RESULTS:

 2015 Alabama State & District 5 Open Tournament
District 5 contains States: Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee - District Manager: Larry Pollard
 held November 13^th & 14^th (Friday & Saturday) | Galley Restaurant Meeting Room, Haleyville, AL

(Official Crosstable Results)
November 13^th & 14^th - Single Division 3-Move / Seven 2 game rounds Swiss of 2 hour round @ 1 hour per game - playing 5 rounds Friday, 2 rounds Saturday

2015 Alabama / District 5 Single Division By Round,2Gm				before	after
Finish	Name	City, State	ACF#	Rate	Rate	Op	Rd1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Pts	HPts	Cash	Comments
1	IM John Webster	Stoneville, NC	10147	2051	2063	3	10T4-4	5T4-8	1T3-11	4T4-15	6T2-17	11T4-21	6T2-23	23	93	$250.00	Wins 2015 Alabama Open State & District 5 Tournament
2	Teal Stanley	Greensboro, NC	10107	1927	1977	6	2T3-3	1T1-4	8T3-7	5T4-11	3T2-13	4T4-17	3T2-19	19	104	$200.00
3	CM Albert Tucker	Minden, LA	10127	1910	1894	2	6T1-1	9T3-4	5T2-6	8T1-7	10T4-11	1T4-15	11T2-17	17	85	$175.00	2015 ACF District 5 Champion
4	Larry Pollard	Brilliant, AL	10093	1996	1953	1	7T3-3	6T3-6	3T1-7	11T2-9	8T4-13	2T0-13	4T3-16	16	97	$150.00	2015 Alabama State Champion  (17th AL State Title)
5	Mike O'Hara	Inverness, FL	12844	1600	1667	11	ByeT3-3	8T2-5	4T2-7	1T2-9	7T3-12	3T0-12	2T2-14	14	91	$150.00	Top Major Player
6	Clyde Hallmark	Russellville, AL	10039	1752	1725	5	9T4-4	3T0-4	2T2-6	6T0-6	ByeT3-9	7T2-11	10T2-13	13	93	$125.00
7	Dallas Ramsey	Pine Hill, AL	10078	1793	1764	4	8T2-2	7T3-5	11T2-7	3T0-7	9T4-11	6T0-11	1T1-12	12	95	$125.00
8	John Gibson	Tuscumbia, AL	10074	1595	1609	10	3T0-0	ByeT3-3	7T2-5	9T2-7	2T0-7	8T3-10	5T2-12	12	86	$125.00
9	Harold Thornton	Booneville, MS	10010	1605	1614	7	1T1-1	4T1-2	10T2-4	ByeT3-7	11T1-8	5T2-10	9T2-12	12	77	$100.00
10	Bobby Blankenship	Guys, TN	12570	1606	1631	8	4T2-2	11T2-4	6T1-5	2T3-8	1T0-8	10T1-9	ByeT2-11	11	90	$75.00
11	JR Smith	Greensboro, NC	10098	1539	1534	9	5T0-0	2T1-1	ByeT3-4	10T2-6	4T0-6	ByeT2-8	7T2-10	10	66	$50.00
																$1,525.00

• Congratulations! to IM John Webster from Stoneville, North Carolina who finished in 1st place and won the open tournament, but not being an Alabamian or from District 5 the title goes to the next contestant that is the highest finishing State resident and the District 5 Title to the highest finishing District 5 player.
• Congratulations! to Teal Stanley from Greensboro, NC who finished in 2nd Place.
• Congratulations! to CM Albert Tucker from Minden, Louisiana who is the 2015 ACF District 5 Champion.
• Congratulations! to Larry Pollard from Brilliant, Alabama who is the 2015 Alabama State Champion. This is Larry's seventeenth Alabama State Championship Title.
• Larry Pollard introduced Mr. Richard "Bicycle" Bittinger, past mayor, mayor pro-tem, and now a Haleyville councilman who gave out "City of Haleyville" ballpoint pens and their 9-1-1 lapel pins. Mr. Bittinger usually makes an appearance at our Alabama State Tournament opening business meeting, and this was no exception, he gave us a warm welcome and thanked us for choosing Haleyville again as our tournament venue. Bicycle gave our opening invocation and turned over the meeting to Larry.
• We voted to play a single class as 7 rounds of Swiss, and Larry covered the rules as the bye goes to the lowest player as 3 points and a 2 point bye for their 2nd bye and thereafter. We originally divided the players as 6 Masters and 5 Majors. O'Hara, Gibson, Blankenship, Thornton, and Smith making up the Majors field and both divisions playing a round-robin + remainder as king-of-the-hill; however, we decided to play a single class with just a Master and Major bracket. We would play a 2 hour round, allowing 1 hour per game. We would also play 5 rounds on Friday and 2 rounds on Saturday thus allowing for an earlier departure. Several players have traveled over 600 miles to play in this tournament.
• "T" separates player's opponent from player's game points for that round. Win is 2 points, Draw is 1, Loss is 0, Bye is 3, and the number after the dash is their total points.
• We appreciate Kelly Pollard, Larry's daughter who did an outstanding job with score keeping and the delicious lunch arrangements. She had a big cooler of water & sodas, BBQ, several salads with crackers, cheese ball, large vegetable party tray with several dips. Very nice, with Galley Restaurant next door serving hot coffee throughout our tournament. 
• A tournament entry fee of $20 - $25 was collected at registration, and we appreciate the contributions from Larry's State Representatives, Joe McDaniel, Albert Tucker, Dallas Ramsey, Piggly Wiggly, and Larry Pollard. The Total Cash Prize: $1,525.00, this and the contributions + entry fees of $250.00 (6x$25 + 5x$20) made up the prize fund and tournament expenses.
• Several locals visited the playing room to observe the Alabama State Tournament, home of "Alabama Checkers"
• We are delighted to have Mike O'Hara as a new tournament player but a veteran checker player who has been around and knows many ACF members and players.
• At least 4 wives attended: Mrs. Mickey Webster, Mary Ann Blankenship, Martha Thornton, and Sue Tucker.
• Our tournament group was smaller than usually this year but those who attended enjoyed excellent checker competition and wonderful fellowship.

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