Davenport Rocks Southern Classic Open
Kim Davenport, a recent transplant to Atlanta, GA and new owner/partner with Johnny Archer of the Marietta billiard Club has been tearing up the field at the Viking Cues SCO2’s $10,000 Added 10-ball tournament currently being held at Mr Cues II billiards, www.mrcues2.net (http://www.mrcues2.net) .

Davenport won his 1st match against Joe Huhes 9-3 then lost to local player Paul Song in a thriller of a match 9-8. Davenport then hit the 1-loss side and started tearing up the field by defeating Finlan’s Joonas Ohtenem 9-4. He played long time friend and business partner Johnny the Scorpion Archer defeating him 9-2 , then continued by defeating the South’s most notorios player, Stevie Moore 9-7, Alabama’s George Rothrock 9-6, legendary road hustler Chris The Miz Bartram 9-8. Davenport continued his streak by defeating former US Open Champion Gabe Owen 9-7, Louis Ulrich 9-6.

96 Player Field Fills Canadian 9-ball Tour
The field is filled to capacity in Edmonton for the second leg of the Canadian 9-ball Tour. The Q Club on Stony Plain Road is the host this week in a billiards event sponsored by Cineplex Entertainment, Chapters and Indigo Bookstores, Canada billiard and Bowling, Dufferin billiards, Stan James sports bookmakers, Simonis cloth and Aramith billiard Balls.
This is an all-Canadian affair with players migrating to Edmonton from throughout the nation and the usual cream is rising to the top. At the end of day one the undefeated list includes Paul Potier, Edwin Montal, Eric Hjorliefson, Stan Torangeau, Alain Martel, John Morra, Jarrod Spence and Tyler Edey.
There are also eight players left on the desperate side of the charts. Those with only one barrel remaining include Grant Golaiy, Brady Gollan, Eric Hildebrand, Jody Thornton, Spencer Auigbelle, Bryan Butler, Nick Kruger and Gary Hauck.
After play completes tomorrow the all-important points and ranking list will begin to firm up for the year. While there are still six events left in the season all the combatants realize that it is easier to maintain a lead than to gain one and the race will be on to claim the top slots as the names occupying those spaces will be vying for inclusion in international events including the World 9-ball Championship, the World Ten ball Championship, the World Cup of pool and the World pool Masters. Qualifying for these events is even more important to most players than the quest for the $10,000 in added money offered at each event.
The Canadian 9-ball Tour is organized and run by Jim Wych and Michael Wright. More information on the tour and their sponsors may be obtained at the official tour website: www.canadian9balltour.com (http://www.canadian9balltour.com). Players may register there for upcoming events and those interested in playing are urged to apply early as the fields are crowding rapidly.

Viking Cues Southern Classic 10-ball Field Narrows
The 10-ball tournament, which is the final event of the Viking Cues Southern Classic Open 2, is going into the final day of the 9-day event with only 12 players returning for Sundays play. The billiards event is being hosted by Mr Cues II in Atlanta, GA.

The final 12 players remaining are:

Winners
Schmidt -vs- Daulton
Chavez -vs-Ulrich

1-Loss side
Davenport -vs- Bartram
Owens -vs- Nick Andrews
Martinez -vs-Blake Todd
Conway JR -vs- Putnam

Play resumes again on Sunday with matches sheduled every 2 hours. The finals begin at 9pm.

Payouts for the event are:

1st $5500
2nd $3440
3rd $2100
4th $1400
5/6 $900 each
7/8 $600 each
9-12 $350 each
Players finishing 13-16 place each earned $200. They were, Earl Strickland, Paul Song, George Rothrock and Bruce Berrong.

Helena Thornfeldt lead the women players in point to earn the bonus. She accumulated 70 points during the 8 day event followed by Monica Webb with 40 points, Alice Rim with 20 points and Sarah Rousy with 10 points.

Mr Cues and The Viking cue Tour would like to thank all the players who participated in this event and all the spectators that support the sport of billiards, Mr. Cues, The Viking cue Tour and the players.

We encourage and appreciate additional support for the players during the final round of play that will kick off Sunday at 11 a.m.

