en-us Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:02:07 -0500 info@manateeapa.com 60 APA Manatee and Sarasota Counties - Breaking News http://manateeapa.com/ APA Manatee and Sarasota Counties http://manateeapa.com/ http://manateeapa.com/common/forumimages/APALogoLrg.jpg APA Manatee and Sarasota Counties RSS Feed 200 148 US Amateur Championships Shannon Vogel http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=356 Breaking News Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:52:55 -0500 http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=356 We have three local players entered in the tournament this year: Brian Elzinga, Jonathan Oldano and, our own League Operator, Randy Vogel. (This is a non-handicapped event so Randy is eligible to play.)
If you are interested in seeing some great pool, make a point to get up there to watch the event. Some of the best amateur players from around the region will be there.
We were also lucky enough to get chosen to host the Finals Event on November 6th and 7th.
Strokers is located at 11235 Hillsborough Avenue.
Hope to see you there!

Shannon]]> 2010 NTC's Shannon Vogel http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=350 Breaking News Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:46:44 -0500 http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=350
We will be keeping you updated on how our teams are doing in the NTC's right here!

Well, the 8-ball team, Chalk It Up, finally got knocked out. They finished a very respectable 65th out of over 700 teams and won $1500 for their efforts. Way to go, guys, we're all really proud of you! Now you can just sit back, relax, and enjoy the rest of the week in Vegas.

Our 9-ball Scotch Doubles team, We Got This!, got knocked out, but they played a great match. We're really proud of you girls and hope you enjoy the rest of your time in Vegas.

Our 8-ball Scotch Doubles team, "And Take Names", has finally been knocked out. They played great though, with the last match coming down hill-hill and the 8-ball rattled in the pocket. Overall, they finished 65th of 257 teams. Great job Steve and Nina!

Looks like our 9-ball team is out. Hope you all had a great time! Enjoy the rest of your stay in Vegas.

Want more than just updates on our teams?

Check out all the NTC by clicking the link:
http://poolplayers.com/ntc/2010ntc/index.html
where you can watch the new videos, read player stories, view all the days photos and more!

Shannon]]> New Divisions Shannon Vogel http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=349 Breaking News Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:19:48 -0500 http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=349
8-Ball Scotch Doubles and 9-Ball Scotch Doubles. 8-Ball Scotch Doubles will be held in Venice on Mondays and will begin August 30th. Teams will consist of two players with a total handicap of 12. If you are interested in signing up for this new Division, please contact the League Office at (941) 209-9104.

We are also looking to start a 9-Ball Scotch Doubles Division in Bradenton on Thursdays. If you would be interested in playing in this Division, please contact the League Office. We will schedule it to begin when we have enough participants.

Keep an eye out in your packet for more details on these two new Divisions.

Shannon]]> Playoff Results Shannon Vogel http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=345 Breaking News Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:29:41 -0500 http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=345
Here is the playoff schedule:

Monday 031
Congratulations 03102 Balls In Hand for winning the Division!
Congratulations 03106 Lucky 8 for winning the playoffs!


Tuesday 044
Congratulations 04401 Playing With the Foxes, Division winners!
Congratulations 04406 In It to Win It for winning the playoffs!

Tuesday 642
Congratulations 64201 Rack Pack, Division winners!
Congratulations 64203 Katz Az for winning the playoffs!



Wednesday 151
Congratulations 15101 A-Rack-No-Phobia, Division winners!
Congratulations 15103 Last Shot for winning the playoffs!

Wednesday 551
Congratulations 55103 Am Vets, Division winners!
Congratulations 55108 Ballbreakers for winning the playoffs!


Thursday 661
Congratulations 66104 Chalk It Up, Division winners!
Congratulations 66103 Shot Shooters for winning the playoffs!


Thursday 161
Congratulations Aches & Pains, Division winners!
Congratulations 16101 Giggity, winners of the playoffs!


As you know, all Division winners are exempt from playoffs.
Additional information will be posted as it comes in.

