2007 "Derek Oldbury Memorial" GAYP National Tournament

July 23rd through 27th in Las Vegas at the Plaza Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada

Photos by: Francesco La Rocca

las vegas 2007Nat 1st Rd Gene Lindsay vs Anatoly Rayevsky 003.jpg (25594 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat 1st Rd Nico Pradenas vs Raymond Shelly 007.jpg (14318 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat 1stRd Jimmy O'Grady vs Robert Ferguson 001.jpg (23173 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat 2nd Rd Tommy Canning vs Jimmy O'Grady  015.jpg (18115 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat 3rd Rd Lindsay vs Kondlo 023.jpg (18106 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat 7th Rd Jimmy O'Grady vs John Gibson 032.jpg (33970 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat 9Rd Keith Weaver vs Anthony Bishop 055.jpg (41399 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat 10Rd Tommy Canning vs Hollis McClard 035.jpg (33241 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat 10th Rd Gilberto Cilneros vs Nico Pradenas, left P Lyons vs Darrow right J GIbson vs K Burks  038.jpg (37907 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat 10th Rd Keith Weaver vs Joe Schwartz, Wilma Wolverton 034.jpg (38219 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat 10th Rd Ken Shultz, Jimmy O'Grady vs Billy Runge 043.jpg (27588 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat 10th Rd Sol Kaplan, Paul Bryan, Morrison vs King 006.jpg (22236 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat 11 Trophies 044.jpg (26900 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat 12th Rd Anatoly Rayevsky vs Keith Weaver 014.jpg (14740 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat  1stRd Saul Fenster vs Alex Weaver 008.jpg (22884 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat  2nd Rd Al Darrow vs Bob Murr 013.jpg (20654 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Alan Millhone 041.jpg (29824 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Alex Weaver, John Cardie, Francesco LaRocca 019.jpg (31398 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Bob Murr, Wilma Wolverton, Alan Millhone, Steve Blackshear 029.jpg (51425 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Bob, Wilma, Alan, Steve  028.jpg (39416 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Eric Strange, Lubabalo Kondlo, Kevin Burks 065.jpg (40501 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Gerry Lopez & Joe the GoldTokens representative 010.jpg (31290 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Group 050a.jpg (25765 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Group 051.jpg (44736 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Group 053.jpg (49502 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Group  049.jpg (45437 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Hollis McClard vs Alex Weaver just for fun 056.jpg (40947 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Hollis McClard, Lubabalo Kondlo, Jack Francis 058.jpg (40175 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Ken Schultz and Wade Holder 009.jpg (23581 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Kim & Francesco 066.jpg (45570 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Kim & Francesco 067.jpg (46285 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Kim Willis vs Alex Weaver - Hackensack, NJ 039.jpg (32808 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Lubabalo Kondlo & Sol Kaplan 070.jpg (46714 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Major SS 062.jpg (69799 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Majors SS end of 12Rd 045.jpg (80509 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Master SS 061.jpg (90634 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Masters SS end of 12Rd 047.jpg (89862 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Minor SS 063.jpg (63874 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Minors SS end of 12Rd 046.jpg (78411 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Nico Pradenas - San Diego, CA  011.jpg (13141 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Nico Pradenas - San Diego, CA  012.jpg (16279 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Nico, Alex, Gene, Francesco, John, Kings' hat, Tim, Hollis, Paul 020.jpg (41200 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Playing Room 016.jpg (25150 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Playing Room 022.jpg (22335 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Prize Fund 048.jpg (37068 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Ron King & Hollis McClard 040.jpg (30199 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Ron King, Richard Beckwith, Jim Morrison 031.jpg (41331 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Shane McCosker vs  017.jpg (16546 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Shane McCosker vs Lubabalo Kondlo, Jimmy O'Grady 033.jpg (36234 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Shane McCosker, Lubabalo, Gerry, Wilma, unknown, Saul Fenster, Francesco, Sol 024.jpg (38024 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Shane McCosker, Michelle Lopez, Tommy Canning, Wilma Wolverton, Gilberto Cilneros, Jimmy O'Grady, Alan Millhone  057.jpg (26340 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Shane, Lubabalo, Gerry, Wilma, Saul Fenster, Francesco, Sol 024.jpg (36271 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Sol Kaplan 021.jpg (23722 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Sol Kaplan - North Las Vegas, NV 93 yrs old 054.jpg (32783 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Sol Kaplan and  nurse 064.jpg (33556 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Sol Kaplan using his lamp playing Steve Blackshear 037.jpg (28092 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Sol Kaplan's gf and nurse 036.jpg (27225 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Sol Kaplan's Son-In-Law and Daughter, Wade Holder 059.jpg (37414 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Tommy Canning, Shane McCosker, John Webster, Jimmy O'Grady 060.jpg (36064 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Wade Holder 042.jpg (35078 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Wilma Wolverton & Francesco LaRocca 069.jpg (30264 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Wilma, Kim, & Francesco 068.jpg (40645 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat Wilma, Lubabalo, Shane, Sol 027.jpg (33930 bytes)as vegas 2007Na Sol Kaplan.jpg (16564 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat 1st Rd  Alan Millhone vs Keith Weaver 002.jpg (24439 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat 1st Rd  Michael Holmes vs Richard Beckwith 004.jpg (20734 bytes)las vegas 2007Nat 11Rd  Lubabalo Kondlo vs Ron King.jpg (42511 bytes)


