2014 Texas State & District 8 Tournament
District 8
contains States: Arkansas,
Kansas, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Texas
and their District 8 Manager:
Faye Harvell
The Texas Tournament will be held June 6th &
7th (Friday & Saturday)
The Texas State and District 8 Open Tournament will be held June 6th and 7th, beginning registration at 8:00 a.m., a short business meeting at 8:30 am, with play starting at 9:00 am on Friday, and 8:00 a.m. on Saturday. The tournament will take place at the meeting room of the Super 8 Motel, 910 N. Central Expressway (on Highway 75), McKinney, TX 75069 (map) Phone # 972-548-8880. The room rate will be about $60.00, beds are two queen size or king beds. This is the tenth Texas / District 8 tournament held in McKinney, TX, and held at the same place. Make your reservation by June 1st, 2014.
Seven rounds will be played, with four 2 hour rounds played on Friday and three 2 hour rounds played on Saturday. Unless other plans of play are made at the Business Meeting. The entrance fee is $25.00 and ACF membership is required.
This is an American Checker Federation Sanctioned Tournament; therefore, ACF Membership is $40.00 yearly. This may be paid at registration. Call Faye Mounger at 972-548-0049 or e-mail fayemounger@yahoo.com; or Hugh Hawkins at 903-532-5313 or e-mail hawk2@cableone.net for more information.
Buttermilk pie maybe the special with all the other food and
deserts provided at Lunch on Friday.
17 hours - 21 minutes 1,112.52 miles from Greensboro to
McKinney, TX
(driving time only)
Looking forward to seeing all of you regular players and others from all parts
of the Good Old U. S. A.
Faye & Family, Hugh & Judy Hawkins
I-40 west toward Arkansas for 800 miles then I-440 west
toward Texarkana 10 miles, then merge into I-30 west toward Texarkana 267 miles,
then exit 94A toward US-69/Denison/US-380/McKinney - MapQuest