Lucas Hybrid
2012 BRITISH COLUMBIA 8Ball/9Ball Championships
presented by the CCS
New Leagues and New Champions
The 7th Annual Lucasi Hybrid 2012 British Columbia 8/9 Ball Championships, presented by the CCS – Canadian Cue Sport Association, were held February 15-19th at the beautiful Lakeside Resort Hotel & Casino in Penticton BC.
Besides all the very supportive returnees, it was great seeing representation from 7 newly sanctioned leagues from all around BC - Campbell River, Chilliwack, Cranbrook, Kamloops, Kelowna, Powell River and Prince George.
If you like playing competitive Pool in a great atmosphere, the BC’s are the place to come to. That’s entirely due to the efforts of Gord and Subrina Monteith - the organizers, Chris Kelly – the Tournament Director and Jeff Phythian – Head Referee, who once again did their thing and ran a super smooth and fun tourney to play in. Thanks guys (and gal).
A big congratulations to the new Winners, all of whom also receive a paid Entry to the CCS Westerns in Calgary April 25-29th.
Between new players and players stepping up their game, time has shown that it’s very hard to be a repeat winner, as every Division of every Event saw a new Champion!
Well that’s almost true; the standout exception was in the Womens Advanced 8Ball Singles, where the fabled Maryann McConnell continued her great play and dominance by winning her 6th title.
A very well received new feature this year was Paul Potier, BC’s most accomplished pool player, pool instructor and pool entertainer. On Friday and Saturday, Paul spent hours entertaining everyone and providing stroke analysis and personal instruction to one and all.
The CCS thanks the Lakeside Resort Hotel for hosting us and all the Sponsors who help make an Event like this possible – High Country Promotions, Tips Pro Shop, Q’s 4 Less and Classic Leisure.
The CCS especially thanks everyone at Lucasi Hybrid ; a great sponsor with a great line of cues. Not only do they sponsor every CCS Championship, they also sponsor every league that sanctions with the CCS in Canada.
The 8th Annual Lucasi Hybrid 2013 British Columbia 8Ball/9Ball Championships will be back in early February at the Lakeside Resort Hotel & Casino in Penticton BC.
Here’s the rundown of what happened in each Event:
MENS 8Ball SINGLES
A Advanced
No more knocking on the door for this year’s A Champ. In a very tough field, it was an all Penticton Final, with the always hard to beat Jack Ramsay winning out over Rudy Friesen, who’s play was just amazing all week. Keeping them honest was Josh Silva from Prince George (the 2010 Champion) who finished 3rd.
Advancing to the A Advanced Finals by winning the B Open Qualifying was Jim Chrobak from Prince George BC.
B Open
This year’s B Champ looked like a man on a mission and it was mission accomplished. In a very well played Final, it was the determined Matt Bracewell from Kamloops BC who won out over Jay Scholton from Prince George BC.
Moving on up was Curtis Beech from Victoria BC who finished 3rd.
Advancing to the B Open Finals, by winning the C Standard Qualifying, was Mike Zastre from Penticton BC.
C Standard
In the C Final, I think this year’s winner surprised himself. It was Pat Heisler from Calgary AB who went the distance over the well known and well liked Bob White from Sooke BC.
PJ Drake from Campbell River BC
finished 3rd.
MENS 9Ball SINGLES
This year’s Champ says 9Ball is not his best game but he stepped it up enough to win this year. It was Russ Whittle (2009 BC 8Ball Champ) from Calgary who edged out local Mike Issack from Penticton BC in a great ‘hill-hill’ Final.
Finishing in 3rd was the straight shooting Phil Tourangeau from Ft. McMurray BC..
WOMENS 8Ball SINGLES
A Advanced
The Finals featured another match up of Mary Rayner of Calgary taking on Maryann McConnell of Port Alberni BC (2010 Canadians Champ) in the Finals. Once again, Maryann proved that this is simply her tournament, as she has now won her 6th BC title!
Char Wold
of Penticton BC finished 3rd.
Advancing to the A Advanced Finals by winning the B Open Qualifying was Angela Regimbald from Calgary AB.
