Rowell and Trest Are Billiards Best

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Rowell and Trest Are Billiards Best
Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour / Birmingham, AL

by InsidePOOL Staff

The Viking Cue Open and Amateur 9- Ball Tour events were hosted by Club Quincy in Birmingham, AL, the weekend of December 20-21. David Rowell took home first place in the open division, while David Trest came in first in the amateur event.
 
The $2,000-added open event saw strong competition in its field, and local player Rowell, a former APA national champion, had his job cut out for him as he had to compete with players such as Randy Jordan, Johnathan Pinegar, and David Rice. Rowell worked his way across the bracket undefeated, going through Chris Limbaugh 9-0, Garland Manley 9-4, LJ Rouse 9-3, Robert Frost 9-3, Randy Jordan 9-2, and finished it up by defeating David Rice in the first set of the double-elimination finals 9-7.
 
Trest, winner of the amateur division, started his tournament by drawing a bye in round one then defeated Rose Igo 5-3, Wayne Morris 5-0, and Jeremy Kimbrell 5-3. Trest was sent to the one-loss side by Rick Washington 5-1 in the match for the hot seat, and once there he bested Bill Wright 5-2 in the semifinals.  After making it back to the finals Trest was able to hold his own and defeated Washington 5-1 in the first set and 5-3 in the second.

David Rowell emerged victorious on the Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour Open event while David Trest captured the Amateur title.

Open Results:
1st David Rowell $1,350
2nd David Rice $900
3rd Randy Jordan $530
4th John Maikke $300
5th Robert Frost $200
Robert Green
7th Scotty Waters $150
Jason Hill
 
Amateur Results:
1st David Trest $430
2nd Rick Washington $250
3rd Bill Wright $150
4th Jeremy Kimbrell $100

Braden the Big Winner in Knoxville

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Braden the Big Winner in Knoxville
Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour / Knoxville, TN

by InsidePOOL Staff

The main event saw local favorite Matt Braden make his way through the field undefeated.

The Viking Cue Amateur 9-Ball Tour rolled into Breaker’s Sports Bar & Grille in Knoxville, TN, December 12 for another $2,500-added amateurs-only event, along with several mini events for the players. The events hosted a grand total of 107 entrants for the weekend and paid out $9,420 in cash payouts to the players, with Matt Braden taking home the lion’s share for first place.
 
The main event saw local favorite Braden make his way through the field undefeated. He had his work cut out for him in order to take first place, having to defeat Marcus Foster 9-2, Dustin Brown 9-1, Robert Wilkerson 9-2, Eddie Little 9-5, Matt Bulfin 9-8, and Robert Frost 9-7 only to face Bulfin again in the finals, where he held his own to win in the first set of the double-elimination format 9-4.
 
Matt “Muttley” Bulfin, an initial favorite, fell short and took second place after his loss in the finals to Braden. This was also a repeat from the last event the Viking Tour held in Knoxville.  Bulfin began his battle by defeating Jeremiah Odom 9-1, Joshua Dowell 9-7, Mike Grace 9-2, and Joel Bradshaw 9-1. Bulfin suffered a loss to Braden and had to battle his way back to the finals by ousting Mike Templeton 7-2, Scott Hafley 7-4, and Robert Frost 7-4.  Once he made it to the finals Braden won the first set 9-4.
 
The Friday night mini tournament hosted 41 players and paid Bobby Conner Jr. $1,150 for his first-place finish, followed by Robert Green $790 for second and Eddie Little $460 for third. The winner-takes-all mini held Saturday night was won by Arlo Walsman, who earned $800, and Sunday’s second-chance tournament was won by Mark Ritter, who took home $200.
 