Nevel Wins Viking Cues Southern Classic One Pocket
Larry Nevel stormed his way through the One Pocket division of the Viking Cues Southern Classic Open 2 held at Mr Cues 2 billiards www.mrcues2.net (http://www.mrcues2.net) in Atlanta, GA. The event had $5,000 added with a $127 entry fee and it drew 34 of the nations best one pocket players.

Nevels reign of thunder started with a 3-0 shutout over Tommy Wilson in amatch that took only 11 minutes. Nevel then almost grounded out in his next match against Nick Andrews bareley winning 3-2. Nevels storm then picked up speed again while playing Sylver The Texas Terror Ochoa by defeating him 3-1 and then destroying Floridas Benny Conway JR 3-1 which put Nevel in the finals of the winners side against the King of players for the last 6 years of the Viking cue 9-ball Tour, Shawn Big Bubba Putnam. Nevel was undaunted and blew through Putnam with hurricane force winds and defeated him 3-1 which put Nevel in the Hot Seat.

While Nevel sat waiting for an opponent it was Sylver The Texas Terrors turn to take control of the 1-loss side. Ochoa started his veigh for the title in the event by defeating L.D. Coffer 3-2, the winning over KC Joiner by forfeit before he lost to Nevel. When Ochoa hit the left side of the bracket he terrorized his opponents by defeatng Atlanta’s Paul Song 3-1, Detroit, MI’s Kim Bennett 3-2 in a nail biter of a match then in the Quarter Finals he overcame tough odds and defeated former Reno Open Champion Rafael Martinez 3-1. In the Semi’s Ochoa ran into Ohio’s Shawn Putnam and defeated him 3-2 wihich then set Ochoa for a re-match with Nevel in the finals.

In the finals the 1st 2 games were sharerd by Nevel and Ochoa then Nevel storm kicked in and he won the next 2 games putting the single final match which is a race to 5 at a game score of Nevel 3, Ochoa 1. The Texas Terror refused to go down without a fight and quickly came back to tie the score at 3 games each. Nevel won the 7th game and Ochoa won the 8th which set the score tied at 4-4 with only one game seperating 1st and 2nd place in the event. Unfortunately for Ochoa this is as far as he would get. he made 1 simple mistake and Larry quickly washed him away in the final game.

Results:

1st. Larry The Truth Nevel
2nd Sylver the Texas Terror Ochoa
3rd Shawn Big Bubba Putnam
4th Rafael Martinez
5/6 Benny Conway JR / Kim Bennett,
7/8 Louis Ulrich,/ Chris The Miz Bartram
9-12 John Schmidt, Ignacio Chavez, Paul Song, Earl Strickland

Undefeated March for McCloskey
McDermott All-American Tour / Aurora, IL

by InsidePOOL Staff
Tom McCloskey went undefeated on the October 20 stop of the McDermott All-American Tour to take first place. Hosted by Rudy’s Place in Aurora, IL, this $500-added event drew 42 billiard players in a double-elimination 8-ball format on 7-foot bar boxes.

In the hot seat match, McCloskey edged Jeff Sargent 5-4. Earlier in the A-bracket semi-finals, McCloskey dispatched Aaron Hernandez 5-2, while Sargent eclipsed Paul Scott 5-3. In the B-side bracket Shane Minihan eliminated Troy Muley at seventh place by a 5-4 margin, while Tony Loper ousted Bob Romano 5-4 at the same placement. In the B-side quarterfinals Minihan and Loper were dispatched into fifth place by Aaron Hernandez 3-5 and Paul Scott 3-5, respectively. In the one-loss side semifinals Hernandez squeezed past Scott 5-4, but Hernandez could not keep up his momentum in the B-side finals, as Sargent victimized him 5-2. The finals almost went to a second set, but McCloskey kept his undefeated march to the title alive in route to a 5-4 defeat of Sargent.

Results:
1st Tom McCloskey
2nd Jeff Sargent
3rd Aaron Hernandez
4th Paul Scott
5th Tony Loper
Shane Minihan
7th Troy Muley
Bob Romano