B Open
It was an all Alberta Final with Yvette Gallant of Calgary winning out over Angela Prokopiuk of Edmonton.
Sandra Shelvey
from Comox BC finished 3rd.
MENS/MIXED 8Ball TEAM
A Advanced
After 6 straight tries, this year’s Champ was TeamCanada EH! from Calgary AB (Captain - Ted Harms, Bob Leonard, Jeff Phythian, Russ Whittle, Phil Tourangeau and Shawn Fleming) who managed to put it all together by going undefeated and winning out in the Finals over the very strong local team Bottom Left from Penticton BC (Captain - Chris McNeil, Rudy Friesen, Bill Howie, Jack Ramsay and Michael Slack).
Finishing 3rd was The Crooked Stix from Victoria BC (Captain – Curtis Beech, Bob White, James Clapp, William Unwin and Maryann McConnell) who put up a tough fight in every match they played in.
Advancing to the A Advanced Finals by winning the B Open Qualifying was The Crooked Stix team from Victoria BC.
B Open
It was a ‘company’ team, KFL – Kamloops Ford Lincoln (Captain – Ricco Marshall, George Leroux, Matt Bracewell, Steve Davidson and James Duncan) that won out over The Predators from Calgary AB (Captain – Dave Melnyk, Bill Christensen, Allen Wong, Chase Langevin, Briam Groh and Yvette Gallant).
The Wolf Pack team from Calgary AB (Captain – Steve Free, Glen Gardner, Brian Trudel, Chris Boyd, Wilson Pankrat and Mike Whitegrass) missed the Finals by a whisker and finished 3rd.
Advancing to the B Open Finals by winning the C Standard Qualifying was the Cue’s Your Daddy team from Penticton BC (Captain –John Bannon, Rob Corbett, Don Ferch, Keith Crow, Al Thompson and Keith Crow ).
C Standard
It was an all Mission BC Final as the Rackateers team (Captain – Rob Riopel, Gus Derewenko, Tom Ferolie, Harry Miko, Jaime Derewenko and Rob McNeil) squared off and won out over their league mates I Love B88BIES (Captain – Dustin Belyea, Kyle McIntosh, Wayne Hansen, Brad Haydu and Jora Sandhu).
The Out Of Order team from Penticton BC (Captain – Andy Swanson, Marlowe Sam, Henry Michel, Alec Gabriel, and Wedo Espanoza ) finished 3rd.
MENS/MIXED 9Ball TEAM
This event consists of 3 player teams playing in a single A/B/C handicapped group.
The Finals featured two very strong teams with Prince George #1 (Captain – Josh Silva, Trevor Lalonde and Myron Gelsinger) turning out to be BC #1 by winning out over 2 Da 9’s from Penticton BC (Captain – Chris McNeil, Jack Ramsay and Rudy Friesen).
Finishing 3rd was the newcomer Vegas Billiards team from Chilliwack BC (Captain – Bob Booth, Gary Sankey and Mike Silvius ) who played great.
SCOTCH DOUBLES
A Advanced
It was the dream team of Josh Silva from Prince George BC and Maryann McConnell from Port Alberni who took 1st place money and the Lucasi cues by beating out Ted Harms and Mary Rayner from Calgary AB.
B Open
John Bannon’s
quest for a three-peat (all with different partners) came close but in the Finals it was Greg Shelvey and Deb Williams from Comox BC who won out over John from Penticton and Kara Ceschini from Calgary AB.
Finishing 3rd was Bill Blackwell and Rose Kantor from Comox BC.