Results:
1st Matt Braden $2,000
2nd Matt Bulfin $1,290
3rd Robert Frost $800
4th Scott Hafley $550
5th Mike Templeton $300
Mike Cantrell
7th Matt Reed $150
Rick Powers
9th Brandon Canipe $100
Tommy Hampton
Eddie Little
Joel Bradshaw

Foster and Eytcheson Earn First Place

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Foster and Eytcheson Earn First Place
Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour / Cape Coral, FL

by InsidePOOL Staff

John Foster and Glen Olson

The Battle on the Cape took place the weekend of December 6-7, as the Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour was presented by Miller Lite at Diamond Billiards Sports Bar & Grill in Cape Coral, FL. In the open division, John Foster double-dipped Glen Olson in the finals to take first place, while local player David Eytcheson Jr. took home top honors in the amateur division.

A total of 84 players came out to battle for their share of the $6,175 prize fund. In the open division, Foster began his trek to first with a bye, and then he proceeded to defeat Michael Penna 9-5, Mario Cruz 9-6, and Louis Altos 9-4 before being sent to the one-loss side by Olson 9-6 in the match for the hot seat. Foster won his way back to Olson by defeating Anthony Meglino in the semifinals and then double-dipped Olson 9-7 in set one and 9-4 in set two to take first place.
 
Olson began his journey in the bottom of the brackets by defeating David Eytcheson Jr. 9-4, Hunter Lombardo 9-5, Anthony Meglino 9-7, and Trey Jankowski 9-5 before winning the hot seat from Foster.
 
David Eytcheson Jr. of Cape Coral, FL, won the Viking Cue Amateur 9-Ball Tour in the first set of the double-elimination finals. Eytcheson Jr. went undefeated to take first place.  He began his journey by defeating Valerie Dukich 5-2, Jose Ybarra 5-1, Chris Truax 5-4, Kim Dyer 5-4, Todd Vail 5-1, Shaun Jones 5-2, and Curtis Kelley 5-3 in the finals.
 
Open Results:
1st John Foster $1,000
2nd Glen Olson $700
3rd Anthony Meglino $500
4th Hunter Lombardo $300
5th Trey Jankowski $200
Louis Altos
7th Bobby Livrago $120
Mario Cruz
9th David Eytcheson Jr. $60
Shelly Harrison
Jay Beckingham
Jason Richko

Amateur Results:
1st David Eytcheson Jr. $850
2nd Curtis Kelley $585
3rd Shaun Jones $370
4th Kim Dyer $250
5th Shelly Harrison $150
Todd Vail
7th Chris Truax $100
Ernie Dalton
9th Gene Dalton $60
Scott Howard
Jose Ybarra
James Oswalt

Viking Tour’s Southern Classic a Success

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Viking Tour’s Southern Classic a Success
Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour / Atlanta, GA

by InsidePOOL Staff

David Vaughn and Randy Jordan pose with the fruits of their labor.

The Viking Cue Amateur-Advanced Southern Classic took place the week of November 18-23 at Mr.Cues II in Atlanta, GA, and was presented by Ozone Billiards and MxMBilliards.com.  Over 304 players showed up to vie for their part of the $22,810 in prize funds up for grabs and hosted players from eleven states. 

The event kicked off with a 6-ball tournament that drew in 60 entries and was won by local player Horace Godwin. The one-pocket tournament began Wednesday night with a field of 41 participants and was won by Randy Jordan from Lagrange, GA. Thursday night saw the kick-off of the 8-ball tournament with 67 players, with Travis Dorn claiming first place. 

The grand finale, a $6,000-added 9-ball tournament that offered a $20 entry fee for players that had participated in any one of the previous tournaments of the week, drew in a whopping 108 players.  The participants began play Friday night and continued until Sunday evening.  Randy Jordan once again made his way to first place undefeated to walk away with $3,000. 

The players also had several different mini tournaments that consisted of single-elimination races to 5 or 7, depending on the event they chose to participate in. These events coincided with the main events each evening, allowing anyone that had been eliminated a second chance tournament and paid out another $3,200 in tournament winnings to the players.

