2017 VA Open Results

2017 Virginia 3-Move Open Checker Tournament
"The 100th Annual Old Dominion Checker Association's Virginia Commonwealth Open Tournament"
Friday & Saturday - September 29^th & 30^th 2017 at Quality-Dutch Inn, Collinsville | 2360 Virginia Ave, Collinsville VA 24078 (map) | 276-647-3721
We play in The “Hague” Conference Room | VA Postcard Invitation


Congratulations, Lapin! 1st Place Winner	Congratulations, Bobby! 2nd Place	Congratulations, Teal! 3rd Place	Congratulations, Bill! 4th Place & 2017 VA State Champion	Congratulations, Mike! 5th Place	Congratulations, Buck! 6th Place

Finish

Player

City, State

ACF ID

Rate

Rate2

Rd 1

Rd 2

Rd 3

Rd 4

Rd 5

Rd 6

Rd7

Rd8

GPts

HPts

Cash

Comments

Lapin Vadym

Kiev, Ukraine

unrated

BT3=3

10T3=6

2T4=10

3T4=14

11T4=18

12T2=20

6T4=24

10T3=27

120

$100

Wins 2017 VA Open Tournament

Bobby Geringer

Pittsboro, NC

12442

1953

11T4=4

13T1=5

1T3=8

6T4=12

3T4=16

8T3=19

12T4=23

13T1=24

134

Teal Stanley

Greensboro, NC

10107

1978

10T0=0

9T2=2

5T4=6

8T4=10

13T0=10

6T3=13

3T3=16

4T4=20

122

Bill Salot

Colonial Heights, VA

12510

1817

6T3=3

12T4=7

8T4=11

13T0=11

10T0=11

1T3=14

11T1=15

12T2=17

131

2017 Virginia State Champion

Mike Ross

Burlington, NC

10110

1789

4T3=3

3T0=3

7T2=5

1T4=9

9T4=13

13T2=15

10T0=15

3T2=17

126

Split 4th / 5th place cash as 120/2= $60

Buck Smith

Millboro, VA

10091

1790

12T1=1

1T2=3

6T2=5

5T2=7

8T1=8

7T4=12

9T4=16

11T0=16

100

Richard Marlowe

Danville, VA

unrated

9T4=4

2T2=6

3T0=6

11T0=6

4T3=9

10T1=10

5T1=11

7T2=13

113

Split 7th / 8th / 9th place cash as $80/3= $26.667

Glenn Fuquay

Elon, NC

12582

1747

5T3=3

4T2=5

10T1=6

12T0=6

6T1=7

3T1=8

7T2=10

5T3=13

112

Willie Tart

Mebane, NC

12865

1533

1T1=1

6T1=2

11T0=2

4T2=4

7T2=6

9T3=9

8T3=12

1T1=13

J.R. Smith

Greensboro, NC

10098

1513

3T1=1

5T3=4

4T2=6

10T0=6

1T3=9

11T1=10

13T0=10

9T2=12

130

Split 10th / 11th place cash as $40/2= $20

George Cox

Ruffin, NC

12812

1517

2T0=0

BT3=3

12T2=5

9T1=6

5T2=8

4T0=8

1T2=10

8T2=12

Frank Cole

Halifax, VA

unrated

8T0=0

11T2=2

BT3=5

7T3=8

12T0=8

5T1=9

4T0=9

6T2=11

103

Jeff Webster

Stoneville, NC

10218

1849

7T4=4

8T2=6

13T0=6

$594

Total Cash Prize

Congratulations to Bill Salot from Colonial Heights, VA who won the 2017 VA Commonwealth Checker Championship which is his third title, the other two in 2009 & 2010.

Congratulations to Lapin Vadym from Kiev, Ukraine who won the 2017 VA Commonwealth Open Checker Tournament Title. Impressive! Lapin only lost one game, 11 wins, 1 loss, 2 draws, and 1 Bye round.

Congratulations to Bobby Gerringer from Pittsboro, NC who finished second with an impressive 10 wins, 2 losses, and 4 draws.

Congratulations to Mike Ross from Burlington, NC who earned the only win against Lapin Vadym.

