$25,000 Viking Tour Championship - Nov 19-24, 2002

Reserve these dates ! Tell everyone !!!

November 19-24, 2002

The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour $25,000 National Championship will be held at
Northfield Billiards in Northfield, Ohio (Cleveland)

The entry fee is $0 for Viking Tour Members from the 2001 and 2002 seasons.
All other players will pay $200 fee.

That is not a misprint, There is no entry fee for Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour
Players.

For Viking Tour Members to reserve their spot in this tournament, you must
send a $30 registration fee.

For Non Viking Tour members you must send your
$200 Registration fee.


Send your Money Order to:
Mike Janis
P.O.B. 111135
Cleveland, Ohio 44111

Do not Delay in sending your Registration fee.
This tournament is limited to the first 128 players.
Last years event had 224 Players!

If you have any questions about your elegibility, please call Mike Janis at
1-800-200-7665.

Depending on the number of responses, we reserve the right to open the field
to more players.

The Tournament will be played on (12) 4 1/2 X 9' Tables with Simonis 860
Cloth.

The race is scheduled to be a race to 9. However, the race may change to 11
or 7 depending upon the number of entrants.

There are over 3,000 players qualified for the free entry.

DO NOT DELAY IN SENDING YOUR $30 REGISTRATION OR $200 FEE.

DO IT TODAY !!!

THE VIKING TOUR WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY TELEPHONE ENTRIES.

If you have any additional questions, please call me at your convenience.

Respectfully,

Mike Janis
The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour
1-800-200-POOL
mikejanis@worldnet.att.net

P.S. There will be a HUGE player auction !!!! CAlCUTTA !!!

[Tom_In_Cincy]

<blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr>The entry fee is $0 for Viking Tour Members from the 2001 and 2002 seasons.
All other players will pay $200 fee.

That is not a misprint, There is no entry fee for Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour
Players.

For Viking Tour Members to reserve their spot in this tournament, you must
send a $30 registration fee. <hr></blockquote>

Come on Mike.. Free for $30 bucks? Please explain..

Tom, it's pretty simple. There is a difference between an entry fee and a registration fee. In my book (opinion) an entry fee means monies that go into a tournament prize fund and a registration fee is a fee usually reserved for administrative costs.

Having a guaranteed spot in the event is important to the players an us. We need to know in advance how many players are going to attend to be sure we can accomodate all of them. Also, the players know in advance that they will have a guaranteed place in the event.

If we only took names (call ins) we would probably have almost every player say they may attend, and thus we would have close to 3,000 players registered for the event. by taking a nominal registration fee (only $30). We are almost guaranteed that the number of players that send in there registration fee will be at the event.

Also, don't forget we are putting up the $25,000 prize fund no matter how many players attend.

I hope this answered your question.

Respectfully,

Mike Janis

[Tom_In_Cincy]

Mike,

So the $30 registration fee is for the Viking Tour administration costs.. of course this for players that have already paid a Viking tour registration fee (yearly cost of $10) and played in a Viking tour tournament.

Entry fee is $0 and if you want to play in the tournament you have to pay for the guaranteed spot.

Got it..

Thanks for the quick reply Mike.. good luck.