6-Ball Results:
1st $1135 Horace Godwin
2nd $700  Terry Stewart
3rd $500   Danny Smith
4th $300   Jesse Middlebrook
5/6th $100 each  Adam Towery / Eddie Balderas
7/8th $50  each Randy Jordan / Denny Singletary

One-Pocket Results:
1st $900 Randy Jordan
2nd $600 Danny Smith
3rd $420 Jesse Middlebrook
4th $200 Josh Hillard
5/6th $50 each Kim Bennett / Greg Burke

8-Ball Results:
1st  $1700 Travis Dorn
2nd  $1000 Horace “Groundhog” Godwin
3rd  $650  Jim Jennings
4th  $420 George Rothrock
5/6th $260 each Chris Cooper / Craig McPartlin
7/8th $150 each Henry Brodt / Blair Thein
9/12th $100 each Terry Stewart / Lewis McDaniel / Arlo Walsman / Gil Hernandez

9-Ball Results:
1st $3000 Randy Jordan
2nd $1800 David Vaughn
3rd $1200 Arlo Walsman
4th $750 Horace “Groundhog” Godwin
5/6th $450 each Craig McPartlin / Brain Capps
7/8th $275 each Billy Tyler / Adam Towery
9/12th $150 each Dustin Paris / Brad Ragon / Kim Bennett / Danny Smith
12/16th $100 each Josh Hillard / Russ Edwards / David Shadden / Mike Bumgarner
17/24th $75 each Ellis Brown / Gill Hernandez / Clay Medlock / Mark Ritter / Joey Ryan / Ron Gilbert /  Jeff Tabet / Eddie Little

Paul Song won the Wednesday Night $200 entry fee mini tournament.

Josh Hillard won the Wednesday Night $50 entry fee mini tournament.

Danny Smith won the Friday Night $200 entry fee mini tournament.

Mark Ritter won the Sunday $25 entry fee mini tournament.

Canipe Cashes on Viking Billiards Tour

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Canipe Cashes on Viking Billiards Tour
Viking Cue Amateur 9-Ball Tour / Hickory, NC

by InsidePOOL Staff

Randy Canipe sailed through the field to win the Viking billiards stop at Randolph's in Hickory, NC.

The Viking Cue Amateur 9-Ball Tour stopped at Randolph’s in Hickory, NC, the weekend of November 8-9 for the $3,000-added amateur-only event. Out of the 68 participants, Randy Canipe went undefeated to claim first place.
 
Canipe drew a bye in round one then proceeded to defeat Mike Bumgarner 7-3, Jeff Pruitt 7-6, Brandon Canipe 7-2, Jerry Hilton 7-5, Evan Wyatt 7-1, and Mackey Lowery 7-5 in the match for the hot seat and once again in the first set of the finals 7-5.
 
Mackey Lowery also drew a bye in the first round and then went on to best David Coffey 7-6, Kevin Falsetti 7-4, Ritchie Tuttle 7-3, Matt Armstrong 7-6, and Tony Morrison 7-6. In the semifinals Lowery defeated Mike Cantrell in a hill-hill match to earn his trip to the finals, where he once again faced Canipe.
 
Results:
1st Randy Canipe $1,000
2nd Mackey Lowery $700
3rd Mike Cantrell $250
4th Tony Morrison $400
5th Ed Killough $300
Evan Wyatt
7th Jerry Hilton $200
Brandon Canipe
9th Daniel Hill $150
Norman Moody
Ritchie Tuttle
Matt Armstrong

Shuffett Double-Dips Pendley for First Tour Victory

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Shuffett Double-Dips Pendley for First Tour Victory
Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour / Hixson, TN

by InsidePOOL Staff

Landon Shuffet double-dipped Marcus Pendley in the finals of the Viking Cues 9-Ball Tour stop at Randolph's Billiards in Hickory, NC.

