04-14-2002, 01:22 PM
Hey everyone! Just recovering from yesterday. I thought "Drink Canada Dry" wasn't an add, but a personal challenge. LOL
I finaly got around to entering a big tournament. The 9 ball Open Class Provintial Championships. The only other one i got to this year (just to qualify) i got blown out, but since i qualified none the less i figured "what the hell".
So there i was unseeded first round who do i draw but Dave Boone ranked #1, guess what, I FINALY BEAT HIM!! YEAH!! FIRST TIME!!It turned out to be the biggest upset of the tourney. The beuty of it was i finaly broke my "hill jinks", last time we met i had him down 6-4 in a race to seven, got stuck and he burned me the last 3 racks. Same thing happened to put me out of that tourney, i was beginning to think i had some kind of hill decease or something. But not yesterday, we went at it and i fought like crazy to keep it close in a race to nine then in an incredibly nerve wracking game i tie him up at hill hill. In the final game i broke made nothing and Dave runs down to the 6 before getting out of line, misses and lets me in. I don't even remember sinking the 6 and 7 but i screwed my shape for the 8 (probably due to my wobbly knees lol) and only had a bank side to look at as the 9 was along the same side rail so a stop shot for the cross- side was the only shot thier. Well could have cut the 8 in the side as it was out some and come around 3 rails for the 9 but naaaaa banked the 8 and sinched the 9. Man that's the closest to heaven i've been in for awhile!
That was my highlite anyway, that set the tone for the day and i played about the best with what i got. Even the old cue i picked up off the wall to shoot with that day was doing everything i wanted it to.
Started to run out of gas after about 6 hours though. Lost the edge and fell in a couple of real close ones. Finished in the Money 9-12.......GOOD DAY! Was real happy to see my name up their with the best dozen players from this Province /ccboard/images/icons/smile.gif St
I finaly got around to entering a big tournament. The 9 ball Open Class Provintial Championships. The only other one i got to this year (just to qualify) i got blown out, but since i qualified none the less i figured "what the hell".
So there i was unseeded first round who do i draw but Dave Boone ranked #1, guess what, I FINALY BEAT HIM!! YEAH!! FIRST TIME!!It turned out to be the biggest upset of the tourney. The beuty of it was i finaly broke my "hill jinks", last time we met i had him down 6-4 in a race to seven, got stuck and he burned me the last 3 racks. Same thing happened to put me out of that tourney, i was beginning to think i had some kind of hill decease or something. But not yesterday, we went at it and i fought like crazy to keep it close in a race to nine then in an incredibly nerve wracking game i tie him up at hill hill. In the final game i broke made nothing and Dave runs down to the 6 before getting out of line, misses and lets me in. I don't even remember sinking the 6 and 7 but i screwed my shape for the 8 (probably due to my wobbly knees lol) and only had a bank side to look at as the 9 was along the same side rail so a stop shot for the cross- side was the only shot thier. Well could have cut the 8 in the side as it was out some and come around 3 rails for the 9 but naaaaa banked the 8 and sinched the 9. Man that's the closest to heaven i've been in for awhile!
That was my highlite anyway, that set the tone for the day and i played about the best with what i got. Even the old cue i picked up off the wall to shoot with that day was doing everything i wanted it to.
Started to run out of gas after about 6 hours though. Lost the edge and fell in a couple of real close ones. Finished in the Money 9-12.......GOOD DAY! Was real happy to see my name up their with the best dozen players from this Province /ccboard/images/icons/smile.gif St