We rarely pass up an opportunity to highlight family battles. On pool tables, of course. Husbands and wives, sibling rivalries, parent and child competitions at regional tour events. This past weekend, August 26-27, on the PremierBilliards.com’s Q City 9-Ball Tour, it was parent and child (NC’s Randy and Bethany Tate) who took center stage. Waiting in the wings for an appearance in the finals, was a competitor, Phillip Richardson, who, though he had not recorded a payout with us here at AZBilliards in 14 years, followed an opening-round loss (to Thomas Sansone 7-5) with a nine-match, loss-side streak that put him in the finals against Tate the father in the finals. Two years prior to that last recorded payout in 2009, Richardson won an event at the same location he played in this past weekend – Dot’s Cue Club in Rocky Mount, NC – and qualified for attendance at the 2007 US Open 9-Ball Championships. The $500-added Q City 9-Ball event drew 39 entrants to Dot’s Cue Club.
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