Lisa Marr Repeats Where She Left Off in 2010

Lisa Marr Repeats Where She Left Off in 2010 w/1st Stop OB Cues Ladies Tour Win for 2011

January 29^th-30^th weekend was the 1^st Tour stop for the OB Cues Ladies Tour and 40 ladies were anxious to start the New Year with some high spirited competition, fun and as some players call it, OBCLT therapy.  Rusty’s in Arlington, Texas was our host site for this weekend and it was indeed a welcome to have their fantastic staff and management host us once again.  Special thanks to Jeff, Traci, Box, Sara and all the other Rusty’s staff and organization for a job well done.

Special Thanks to our main tour sponsor OB Cues and new co-sponsor Pool300.  The tour is now starting our 17^th year in existence and we are proud to claim the status as the largest women’s amateur regional tour in the world.  Thank you OB Cues and Pool300 for all that you do for us.  Thank you for allowing us to continue to pursue our pool dreams and seeing our tour friends, fans, supporters and sharing in our journey along the way.  Be sure to check out our sponsors at www.obcues.com and www.pool300.com

Many top ranked players from 2010 were part of the action this weekend.  Some marquee names included Lisa Marr, Jennifer Kraber, Amanda Lampert, Tara Williams, Ashley Nandrasy and Orietta Strickland, to name a few.  And by the end of play on Saturday, these marquee names were still in the running for the $750 guaranteed 1^st place prize money, along with some new faces.  Top 8 players continuing in the Main Event on Sunday were winner side matches featuring Amanda Lampert vs. Jennifer Kraber and Belinda Lee vs. Lisa Marr.  On the one loss side, it was Ashley Nandrasy vs. Corina Campbell and Orietta Strickland vs. Tara Williams.

Finishing 7^th/8^th was Corina and Tara.  In 5^th/6^th it was Ashley and Orietta, and Jennifer with a nice 4^th place finish.  Great shooting, as always, ladies!

In 3^rd place, it was Belinda Lee.  This was Belinda’s highest finish ever on the tour.  Belinda defeated Lisa Marr to earn a spot to play for the hot seat against Amanda.  But Amanda, as she has done so many times in the past, would not go down undefeated and earned her spot in the finals match.  Then it was down to Lisa to avenge her earlier loss to Belinda, which she did to earn her spot in the finals as well.  But we are sure that we will see Belinda with her strong playmaking skills and hammer-solid break in many future tour events.  Excellent Tournament and fantastic finish, Belinda!

The finals match between Amanda and Lisa was exciting as ever.  As these two ladies have paired up in many previous OBCLT finals matches, this time was no surprise as many fans and spectators assumed before the start of the tournament, the eventual winner would be either one.  In true double elimination format, Lisa would have to up-end Amanda twice and that is exactly what she did.  Both sets were hill-hill matches.  In the final set, Lisa, scoring her only break and run all weekend, did so for the final game to earn 1^st place.  Both Amanda and Lisa are true champions and have a great deal of respect for each other’s games; they are truly inspiring and fun to watch.  Fantastic event ladies and congratulations to you both!

Amanda Lampert and Lisa Marr

In the second chance event on Sunday, 15 ladies participated in the $200 added event.  In the end, Lisa Henderson-Major took first place honors against Kim Mills in the finals.  Board member Julie Stephenson finished in 3^rd.

Main Event Tournament Payouts – $2000 added monies

1^st – Lisa Marr – $750

2^nd – Amanda Lampert – $550

3^rd – Belinda Lee – $400

4^th – Jennifer Kraber – $270

5^th/6^th – Ashley Nandrasy, Orietta Strickland – $155

7^th/8^th – Corina Campbell, Tara Williams – $100

9^th/12^th – Julie Stephenson, Christy Powell, Lisa Henderson-Major, Michelle Prince – $70

13^th/16^th – Shayla Neris, Natalie Mans, Tera Saunders, Kim Mills – $30

17^th/24^th – Janea Taylor, Amber Stone, Rebecca Riley, Jennifer Sherman, Angela Garza, Michelle Abernathy, Barbara Wisdom – $15

Second Chance Event – $200 Added

1^st – Lisa Henderson-Major – $125

2^nd – Kim Mills – $95

3^rd – Julie Stephenson – $60

4^th – Jennifer Pavlovick – $30

5^th/6^th – Jennifer Sherman, Tracie Voelkering – $10

Other tournament winners:

Free tournament entry – $30 refund – Rachel Bachelder

Box of Godiva Chocolates – Jennifer Sherman

Starbucks Gift Cards (2) – Tera Saunders, Amber Stone

Rusty’s Billiards T-Shirt – Dana McGuire

PoolDawg Chalk & 9-ball Key Chain – Deedra Trammell

PoolDawg Glove & 9-ball Key Chain – Monica Anderson

PoolDawg Towel – Rebecca Riley

OB Cues Raffle Winners – Two local Rusty’s customers

Next Tour Stop:  April 16-17 – Casper’s Billiards, San Leon, Texas

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