2nd                  Joey Mastermaker     $  45

·        3rd                  Charlie Knight             $  35

 

With summer vacations and other events we had a small field of 12 players but there was lots of enthusiasm and fun for all..

Congratulations to Paul Rinker, a regular on the tour, for his big win.  He has been placing strong for some time and finally was able to break the ice and take a first place finish.

The young Joey Mastermaker played extremely well to go undefeated in the winners bracket to earn the hot seat for the finals.

Paul Rinker was sent to the one loss bracket but worked his way back to play Joey for the finals which is  a race to 7 /single elimination. 

The match started fairly even with Joey wining the first game and playing great. From there they traded games to 2-3 Paul .  Then Paul makes a 9 on the break and then everything went downhill for Joey. In the last 3 games of the match Joey hung up the 8 ball, hung up the 9 ball and scratched on the 9 ball. Paul said it wasn’t pretty but he was still pleased that even though nerves got to him he never gave up.