2014 AL - D5 Results-2.

2014 Alabama State & District 5 Open “3-Move” Checker Tournament
“Basil Case Memorial”
The 2014 Alabama State & District 5 Open Checker Tournament was held in Haleyville, AL Friday and Saturday, November 14th & 15th - at Imperial Inn / Galley Restaurant.
District 5 contains States: Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee - District Manager: Larry Pollard

Congratulations, John!
1st place -wins Tournament

Congratulations, Teal!
2nd place

Congratulations, Albert
3rd place & 2014 District 5 Champion

Congratulations, Lynn!
3rd place

Congratulations, Larry!
2014 Alabama State Champion

Masters:

Finish Player - City, State ACF # Rate Rate Op Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 Rd7 Pts $ Prize
Comments

1 IM John Webster, Stoneville, NC 10147 2148 2151 1 3T3 4T3 8T3 2T3 5T4 7T3 6T3 22
200
Wins 2014 Alabama State / District 5 Open

2 Teal Stanley, Greensboro, NC 10107 2044 2026 2 4T3 8T4 5T2 1T1 7T3 6T2 3T2 17 150

3 CM Albert Tucker, Minden, LA 10127 2012 1997 3 1T1 7T4 6T4 5T2 4T1 8T2 2T2 16 110 2014 District 5 Champion (2-way tie for 3rd Place)

3 Lynn Steelman, Crandall, GA 10111 1812 1907 4 2T1 1T1 7T2 6T3 3T3 5T2 8T4 16 110 (2-way tie for 3rd Place)

5
Frank Davis, Clarksville, TN

10070
1979 1944 5 8T2 6T2 2T2 3T2 1T0 4T2 7T2 12 80 (2-way tie for 5th Place)

5 Larry Pollard, Brilliant, AL 10093 1964 1938 6 7T2 5T2 3T0 4T1 8T4 2T2 1T1 12
80
2014 Alabama State Champion (his sixteenth time!) (2-way tie for 5th Place)

7 Dallas Ramsey, Pine Hill, AL 10078 1700 1755 7 6T2 3T0 4T2 8T1 2T1 1T1 5T2 9 60

8 Harvey Kelley, Calhoun, GA 12632 1934 1864 8 5T2 2T0 1T1 7T3 6T0 3T2 4T0 8 50

Total
$840

Congratulations! IM Dr. John Webster of Stoneville, NC for winning the 2014 Alabama State & District 5 Open Checker Tournament. | Congratulations! CM Albert Tucker from Minden, LA as the 2014 District 5 Champion and Larry Pollard of Brilliant, AL as the 2014 Alabama State Champion. Larry continues to dominate Alabama State Checker by winning this Championship Title which makes his sixteenth time. | Congratulations! Teal Stanley of Greensboro, NC who finished in 2^nd place and Lynn Steelman from Crandall, GA in 3^rdplace, tying with CM Albert Tucker in the Master's Round-Robin. | Congratulations! Frank Davis and Larry Pollard who tied for 5^th place. | Congratulations! Ken Shultz from Cosby, TN who won the Majors Division and recognized as our 2014 District 5 Majors Champion.

Larry Pollard - Tournament Director / Frank and Mary Davis as Referee and Scorekeeper. Frank opened the tournament by asking Larry Pollard to give our opening tournament invocation. In the business meeting that followed, Larry welcomed 13 players as: 3 each from North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee, 2 from Alabama and one each from Louisiana and Kentucky. We decided to play a Round-Robin with 8 Masters and a Round-Robin with the 5 Majors as two divisions. The Majors had two additional rounds of Swiss as their last two rounds. Frank covered rules and how overtime would be handled so rounds would stay on a two hour schedule. We voted to play seven rounds of Round-Robin for both divisions. 2 game per round of 1 hours per game, 5 rounds Friday and 2 rounds Saturday. Starting at 8:00 AM Saturday.