The new session starts the week of August 16th for those of you who are wondering. Now's the time to register your team, if you haven't already done so, and bring in those new players!

Shannon]]> Lake Osprey Billiards Shannon Vogel http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=334 Breaking News Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:25:23 -0500 http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=334 ATTENTION: Players waiting for Lake Osprey Billiards
We are postponing the start of the new Tuesday 8-ball division until further notice.
Unfortunately, governmental red tape and other issues are delaying the opening of the new pool hall.
Instead of keeping you all on the wire constantly, we will simply wait until Lake Osprey Billiards opens, and then we will start. It may mean not beginning until fall, but all of these circumstances are out of our control.
Until then, we will post updates when we get them both here and on Facebook.
We do apologize for all of this, but there's nothing we can do about it.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the League Office at (941) 209-9104 and we will answer them to the best of our ability.

Shannon]]> Top Gun Results Shannon Vogel http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=333 Breaking News Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:12:41 -0500 http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=333 Our winners in the SL1-4 board were:
3rd - Teresa Haberman
2nd - Sean Johnson
1st - Steve Smith
Winners from the SL5-9 board were:
3rd - Jon Dissington
2nd - Kevin Smith
1st - Sam Khadre
We'll see you all at the next Top Gun!

The pictures from Top Gun have been posted in the Photo Gallery! Just look under "Tournaments" - "Top Gun Spring 2010". Enjoy!

Shannon]]> 9-Ball LTC Results Shannon Vogel http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=331 Breaking News Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:05:06 -0500 http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=331 Unfortunately, two teams didn't show up to compete but having less teams allowed us to complete the tournament in one very long day.
The most amazing story of the day had to be Just The Tip. They only had four players available for the tournament, but managed to squeak by opponent after opponent, all full teams, until they came up against A-Rack-No-Phobia in the semi-finals. They just couldn't get past them, and A-Rack-No-Phobia defeated them to advance.
We also saw Last Shot making their way through the win side to the semi-finals. Then they came up against Now We Know, who had been sent to the back side in the second round by A-Rack-No-Phobia. In the last match of their game, Ted Gill needed three points and luck would be with him. He snapped the 9-ball on the break, along with an additional ball, to make his three points in one shot and advance them to the finals as well.
So the grudge match began at 11:00pm between A-Rack-No-Phobia and Now We Know.
Pati Palmer led her team to an early lead in the first match, but the impressive playing by Brian Ambrose, Amber Bishop and Jeremy Bishop brought the team back into the match. The score was 42 to 38 after the fourth match and all either team needed was a win to take the tournament. Kris Sutterfield, an extremely capable SL4 was facing Jon Dissington, an equally competent SL6. Jon got out to an early lead, but Kris was right there, scoring enough points in each rack that the race was neck and neck. In the end, Jon, needing five points, managed to run them out, leaving Kris still needing three.
All of the players were exhausted after the end of this very long, very intense, tournament.
Congratulations to Now We Know for winning the 2010 LTC! We know you guys will have a great time in Vegas.
Thanks, as always, go out to our fabulous host, Club 41, and their staff of Lisa, Tabitha, Josi, and Autumn. Josi, especially, thanks for your patience and allowing us to finish up. We still got out at 2:30am, if only just!


Shannon]]> LTC Results Shannon Vogel http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=328 Breaking News Sun, 23 May 2010 22:45:08 -0500 http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=328 There were some really great matches this weekend, but I think the greatest one had to be Evie's Pocket Rockets vs. 8 Balls, 2 Racks from Last Call Tavern first thing Sunday morning. For those of you who didn't get to see it, you missed an incredible match. Battle though they did, Evie's missed advancing to the finals by one ball. Tiana, be proud girl, you played a fantastic game!
The semi-final match between Chalk It Up and Fat Sam's 1 Rack 14 Balls was good too. There was quite an upset in that match when Ric Bolduc took out Kim Dyer! If 1 Rack 14 Balls could have fielded another player, it very well may have been a different outcome. Moral of the story? Keep a full roster and make sure your players get their required plays!
In the end, it was Chalk It Up from Club 41 vs. 8 Balls 2 Racks from Last Call Tavern. Last Call was really looking for a repeat this year, and they played hard, but Chalk It Up managed to edge out past them for the win.

