1ST
ANNUAL GREATER DETROIT OPEN "A GREAT
SUCCESS"!!
No time was wasted in the determination of the success of this first
annual tournament, as 42 players signed up for
the first night AB Draw event on Friday, and
30 players in the second AB draw event Friday.
Host Jason Papa added $100 to each pot.
Winners of the first single elimination AB Draw were (split first and
second) were John McDermott with Deanna Johns,
and Jim Earl with Carolyn Perry.
Third and fourth place tie went to
Steve Auten with Theresa Stephens and Jim
Kelsey with Russ Helgemo, and tied for fifth
place were the teams of Frank Blade with Cindy
Brown, Wayne Atkinson with John Flynn, Don
Grossman with Rob Kern, and Jerry Siebert with
Peggy Williams.
In the second single elimination AB Draw, first place went to Steve Auten
and Nelson Griswald, and second place to Wayne
Atkinson and Deanna Johns.
Tied for third and fourth place were
Frank Blade with Theresa Stephens, and Scott
Auten with Tom Schultz.
In Saturday’s Open Singles event, 14 players competed with first place
victory going to host Jason Papa.
Second place went to Steve Auten, and
third place went to Alonzo Cottrell.
In Saturday’s Division II Singles event, there were 13 players, with
first place going to Don Grossman.
Second place honors went to Leon Black,
with third place going to bracketeer Rob Kern.
Heated competition continued on Sunday with the Open Doubles and Division
II Doubles.
It was decided by all players in the
Open Doubles to change the format and have a
$100 True Round Robin paying two places.
In first place in the Open Doubles were Jason Papa and Alonzo Cottrell.
Second place went to John McDermott and
Frank Blade.
In the Division II Doubles, first place went to the undefeated team of Rob
Kern and Dave Delgado.
Second place went to Peggy Williams and
Tom Williams in their tournament debut.
A total of $7,140 in prize money was won this weekend, and this is without
having any sponsor sales on Friday.
A total of 51 shuffleboard patrons
participated over the weekend.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank those that helped make this
wonderful tournament the success that it was. Special thanks go to Co-Director’s Cindy Brown and Rob
Kern; as well as Carolyn Perry and Steve Auten
for assistance in the sponsor sales.
Thanks also to host Jason Papa who not only generously added money to
events on Friday, but also supplied pizza on
Saturday as well as donuts on Sunday morning.
I would also like to give special thanks to wait staff Kim, Gina, Sam,
Jenna, and Amy for the wonderful job taking
care of us players; and of course Kathy who
kept us all fed this weekend.
A very special thanks also goes to all that attended,
attributing to the success of this annual
event.
A-B
DRAW #1 WINNERS: (Friday, April 29,
2005) - no
winner photos available
AB
Draw #1:
1st/2nd (split):
John
McDermott & Deanna Johns and
Jim Earl & Carolyn Perry
3rd/4th (tie-2 teams):
Steve Auten & Theresa Stephens and
Jim Kelsey & Russ Helgemo
5th (tie- 4 teams):
Frank Blade & Cindy Brown and
Wayne Atkinson & John Flynn
and
Don
Grossman & Rob Kern and
Jerry
Siebert & Peggy Williams |
A-B
DRAW #2 WINNERS: (Friday, April 29,
2005) - no
winner photos available
AB
Draw #2:
1st: Steve
Auten & Nelson Griswald
2nd:
Wayne Atkinson & Deanna
Johns
3rd/4th (tie- 2 teams):
Frank Blade &
Theresa Stephens and
Scott
Auten & Tom Schultz |
SINGLES
EVENTS (2 Divisions) WINNERS: (Saturday, April
30, 2005)
View
Photo Winners' Photo Album (Click Here)
Singles
(Open Div. I): (14 players)
1st:
Jason Papa
2nd: Steve Auten
3rd: Alonzo
Cottrell |
Singles
(Div II): (13 players)
1st:
Don Grossman
2nd: Leon Black
3rd: Rob Kern |
DOUBLES
(2 Divisions) WINNERS: (Sunday, May 1, 2005)
View
Photo Winners' Photo Album (Click Here)
Doubles
(Open Div. I): (True Round
Robin)
1st:
Jason Papa & Alonzo Cottrell
2nd: John McDermott
& Frank Blade
|
Doubles
(Div. II):
1st:
Rob Kern & Dave Delgado
2nd: Peggy
Williams & Tom Williams |
(Above Results' Report & Photos Submitted
by Steve "CoCo" Brown)
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