2018 20th Annual Pool Checkers Festival 

 Saturday, November 17th & 18th, 2018 at the Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham, South Bend  (map)

 

Come to Indiana for the 20th Annual

 POOL CHECKERS and

INTERNATIONAL CHECKERS

FESTIVAL! 

Nov. 17-18, 2018

 

In memory of Charles "Pecan" Thompson, 1937-2018,

National Top Master, 6-time Pool Checkers champion in our

South Bend tourneys in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2009, and 2010,

and International Checkers champion in 2008 and 2009

 

Microtel Inn & Suites, 222 Dixieway S., South Bend IN 46637

(Indiana 933 / Business US 31 in town of Roseland--across the street from 

Quality Inn where we used to play)   Take the South Bend-Notre Dame Exit 77 from 

Indiana Toll Road I-80-90, turn left from ramp, the Microtel Inn is 3rd building on the right.

 

Saturday, Nov. 17 – American Pool Checkers

Sunday, Nov. 18 – International (Big-Board) Checkers

Defending champion in both games: Arthur Bell

 

--Sunday event will be played in Wendy's Restaurant just south at 320 Dixie Way S.

Entry fee $20 for one day, $30 for both days.

Register 9:30 a.m., begin at 10.  Round robin or Swiss format.

Two divisions if sufficient entries, divided by “South Bend Ratings” from previous years.

90% of entry fees will go into prize fund.  Place prizes and special bonus for game scores!

 

Microtel Inn  phone (574) 303-6493.

 

Organizer:  Fair Play Games Tournaments,

Roger Blaine, P.O. Box 353, Osceola IN  46561.

Phone (574) 257-9033,  E-mail  reblaine@hotmail.com

 

 

RESULTS:

LOCKHEART TOPS POOL CHECKERS IN SOUTH BEND


Wayne Lockheart, of Toledo, Ohio, took top honors in the 20th Annual Pool Checkers tournament Nov. 17, 2018, in South Bend, Indiana.  Lockheart scored 25 points out of a possible 32, with Fred D. Shurn, Maywood, Ill. second at 23 and General Owens, Chicago, close behind at 22.  
The event was dedicated to the memory of the late Top Master Charles "Pecan" Thompson, who passed away in August.  Last year's champion Arthur "Sonny" Bell was in the hospital and unable to attend, but we are pleased to report that he has been released and is OK now.
The players agreed to play 4 games against each opponent.  The ratings are based on previous South Bend results, and scores were figured as 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw.
 
1. WAYNE LOCKHEART     OH  1940    25    1st prize
2. Fred D. Shurn                 IL    1967    23    2nd prize
3. General Owens              IL    1773    22
4. Roger Blaine                  IN    1440      5
5. Roberto Ernest              IL     1631      3  

 
ERNEST WINS BIG BOARD

 
  Roberto Ernest won the International or 100-square Checkers event on Sunday, Nov. 18, with a win over Vern Cloud, and both drew with Roger Blaine.  The games were all fairly long and due to time limitations the event had only 3 rounds.

 
1. ROBERTO ERNEST           IL     1543     3     1st prize
2. Roger Blaine                    IN    1495     2
3. Vern Cloud                      MI    1694     1

2018 Tournament Dates