Congratulations to the following honorable mentions and champions from todays events!:
First up this morning was Restricted Cup. After some intense qualifying, there was actually some serious cash back to the prize pool, I think I handed out $400 odd to the boys, maybe a little more...
Anyway, moving right along. Establishing his dominance early and sustaining it throughout the morning was Koche Petrov, from Sydney, who earned himself the title of ACT Restricted Cup Male Champion 2008. In a narrow battle that was very close all day, Tracey Petrass brought home the proverbial bacon to make her second Restricted tournament win from two entered, I don't think she's retiring to preserve the perfect record though...
On to the Open Masters, and did we see some close games here. In the first womens elimination match the first game was won by a single pin, and in several other matches games were won and lost by a tenth frame error. Some matches were, on the other hand, simply bludgeoned home (enter Chris Thomas rolling 279 with his Dimension, I think). In the end, after many hard fought games, Mary-Lou Krout claimed victory over the ladies in a tight contest over Annette Bateup (2nd) and Chris Thomas charged home with a pretty big finish over Kim Leung (2nd).
Attached is the full Restricted Cup finals, and the Open Masters "Sprint" phase. Unfortunately with elimination happening I wasn't actually keeping scores electronically, but I will compile them and post them during the week or next weekend.
Congratulations to Chris, Mary-Lou, Koche and Tracey who will be representing the ACT at this years National Championships at Tuggeranong in October.
In other news, I'm told that Stoke beat Arsenal - say what now?!?