2009 11th Annual Pool & International Festival
The 11th Annual Pool and International Checkers Festival will
be held
October 10th - 11th, 2009 at Jameson
Inn, 215 Dixie Way S., South Bend,
Indiana.
Fair
play games tournaments
presents
the 11th annual…
pool checkers
and
international checkers festival!
Oct. 10-11, 2009
Jameson Inn,
(Town of Roseland, on Ind. 933 / Business U.S. 31, just north of South Bend-Notre Dame Exit 77 from
Indiana Toll Road I-80-90)
Near Notre Dame! Convenient to
Saturday,
Oct. 10 – American Pool Checkers
Defending Champion: Class A, Al Lambert; Class B, Rush “West Virginia” Addair.
Sunday,
Oct. 11 – International (Big-Board)
Defending Champions:
Charles “Pecan” Thompson & Arthur “Sonny”
Entry fee $20 for one day, $30 for both days.
Register 9:30 a.m., begin at 10. Round robin or Swiss
format, no. of rounds may be adjusted according to entries.
90% of entry fees will go into prize fund.
Place prizes and special bonus for game scores!
Jameson Inn Reservations: 1-800-822-5252.
Local phone (574) 277-3211.
Organizer:
Fair Play
Games Tournaments, Roger Blaine
P.O. Box 353
South Bend is 100 miles from Chicago,
140 miles from Indianapolis, 200 miles from Detroit.
Studebaker National Museum – University of Notre Dame – College Football Hall of Fame
RESULTS:
"PECAN" THOMPSON DOMINATES SOUTH BEND CHECKER TOURNEYS!
Player
Points
Player
Points
Charles "Pecan" Thompson, Carol Stream, Ill., won both events at the 11th annual
Pool and International Checker Festival on Oct. 10-11, 2009, in South Bend,
Indiana. He scored 37 out of a possible 44 in Pool Checkers on Saturday, with
Fred Shurn of Maywood, Ill., second at 32. "Pecan" then won top
prize in International or Big-Board Checkers on Sunday with 3 wins and a draw,
or 7 out of 8 points. Organizer Roger Blaine was second with 5. We will send a
complete crosstable later, with a few game scores.
Standings in tie-break order:
Pool Checkers - Sat. Oct. 10, 2009
NO
1
Charles Thompson "Pecan"
37
2
Fred Shurn
32
3
Jim Sharp "Pontiac"
30
4
Arthur Bell "Sonny"
27
5
Therman Ernest "Chicken"
25
6
Lee Pittman
25
7
Andrew Young "Twin"
19
8
Herman Joiner
19
9
Ernest Lee "Rome"
19
10
Roger Blaine
11
11
Stoney Burke
11
12
Roberto Ernest "T-Rex"
9
International Checkers - Sun. Oct. 11, 2009
NO
1
Charles Thompson
7
2
Roger Blaine
5
3
Arthur Bell
4
4
Roberto Ernest
3
5
Pete Luhr
1