2019 21st Annual Pool Checkers Festival 

 Saturday, November 9th & 10th, 2019 at the Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham, South Bend  (map)

 

Come to Indiana for the 21st Annual

 POOL CHECKERS and

INTERNATIONAL CHECKERS

FESTIVAL! 

Nov. 9-10, 2019

 

In memory of Orlando "Panama" Williams
National Top Master from Chicago 1937-2019

 

Microtel Inn & Suites, 222 Dixieway S., South Bend IN 46637

(Indiana 933 / Business US 31 in town of Roseland--across the street from 

Quality Inn where we used to play)   Take the South Bend-Notre Dame Exit 77 from 

Indiana Toll Road I-80-90, turn left from ramp, the Microtel Inn is 3rd building on the right.

 

Saturday, Nov. 9 – American Pool Checkers
Defending champion: Wayne Lockheart

Sunday, Nov. 10 – International (Big-Board) Checkers

Defending champion: Roberto Ernest

 

--Sunday event will be played in Wendy's Restaurant just south at 320 Dixie Way S.

Entry fee $20 for one day, $30 for both days.

Register 9:30 a.m., begin at 10.  Round robin or Swiss format.

Two divisions if sufficient entries, divided by “South Bend Ratings” from previous years.

90% of entry fees will go into prize fund.  Place prizes and special bonus for game scores!

 

Microtel Inn  phone (574) 303-6493.

 

Organizer:  Fair Play Games Tournaments,

Roger Blaine, P.O. Box 353, Osceola IN  46561.

Phone (574) 257-9033,  E-mail  reblaine@hotmail.com

 

 


RESULTS:

 CHARLIE WILLIAMS, VERN CLOUD TOP SOUTH BEND CHECKER EVENTS!

Top Master Charlie Williams, Louisville, Ky., won the 21st Annual Pool Checker tourney in South Bend, Indiana, on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. Charlie was only 5th seed by the numerical ratings of the South Bend series, but edged out top-rated Clorius Lay ("The Mongoose") of Gary, Ind. Lay won their head-to-head match with a win and a draw, but Williams won more against the other players and squeaked out the victory by just a single point, the width of one draw. The attendance of 9 was a nice increase over last year.
The weekend's events were dedicated to the memory of Top Master Orlando "Panama" Williams, Chicago, who passed away earlier this year. Special thanks to Mrs. Linda Bell for bringing in excellent food for the players to celebrate Arthur "Sonny" Bell's birthday. Sonny had been in the hospital in September, so the celebration was postponed until November.
 

No Player State  Points Comments
1  Charlie Williams KY 27

1st Prize

2  Clorius Lay IN 26  
3  Wayne Lockheart OH 22  
4  Fred D. Shurn IL 20  
5  Arthur Bell IN 17  
6  General Owens IL 13  
7  Roberto Ernest IL 7  
8  Roger Blaine IN 4  


Vern Cloud, Buchanan, Mich., was the winner in International or 10 x 10 checkers the next day, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. This tourney was also a squeaker, as Vern defeated Arthur Bell in the final game to finish just one draw ahead of General Owens, Chicago. Roger Blaine was the organizer and director of the Checker Festival.
 

No Player State  Points Comments
1  Vern Cloud MI 8

1st Prize

2  General Owens IL 7  
3  Roberto Ernest IL 6  
4  Arthur Bell IN 5  
5-6  Peter Kuhr IN 2  
6-6  Roger Blaine IN 2  

2019 Tournament Dates