We also recognized the death of two players who usually attended this tournament, Roy Harben from Guys, TN and Clifford Daniels from Preston, MS.

We also discussed the need to bid the 2015 GAYP National. There were pledges form the majority of Master players in an effort to meet the bid if Frank Davis would sponsor and direct the National in Lebanon at Comfort Suites on 904 Murfreesboro Road. They have a large meeting room that will accommodate 72 players. This is the ideal venue because the location is nearest where most of our tournament players live. Frank has already contracted with Comfort Suites - Lebanon to hold 2015 TN State and the 2015 Southern there. The $70 room price includes the playing room if we book 12 rooms by their deadline before the tournament date. This is a nice place with all the amenities! You actually have a choice if you want to stay at Comfort Suites or across I-40 at Econo Lodge for $50, we still get credit. Both hotels are owned by the same person and both are equally nice but Comfort has the nicest meeting room and amenities. Nobody has a deal like this that offers this quality of venue at this price that includes as large of a meeting room, and a centralized location. Both hotels have undergone recent renovations and improvements. All we need to do is get the word out that Checkers has the ideal Tournament Venue for a NATIONAL!

This annual “Alabama State & Fifth District Open Event makes the 9th continuous year at the Galley Restaurant in Haleyville, which has a suitable meeting room. Galley is the town's social and business hub for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Haleyville Civitans meet there every Tuesday, others like the Lions, Rotary Club, Business & Professional Women's Club, Riding for Christian Motorcyclists Association, Haleyville Bass Anglers, etc. also meet there.

Several local and area merchants donated money, food, and prizes.

The Total Cash Prize: $1,360.00 = Entry Fees $260 ($20x13) + contributions & donations. We appreciate Joe McDaniel contributing to our tournament.

John Gibson shared a large checker scrapbook of his, which included many newspaper and magazine articles about checker playing and checker tournaments. I saw pictures of player who have long passed on, and what many players looked like 40 years ago. This is a must see item, I'm hoping John will let me put some of it on the internet to his credit. Beckwith was a young boy, and Joe Schwartz was a handsome gent!

ACF Ratings are processed by Joe Moore using the ICF Checkers' rating system, as darker blue being your rating after this tournament.

Big "Thank You" to Larry, his daughter Kelly for the delicious, buffet deli trays, drinks, & bottle water through out the tournament and all others who had a part in making this an excellent tournament.

This was a well run tournament and everyone enjoyed the friendship and competitive checker playing.

Congratulations, Ken!
2014 District 5 Majors Champion

Majors:

Finish Player - City, State ACF # Rate After Rate Op Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 Rd7 Pts $ Prize
Comments

1 Ken Shultz, Cosby, TN 10086 1643 1681 1 2T3 ByeT3 5T2 4T3 3T2 5T3 2T3 19
$170
2014 District 5 Majors Champion

2 Paul Hines, Russellville, KY 12444 1734 1702 2 1T1 3T2 ByeT3 5T4 4T4 3T2 1T1 17 $140

3 Bobby Blankenship, Guys, TN
12570
1585
1606

3
5T3 2T2 4T3 ByeT3 1T2 2T2 4T1 16 $100

4 JR Smith, Greensboro, NC 10098 1539 1536 4 ByeT3 5T2 3T1 1T1 2T0 ByeT2 3T3 12 $60

5 John Gibson, Warner Robins, GA 10074 1575 1540 5 3T1 4T2 1T2 2T0 ByeT3 1T1 ByeT2 11 $50

Total
$520

Frank Davis phoned initial finish positions Monday, 11/17/2014 and mailing the score-sheet, Nov 20, 2014, which I received Nov 22th.


Congratulations, John! 1st place -wins Tournament	Congratulations, Teal! 2nd place	Congratulations, Albert 3rd place & 2014 District 5 Champion	Congratulations, Lynn! 3rd place	Congratulations, Larry! 2014 Alabama State Champion