2006 Indiana 8th Annual Checker Festival
The 8th Annual POOL and INTERNATIONAL CHECKERS FESTIVAL will be held 100% of entry fees will go into prize fund. Signature Inn Reservations:
1-800-822-5252.
November 11th - 12th , 2006 in Signature Inn, South Bend, Indiana.
Festival is set for NOV. 11-12, 2006 (Veterans Day)
at Signature Inn, 215 Dixie Way S. (Town of Roseland), South Bend, Indiana 46637
(Town of Roseland, on Ind. 933 / Business U.S. 31, just north of South Bend-Notre Dame Exit 277 from Indiana Toll
Road I-80-90) Next to Denny's and many other restaurants - 1/2 mile north of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College
Saturday, Nov. 11th - American Pool Checkers
Sunday, Nov. 12th - International (Big Board or 100-square)
Defending Champions: Orlando "Panama" Williams & Johnnie Coleman
Entry fee $20 for one day, $30 for both days.
Register 9:30 a.m., begin at 10. Round
Robin or Swiss format, no. of rounds may be adjusted according to entries.
Place prizes and special bonus for game scores!
Local phone (574) 277-3211.
Organizer: Fair Play Games Tournaments,
Roger Blaine, P.O. Box 353, Osceola IN 46561.
Phone (574) 257-9033, Fax (574) 259-0399,
E-mail reblaine@hotmail.com
South Bend is 100 miles from Chicago,
140 miles from Indianapolis, 200 miles from Detroit.
Studebaker National Museum - University of Notre Dame - College Football
Hall of Fame
"We're nuts about checkers!"
email from Roger:
Checker friends,
Hope to see many of you here in South Bend, Indiana, Nov.
11-12, for our
8th Annual Checkers Festival! If you have not received my other e-mails,
postcards, or flyers, please ask me!
SAT. NOV. 11 -- AMERICAN POOL CHECKERS
SUN. NOV. 12 -- INTERNATIONAL (Big Board) CHECKERS
Defending champions from 2005: Orlando "Panama" Williams and Johnnie Coleman.
Cheers,
Roger Blaine reblaine@hotmail.com
8th Annual POOL and INTERNATIONAL CHECKERS FESTIVAL November 11th - 12th 2006THOMPSON, WILLIAMS WIN SOUTH BEND TOURNEYS |
Pool |
||
| Rank | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Thompson | 41 |
| 2 | Clorius Lay | 38 |
| 3 | Orlando Williams | 34 |
| 4 | Lee Pittman | 30 |
| 5 | Fred Shurn | 29 |
| 6 | Arthur Bell | 27 |
| 7 | Therman Earnest | 26 |
| 8 | Jackie Williams | 21 |
| 9 | Andrew Young | 20 |
| 10 | Stoney Burke | 14 |
| 11 | Wayne Purdy | 13 |
| 12 | Dr. Donell Guy | 9 |
| 13 | Roger Blaine | 8 |
International |
||
| Rank | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orlando Williams | 14 |
| 2 | Charles Thompson | 11 |
| 3 | Roger Blaine | 8 |
| 4 | Arthur Bell | 8 |
| 5 | Dr. Donell Guy | 7 |
| 6 | Vern Cloud | 5 |
| 7 | David Rockwell | 3 |
| 8 | Madi Eberle | -- |
SOUTH BEND INTERNATIONAL CHECKER RATINGS 11/06
Here are the long-awaited ratings from the 8th Annual International
(Big-Board) Checker Festival in South Bend, Indiana, and all of our earlier
tournaments. These were calculated using the linear approximation formula
from the old Official Chess Handbook. - posted by Roger Blaine
Orlando "Panama" Williams wiped everyone out this year and solidified his
place at the top of the list of active players. Only Grandmaster Igor
Rybakov, who played here in 2001, is higher. Roger Blaine ("Yours truly")
made the largest gain in rating points this time with +73.
Capital letters indicate players in this year's tournament. Other
players
kept their ratings from earlier years.
Igor Rybakov 2412
ORLANDO WILLIAMS 2162
Roy Lipscomb 2120
Len Edwards 2104
Johnnie Coleman 1962
CHARLES THOMPSON 1925
Rev. Bill Moore 1795
ARTHUR BELL 1790
DONELL GUY 1690
VERN CLOUD 1641
Lozie Goolsby 1619
Peter Kuhr 1616
ROGER BLAINE 1520
Neil Wenberg 1513
DAVID ROCKWELL 1481
Rob Adams 1476
Jeff Stutzman 1397
Philip Joechle 1394
Steve Mar 1359
MADI EBERLE 1272