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For those of you that have been following the Gateway Amateur Tour or keeping up with Zim's Rack, here's some good news...

I'm in the process of organizing the Zim's Rack Amateur Pool Tour (APT) 2009 Tour Season. As some of you may or may not know, I'm trying to expand the concept of the Gateway Amateur Tour (GAT). I feel that each year thus far has been a success and appears to be on the right track. We've attracted over 600 players from 14 different states averaging 45 players per Tour Stop in the 3 years of the GAT existance. We consider this to be pretty good considering that it's an Amateur Tour with only $300 Added to the Tour Stops, while other tours are adding $500-$1000 and attracting less players per event. Anyone below a BCA Masters level are basically considered Amateur status to us (just a guide).

I'm excited to announce that Bryan Woodward from the Paducah, KY area is going to be running a Paducah Amateur Tour (PAT) that covers Western Kentucky, Southern Illinois and Southern Missouri. Bryan is an "above" average player that travels quite a bit playing pool. If you're not too familiar with him, you may have heard of his son, Schuyler Woodward. Schuyler has a tremendous track record already and he's only 14! Do a Yahoo search on Schuyler and you will be suprised at what you find!

I also have people in mind for the Chicago area and Indianapolis area. Several people have also shown interest in the St. Paul/Minneapolis area as well. All tours will fall under Zim's Rack APT. Each tour will operate under the same format, but with it's own Tournament Director, players and sponsors. Players points will not be mixed together. We will have a Final Tour Championship (FTC) at the end of the season that players have to qualify to participate in. With the GAT and PAT we should be adding over $6,500 to the FTC. Each additional tour should add around $3,000-$3,500 to the FTC (these figures do not include merchandise sales or sponsorship)

If you are interested or know someone interested in sponsoring Zim's Rack APT, feel free to contact me anytime via email, PM, snail mail or by phone (preferably email).

More info to come in the near future!
Zim
 
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Sponsors...

I'm compiling a list of possible sponsors for the 2009 season that starts in October 2008 and ends September 2009.

There are many small billiard companies that are members here on the AzB Forum as well as many tournament directors. If anyone is interested in becoming a sponsor for the Zim's Rack APT 2009 season, please contact me via PM, email (prefered) or phone.

Thanks,
Zim
- Zim's Rack APT Director
Danny Deiters
- GAT Tournament Director (forum member)
Bryan Woodward
- PAT Tournament Director
 
Sponsor Update...

JB Cue Cases
John Barton
598 Indian Trail Road #200
Indian Trail, NC 28104
jb@jbideas.com
www.jbcases.com​

John Barton with JB Cue Cases has joined Zim's Rack APT sponsors list for the 2009 season. John is designing/making a custom case for the 2009 Zim's Rack APT Final Tour Championship. The winner of the $7,000+ Added event will receive this custom JB Cue Case (along with cash and other prizes).

Thanks John for contributing to Zim's Rack APT 2009 season.

Zim
- Zim's Rack APT Director

Danny Deiters
- GAT Director (forum member)

Bryan Woodward
- PAT Director
 
3rd Tour for 2009 Season...

We may be adding a third tour to Zim's Rack APT for the 2009 season.

Springfield, Illinois and surrounding area!

If we are able to lock in a 3rd tour, that would make the Final Tour Championship around a $10,000- $15,000 ADDED event!

More details coming soon!
Zim
 
$20,000 Added Ftc...

Just a little FYI about Zim's Rack APT:

Each host pool room on the Zim's Rack APT pays $100.00 per month for 12 months and receives 4 events per tour year. They receive $5.00 per player per event and after 3 years of running the tour, the host pool rooms have earned an average of 70% of their $1,200.00/year back in greens fees, not including any food and alcohol sales. We have been averaging around 45 players for the Tour Stops after 3 years.

Starting in 2009, we will have monthly raffles at our Tour Stop events. We will raffle off 1 pool cue valued at $100-$200 for $10.00 per ticket, we will sell an arm length of tickets for $5.00 for a chance to win accessories (chalkers, scuffers, chalk holders, cleaners, etc). I'm pretty sure that we can sell at least 10 raffle tickets for a cue and 10 raffle tickets for the accessories, don't you think?

