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#2: Mitch Yarbrough Fearless in Fayetteville |
| The second stop of the 2008/2009 season entitled the
1st Annual Fayetteville Georgia J. Pechauer Open took
place this past weekend, August 2nd-3rd, at Metro Sports
Bar and Billiards. The $1000 added open event started
out with an exhibition by Tour Director Tommy Kennedy
and progressed into a weekend of great fun and competition.
This open nine-ball event was played on nine foot Diamond
tables, great Diamond lighting, and with 860 Simonis cloth.
The venue location was excellent and offered good food
and a bar for those in attendance.
Day one of the event passed along special honors to the
highest senior finisher, Horace Godwin, who received $50
for his efforts; highest junior Sean Davis took home $25;
and a local non-profit charity received $40.
On Sunday, the field dwindled down to the final few faces
including a match-up between Mike Newsome and T.F. Whittington
in the quarter-finals. Newsome ran past Whittington by
a final score of 9-3 to play Tommy Kennedy in the semis.
Kennedy was put on the one-loss side by Mitch Yarbrough
who had defeated him in the hot-seat match 9-5.
In the semi-finals, Kennedy wasted no time in jumping
ahead in the set and ultimately bested Newsome 9-3 to
allow him yet another chance at meeting up with Yarbrough.
Although it was apparent that this event had Yarbrough’s
name written all over it as he managed to end Kennedy’s
tournament life handily at 11-2 in the final round.
The tour would like to thank everyone for their participation
and hospitality; Mr. Tom Jones, Sr. for his help and hard
work; Mike Matsie for assisting with the tournament director
duties at this event; and also Mike Baynard and his family
for hosting this great event. Kudos also go to Tommy Lee
Jones for his very impressive play – for those of
you searching for a coach, he is available for lessons
as he is a certified BCA instructor and can be reached
at (678) 927-4262. Last but not least, support the tour
title sponsor, J. Pechauer Custom Cues - Metro Sports
Bar and Billiards is now a dealer for the company so stop
in and check out the many options that J. Pechauer offers.
The next tour event will be held August 16th-17th at Skeeter’s
Billiards in Gulfport, Mississippi entitled The Pechauer
Mississippi Open. This will be a $1500 total guaranteed
added: $1000 added open; and $500 added amateur/semi-pro
second chance tourny Sunday only. For more information
on this stop, contact Skeeter’s directly and speak
with Ricky, Andy or Colleen or visit the tour website
at www.southeastopen.com
by
Sherry Pouncey - AzB Staff - 2008-08-06 AZBilliards.com |
Complete Payouts:
1st Mitch Yarborough $700.00
2nd Tommy Kennedy $475.00
3rd Mike Newsome $375.00
4th TF Whittington $275.00
5th Tommy Jones $175.00
5th Dimant Patell $175.00
7th Paul Turner $75.00
7th Barry Wilmington $75.00
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