1989 BCA 14.1 Championship Men and Women Finals

[Positively Ralf]

Women's Final features Lori Jon-Jones vs. Robin Bell while the Men's featured Steve Mizerak vs Oliver Ortmann.

Interesting to see the TV side having to use side camera shots while integrating the AccuStats camera shot as the hard cam. Also, our own @jay helfert was doing intros and I believe some commentary.

 

[sjm]

Quote from the Miz upon being told that this was the first time a European had won on American soil:

"The Europeans are playing a lot better and you'll see a lot more of them over here competing."

Prophetic words for sure.

 

[mikemosconi]

I took a trip to Chicago to watch some of this event live. This event was really done very well in person. I remember so many of the competitors were just so happy to have this 14.1 event being staged again after a long hiatus - the atmosphere was just so regal, so professional, and so electrifying- I have always considered this event a highlight of my live pool viewing experiences.
Ortmann did not nibble at the racks like a lot of the old timers - he quite often smashed into the racks from odd angles and opened them all up -a style foreign to many there and it proved to also fore tell the future of 14.1 from a strategy viewpoint.