Congratulations to Frank Cole from Halifax, Virginia who played his first ACF Checker Tournament by participating in this VA Open.

Mr. Buck Smith - President of ODCA, and also serving as our tournament director / referee welcomed thirteen VA & NC players to the 100th Annual Old Dominion Checker Association's Virginia Commonwealth Open Checker Tournament. Buck mentioned their appreciation for the eight NC players who support and participate in the VA Open. Buck also opened our pre-tournament business meeting with prayer. We played a Swiss format with one repair in the final round with eight North Carolinians, 4 Virginians, and Lapin for Kiev, Ukraine.

Players were welcomed to Quality-Dutch Inn, Collinsville by a nice office desktop display announcing "Celebrating Our 100th Anniversary (1917-2017) Old Dominion Checker Association" and the Tournament Banner was displayed in the hotel lobby along with the smaller 11" x 17" banner poster.

The Tournament schedule and a list of nearby restaurants were posted on the playing room wall.

The Commonwealth of Virginia Checker Champions roster was posted on the playing room wall, both ascending and descending order.

We had a large ice chest full of bottled water as well at the hotel furnished coffee in the lobby and they also kept a larger pitcher of ice water and glasses in our conference room. The "Hague" Conference room door was post with an 11" X 17" Poster Banner on the door.

Total prize fund was from the $20 entry fees (13x$20=$260), + a $34 contribution, and plus the $300 from Joe McDaniel's contribution, totaling $594 for the cash prize fund.

We appreciate Uncle Joe for contributing $300 to our prize fund.

We presented two trophies at our closing ceremony and gave away 6 tumblers as door prizes. There was the 2017 VA Open Tournament Trophy that was presented to Lapin Vadym, and the 2017 Virginia Commonwealth Checker Champion Tournament Trophy was presented to Bill Salot.

The six Polar Camel 30 oz. Stainless Steel Vacuum Insulated Tumblers w/clear lid and optional slide lid were given out randomly, selecting the player from the pairing deck as door prizes. Bill Salot, JR Smith, Buck Smith, Frank Cole, George Cox, and Glenn Fuquay received these six tumblers.

Mike Ross brought his honey and a bag of muscadines & scuppernongs for players to enjoy.

Buck Smith recognized Bill Salot as the 2017 Virginia State Champion by presenting him a trophy and enters him again into the Virginia State Champion Winners Roster.

Ratings are from ACF: Before and After Ratings are the results of a player's rating before this tournament and after it is recalculated from this score-sheet by ACF rating processor, Joe Moore.

"T" separates player's opponent from player's game points: Draw is 1, Win is 2 points, Bye is 3, and Forfeit is 4.

We appreciate Ms. Pat Flint, Food & Beverage Manager who had our "Hague" conference room set up. Quality Dutch Inn - Collinsville attest to being an ideal Virginia tournament venue which provided all the amenities you want in a clean family environment and they also serve an excellent breakfast and lunch. This is especially encouraging when considering room price with a nice playing facility.

We appreciate Buck Smith for directing this VA State Checker Tournament and serving as our referee and scorekeeper.

Buck Smith had tournament players' addresses & emails list available for those who wanted to make contact and invite players to next year's tournament.

Happy Birthday to Bill Salot! He turned 88 years young on Friday, September 20th, 2017 and our oldest player at the tournament, and the youngest player would be Richard Marlowe who turned 33 on June 18th. We also remember Mike Ross who just celebrated his 64th birthday on September 15th, and Willie Tart turned 74 September 20th.

Congratulations! Buck and Barbara, who celebrated their 61st Anniversary on Saturday, September 23rd.

It was announced that a group of NC & VA players meet on Wednesday morning at Eden Public Library at 9:30 am and play checkers.

The next four checker tournaments were announced: Saturday, October 7th, “Cedarock” in Burlington, NC; Illinois 101 October 7th & 8th in Marion, IL; Kentucky Open, October 14th & 15th in Richmond, KY; and Alabama/District 5, November 10th & 11th, Guin, Alabama.

This VA tournament is always a pleasure to attend; it's great to compete with the Virginians, top quality checker players. Most everyone enjoyed a nice lunch or dinner with checker friends, particularly at The Pacific Bay Steak & Seafood.