FINAL RESULTS
Lucasi Hybrid
2012 BRITISH COLUMBIA 8Ball Championships
presented by the
CCS
Added:
Cash - $2500
Western Entries - $2450
Lucasi Cues - $800
MENS 8Ball SINGLES -
$500 Cash Added
A Advanced Finals
1st Jack Ramsay Penticton BC $1800+WC Entry ($175)
2 Rudy Friesen Penticton BC $900
3 Josh Silva Prince George BC $450
4 Shawn Fleming St. John NL $175
B Qualifying Advance to A Finals
1st Jim Chrobak Prince George BC $300
2 Chris Frey Prince George BC $150
B Open Finals
1st Matt Bracewell Kamloops BC $1400+WC Entry ($175)
2 Jay Scholton Prince George BC $700
3 Curtis Beech Victoria BC $350
4 Ricco Marshall Kamloops BC $150
C Qualifying Advance to B Finals
1st Mike Zastre Penticton BC $350
2 Brian Trudel Calgary AB $250
3-4 Greg Shelvey Courtenay BC $175
Jim Brown Campbell River $175
5-8 Joe Riddell Edmonton AB $125
John Venditti Lister BC $125
Andy Swanson Penticton BC $125
Eric Rainville Penticton BC $125
C Standard Finals
1st Pat Heisler Calgary AB $1000+WC Entry ($150)
2 Bob White Sooke BC $500
3 PJ Drake Campbell River BC $250
4 Ed Sharkey Campbell River BC $125
MENS 9Ball SINGLES
A/B/C Finals
(CA - Race to 7, CB – Race to 6, CC – Race to 5)
1st Russ Whittle Calgary AB $800+WC Entry ($100)
2 Mike Issack Penticton BC $500
3 Phil Tourangeau Ft. McMurray BC $225
4 Shawn Fleming St. John NL $100
WOMENS 8Ball SINGLES -
$200 Cash Added
A Advanced Finals
1st Maryann McConnell Port Alberni BC $500+WC Entry ($150)
2 Mary Rayner Calgary AB $225
3 Char Wold Penticton BC $100
B Qualifying Advance to A Finals
1st Angela Regimbald Calgary AB $200
2 Deb Williams Courtenay BC $125
B Open Finals
1st Yvette Gallant Calgary AB $400+WC Entry ($150)
2 Angela Prokopiuk Edmonton AB $200
3 Sandra Shelvey Courtenay BC $100
MENS/MIXED 9Ball TEAMS
A/B/C Finals
(CA - Race to 10, CB – Race to 8, CC – Race to 7)
1st Prince George #1 Prince George BC $750+WC Entry ($150)
2 2 Da 9’s Penticton BC $375
3 Vegas Billiards CB Chilliwack BC $150
MENS/MIXED 8Ball TEAMS -
$1000 Cash Added
A Advanced Finals
1st Team Canada Eh! Calgary AB $2000+WC Entry ($350)
2 Bottom Left Penticton BC $1000
3 The Crooked Stix Victoria BC $350
B Qualifying Advance to A Finals
1st The Crooked Stix Victoria BC $400
2 Big Dogz Calgary AB $250
B Open Finals
1st KFL Kamloops BC $1400+WC Entry ($350)
2 The Predators Calgary AB $700
3 Wolf Pack Calgary AB $300
C Qualifying Advance to B Finals
1st Cue’s Your Daddy? Penticton BC $400
2 Avalanche Courtenay BC $300
3-4 Vegas Billiards Chilliwack BCC $200
Crazy 8’s Campbell River BC $200
C Standard Finals
1st Rackateeers Mission BC $1100+WC Entry ($300)
2 I Love B88BIES Mission BC $550
3 Out Of Order Penticton BC $250
WOMENS 8Ball TEAMS -
$800 Cash Added
B Open Finals
1st Spare Parts Calgary AB $850+WC Entry ($300)
2 Pier Street Ladies Campbell River BC $400
3 Valley Girls Penticton BC $200
SCOTCH DOUBLES
A Advanced Finals
1st Josh Silva Prince George BC $150+Lucasi Cues ($800)
Maryann McConnell Port Alberni BC
2 Ted Harms Calgary AB $100
Mary Rayner Calgary AB
B Open Finals
1st Greg Shelvey Comox BC $375+WC Entry ($100)
Deb Willimas Comox BC
2 John Bannon Penticton BC $250
Kara Ceschini Calgary AB
3 Bill Blackwell Comox BC $125
Rose Kantor Comox BC