Waxhaw PopTop Checkers Ty

YEAR	1^st Place Winner - CHAMPION	2^nd & 3^rd Place Winner - CHAMPION	4^th& 5^th Place Winner - CHAMPION	Comments - Date - Venue
2025	MS (Master) Vadym Lapin from Margate, FL, GM (Grandmaster) Alex Moiseyev from Dublin, OH, and Matthew Clark form Charlotte, NC were our Pop Top Checker Champions, and also finished in a 3-way tie as 1st Place winners with each having 15 game points out of a possible 20.	These players were separated on honor points as: 1^st Place MS Vadym Lapin - 62 - $1,750, Trophy 2^ndPlace GM Alex Moiseyev - 53 - $1,740, Trophy 3^rd Place Matthew Clark - 46 - $1,750, Trophy	4^th Place MS Teal Stanley - 46 $250, Trophy 5^th Place Cave Beachy	1^stPop Top “GAYP” Open (WH Collins/Maxwell McCain Memorial) Checker Championship Tournament May, 31 - The Waxhaw Woman’s Club banquet hall in Waxhaw, NC \| 17 entrants
2026	1^st place GM Alex Moiseyev - OH, $3,000 Cash Prize, Trophy	2^ndplace GM Lubabalo Kondlo - Port Elizabeth, South Africa - 107, $1,750 Cash Prize, Trophy 3^rdPlace MS Michael Holmes - Woodbridge, VA - 46, $1,750 Cash Prize, Trophy	4^th Place MS Alex Holmes - Louisville, KY -109, $875 Cash Prize, Trophy 5^th Place Matthew Clark - Charlotte, NC -101, $875 Cash Prize 6^th Place MS Teal Stanley - Greensboro, NC -111, $250 Cash Prize 7^th Place EX Alan Millhone - Belpre, OH - 74, $250 Cash Prize	2^ndPop Top “GAYP” Open (WH Collins/Maxwell McCain Memorial) Checker Championship Tournament June 26 & 27, Woman's Club, Waxhaw, NC \| 14 entrants Southern Open was merged with Pop Top