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PRESIDENT’S COMMENTARY
By NWPA President,
Jeffrey Dolezal
There was a nice turnout of players for the Virginia Mid- Atlantic P VA 9-Ball Classic last month. The weather was good at the beginning of the weekend, allowing several out-of-town players to make the winter trip to Richmond. The wind picked up during the weekend, with gusts in Virginia over 60 mph, but it didn’t hamper the event.
Other happenings in the world may have a larger impact on our upcoming events, as gasoline prices have gone through the roof in the last few weeks. Prices nearing $4.00 per gallon will surely contribute to increased travel expenses for our players. Unfortunately, there is nothing that the NWPA can do about the cost of traveling and yet our events will still go on as scheduled. To be successful, our events need the support of both our local and traveling players.
We did receive word from the ARC of Haywood County that they would not be hosting a Smoky Mountain wheelchair 9- ball event this April, due to budgetary constraints. This was a long running annual event and the NWPA is sorry to see it cancelled in 2011 and hopes that it will return in 2012.
The registration forms for Stops #5 and #6 of the PVAJ’NWPA National Wheelchair Billiards Tournament Series are included with this newsletter. Stop #5 will be held at Boston Billiard Club in Nashua, New Hampshire on April 15-17, 2011. This event, called the New England PVA / Boston Billiard 9-Ball Classic, should be a nice tournament. It will be held in an area new to the NWPA and offers a lot of history and good New England style food. Stop #6 will be held at Strokers Biliiards in Tampa, Florida on May 2V and 22 This event is called the jst Annual Sunshine State 9-Ball Classic and is hosted by the Florida Gulf Coast Chapter of the PVA. Please note that the players’ meeting will be held on Friday, May 20 at 5:00p.m. and that the tournament will begin on Saturday morning, May 21 St
Please support these and other NWPA events through your attendance and participation.
Funding and sponsorship continues to be an issue for the NWPA. If you are interested in donating to or becoming a sponsor of the NPWA, please contact me.
Keep in stroke until we meet on the felt...
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TOURNAMENT ACTION
Virginia Mid-Atlantic PVA 9-Ball Classic
By Jeff Dolezal
Every year since 2004, the Virginia Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Paralyzed Veterans of America has hosted a great wheelchair billiards tournament in the Richmond, Virginia area and 2011 was no exception.
The chapter found a new, upscale billiard room, Diamond Billiards, in nearby Midlothian, Virginia and scheduled the event on February 18 and 19 The event, called the Virginia Mid-Atlantic PVA 9-Ball Classic, was also the third stop in the 5 season of the PVA/NWPA National Wheel chair Billiards Tournament Series. The 5 season has g tournament stops in all.
Despite the potential for a blast of winter fury, the weather actually cooperated at the beginning of the tournament, with temperatures in the mid 70s, allowing out-of-town players to make the drive to Richmond without incident. A total of 19 players registered for the event and all 19 showed up on the morning of the event.
Tournament Director, Shawn Interrante started the event immediately following the conclusion of the players’ meeting on Friday morning. The first round of play included a marathon, 3+ hour, hill-hill match between William Lint of Derry, Pennsylvania and Chuck Willis of Richmond, Virginia. Willis, who is also the President of the Virginia Mid-Atlantic PVA, gave his all to the match, but in the end, Lint won the deciding game to claim the match, 7 games to 6.
In the second round of the no loss side, Lint paired off against William Page of Charlotte Hall, Maryland, with Page winning 7 games to 3. Another second round match included a meeting between tournament favorites Charlie Hans of Cincinnati, Ohio and Ken Nottle of Parkesburg, Pennsylvania. Hans took the match 7 games to 3, making the road to the finals much more difficult for Nottle in the double elimination format. Also, in the second round, NWPA President Jeff Dolezat of Fairfax, Virginia defeated Joe Wheeler of Virginia Beach, Virginia 7 games to 3 and Moe Chapman of Newport News, Virginia was victorious over Anthony Turner of Richmond, Virginia by a score of 7 games to 0.
The third round of the no loss side saw Hans make a come from behind hill-hill victory against Page. Also, Dolezal defeated Chapman, 7 games to 3. Charles lnterrante of Pottstown, Pennsylvania won over Michael Chenail of Palmyra, Virginia, 7 games to 4 and newcomer Bob Barnaby of Virginia Beach, Virginia moved past Jimmy May of Midlothian, Virginia in another hill-hill match, 7games to 6.
