Shuffett Double-Dips Pendley for First Tour Victory

Shuffett Double-Dips Pendley for First Tour Victory
Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour / Hixson, TN

by InsidePOOL Staff

Double Hill Billiards Club in Hixson, TN, hosted the Viking Cue Amateur 9-Ball Tour the weekend of October 4-5. The events were played on the fifteen 8-foot tables freshly covered with Simonis 860 cloth and paid out $4,540 in prize money, with Landon Shuffett taking home the lion’s share.

While KC Donahey won the single-elimination mini tournament and the $500-added Sunday tournament was won by Jason Stemen, the $2,000-added main event quickly became the Shuffett and Marcus Pendley. Shuffett made a comeback in the finals and double-dipped Pendley to take the first-place prize money.

Shuffett began his race to first place by defeating Charlie Conway 9-2, Jeff Tabet 9-6, and Robert Frost 9-6 before he faced Pendley for the first time. Pendley defeated Shuffett with a hill-hill score. Once on the left side of the chart Shuffett defeated Jonathon Tedder 9-7 and Wade Aycock in the semifinals 9-3 before going on to double-dip Pendley 9-7 in the first set and 9-6 in the second.

Pendley worked his way undefeated through the top half of the brackets until he ran into Shuffett for the second time in the finals.  He notched wins over Mike Laney 9-8, Jamey Hickman 9-5, Charlie Pierro 9-1, Shuffett 9-8, and Aycock 9-2.

Results:
1st Landon Shuffett $1,200
2nd Marcus Pendley $720
3rd Wade Aycock $520
4th Jonathon Tedder $300
5/6th Robert Frost $200
5/6th Jeff Tabet
7/8th George Payne $100
7/8th Joe Powell

The Viking Cue Amateur 9-Ball Tours $500 added Sunday tournament was won by Jason Stemen who defeated Joe Powell in the 1st set of the finals. 
 
The Viking Cue Amateur 9-Ball Tours $500 Added event payouts:
1st $500 Jason Stemen
2nd $210 Joe Powell
3rd $100 Mike Janis
 
The Viking Cue Amateur 9-Ball Tours Mini Tournament with a format of race to 9 single elmination was won by KC Donahey.

Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour Begins 15th Season

The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour was founded in 1994. Over the years it has grown significantly to include many regions of the US. It is currently the largest and longest running Open regional billiards tour in the USA. The Viking Tour consists of four separate tours: The Viking Cue Open, Amateur, Amateur-Advanced and Junior 9-Ball Tours. Combined, the tours offer approximately 219 tournament events each tour season for players from beginning to professionals to compete in. Player and business associate members are offered many outstanding benefits that seperate the Viking Tour from any other tour in the USA. These benefits include: health-care insurance, free entry fees for Ladies and Junior players, discounts to military personnel, senior citizens and pool league players.
 
The 2009 season the tour will feature an impressive list of sponsors and we thank everyone of them for supporting our sport and the Viking Tours efforts.
 
Please visit a link below to show your support for those that help support our sport.

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For a a schedule of Viking Tour events please visit viking9balltour.com

Reeds Win Wraps Up the 2008 Viking Tour Amateur Nationals

Reeds Win Wraps Up the 2008 Viking Tour Amateur Nationals
Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour Amateur Nationals / Atlanta, GA

by InsidePOOL Staff
 

The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour Amateur Nationals wrapped up the September 6-7 weekend crowning Matt Reed as a new champion. Side Pockets Cue Club and Billiards in Marietta, GA, played host to the event, which attracted 91 participants to battle for their share of the $7,215 prize fund. 

The event was played on 9-foot tables, and the action continued all weekend long.  Though it was Reed who won the event, one of the big stories of the weekend was T.F. Whittington’s fantastic performance as he took second place. Whittington worked his way through the bottom half of the bracket undefeated until the finals, where Reed came back to defeat him 7-4 in the first set and 7-5 in the second.  Whittington has been a regular on the Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour for many years, and at 71 years young, he has had hip replacement surgery and overcome other health-related issues but he still has the heart to compete at his highest level and loves the sport of billiards.

Reed began his roll in the top of the bracket and went undefeated until the hot seat match. He began by drawing a bye in round one and proceeded to defeat David Lancaster 7-5, Floyd Reasons 7-2, Dustin Byrd 7-3, Eddie Little 7-3 before he was sent to the left side of the chart by Whittington 7-3. Reed then bested James Roberts 7-3 in the semifinals before he came back to defeat Whittington in the finals.

	Results:
1st	Matt Reed
2nd	T.F. Whittington
3rd	James Roberts
4th	Eddie Little
5-6th	Josh Johnson
	Matt Bulfin
7-8th	Dustin Byrd
	Floyd Reasons
9-12th	Bobby Conner
	Jeff Tabet
	Joe Hughes
	Danny Turner
13-16th	John Salter
	Marty Jennings
	Shane Wade
	Jeff Jordan

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