Tournament Report & Photos Submitted for posting by: Dave Fleming, Tournament Director

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SW OPEN 2005 & American Legion #73:
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For those of you that could not make it to the Del City 4th of July tournament, you missed a good time.
Attendance was down some, but this was expected.  A lot of players weren't for sure the American Legion was
going to host this event.  Losing the Board Talk has impacted a lot of Shuffleboard Events because the news
isn't always available to everyone.  There are several people working in different ways to try and resolve
this problem.  Norm, the new manager, who was elected to take over for Don, wants everyone to know that this
was just the beginning.  All their tournaments will be on-going as usual.  There will be a Oklahoma State
Championship Tournament in January 2006 too.

Norm and Debbie and other Legion Members worked long hours to get the Legion ready for all the events.
They painted, replaced carpet, and installed a new bar that Don had built before he passed away. We tried something new by giving a jacket for the lst place winners, instead of trophies.  Other players, who placed, were given polo shirts.

BILL MELTON & DARROL NELSON (PRO SINGLES PLAYOFF SUMMARY)

Bill Melton and Darrol Nelson went at it in the Pro Singles. Darrol put Bill Melton in the losers bracket. Bill won his way through the losers bracket to get a rematch with Darrol. Bill won the first 2 of 3.  But, it wasn't meant to be...  Darrol won the next match and took 1st place.  It was awesome to watch the 2 best players play so hard.

JIM PAYNE BRINGS IN NEW NEBRASKA PLAYERS

Jim Payne showed up with several new players from Nebraska.  Whatever they are doing to get these kids
playing, is really working well.  They love the game and they come ready to play and ready to win.  He
assured us that next year he will have even more coming. 

NOTE: Anyone looking for a good three or four for a tournament needs to contact Jim Payne!

It would be interesting to see a challenge from Jim to other states, to see who can show up with the
most new players next year.  I'm pretty sure Nebraska would win.

GLAD TO SEE RETURNING PLAYERS

We were glad to see some of the  players that had been missing from the Del City Tournament, return this
year.  Lilly and Harvey Kidd, Brenda Moore, David and Debbie Sexton, and Jack Davis, just to mention a few.

FUNDRAISER: SPECIAL OLYMPICS FOR "Special Kids" A GREAT SUCCESS

Harvey Kidd, John McDermott, and Lorraine Olson were major contributors to the Special Olympics this year.
They kept on challenging the other players each day.  It was the best year we have had so far.  Players
contributed $2300 for the Special Kids.

SW OPEN 2005:  MVP & BONUS POINT AWARD WINNERS

Hoot Hodge from Arkansas won the "Most Valuable Player" (MVP).  Michael Pope a new player won bonus Points for the 3's and 4’s.

James Cummings and Dave Fleming are working on an American Legion Post #73 SW Open website.  If/when ready it will be located at:  http://www.southwestopen.com

A special thanks goes to the crew from the Legion  for taking such good care of everyone.  The cooks, the
bartenders, the men that set up and took down the boards, and Dave and Glen Davidson for adjusting the
boards.