Double Hill Billiards Club in Hixson, TN, hosted the Viking Cue Amateur 9-Ball Tour the weekend of October 4-5. The events were played on the fifteen 8-foot tables freshly covered with Simonis 860 cloth and paid out $4,540 in prize money, with Landon Shuffett taking home the lion’s share.

While KC Donahey won the single-elimination mini tournament and the $500-added Sunday tournament was won by Jason Stemen, the $2,000-added main event quickly became the Shuffett and Marcus Pendley. Shuffett made a comeback in the finals and double-dipped Pendley to take the first-place prize money.

Jason Stemen, Terrie Janis, Joe Powell

Shuffett began his race to first place by defeating Charlie Conway 9-2, Jeff Tabet 9-6, and Robert Frost 9-6 before he faced Pendley for the first time. Pendley defeated Shuffett with a hill-hill score. Once on the left side of the chart Shuffett defeated Jonathon Tedder 9-7 and Wade Aycock in the semifinals 9-3 before going on to double-dip Pendley 9-7 in the first set and 9-6 in the second.

Pendley worked his way undefeated through the top half of the brackets until he ran into Shuffett for the second time in the finals.  He notched wins over Mike Laney 9-8, Jamey Hickman 9-5, Charlie Pierro 9-1, Shuffett 9-8, and Aycock 9-2.

Results:
1st Landon Shuffett $1,200
2nd Marcus Pendley $720
3rd Wade Aycock $520
4th Jonathon Tedder $300
5/6th Robert Frost $200
5/6th Jeff Tabet
7/8th George Payne $100
7/8th Joe Powell

Jason Stemen, KC Donahey

The Viking Cue Amateur 9-Ball Tours $500 added Sunday tournament was won by Jason Stemen who defeated Joe Powell in the 1st set of the finals. 
 
The Viking Cue Amateur 9-Ball Tours $500 Added event payouts:
1st $500 Jason Stemen
2nd $210 Joe Powell
3rd $100 Mike Janis
 
The Viking Cue Amateur 9-Ball Tours Mini Tournament with a format of race to 9 single elmination was won by KC Donahey.

Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour Begins 15th Season

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The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour will begin their 15th season shortly.

The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour was founded in 1994. Over the years it has grown significantly to include many regions of the US. It is currently the largest and longest running Open regional billiards tour in the USA. The Viking Tour consists of four separate tours: The Viking Cue Open, Amateur, Amateur-Advanced and Junior 9-Ball Tours. Combined, the tours offer approximately 219 tournament events each tour season for players from beginning to professionals to compete in. Player and business associate members are offered many outstanding benefits that seperate the Viking Tour from any other tour in the USA. These benefits include: health-care insurance, free entry fees for Ladies and Junior players, discounts to military personnel, senior citizens and pool league players.
 
The 2009 season the tour will feature an impressive list of sponsors and we thank everyone of them for supporting our sport and the Viking Tours efforts.
 
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Reeds Win Wraps Up the 2008 Viking Tour Amateur Nationals

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Reeds Win Wraps Up the 2008 Viking Tour Amateur Nationals
Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour Amateur Nationals / Atlanta, GA

by InsidePOOL Staff
 

The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour hit Side Pockets Cue Club and Billiards with Matt Reed (pictured right) taking down first place and T.F. Whittington (left) taking secnd place.

The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour Amateur Nationals wrapped up the September 6-7 weekend crowning Matt Reed as a new champion. Side Pockets Cue Club and Billiards in Marietta, GA, played host to the event, which attracted 91 participants to battle for their share of the $7,215 prize fund. 

The event was played on 9-foot tables, and the action continued all weekend long.  Though it was Reed who won the event, one of the big stories of the weekend was T.F. Whittington’s fantastic performance as he took second place. Whittington worked his way through the bottom half of the bracket undefeated until the finals, where Reed came back to defeat him 7-4 in the first set and 7-5 in the second.  Whittington has been a regular on the Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour for many years, and at 71 years young, he has had hip replacement surgery and overcome other health-related issues but he still has the heart to compete at his highest level and loves the sport of billiards.

