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Virginia Mid-Atlantic PVA 9-Ball Classic
By Jeff Dotezal

On March 28 — 30 the Virginia Mid-Atlantic PVA 9-Ball Classic was held at The Playing Field in Richmond, Virginia.

This event was the third official event of the second season of the PVA/NWPA National Wheelchair Billiards Tournament Series.

 The field consisted of nineteen (19) pool players who signed up to compete for the awards and prizes, with the majority of the

players coming from the immediate Richmond area. Eight players came from beyond 100 miles, with one player traveling more

that 1,000 miles to attend the event and another player coming down from Canada.

This event was the fourth NWPA sanctioned event to be held at The Playing Field since 2004. The venue staff welcomed the NWPA

and its players back to Richmond with good food and better than good service. There is no way that this event would have been possible

without their hard work and support. Thanks are in order for the staff of The Playing Field, its General Manager, Larry Smith and its owner,

 Tegan Stephen. This is a great place to play billiards anytime one is in the Richmond area.

The Tournament Director for this event was Shawn Interrante. Shawn has helped the NWPA with several past tournaments in a variety

 of roles and this time she signed on as Tournament Director. Shawn handled the event well and I look forward to seeing her run more

 tournaments for the NWPA in the future. Michelle Shaw-Richey and Rashunda Gregory, from Virginia Mid- Atlantic PVA, fulfilled the

duties as Tournament Coordinators for the event. Thank you Michelle and Rashunda for all of your hard work leading up to and during

the event.

In the tournament’s Main Event, Don Owen, from Ontario, Canada, went undefeated to claim the ‘hot seat’. While Owen waited comfortably

in front of several big screen TVs, there was a baffle going on over on the one- loss side of the brackets, to see who would meet him in the

championship match. Mike Chenail ended Lee Sexton’s rookie tournament with a 7 games to 4 win. Bill Frisby managed to overcome a five

 game to two deficit, to defeat Jeff Dolezal in a hill-hill match, winning 7 games to 6. Sexton and Dolezal finished tied for 5 place. Frisby went

 on to defeat Mike Chenail, 7 games to 5, leaving Chenail to finish in 4 place. Frisby finished in 3 place, when he was unable to get past

Ken Noffle. Nottle won their match, 7 games to 4.Following this match, Nottle went on to claim his first PVA/NWPA Tournament Series

title, by defeating Don Owen in a hard fought two-set championship match, winning the first set, 7 games to 5 and the second set, 7 games to 0.

Owen finished in 2 place.

In the Second Flight Event, David Richardson, a student attending Radford University in Virginia, defeated Jimmy May in another tough

 two-set final match. May, who had to defeat Richardson twice to claim the title, due to an earlier round loss, won the first set, 5 games

to 4. Richardson prevailed in the second set, winning by a score of 5 games to 3. Richardson’s first place finish in this event was particularly

special, since he was playing in his first competitive wheelchair pool tournament. May and Chuck Willis took home 2 and 3 place, respectively.
The success of the PVAINWPA National Wheelchair Billiards Tournament Series is dependent upon the support of its sponsors and those

 of the PVA and NWPA. The NWPA is proud to recognize Viking Cue Manufacturing, Inc., Sports Fan Products, LLC and the

Billiard Congress of America.
 

Main Event Results
1st Ken Nottle (23 Viking Points);
2’ Don Owen (20 pts.); 3 Bill
Frisby (19 pts.); 4 Mike Chenail
(18 pts.); 5/6 (16 pts. each Jeff
Dolezal & Lee Sexton; 7/8 (14
pts. each) Charles Interrante &
Angel Torres; 9/12 (12 pts. each)
Charlie Hayden, William Lint,
Jimmy May & Ed Rice; 13 (10
pts. each) Von Brinker, John
Jackson, Raymond Strong &
Chuck Willis; 17/18 (8 pts. each)
David Richardson & Anthony Turner
 

2 Flight Event Results
I David Richardson; 2 Jimmy
Ma 3 Chuck Willis; 4 Ed Rice;
5/6 Charlie Hayden & Raymond
Strong; 7 John Jackson &
William Lint; 9 Lorenzo
Hughes & Anthony Turner