1990s Reno Sands Regency Cloth

[Fatboy]

I was watching the 1992 Sands Reno Finals last night between Buddy Hall and Johnny Archer. Bill Incardona was commentating and he said they were playing on Simonis. I believe he also said 760.

r/DCP

It was 760 for sure in the 80’s. What I’m not sure of is when it was switched over to 860.

 

[Fatboy]

The cloth was always new at the start of the USPPA armature portion of the tournament which started in the beginning of the week. The USPPA portion of the tournament alone drew something like 300 or more participants mainly from Northern California. The pro portion of the tournament usually started towards the end of the week. It too drew all the great players. It was a wonderful bi-annual event that allowed the fans to get up close and personal with all the great players. I the think the activities director for the Sands was a woman named Barbara Woodward if my memory serves me correctly, and i think she was largely responsible along with Gene Starey of the USPPA for putting this event on for so many years.

Another great thing about those old tournaments was that Ted Harris would have his big lathe set there to do any kind of cue repair you could immagine on the spot. The best of times to be sure!

I was good friends with Gene, the USPPA was a cool concept he had. It worked pretty good for its time. I never cared much for tourney play but I played in a few of them from 85-87/88. Then I switched to action full time.

Fun times, Reno was always a great time. Last time I went was in 07 when SVB double dipped JA in the finals.