tomcoleman
08-16-2003, 04:32 PM
Hi all! This post is long, I'll apologize in advance.
After receiving many emails and phone calls with great ideas for our Advanced Pool Tournament Series, we have decided to move forward.
The concept will be a 32 Major City Series, with 2 - 32 Player 9-Ball Qualifying Tournaments. The top 8 players + 8 Wild Card Players (50% of the field) will advance to that City's Semi-Final (total field of 32 players).
The top 8 players will be seeded against the Wild Card Players in the Semi-Finals. From the Semi-Finals, the Winner + 1 Wild Card player will earn an expense paid trip to the National Championship (Air, Hotel, Most Meals and After Party on Saturday Night). Two additional Wild Card Players will be invited to attend the Nationals, but at their own airfare expense (hotel, meals and after party will be provided). We will keep drawing names, until the 2 additional Wild Card Players accept the invitation. All Players will share a hotel room, unless they wish to pay the single supplement. There will be special rate packages available in case the Player wishes to bring their spouse, significant other, etc., this will give the National Championship a field of up to 128 Players.
The name for the Series will be Champions Quest, and will have a $100 Entry Fee. Players may compete in as many Qualifiers as necessary, but may advance to a certain Semi-Final only once (example: Player may participate in the Los Angles and San Francisco Regionals to attempt to earn a berth in the Nationals), and may only advance to the National Championship only once per Series.
Champions Quest will be an OPEN 9-Ball Double Elimination Tournament Series. The races are to 5, except in the final match of the bracket, then the race is to 7. Alternating Breaks will be used.
Any player may participate, with an exception: If a player is listed on the official BCA Website as a Pro or Master then the following applies to all matches:
Pro's: If their immediate opponent is -
Listed as a Pro also - then no games are given.
Listed as a Master - then 1 game is given.
Not listed as either on the BCA Website - 2 games are given.
Master's: If their immediate opponent is -
Listed as a Pro - then the Master player is given 1 game.
Listed as a Master also - then no games are given.
Not listed as either on the BCA Website - 1 game is given.
The prize purse will be up to $75,000, with up to $15,000 for 1st place. 1st through 128th place will be in the money!
However - I need your help!
Below is a list of the 32 Cities. I would like your opinion on which Pool House with at least 20 - 9' tables would be a great place to host our Qualifiers and Semi-Finals in these Cities?
Also, we will need 2 Tournament Coordinators (TC) per Qualifier/Semi-Final to assist the BCA Referee and Pool House Staff in setting up the Tournament - (hanging banners, table/chair arrangement, Tournament Flow, Player Registration, coordinating the raffle tickets, Tournament Board Administration, etc.) This will be a paid position (you won't get rich off the fee) and a TC may work as many Qualifiers/Semi-Finals as they wish.
Here are the Cities:
Jacksonville, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Atlanta, Georgia
Charlotte, N. Carolina
Memphis, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
New Orleans, Louisiana
Dallas, Texas
Houston, Texas
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Phoenix, Arizona
Las Vegas, Nevada
Los Angles, California
San Francisco, California
Seattle, Washington
Salt Lake City, Utah
Denver, Colorado
Des Moines, Iowa
Chicago, Illinois
Kansas City, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
Indianapolis, Indiana
Columbus, Ohio
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Detroit, Michigan
Montreal, Canada
Boston, Massachusetts
New York, New York
Buffalo, New York
Baltimore, Maryland
Richmond, Virginia
I have TC's in Boston, Chicago, Jacksonville and Atlanta.
As always, your suggestions and opinions are very important to us. This looks to be an awesome Series. At the National Championship, we will be creating a Live Digital feed to broadcast as a Live WebCast on the internet. This same live feed will be used to produce DVD's of the event. We will have T-Shirts available at all events. We will have $5 Raffle Tickets at each Qualifier for a Custom Cue to be given away at each Semi-Final and the National Championship, plus we will have $5 Raffle Tickets for (2) All Expense Paid Trips to the Nationals for Two (tickets will be sold at all Qualifiers and Semi-Finals - then 2 winners will be drawn after the last Semi-Final is held).
We will be updating our website over the next week to reflect the new Series.
