The 6th Annual Bob and Marti Tracy USBA Sponsored B/B+; C/C+ Tour Event was held at the Ashland, OR Elks Lodge September 29-October 1st. Wow ! We attracted 35 players, including 18 B’s and 17 C’s. We put them in 5 Flights of 7 mixed B/B/ The winner of each Flight went to the Finals. The C/C= Player with the best record in each Flight went to the C/C+ Finals. Both finals were Round-Robin Format. All players in the finals were in the money. Pictured above B winner Cesar Cardoza (L) and C Winner Bernie Pettipiece (R).
We want to mention this event was fortunate to receive a $3000 gift from the Bob and Marti Tracy Trust, and we also thank the USBA for send the matching funds to make this a great event. This was by far the most competitive tournament to date in Ashland. Thanks to the Elks and everyone who helped make this run smoothly.
Notable:
Red Flight: Cesar Cardoza defeated last year’s champion and wend undefeated in a 25-23 thriller.J R Greenlee advanced in the C’s
White Flight: Ertan Tarhan went undefeated while averaging .949. Rudy Vigil advanced in the C’s
Purple Flight: Lalo Avila went undefeated defeating our May Tournament Champion Robert Spicknall 25-22. Bob Hilton had a great tournament and advanced in the C’s
Green Flight: Homero Landa, lost to Ramses Verlinden , who averaged .670 but ran into Alfred Wenzl who advanced in the C’s
Blue Flight: Antonio Rivera went 5-1 to finish first over Mark Hanson and Galen Lee who both finished 4-1. Berine Pettipiece advanced to the C Finals and had a great tournament.
B Finals:
It was crazy! Landa beats Cardoza, Cardoza defeats Tarhan, Tarhan beats Landa. And the winner is: Cardoza with a 3-1 record!!
1st Cesar Cardoza 3-1
2nd Ertan Tarhan 2-2
3rd Homero Landa 2-2
4th Edwardo Avila 2-2
5th Antonio Rivera 1-3
C Finals:
Extremely competitive, every game could have gone the other way. Hilton beats Pettipiece; Pettipiece beats Greenlee; Greenlee beats Hilton. And the Winner is Pettipiece with a 3-1 record
1st Bernie Pettipiece 3-1
2nd R Greenlee 3-1
3rd Bob Hilton 2-5
4th Rudy Vigil 1-3
5th Alfred Wenzl 1-3
We had players from Arizona, Idaho, Colorado, 7 from Washington, 11 from the Bay Area, 3 from way out there in Oregon,2 from Portland, 1 each from San and Sacramento, and 7 from the Ashland area, 4 of which reached to C Finals!!
High Run went to Edwardo Avila with an 8 run in the B Division and Bob Hilton also won $50 for his run of 7 in the C Division.
A special thanks to those who helped out at the scoring table , especially Alice and Tommy Thomsen. Also thanks to the Elks Lodge for hosting this event, including the employees and volunteers who made it so wonderful.
