This past weekend was the Texas State 9 Ball Championships which I and Lewis (ironman) were the tournament directors. Melinda (akaTrigger) and Ray (Bigtruck) were there to play, but also bought their laptops and camera equipment with them. Little did I know what these two would provide for the AZbilliard world over the weekend.
First, Melinda fixed my new computer so the WIFI would work as I am a computer dinosaur (I can barely log on here. LOL). Late Friday night, she went to work putting the brackets for the Open division on line for all to see. Believe me, this is no easy task.
Melinda, then, grabbed her camera and took pictures of everyone and everything during the weekend. To sneak up and take pictures without bothering any of the players is an art in itself. This lady should work for the CIA, LOL. Taking this quality of pictures in such a low light is a lot of work. She must have taken twenty pictures for each one that was posted.
Ray (Bigtruck) took it upon himself to give live updates of key matches the entire weekend. Again, no easy task as the Gcue Billiards was so packed with pool fans, forget about sitting, just finding a place to stand and see was hard enough.
1300+ posts and over 20,000+ hits on Ray?s thread about the Open. If Bigtruck doesn?t have the worst case of carpal tunnel syndrome after this weekend, something is really wrong! Ray, I hear soaking your hands in ice water helps.
To give everyone an idea what a marathon this tournament was time wise:
Friday evening: Player?s meeting at 10:00 p.m. Brackets were posted at 12:30 a.m.
Saturday-Sunday: Play started at 9:00 a.m. and ended at 2:00 a.m.
Monday: Play started at 9:00 a.m. and the finals ended at 4:00 a.m.
Except for stepping out for a bite to eat, Ray and Melinda were there the whole way!!!!!
Sunday evening, I told Lewis (ironman) how fortunate we are to have the four main Tour and Tournament directors in Texas, Paul (Stones) and Lewis (ironman)- Fast Eddie?s Olhausen 9 Ball Tour, Melinda (akaTrigger) - OB Cues Ladies Tour and Ray(Bigtruck) ? Waco Monthly Tounament that are good friends and can work together so well.
You can thank akaTrigger and Bigtruck for the great coverage of the event on AZbilliards (A little rep would be nice!) because they did this out of love for the game.
Thanks, you guys, I owe you big time!
Stones
First, Melinda fixed my new computer so the WIFI would work as I am a computer dinosaur (I can barely log on here. LOL). Late Friday night, she went to work putting the brackets for the Open division on line for all to see. Believe me, this is no easy task.
Melinda, then, grabbed her camera and took pictures of everyone and everything during the weekend. To sneak up and take pictures without bothering any of the players is an art in itself. This lady should work for the CIA, LOL. Taking this quality of pictures in such a low light is a lot of work. She must have taken twenty pictures for each one that was posted.
Ray (Bigtruck) took it upon himself to give live updates of key matches the entire weekend. Again, no easy task as the Gcue Billiards was so packed with pool fans, forget about sitting, just finding a place to stand and see was hard enough.
1300+ posts and over 20,000+ hits on Ray?s thread about the Open. If Bigtruck doesn?t have the worst case of carpal tunnel syndrome after this weekend, something is really wrong! Ray, I hear soaking your hands in ice water helps.
To give everyone an idea what a marathon this tournament was time wise:
Friday evening: Player?s meeting at 10:00 p.m. Brackets were posted at 12:30 a.m.
Saturday-Sunday: Play started at 9:00 a.m. and ended at 2:00 a.m.
Monday: Play started at 9:00 a.m. and the finals ended at 4:00 a.m.
Except for stepping out for a bite to eat, Ray and Melinda were there the whole way!!!!!
Sunday evening, I told Lewis (ironman) how fortunate we are to have the four main Tour and Tournament directors in Texas, Paul (Stones) and Lewis (ironman)- Fast Eddie?s Olhausen 9 Ball Tour, Melinda (akaTrigger) - OB Cues Ladies Tour and Ray(Bigtruck) ? Waco Monthly Tounament that are good friends and can work together so well.
You can thank akaTrigger and Bigtruck for the great coverage of the event on AZbilliards (A little rep would be nice!) because they did this out of love for the game.
Thanks, you guys, I owe you big time!
Stones