Thanks - Tom
Email - Tom@SuperChallenges.com
(912) 865-9274 - Office #
After receiving many emails and phone calls with great ideas for our Advanced Pool Tournament Series, we have decided to move forward.
The concept will be a 32 Major City Series, with 2 - 32 Player 9-Ball Qualifying Tournaments. The top 8 players + 8 Wild Card Players (50% of the field) will advance to that City's Semi-Final (total field of 32 players).
The top 8 players will be seeded against the Wild Card Players in the Semi-Finals. From the Semi-Finals, the Winner + 1 Wild Card player will earn an expense paid trip to the National Championship (Air, Hotel, Most Meals and After Party on Saturday Night). Two additional Wild Card Players will be invited to attend the Nationals, but at their own airfare expense (hotel, meals and after party will be provided). We will keep drawing names, until the 2 additional Wild Card Players accept the invitation. All Players will share a hotel room, unless they wish to pay the single supplement. There will be special rate packages available in case the Player wishes to bring their spouse, significant other, etc., this will give the National Championship a field of up to 128 Players.
The name for the Series will be Champions Quest, and will have a $100 Entry Fee. Players may compete in as many Qualifiers as necessary, but may advance to a certain Semi-Final only once (example: Player may participate in the Los Angles and San Francisco Regionals to attempt to earn a berth in the Nationals), and may only advance to the National Championship only once per Series.
Champions Quest will be an OPEN 9-Ball Double Elimination Tournament Series. The races are to 5, except in the final match of the bracket, then the race is to 7. Alternating Breaks will be used.
Any player may participate, with an exception: If a player is listed on the official BCA Website as a Pro or Master then the following applies to all matches:
Pro's: If their immediate opponent is -
Listed as a Pro also - then no games are given.
Listed as a Master - then 1 game is given.
Not listed as either on the BCA Website - 2 games are given.
Master's: If their immediate opponent is -
Listed as a Pro - then the Master player is given 1 game.
Listed as a Master also - then no games are given.
Not listed as either on the BCA Website - 1 game is given.
The prize purse will be up to $75,000, with up to $15,000 for 1st place. 1st through 128th place will be in the money!
However - I need your help!
Below is a list of the 32 Cities. I would like your opinion on which Pool House with at least 20 - 9' tables would be a great place to host our Qualifiers and Semi-Finals in these Cities?
Also, we will need 2 Tournament Coordinators (TC) per Qualifier/Semi-Final to assist the BCA Referee and Pool House Staff in setting up the Tournament - (hanging banners, table/chair arrangement, Tournament Flow, Player Registration, coordinating the raffle tickets, Tournament Board Administration, etc.) This will be a paid position (you won't get rich off the fee) and a TC may work as many Qualifiers/Semi-Finals as they wish.
Here are the Cities:
Jacksonville, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Atlanta, Georgia
Charlotte, N. Carolina
Memphis, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
New Orleans, Louisiana
Dallas, Texas
Houston, Texas
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Phoenix, Arizona
Las Vegas, Nevada
Los Angles, California
San Francisco, California
Seattle, Washington
Salt Lake City, Utah
Denver, Colorado
Des Moines, Iowa
Chicago, Illinois
Kansas City, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
Indianapolis, Indiana
Columbus, Ohio
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Detroit, Michigan
Montreal, Canada
Boston, Massachusetts
New York, New York
Buffalo, New York
Baltimore, Maryland
Richmond, Virginia
I have TC's in Boston, Chicago, Jacksonville and Atlanta.
As always, your suggestions and opinions are very important to us. This looks to be an awesome Series. At the National Championship, we will be creating a Live Digital feed to broadcast as a Live WebCast on the internet. This same live feed will be used to produce DVD's of the event. We will have T-Shirts available at all events. We will have $5 Raffle Tickets at each Qualifier for a Custom Cue to be given away at each Semi-Final and the National Championship, plus we will have $5 Raffle Tickets for (2) All Expense Paid Trips to the Nationals for Two (tickets will be sold at all Qualifiers and Semi-Finals - then 2 winners will be drawn after the last Semi-Final is held).
We will be updating our website over the next week to reflect the new Series.
Thanks - Tom
Email - Tom@SuperChallenges.com
(912) 865-9274 - Office #