The Parlor in Bellevue, Washington hosted the fifth tour stop of the Northwest Women’s Pool Associations’ 2013 season. Located in beautiful downtown Bellevue, the Parlor offers a full variety of entertainment featuring The Parlor Live Comedy Club, the Ultra Lounge, and the Parlor Billiards & Spirits. In addition to the main floor, The Parlor has two private suites and full catering available for your company gatherings. Check out all they have to offer at www.parlorlive.com.
The tournament was run on eleven Brunswick Gold Crowns with Centennial balls. Twenty-eight players came out to compete Saturday morning and Rail2Rail Productions provided a free live stream all weekend. The format was 9 ball, alternating break, race to seven on the A side and 6 on the B side. New players to the tour included Jocelyn Liu, Helen Wragg, and Gloria Villa. Play wrapped up early Saturday evening and only twelve players returned on Sunday morning with a chance to win the event. On the A side, Liz Cole played Mary Hopkin, while Eve Stockstill took on Suzanne Smith. Liz and Eve both advanced through their morning matches, 7-3 and 7-6, respectively to advance. Liz continued in her winning ways, defeating Eve by a similar margin at 7-4. B side matches included: Gloria Villa vs. Shari Ross, Denice White vs. Natalie Seal, Tamre Rogers vs. Kim Jones, and Stacy Eilts vs. Jocelyn Liu. Shari (6-1), Natalie (6-3), Kim (6-1), and Stacy (6-4) advanced through their morning matches to the money rounds against each other, where Natalie and Kim defeated their opponents Shari and Stacy by the same score (6-3). Fresh off their first round losses, Mary then played Kim, while Suzanne took on Natalie. Kim picked up steam defeating Mary 6-3, while Suzanne recovered from her morning loss defeating Natalie 6-2. Kim and Suzanne then played each other. Up 5-4, in a race to 6, Kim seemed to have the edge in this match, but a failed safety and a missed 4-9 combination gave Suzanne the opportunity to close out both of the last two games with early 9s. Suzanne then went on to defeat Eve 6-3 to earn a place in her first final of the 2013 season.
FINAL Match- Liz Cole vs. Suzanne Smith
Liz Cole- path to the final: Sheila C (2), Jessica O (0), Natalie Seal (1), Mary H (3), Eve S (4)
Suzanne Smith- path to the final: Kathy S (3), Gloria V (2), Jocelyn L (4), loss to Eve S (6), Natalie S (2), Kim J (5), Eve S (3)
The finals were one race to 9, alternating break. Liz won the lag and both players didn’t really catch a groove until the middle of the set. At 5-4 Liz, Suzanne missed a 9 to tie the match. Liz capitalized there to take the 6-4 lead, and never looked back. Then, a miss on the 1 ball and dry break, by Suzanne resulted in Liz running out both of those racks. Liz picked up steam and Suzanne couldn’t withstand the heat. At 8-4, both players made and missed shots. Suzanne got into a tough position late in the rack and ended up making the 8 and scratching, giving Liz ball in hand on the 9 to win the tournament. Liz closed the gap between herself and Mary for top slot in overall standings, while Suzanne jumped up from 9th to 3rd place overall. With two more tour stops, it should be a battle, as always.
Thanks again to The Parlor for their continuous support of the NWPA, our title sponsor Mueller, and all the ladies that make our tour what it is. The next NWPA event has yet to be confirmed, but is planned for Oct 5-6, 2013. Please confirm information on the next stop on the NWPA’s website : nwpatour.wordpress.com
