16 yr old girl form my home room dominated BCA Women's field

hang-the-9

hang-the-9

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Just got a text from the guy that runs our local leagues, including the junior one, that Michelle Jiang who plays in our junior league and other leagues has finished second in the Women's 9 ball Platinum division (she could have won but missed 3 9 balls in a race to 5), and won the Women's 8 ball Platinum undefeated over April Larson in the finals, which included beating Loree Jon 6-3 who she lost to in the finals of the 9 ball event.

Props go out to Roy Pastor to has run the junior league and has done coaching and promotion for the kids for many years, the N.E. junior program has produced many top players, including at least 6 Junior 9 Ball World qualifies and many more top 25% finishes at Junior Nationals.

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Black-Balled said:
Duh...platinum.

Is that an 'open' level equivalent?
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Yes, that is where you can find the pro women players and the top amateurs, it's the upper 15% of the Women entered overall. I would guess the Fargo rating would be in the 500 range and up for Platinum.

Women’s 8-Ball Singles 2
Platinum Division 7/23 (9am) Upper 15% of field $160 $25 6 See page 2
Gold Division 7/23 (9am) Upper Middle 35% $160 $25 5 See page 2
Silver Division 7/23 (9am) Lower Middle 35% $160 $25 4 See page 2
Bronze Division 7/23 (9am) Lower 15% of field
 
us820 said:
How is a former World Champ and HOF player 30 year pro an amateur?
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Loree Jon does have a 647 Fargo rating, but her robustness is only 215. 647 is mid range A player level which is amateur level. But she lost to people playing even in 8 ball that are almost 100 points bellow her, and almost lost to Michelle who is 16 in 9 ball in a race to 5 outside of Michelle missing three 9 balls. Michelle who won, does not cash in our local tournament all the time when she plays, playing B and B+ players. "pro" women are mostly strong amateurs when it comes to overall skill.

A pro range player, not counting male or female, looks to be in the 700 range, like Siming Chen who is high 700s and Karen Corr who is mid 700s.

I do not see anything on the BCAPL web site about a restriction on entries, it just states that the Platinum is top 15% of the field, seems like they took everyone that entered and put the top 15% in the Platinum division. There is no note about your rating needing to be bellow a certain number to allowed
 
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hang-the-9 said:
I do not see anything on the BCAPL web site about a restriction on entries, it just states that the Platinum is top 15% of the field, seems like they took everyone that entered and put the top 15% in the Platinum division. There is no note about your rating needing to be bellow a certain number to allowed
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The BCAPL has a Fargo limit of 720 on all non-open events, such as this one.
 
sbpoolleague said:
The BCAPL has a Fargo limit of 720 on all non-open events, such as this one.
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Thanks for the clarification. This would include almost every member of the WPBA as eligible. Jeanette Lee is a 679, April is a 632, Jennifer Barretta is a 649.

A 720 limit would include many A+ players.
 
There are no females in the USA above 685, all of the women that are 725 and above are from other countries
 
Rhea said:
There are no females in the USA above 685, all of the women that are 725 and above are from other countries
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In fact, there are only 21 women in the entire world who have a rating of 725 or higher
 
Very impressive. She plays strong!

As far as the Fargo limit - the limit for women is actually 660. It's 720 for men. 660 is actually a little high if this is supposed to be an amateur event as it's advertised. That only currently excludes Vivian Villareal and Monica Webb, all other female American pros are eligible.
 
hang-the-9 said:
Thanks for the clarification. This would include almost every member of the WPBA as eligible. Jeanette Lee is a 679, April is a 632, Jennifer Barretta is a 649.

A 720 limit would include many A+ players.
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I am wondering if most of their (female) matches are against other female players, or if it is mixed (male and female players). If they are only playing mostly other female players, then I do not think it would be fair to compare a female players fargo rating to a males. For example, if a female player who is ranked a 600, played a male player who.is also rated a 600, then would it really be a fairly even match up?
 
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