A total of almost forty players took the opportunity to get ready for May’s BCA Nationals in Vegas with the BCA Warm Up tournament on April 21st at Stingers in Phoenix. The format was the same as the players will face in Vegas and as usual, Arizona players proved that they are quite competitive at the game of bar-table 8-ball.

The ladies event featured one player (Sophia Morquecho) playing as an advanced player and all others playing as open players. This meant that Sophia raced to five instead of four.

Stinger’s Sports Bar along with AZPoolScene.com joined together to start up the ever popular Marathon Tournament Series that Alexander’s Bar (RIP) use to run in previous years.  The first installment was barbox 9-ball on the 12 Diamond Smart Tables from Stinger’s.  32 players were invited for the event and the field was filled with many top bar table players in the State.

The top rated players included names such as Mike Williams, Mike Sandoval, Ben Hrabina, Bret Huth and Nick De Leon, although none of these 9 rated players were able to crack the top 4.  Thirteen 8 rated players joined the field along with numerous lower rated players that jumped up to challenge themselves in this race to Full Handicap Tournament.

Written by Tres Kane, April, 2012

Stinger’s Sports Bar & Grill, in Glendale, Arizona, hosted Stop #2 of the Arizona Women's Billiard Tour on April 14th & 15th.  Longtime AWBT favorite, Susan Williams was the winner, 7-3, over Terri Johnson-McCauley. Susan would claim her first title in over a year.  For Terri, who traveled all the way from Farmington, New Mexico, it was her highest AWBT finish ever.

With twelve (12) 7' Diamond tables, Stinger’s was an excellent host for AWBT's only bar table event for 2012.  This tournament was scheduled to get our gals ready to compete in the BCAPL Nationals in Las Vegas in May.  We saw several new faces and welcomed back some old friends as twenty-six (26) ladies came out Saturday to play.  With such a strong response, this will surely be a yearly event.

Written by Tres Kane, March 2012

The first event of the Arizona Women's Billiard Tour (AWBT) 2012 season was held March 3