In the no toss fourth round, 7 games were won first by Hans against Dolezal, who only managed to win 4 games during the match. This win placed Hans in the no loss side final, known as “the hot seat match”, against Interrante who defeated Barnaby in the fourth round, 7 games to 4. The hot seat was won by Hans, with a 7 games to 3 victory over lnterrante.
On the one-loss side, Page defeated Chapman, 5 games to 3, leavin Chapman to finish tied for 7 J place along with Wheeler, who fell to Nottle, 5 games to 1. Page moved on to face Barnaby, winning 5 games to 1. Barnaby finished tied for 5 place with Dolezal, who lost to Nottle, 5 games to 3. Page and Nottle played next, with Nottle winning 5 games to
leaving Page to take home 4 place honors. Nottle then squared off with Interrante to see who would move on to the championship match against Hans. Interrante played well; winning the match 5 games to 3 and making Nottle accept a very respectable 3 place finish.
The single set, race to 9 championship match between Hans and lnterrante turned out to be a one-sided affair for Hans, who played beautifully through the entire match. He defeated Interrante 9 games to
2 and claimed the
championship title for the 2011 Virginia Mid-Atlantic PVA 9-Ball Classic. Interrante finished the Main Event in 2 place.
In the 2 Flight champion ship event, newcomer George Holscher of Chesapeake, Virginia defeated Michael Chenail with a match score of 5 games to 3. Chenail finished in 2 place and Philip Thompson of Richmond, Virginia took 3 place.
Congratulations to Charlie Hans and George Holscher for their championship victories.
Special thanks to the Virginia Mid-Atlantic PVA Chapter and its staff and volunteers, including Executive Director Michele Shaw-Richie, Diamond Billiards and its owners, Cindy and Thomas C. Dorsey and staff, and Tournament Director Shawn Interrante. Your outstanding efforts and contributions made this event successful.
Main Event Results
1 Charlie Hans (23 NWPA
Points); 2 Charles Inter iarne (20
pts.); 3 Ken Nottle (19 pts.); 4
William Page (18 pts.); 516 (16
pts. each) Bob Bamaby & Jeff
Dolezal; 718 (14 pts. each) Moe
Chapman & Joe Wheeler: 9
(12 pts. each) James Carver,
Michael Chenail, Jimmy May &
Angel Torres: 13 (10 pts.
each) George Holscher, William
Lint, Philip Thompson & Chuck
Willis; 17-I 9 (8 pts. each) Charlie
Hayden, David Richardson &
Anthony Turner
2 Flight Event Results
1 George Holscher; 2 Michael
Chenail; 3 Philip Thompson: 4
James Carver: 516 David
Richardson & Angel Torres: 718
Charlie Hayden & Anthony Turner:
9111 William Lint, Jimmy May &
Chuck Willis
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The NWPA is offering E mail versions of Rack & Roll News to its members. This will allow us to significantly reduce the cost of mailing the newsletter in the traditional method, by eliminating the cost of postage. You must have a current e-mail address and have access to the internet.
If you would be interested in receiving this newsletter in an e-mail format, please notify one of the following individuals:
Charles Interrante: Quad7O67@aol.com
Ken Force: DEADSTROK1@aol.com
Jeff Dolezal: jdolezal@verizon.net
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The NWPA welcomes its newest members:
Bob Barnaby—Virginia Beach, VA
Joe Wheeler —Virginia Beach, VA
George Holscher —Chesapeake, VA
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The NWPA wishes to extend a very Happy
Birthday to the following members:
MARCH
Calvin Coker (10); Gerardo B.
