The American CueSports Alliance (ACS) is pleased to announce its partnership with McDermott Handcrafted Cues in presenting the McDermott All American Tour for 2005/2006. Weekend tournaments featuring either 8-ball or 9-ball will be produced throughout the United States in rooms that are ACS Proprietor Members or which host ACS leagues. Each event will be supported with American-made product from one of the most respected names in billiard sports – McDermott Handcrafted Cues!
The ACS is the newest national sanctioning body for independent pool leagues. ACS Executive Director, John Lewis, remarked that “ACS presenting the McDermott All American Tour is another in a series of pro-active programs that serves the purpose of offering added benefits to ACS members, in addition to referee, coaching, youth and Olympic programs that will further the credibility of our sport to all billiard participants in the years to come.” Each event is open to any amateur player, and membership to ACS is not required. All prize money will be paid out onsite, as in a typical tournament, but the highest-placing ACS member in each event will receive a free entry into the Singles division of either the 2006 ACS National 8-Ball Championships or the 2006 ACS National 9-Ball Championships.
McDermott's Executive Vice President and COO, Nat Rosasco, added that “joining with the ACS in producing The Tour provides our company with another opportunity to aggressively expand our McDermott line of products to another level of consumer and expand our dealer network at the same time.”
Supporting sponsors for the Tour also include Silver Cup Chalk (chalk) and PJ's Billiard Supply Co. (cloth). Dates and openings for further Tour stops are still available for qualified billiard establishments. For further information on the McDermott All American Tour contact the ACS at 920-662-1705, www.americancuesports.org or www.mcdermottcue.com.
2005/2006 Tour Schedule:
1. Leisure Time Billiards (E. Moline, IL) - $500 added 8-Ball – 10/22/05 *
2. Whitey's Billiards (Burlington, IA) - $500 added 8-Ball – 11/9/05 *
3. Leisure Time (Sterling, IL) - $500 added 9-Ball – 11/19/05 *
4. Lassiters (Clinton, IA) - $500 added 8-Ball – 11/26/05 *
5. Carom Room (Beloit, WI) - $500 added 9-Ball – 12/3/05 *
6. Cue Master Billiards (Dubuque, IA) - $500 added 8-Ball – 12/17/05 *
7. Miller Time Billiards (Davenport, IA) - $500 added 9-Ball – 1/7/06 *
8. Main Street Billiards (Tucson, AZ) - $1,500+ added 9-Ball – 1/14-15/06
9. Rich's Roadhouse (Freeport, IL) - $300 added 8-Ball – 1/21/06 *
10. Lassiters (Clinton, IA) - $5,000 added Men's & Women's 8-Ball – 1/27-29/06
11. Chattanooga Billiard Club East (Chattanooga, TN) - $500 added 9-Ball – 1/29/06
12. Leisure Time Billiards (E. Moline, IL) - $500 added 9-Ball – 2/4/06 *
13. Billiard Street Café (Fridley, MN) - $1,000 added 9-Ball – 2/18-19/06
14. Lassiters (Clinton, IA) - $500 added 8-Ball – 2/25/06 *
15. Cue Master Billiards (Dubuque, IA) - $500 added 8-Ball – 3/4/06 *
16. Rich's Roadhouse (Freeport, IL) - $500 added 9-Ball – 3/18/06 *
17. Miller Time Billiards (Davenport, IA) - $500 added 8-Ball – 3/25/06 *
18. Nite Hawk (Portland, OR) - $1,000 added 9-Ball – Mar/Apr. 2006
19. Carom Room (Beloit, WI) - $500 added 9-Ball – 4/22/06 *
20. Flipper McCoy's (Norfolk, VA) - $1,000 added 8-Ball – 4/28-29/06
21. Leisure Time Billiards (Sterling, IL) - $500 added 8-Ball – 5/6/06 *
* Locally handicapped event