Below is a quick breakdown of how we plan to acquire Added Money to the 2009 Zim's Rack APT Final Tour Championship. The 2009 season currently has 2 Tours under Zim's Rack APT, the Gateway Amateur Tour (GAT) in the St. Louis/Metro East area and the Paducah Amateur Tour (PAT) in the Paducah, KY area and have 2 others in the process now. We are looking at other regions to start additional tours under our tour system. As you can see from the numbers below, having a $20,000 Added AMATEUR event is quite possible with the Zim's Rack APT.

Zim's Rack APT Final Tour Championship

30 players x $5.00 each x 12 events = $1,800
10 tickets x $10.00 each x 12 events = $1,200
10 tickets x $5.00 each x 12 events = $ 600
Added money from host pool rooms = $1,200
Total added money from each tour= $4,800

$4,800 per tour x 2 tours= $9,600
$4,800 per tour x 3 tours= $14,400
$4,800 per tour x 4 tours= $19,200
$4,800 per tour x 5 tours= $24,000
$4,800 per tour x 6 tours= $28,800
$4,800 per tour x 7 tours= $33,600
$4,800 per tour x 8 tours= $38,400

* All Added money does not include any other revenue from sponsors, donations, etc.

Talk to your local rooms and get involved in Zim's Rack APT!
WWW.ZIMSRACK.COM​

Thanks,
Zim
- Zim's Rack APT Director

Danny Deiters
- GAT Tournament Director

Bryan Woodward
- PAT Tournament Director
 
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Thanks to all those that have inquired about Zim's Rack APT!

I'm searching for possible sponsorhip from cue makers, case makers, dealers, instructors, unique accessories and interested supporters.

For more information, feel free to contact me.

Thanks,
Zim
- Zim's Rack APT Director

Danny Deiters
- GAT Tournament Director

Bryan Woodward
- PAT Tournament Director
 
Just wanted to bring this to the front page. There's a lot of marketing opportunity here for anyone interested in sponsoring the tour.

Thanks,
Zim
 
Update on Tours, Entry Fees and eligibility for 2009 season.

We are looking into the Cincinatti/Dayton Ohio area, Detroit area, Minneapolis/St. Paul area as well as possibly Louisville Kentucky area.

Tour Stops
Open to all A level and below players- Membership required!
(BCA Master and above & regional winners ineligible)
$40 Entry Fee to all eligible players (except those listed below)
$20 Entry Fee to all Women
$20 Entry Fee to all Juniors (17 under)
$20 Entry Fee to all Seniors (65 over)

Qualifiers
Open to all A level and below players- No membership required!
$20 Entry Fee to all eligible players (No change from previous years)


Any one interested in becoming a Tournament Director for Zim's Rack APT in your area, please contact us.

Thanks,
Zim
- Zim's Rack APT Director
Danny Deiters
- GAT Tournament Director (forum member)
Bryan Woodward
- PAT Tournament Director
 
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Sponsor Update...

Chris Cues​
Cuemaker: Chris Whitaker
Anna, Illinois
618-833-3170
http://www.talismanbilliards.com/ChrisCues.asp

Kendall's Custom Cues
Cuemaker: Kendall Vanover
506 Johnson Hill Rd.
Collinsville, Illinois 62234
618-789-2064
www.kendallscustomcues.com​

Chris Whitaker with Chris' Cues and Kendall Vanover with Kendall's Custom Cues has joined Zim's Rack APT sponsors list for the 2009 season. Chris' Cues has been a tour sponsor since the beginning in 2005 and Kendall's Custom Cues is returning for a 2nd season. Two-Four custom cues valued at $1000+ total will be donated from each cuemaker for the 2009 Zim's Rack APT, with proceeds going to the Final Tour Championship.

Thanks Chris and Kendall for contributing to Zim's Rack APT 2009 season.