Couzo (29); Dennis Durrwatcher
(24); Terry Guess (24); Eric
Jorgensen (19); Yohji Mizusawa
(28); Sloane R. Momahon (23);
Peter A. Splaine (6); Randy Squier
(6): Michael W. Stutter (20); William Sundberg (11); Alan Weiss (22); JT
‘Mllcutt (17); Jeff Winters (1)
APRIL
Kenneth Bendiksen (28); Joe
Blankenship (1): Kurt DeKlerck (6);
Joseph M. Dowlirig (18); William
Ethndge (15); William Frisby (3);
Tony Gentling (12): Edward
Goddard (15): Charlie Hans (14);
Richard L. Harrell (12); Gustave
Horn (15); Ken Hulbert (28); Eric
Kingery (27); Scott Manning (14);
Barry McQuillen (25): Wayne
Norgard (10); Donald E. Owen
(11); Gary Peterson (23); Rodrick
Slaughter (10); Truman Suttle (22);
Jouni Tahti (4); Donald Thomas
(9); Patricia Thompson (12); Tim
Wallen (9); Mike Watts (29); Billy
Welch (16): Dan Williams (16);
Robert Williams (24)
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The NWPA wishes to extend a very Happy Birthday to the following
JANUARY
Jeffrey A. Anderson (7); Arnold
Beard (25); Marvin D. Brown (10);
Kevin Cary (19); Greg Clough (7);
John Collins (12); Johnny Holland
(17); DuAnne Jacobi (30); Dennis
Keehan (19); Michael Magee (1);
Jimmy W. May (19); Gregory
McDaniel (7); Stephen Lee Meeker
(11); Roger Sack (30); Tony
Southern (29); Philip Thompson
(21); Angel Torres (17); Candor
Tovar (6); Shawn Wallace (16);
George C. Williams, Jr. (24)
FEBRUARY
Ventra Catala (24); James W.
Coffey (14); Willie Davis (23); Dale
Haugen (6); Donald Jackson (7);
Leo Lawson (5); Jeffery Lee (20);
Tammie Lidgett (12); William R.
Lint (6); Danny Luton (6); Wayne
Muscato (10); Michael Paul (6);
George Ramsey (5); Clark Rone
(25); Joe Sapienza (26); Charles
Sexton (27); Mark E. Shepherd, Sr.
(2); Lowell Wayne Sims (22);
Stephen Smith (21); Vernon Taylor
(15); Craig Welsh (26); Charlie
Wittwer (10)
2010-2011 PVA
Points Standings ( #5
The PVA Points Standings are sponsored, in part, by the
Paralyzed Veterans of America
1. BillFnsby 64
2. Charles Interrante 63
3. Charlie Hans 61
4. Ken Nottle 56
5. Terry Guess 55
6. Dan Hall 36
7. Moe Chapman 32
8. David Schlapkohl 30
9. Johnny Holland 28
10. William Page 27
11. Bob Barnaby, Ralph
Burlingame, Jeff Dolezal, Enc
Jorgenson, Darrel Rahn, Truman
Suttle 24
17. Michael Chenail, Chris
Parnell, Joe Wheeler, James
Winston 21
21. George Holscher, Houston
Lewis 20
23. James Carver, Christie Hill-
Smith 19
25. Er Bell, Tom Sunde,
Philip Thompson, Angel Torres.. 18
29. Leo Lawson, Daniel Young.. 17
31. John Christenson, Jim
Listerud, Mark Mann, Jimmy
May 16
35. Mark Jones, Wayne
Norgard 15
37. William Lint, Ken Miller,
David Richardson, Chuck Willis. 14
41. James Glisky, Charlie
Hayden, Dale Keliin, Eric
Kingery, Anthony Turner 13
46. Nate Aalgaard, Jeff
Anderson, Scott Anderson,
Scott Lehman, Brian McFarland,
Kevin Poindexter, Joe Thorne... 12
53. Dale Tyson 10
54. Dan Endros, Dale Haugen... 9
56. Bill Heilman 8
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Points Standings
1. Charles Interrante 44
2. Bill Frisby 43
3. Charlie Hans 41
4. Ken Nottle 38
5. Terry Guess 37
6. Dan Hall 26
7. David Schlapkohl 20
8. Johnny Holland 19
9. William Page 18
10. Bob Barnaby, Jeff Dolezal,
Ralph Burlingame, Eric
Jorgensen, Darrell Rahn, Truman
Suttle 16
16. Moe Chapman, Christie Hill-
Smith, Chris Parnell, Joe
Wheeler 14
20. Jeff Anderson, Ertemus
Bell, James Carver, Michael
Chenail, Leo Lawson, Houston
Lewis, Jimmy May, Brian
McFarland, Kevin Poindexter,
Angel Torres, James Winston... 12
31. George Holscher, Dale
Keliin, Eric Kingery, William Lint,
Jim Listerud, Mark Mann, Ken
Miller, Philip Thompson, Chuck
Willis, Daniel Young 10
41. Scott Anderson, John
Christenson, James Glisky,
Charlie Hayden, Scott Lehman,
Wayne Norgard, David
Richardson, Tom Sunde, Joe
Thorne, Anthony Turner, Dale
Tyson 8
36. Nate Aalgaard, Dan Endros,
Dale Haugen, Bill HeRman, Mark
Jones 6
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