George Ashby

Tournament Chart

George Ashby went undefeated in the Jacksonville, Illinois, 3-Cushion Regional Qualifier held at The Pool Table Doctor (George Ashby’s room) on September 15-17, 2006. Nine players traveled from Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin and New York to participate for the chance to be sent to the National Championship in February. The winner gets his/her $ 300.00 entry fee paid, plus $ 200.00 expense money.

George Ashby, 8-time United States 3-Cushion Billiard Champion, averaged .971, finished with 200 points and had very little trouble in all of his 25-point matches. The closest anyone got was “Boomer” Brumley who managed 19 points against Ashby, Jim Shovak with 17, and Brian Morgan with 14.

Doug Brink finished in 2nd place and only lost 2 matches, one to Ashby and one to Shovak. Brink finished with 187 points. Jim Shovak finished in 3rd place, averaged .675 and had 189 points. Jack Knoerr came in 4th and had 166 points.

Rounding out the field was Brian Morgan, the USBA secretary/treasurer, “Boomer” Brumley, Bob Lichtenberger, Gary Eake, and Steve Agnew.

The last match was between Ashby and Brink. If Brink won the match, he could have won the tournament, since Brink scored 24 points in his only loss coming into the last match. But Ashby would not let that happen.

Jim Shovak defeated Doug Brink in a very close and tense match 25-24. Shovak would have come in 2nd place had he won his last match but he was defeated by “Boomer” Brumley 25-23, securing 2nd place for Brink.

Doug Brink

Jim Shovak

Jack Knoerr

Brian Morgan

Larry Brumley

Bob Lichtenberger

Gary Eake

Steve Agnew