L-R  1) Nico Pradenas  2) Alex Weaver  3) Francesco La Rocca   4-back) Gene Lindsay
5) John Cardie (back white hat is Ron King)  6) Tim Laverty  7) Hollis McClard  8) Paul Bryan


Photos by: Bob Murr

Keith Weaver.JPG (147187 bytes)Kim Willis.JPG (141109 bytes)Millhone-Beckwith-Laverty.JPG (150857 bytes)Paul Lyons.JPG (108780 bytes)RayShelly-GeneLindsey.JPG (111521 bytes)Tim Laverty-Bob Murr.JPG (170155 bytes)Tommy C and Gerry.JPG (112681 bytes)Tommy Canning-Gerry Lopez.JPG (134966 bytes)Wade Holder.JPG (139591 bytes)Wilma Wolverton.JPG (160634 bytes)Alan-Richard-Tim.JPG (145726 bytes)Alexander Weaver.JPG (113191 bytes)BillyRunge-RobertFerguson.JPG (133738 bytes)John Cardie-Kim Willis.JPG (146111 bytes)John-Alan-JohnGibson-SteveBlackshear.JPG (184805 bytes)JohnC-AlanM-JohnG-.JPG (161815 bytes)


Photos by: Alan Millhone

Lubabalo Kondlo accepts 1st place trophy & national attendance certificate.jpg (25947 bytes)Lubabalo Kondlo accepts National GAYP 1st place trophy.jpg (33285 bytes)Kondlo - King at Plaza Hotel buffet.jpg (35204 bytes)Group Picture - 2007 Las Vegas National at Plaza Hotel & Casino.jpg (50836 bytes)Ron Suki King resting in playing room 2007 Las Vegas, NV 2007.jpg (9754 bytes)Tim Laverty-Offical  Scorekeeper & Bob Murr 2007 LV National at Plaza Hotel & Casino.jpg (170155 bytes)


Photos by: Tom Canning


John Cardie and Family & author of “How to beat Granddad at Checkers"
front row: Calvin, Colton, Conrad, & Caden
back row: Granddad John, Rebecca and Heath
"There's more to Checkers than Pushing Plastic"


Tommy Canning, Co - Ty Organizer Gerry Lopez,
and Shane McCosker (bkgr)


Mac Banks / wife, Tommy, and Shane


Kim Willis Sec. of ACF and co-coordinator of the Youth Ty



Wade Holder and Shane McCosker



Gene Lindsay & Betty / John Webster & Mickey and Shane


Kim Willis w / winners in the U-12's front: Colton Cardie,
Conrad Cardie, Calvin Cardie, and Forest Reece (back) Kim, and Solomon Reece


Kevin Burks, Shane McCosker, and Eric Strange

Tim Laverty, Shane McCosker, Jimmy O'Grady, and Alan Millhone

Alan / daughter Joclair with sons Solomon and Forest Reece

 

Tom Canning, Alan Millhone,Lubabalo Kondlo, and Jim Morrison

Shane McCosker, Alan Millhone, and Lubabalo Kondlo

 More Tom Canning Pictures: (Group 1) - (Group 2)

Photos by: Alex Weaver

Player Group Picture - 07 LV Nat Plaza Hotel & Casino - 16.jpg (50836 bytes)Playing Room 07LV Nat Plaza Hotel & Casino 12.jpg (39477 bytes)Alex Weaver 07LV Nat 17.jpg (34158 bytes)Jim Morrison v John Webstew, & Gene Lindsay watching 07LV Nat Rd 5 - 4.jpg (51665 bytes)Kubabalo Kondlo v Michael Holmes 07LV Nat Rd 5 - 5.jpg (47999 bytes)Nico Pradenas & Alex Weaver 07LV Nat - 1.jpg (38747 bytes)Ron King & Alex Weaver, taking in Fremont St  07LV Nat 8.jpg (50687 bytes)Ron King v Clayton Nash Rd 8 - 07LV Nat 19.jpg (52134 bytes)Ron King & Alex Weaver, taking in Fremont St  07LV Nat 10.jpg (51457 bytes)Ron King & Alex Weaver, taking in Paul Stein on right 07LV Nat 11.jpg (45607 bytes)Ron King's checkerboard case 07LV Nat 9.jpg (40407 bytes)Sol Kaplan 07LV Nat 15.jpg (45312 bytes)Alex Weaver & Alex Millhone - Plaza Hotel & Casino 07LV Nat 18.jpg (54765 bytes)Alex Weaver v Gilbert Cisneros 07LV Nat Rd 8 - 6.jpg (33979 bytes)Alex Weaver, Gilbert Cisneros, & Saul Fenster 07LV Nat 20.jpg (45578 bytes)Francesco La Rocca  07LV Nat - 7.jpg (55200 bytes)Hollis McClard and Alex Weaver - practice  07LV Nat 21.jpg (42257 bytes)Tommy Canning & Shane McCoster 07LV Nat 13.jpg (42832 bytes)Saul Fenister v Wilma Wolverton 07 LV Nat Plaza Hotel & Casino -14.jpg (48149 bytes)Saul Fenster v Alex Weaver 07LV Nat Rd 7 - 3.jpg (57296 bytes)


Fremont Street


2007 Nat'l

2007 Tournament Dates