Legend's Billiards and Grill in Brenham, TX hosted the 6th stop of 2004 for the ladies of the Hunter Classics Amateur Women's Tour. On Sunday, only 8 players were left, out of 36, to fight for the coveted win. On the winner's side, Rachel Hurst defeated Tara McCracken 7-5 while Kelly Fisher sent travel mate Miyuki Sakai to the one-loss side 7-2. Kelly and Rachel then squared off for the winner's bracket final with Kelly winning 7-2.
Melinda Bailey was defeated by Tara 7-4 while Miyuki defeated Heather Pulford 7-3. Melinda and Heather placed 5th/6th and earned $150 each. Tara and Miyuki then played each other for the 4th place spot, with Miyuki prevailing 7-5. This set up the 3rd place match - Miyuki and Rachel swapped games until it was tied at 5-5, then Miyuki pulled ahead for the 7-5 win, earning Miyuki another shot against Kelly. However, Kelly had other things on her mind as she never looked back as she defeated Miyuki 7-4 in the finals to win the first place prize of $750 and the WPBA Qualifier to a WPBA 2005 event. Kelly had an entire tournament of lop sided scores - the highest number of games anyone could get against her was 4, and that was done only twice - by Miyuki in the finals and Val Finnie, Kelly's roommate, early in the tournament. Miyuki earned $560 for second place, Rachel earned $400 for 3rd place, and Tara earned $270 for 4th place.
A BIG thanks to Wes Hunter (Hunter Classics Custom Cues), who has been sponsoring this tour for over 11 years!
The Hunter Classic's Women's Tour will be at Big Daddy's in Alvin, TX on Nov 6-7 for their next event, the Champion Stop.
Incomplete Results:
1st Kelly Fisher $750 + qualifier
2nd Miyuki Sakai $560
3rd Rachel Hurst $400
4th Tara McCracken $270
5th/6th Melinda Bailey and Heather Pulford $150
7th/8th Ellen Van Buren and Helen Hayes $110
