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The future of the 14.1 Challenge is up to Diamond and/or whoever might want to take it over. The only thing definite is that Dennis and I will no longer be involved and with that goes the fund raising by Dennis which produced a record high of $21,000 added this year. 73 entrants pushed the total...

860HR is the most common.

121 last night https://youtu.be/HKzra49NCGM

https://youtu.be/OAG_vtRG2-s Ran another 94 last night.

You might not like his style but in the history of the Derby Challenge Dennis has been the most consistent high run participant. He runs over a hundred 3 or 4 times each year while generally taking the fewest attempts. He's never failed to qualify and has won the event twice. Very impressive...

The problem is economics. The players are already at the Derby so no additional travel and lodging expense. Entry fee is much less at our event and they're playing for similiar money. Melling made $8000 this year. I enjoy going to the World Tournament probably more than anybody but I can see...

I believe the main reason is due to the growth in popularity of DCC Challenge. In the early years of the challenge we only had at most 28 entries. Steady growth each year with a record 75 this year. When the players are waiting their turn or just hanging around the room they are constantly...

I don't bank that well and I thought the cut in the corner gave me more reward for continuing the run. In hindsight I should have banked it, lol.

94 on January 11 https://youtu.be/K46qLzMeSBU

Darren and Johnny Archer both help sponser the event. Strong statement by 2 great players.

9 foot Diamond. Same as every year with the exception of one year where 10 footers were used.

After forming the rack against the bottom rail I move the first two rows of balls (5 balls) into place than I grab the second two rows (9 balls) and move them into place. When the cloth was new I used the actual rack but after a couple of months of break shots the cloth is trained enough to hold...

It's not really that hard. The cloth gets trained after about a month of breakshots so the balls find their little dimples when you slide them into place. Danny Barouty and Oliver Ortmann are good at it too.

John is Washington State right now just north of Seattle.

John has stayed here numerous times since we are best friends. Corey spent about a week here and finally set his high run at 229. -Bill