The Canadian Poolplayers Association held it's Annual 8-ball Regional Event on the weekend of May 28,29,& 30.
We feel that this tournament was a great success! We are very proud of the members for the sportsmanship and class showed by all who was involved and would like to thank and congratulate all the teams who participated in this event. 10 teams from this event came away with trips to Las Vegas. Below is a list of the winning teams.
Their will be 4 teams from this tournament joining more than 600 other teams throughout North America who will be traveling to Las Vegas to play at the Riviera Hotel & Casino, August 22-28 to compete for the National Title and a portion of the $500,000 guaranteed cash & prizes!!
The 4 winners who will compete in the National Team Championship are:
Vegas Bound – Mike Etsell, Dale Stafford, Kelly Etsell, Doug Stafford, Mervyn Andrews, Kevin McMeekan, Barry Sawasky, Leah Young
Harley’s Hookers – Mike Brandt, Tony Beitz, Dave Huber, Wayne Huber, Cam Noble, Jason Ruetz, Tim Ruetz, Don Neville
Section 8 – Debbie Love, Scott Middlehurst, Mike Smith, Mark Leeson, Amanda Walker, Jim McBride, Kim Hurley, Dave Collie
Q-Tips – Dave Green, Neil Mills, Mike Amaral, Bob Wise, Beverly Grant, Derek Robinson, Ken Steppler, Don Stack
The 4 Runner-up teams that receive 4-day trips to Las Vegas are:
The Main Event – Wayman Hackley, Murray Smart, John Leeson, Mary Rolston, Kenneth McEwen, James Wilkinson, Donald Ferguson, Shawna Thompson
Tough Break – Paul Jalbert, April Jalbert, Matthew Tremblay, Robert Montgomery, Shannon Baird, David Lotter, Charlene Saari, Donald Kingsley (Ineligible)
Drifters – James Pellerin, Gerry Pellerin, Stacey Thornton, Rheal Savoie, David Montgomery, Bernie Caza, Richard Tremblay, Doug Mavin
Kevin’s Team – Kevin Proulx, Anik Proulx, Leo Parent, James Poirier, Steve Cormier, Alicia Benoit, Matthieu Richer, Mitch Dupont
The 2nd Chance Tournament winning team that will receive a 4-day trip to Las Vegas was:
Ground & Pound – Debbie Love, Kevin King, Jim McBride, Cheryl Collie-Baker, Mark Leeson, Sarah Love, Michelle Alexander, Scott Middlehurst
We also ran a 3 session Appreciation Tournament for all the teams that didn’t qualify for the main tournament with the winner receiving a 4-day trip to Las Vegas as well. The winner of this tournament was:
Blondie’s Brew Crew – Diane Boeve, Jim Powis, Adi Tunkl, Jeannine Gautreau, Ron Gibson, Keith Grein, Gary Tone, Dan Grein
Congratulations to all the winning teams and all the teams that participated in our Regional event!
* Check out the photo gallery to see pictures of the winning teams *