Zim
- Zim's Rack APT Director

Danny Deiters
- GAT Director (forum member)

Bryan Woodward
- PAT Director

Mike Keller
- SAT Director
 
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Sponsor Update...

OB Cues
961 North Ave.
Suite 700
Plano, TX 75040
877-399-9901
www.obcues.com​

Royce Bunnell of OB Cues has joined the list of Zim's Rack APT 2009 sponsors. OB Cues will be providing OB-1 partial shafts for each tour under Zim's Rack APT (currently 3 tours). These shafts will be raffled each month with proceeds going to the Final Tour Championship Added prize money.

Thanks OB Cues for contributing to Zim's Rack APT 2009 season.

Zim
- Zim's Rack APT Director

Danny Deiters
- GAT Director (forum member)

Bryan Woodward
- PAT Director

Mike Keller
- SAT Director
 
Sponsor Update...

Cut Throat Cue Sports (CTC)
Appleton, WI
Brad Royce
brad@ctcpool.com
www.ctcpool.com
920-560-5280​

Brad Royce with Cut Throat Cue Sports (CTC), www.ctcpool.com, has joined the list of 2009 sponsors. CTC has been in the billiard community since 2006, and in July 2008 expanded with opening their website. CTC offers billiards apparal and merchandise with unique designs to the billiard community. CTC will have merchandise on display and for sale at each of our 6 monthly events.

Please take a moment to visit all of the tour sponsors websites or contact them to see if there's something for you. Without the support of sponsors, many of the tours currently in existance wouldn't be as successful as we are.


Thanks Brad for contributing to Zim's Rack APT 2009 season.

Zim
- Zim's Rack APT Director

Danny Deiters
- GAT Director (forum member)

Bryan Woodward
- PAT Director

Mike Keller
- SAT Director
 
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Sponsor Update...

RST2 International
7067 Centralia St.
Dearborn Heights, MI 48127
866.777.1430
www.rst2international.com

Dominiak Custom Cues
6305 E. Bethany-LeRoy Rd.
Stafford, NY 14143
585-768-7838
www.dominiakcues.com​


We are pleased to announce that RST2 Int., www.rst2international.com, and Dominiak Custom Cues , www.dominiakcues.com, will be sponsoring our tour during the 2009 season. Each of our events will have Chameleon racks available for customers to try out and purchase. The Chameleon rack will also be the official rack of the Final Tour Championship (FTC) scheduled for October 2009. Dominiak Custom Cues, maker of the Dominator D2 radial laminated shaft. We will have these shafts available for customers to purchase and will also be raffleing these shafts throughout the tour season. We will have a few "demo" Dominiak cues available for the players to test hit as well.

Please take a moment to visit all of the tour sponsors websites or contact them to see if there's something for you. Without the support of sponsors, many of the tours currently in existance wouldn't be as successful as we are.


Thanks Robert and Bill for contributing to Zim's Rack APT 2009 season.

Zim
- Zim's Rack APT Director

Danny Deiters
- GAT Director (forum member)

Bryan Woodward
- PAT Director

Mike Keller
- SAT Director
 
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Sponsor Update...

United Merchant Services
Linda Carter-President
1-888-TRVL-PKG
LCarter@incentivesintl.com
www.incentivesintl.com

Poison Cues
5055-5 St. Augustine Rd.
Jacksonville, FL 32207
1-888-BE-TOXIC
www.poisonbilliards.com​


Two additional sponsors added to our growing list of tour sponors for the upcoming 2009 tour season.
Linda Carter (forum member), President of United Merchant Services, has provided a 3 day/2 night vacation package to Las Vegas. Raffle tickets for this vacation package will be sold for $10.00 per ticket and the winner will receive 25% of the ticket sales for a little "play" money, in addition to the vacation package.
Poison cues has donated 8 cues to be raffled or sold during the tour season with proceeds going to the FTC Added money pot.

Thanks Linda and Poison for contributing to Zim's Rack APT 2009 season.

Zim
- Zim's Rack APT Director

Danny Deiters
- GAT Director (forum member)

Bryan Woodward
- PAT Director

Mike Keller
- SAT Director
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