Ladies Team Power Pak
Ft. Pierce, FL (July 29, 2012) - Thursday evening 16 Scotch Double teams kicked off the 2012 Sunshine State ACS 8-Ball Championship events held at Ultimate Billiards in Ft. Pierce, FL. Jennifer Page and Zeno Rawley of Stuart, Florida, made it to the hot seat. The team of Colleen Russell & Steve Rolls of Port St. Lucie, Florida, played the Miami team of Kelly Coyle & Jaran Hilton. Although it was a battle, the Miami team bested the Port St. Lucie team to make it to the finals. However, Page and Rawley proved to be too much for team Miami to handle. Page and Rawley finished with an undefeated series to capture the Scotch Doubles Division Title.
As the finals of the Scotch Doubles finished, the Men's and Women's Singles got underway. With a field of 29 men and 15 women the draw was completed and play began. Throughout the day many a hill-hill match was played. There would be no clear victor to these two tournaments until the last eight ball was pocketed. Cue maker Danny Green not only knows how to make cues but he knows how to use one as well. Green settled for fourth place after knocking out Jerry Sotelo who finished 5th and 6th along with Rich Johnson. On Saturday morning in the men's division three players returned to battle it out for the title of Men's Sunshine State ACS 8-Ball Champion. Randy Epperson of Miami held the hot seat. Justin Gilsinan of Port St. Lucie finished third as Johnny Aguillera moved on to meet Epperson in the finals. This being a true double elimination tournament Aguillera needed two sets for the win. The first set went much the course of the entire tournament with Johnny getting by with a hill-hill victory to set the scene for the final match. The final game and final eight ball came down to yet another hill-hill game. The deciding eight ball went to Johnny Aguillera along with the title Sunshine State ACS 8-Ball Champion Men's Singles Division.
Jeannie Seaver won the Women's Sunshine State ACS 8-Ball Champion Division. Cheryl Perez finished second, third place went to Jamie Toennies, with Cassidy Mulligan fourth, and fifth/sixth went to Janice Sessions and Janet Smith.
On the Women's team side Power Pak, including Jeannie Seaver along with, sister Vanessa Seaver, Cassidy Mulligan, Tracy McCreary, and Kira Brown, took home the Women's Sunshine State ACS 8-Ball Team Championship title. After Eight finished second, and the St. Pete Girls finished third.
The Men's final three teams returned Sunday with a Palm Beach County ACS League in the hot seat and another in the semi-finals. Chalk's Cheap held the hot seat from Saturday night while Smoke Signals and No Butts squared off to decide who would go home in third place. When the smoke cleared, No Butts got theirs handed to them settling for third.
As a spectator of these tournaments I have to say that when speaking to No Butts, the third place team finishers, they told me they expected to go two and out. I believe because these guys not only came as a team they ARE a team all year long and with that, their game was up by a good 30 percent above the individual's ability. No Butts proved that with the right support group great things are accomplished.
Although Smoke Signals moved forward to face Chalk's Cheap in the finals, Smoke Signals couldn't get the fire lit and Chalk's Cheap was crowned the 2012 Florida Sunshine State ACS 8-Ball Team Champion.
Special thanks to Robbie Morito, President of the Sunshine State ACS Association, ACS Executive Director John Lewis, who flew in from Green Bay, Wisconsin to referee the matches. Also our thanks to Ted Harris and Danny Green of Ted Harris Custom Cues, who were on hand for re-tipping and conditioning the cues. Visit www.tedharris.com e-mail poolcues@tedharris.com or call 754-246-6366.
Our next event is the women's Flamingo Billiards Tour Stop #4. August 25, 2012. For more information visit www.flamingobilliardstour.com. Also, look for END OF SUMMER SIZZLER with $1000-added 9-Ball event Labor Day Weekend sponsored by www.layeredcuetips.com