Bobby Connor

Reed began his roll in the top of the bracket and went undefeated until the hot seat match. He began by drawing a bye in round one and proceeded to defeat David Lancaster 7-5, Floyd Reasons 7-2, Dustin Byrd 7-3, Eddie Little 7-3 before he was sent to the left side of the chart by Whittington 7-3. Reed then bested James Roberts 7-3 in the semifinals before he came back to defeat Whittington in the finals.

Matt Huckabee

Gilbert Grabs Billiard Title

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Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour Amateur Nationals / Marietta, GA

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Ron Gilbert snapped off the Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour event at Side Pockets Cue Club in Marietta, GA.

The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour’s Amateur Nationals held its fourth event of the five-event series August 30-31 at Side Pockets Cue Club & Billiards in Marietta, GA, which hosted 108 participants in the events this weekend.  Ron Gilbert won the event to rack up his first win on the Viking Cue 9-Ball Amateur Tour.
 
Gilbert worked his way through the bottom half of the bracket, sending all of his opponents to the left side of the chart. He began his run with a bye in round one and proceeded to defeated Dana Aft 7-6, Pat Cooper 7-3, Bob Buckley 7-3, Eddie Little 7-5, and Mark Merwin 7-6 before facing Mike Laney in the finals. There Laney defeated Gilbert 7-3 in the first set, but Gilbert didn’t give up—he came back in the second set of the true double-elimination format to win the event 7-5 and walk away with his first top finish.
 
The Saturday night mini tournament was won by Mike Laney. Additionally, Marty Jennings won the amateur-only mini event Sunday over Eric Charlton.

Mike Laney

 
Results:
1st Ron Gilbert
2nd Mike Laney
3rd John Visotsky
4th Matt Bulfin
5th Mark Merwin
Bret Hawes
7th Shawn Dowling
Chad Royal
9th Matty Ledford
Bryant Walker
Eddie Little
Bobby Connor Jr

Hooks Snags Two Billiard Wins in a Row

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Hooks Snags Two Billiard Wins in a Row
Viking Cue Tour Amateur Nationals / Atlanta, GA

by InsidePOOL Staff

With his victory at Mr Cues 2 in Atlanta, GA Jeff Hooks has won Viking Cue 9-Ball billiards stops in a row.

The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour’s amateur division’s third event in the five-series nationals took place at Mr. Cues 2 in Atlanta, GA, August 23-24. Breaking all previous records for that division, the event drew a total of 138 players in the multiple tournaments offered, with Jeff Hooks winning both the amateur event and the 16-player winner-takes-all event as well.

On Saturday the head count in Mr. Cues 2 was at approximately 350—it was literally standing room only as patrons packed in to the event to watch their favorite player compete in the tournament that was played on new Brunswick Gold Crown IV 9-foot tables freshly recovered and featuring with Aramith Super Pro Balls and Chameleon racks..

Hooks displayed phenomenal play as he worked his way through the winners’ bracket, besting Heather Crowe 7-2, Denise Conway 7-1, Steve Cox 7-2, Ray Born 7-3, Eddie Little 7-6, and Travis Dorn 7-4. He matched up with Marty Jennings in the hot seat match and sent him packing 7-4 and then faced down Mike Laney in the final match 7-4.

The 16-player, $100-entry, winner-takes-all event was also won by Hooks. Hooks made a strong showing as he once again played his best against all of his opponents and took home the prize fund from that event.

Results:
1st Jeff Hooks
2nd Mike Laney
3rd Marty Jennings
4th James Roberts
5th Travis Don
Matt Bluffing
7th Eddie Little
Bernardo Estevan
9th Henry Cofer
David Shadden
Sean Davis
Luis Tovar