Fred Lamers wins the Mike Kelley!

Tim Kelley shakes hands with winner, Fred Lamers.

The 4th Mike Kelley Memorial got under way without a hitch. Well, almost. We lost our local room back in September-Jilly's. So with a huge effort from Bob Jacobson, we now have his place sporting 2 Carom tables with European rubber along with a Snooker table to play on. This tournament was held at my house, also, on a Kim Steel. The two locations made it only a little challenging for some.

We had 2 flights of 7 going into a final round of 6. All the games were to 25 points. Advancement to the finals were W/L, total points, and then head to head.

Clubs flight saw Fred Lamers advance with a perfect 6-0, then Jorge Hinajosa 4-2 and Jose Jimenez 4-2. Just missing the finals was James Richards with a 4-2 record. Finishing out that flight was Lorenzo Chavarria, Gary Eake and Steve Gullet. Fred showed a best game of 25 points in 17 innings for 1.47 average.

PDF File of Clubs Flight

Lupe Cruz breezed through the Diamonds flight 6-0, followed by John Jacobson 5-1 and Bob Jacobson 4-2. Next in line were Dale Saunders, Rich Kuchma, Bob Roach and Armondo Garcia . Lupe matched Fred's 17 inning game and averaged .833 throughout the prelims.

PDF File of Diamonds Flight

After the first 3 rounds of the finals, the top seeds (Lupe, Fred and John) were still unbeaten. Next up to play....Fred handed John his first loss 25-23, while Jose kept Jorge down to a 25-13 score. Lupe took care of John also 25-21 as Jose beat Bob 25-18. Bob and Jorge started their match early and Jorge prevailed 25-13.

So now, the game everyone wants to see. Fred and Lupe. It had many lead changes but in the end it was Fred 25-21.

PDF File of the Finals

Thanks to all the players that came from far, far away, Bob Jacobson @ Iowa Lumber and Kelcy @ Ben's Tire for being the main sponsors over the years. Look for the Regional Qualifier coming in early September.......

Story by John Jacobson

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4th Annual Mike Kelley Memorial
Billiard Tournament
Marshalltown, IA
April 24th – 26th 2009

$105 Entry -100% Payback-Money added
Round Robin Format for # of players:
Under 12 players-One Flight
12 Players-2 flights of 6 to a 4 person RR final
15 Players-3 flights of 5 to a 6 person RR final
18 Players-3 flights of 6 to a 6 person RR final
20 Players- 4 flights of 5 to an 8 person single elim bracket
seeded by W/L, total pts, Avg.

Advancement to finals based on W/L,total pts, head to head
25 point matches throughout

The tournament will be played on 3 tables. One at my house and two at Brother Bob's. Entry deadline will be Wednesday the 22th so we can let everyone know what time the players meeting will start. Please have your checks to me BY WEDNESDAY!

Send entries to John Jacobson
501 Terry Terrace
Marshalltown IA 50158

or for more info contact
Jacobson77@mchsi.com 641-753-7168
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