Congratulations to Chalk It Up from Club 41 in Venice for winning the Local Team Championship!
They will be headed to Vegas for the NTC's in August.



Shannon]]> 9-ball Scotch Doubles Results Shannon Vogel http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=316 Breaking News Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:43:09 -0500 http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=316 Congratulations to Kris Sutterfield and Amber Bishop for winning the 9-ball Scotch Doubles Tournament!
We had 17 teams show up for the tournament on Sunday and there was some truly impressive pool being played! While most matches were pretty close, Kris and Amber dominated many of their opponents. Coming through on the back side were underdogs Steve and Marty Smith playing as a SL5! They played smart and came out on top until they came up against Terry and Shawn Nerf, the first team that managed to make it past them. They continued to edge past opponent after opponent, however, until they came back to the win side to play undefeated Kris and Amber. Having to beat them twice was a daunting task as these two ladies had a very smooth, harmonious pace going all day.
Both teams played their best and were neck and neck for most of the game. Then, when they both just needed nine balls, Kris and Amber hit a stride and got a good lead. After several exchanges on a very stubborn 6 ball, the girls managed to finish it out.
Kris and Amber won $850 for travel expenses plus their $100 entry for the tournament in Vegas in August.
Congratulations again ladies! We know you'll do great in Vegas!

Results:
1st - Kris Sutterfield and Amber Bishop
2nd - Steve and Marty Smith
3rd - Jim and Cathy Swackhammer
4th - Ernie Lohmann and Sonia McKee

Shannon]]> 8-Ball Scotch Doubles Results Shannon Vogel http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=313 Breaking News Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:54:55 -0500 http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=313
Congratulations to Steve and Nina Myers for winning the 8-Ball Scotch Doubles Tournament!

We had a great turnout of 17 teams, and some really fantastic pool playing. Even splitting locations for the first couple of matches didn't affect the players in any way, everyone just took it in stride, and the event went very smoothly.
After getting knocked to the back side by Steve and Nina in the quarterfinals, Jason Pelley and Sarah Smith met with David Leventhal and Rodney Paradise, who battled the entire way through the board on the back side after losing their first match. They had a really close hill-hill match, with some great safety play going on. Jason and Sarah triumphed, though, to go into the finals against the only team they lost to in the entire tournament. Jason and Sarah, new to tournaments, ended up being victims of their own nerves against the veteran tournament players Steve and Nina.
Steve and Nina won $850 in travel expenses plus their slot in the National 8-Ball Doubles Tournament, worth $100, for a total value of $950!
All in all it was a fantastic tournament to watch and participate in!

Results:
1st - Steve and Nina Myers
2nd - Jason Pelley and Sarah Smith
3rd - David Leventhal and Rodney Paradise
4th - Terry Chatlos and David Mitchell

Thank you all for coming and we look forward to the next one!

Shannon]]> Inside Pool Magazine Player of the Month Shannon Vogel http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=305 Breaking News Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:45:17 -0500 http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=305 Inside Pool Magazine has chosen him to be the February APA Player of the Month.
Click this link to download your free copy of Inside Pool Magazine.
http://www.insidepoolmag.com/magazines/february-2010-insidepool-magazine.html
You can read Max's article on page 38.

Shannon]]> Brian Ambrose VS Jeanette Lee, "The Black Widow" Randy Vogel http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=291 Breaking News Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:51:37 -0500 http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=291

Everyone can play. Anyone can win!]]> Facebook Shannon Vogel http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=267 Breaking News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:27:39 -0500 http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=267
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Shannon]]> Cue Repair Randy Vogel http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=187 Breaking News Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:27:26 -0500 http://manateeapa.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=187 Contact me at the League Office or grab me on League night and I will be happy to take a look at what you've got and offer an estimate.

Randy

Everyone can play. Anyone can win!]]>