I lasted to the end (so to speak). I lost in the finals -- whcih we shortened to a single game because the room was already due to close at
2AM. I lost the toss and was in trouble from the opening break. After a while, i was able to knock something over to my side and leave the cue ball real near my opponent's pocket, which go me back in the game. I actually took a lead, but I believe I scratched while double kissing a ball away from my opponent's pocket and he ran nearly out from there. We knocked around two balls on the table for a while with me needing both and him needing one. Eventually I made a bank and it all came down to one ball for the difference between 1st and 2nd (something like 750 for first and 500 for second). We knocked that one ball around for a good twenty minutes and I was fairly pleased with my end game, but could not knock it down. Eventually he left the ball on the spot, with the cue ball on the far endr rail about a diamond from my own side -- which can surely be cut home, but if you hit it too thick, you scratch, and that's what I did
at at that time of the morning. He made the spot shot (I was hoping he would play safe
Thanks for a great job with the tournament by Snookers, the players
(very little complaint about the handicaps), and Ray MacNamara, who ran the tourney. The room, Snookers, is a real good success story in a what is otherwise a blight of a pool scene in New England -- hats off to Steve & Regina Golding for a tremendous room!
I have a lo9t of photos, but I have another event (non pool) today, so I won't get to them until maybe tonight.
I failed to get the final result, but I know 6 places paid, and the top four were:
Joey Depree (sp??)
Steve Booth
Shayne Cote (also from NH)
Joe Tucker
I have photos of the other two but am blanking on their names...