2018 Arkansas State Open Checker Tournament
August 24th
Arkansas State Checkers Tournament "Diamond in the Rough"
We will be playing at the Guesthouse Inn, in the breakfast room.
Registration starts at 10:00
am, tournament to begin at 10:30
am. Entry fee is $25.00. Tournament will be 11-Man ballot this
year.
This is an ACF sanctioned tournament. Players must be an ACF member. The Arkansas State
winner must be a current Arkansas resident.
Guesthouse Inn, 3600 Grinnell Ave.
Fort Smith, Arkansas 72908 (map )
Please reserve your room early as possible, preferably several months in
advance. The room rate is $62.00 plus tax. The Guesthouse is located near Interstate 540 and Hwy. 71
South. Be sure to let them know that you are with the checkers tournament.
Contact: Quint Hodges at 479-806-6321 |
quinthodges@aol.com
or
John Post at 479-264-2570
Arkansas State Checkers Tournament The tournament will be held August 24 – 25, 2018 (Friday & Saturday) at
Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Guesthouse
Call early to reserve your room. The rooms will be around $62.00 plus tax.
Be sure to let them know you are with the checkers tournament.
Contact: Quint Hodges at 479-806- 6321 or John Post at 479-264- 2570
RESULTS:
2018
Arkansas State Open Checker Tournament
We had 5 players from 3 states. There was 3 players from: Arkansas, 1
from Louisiana and 1 from North Carolina.
We played round robin of 11 man ballot with 5 rounds. Win was 2 points,
draw was 1 point and the bye was 3
points. We were able to finish the tournament in one day.
We had two membership renewals.
Johnny Barham is the new Arkansas State Champion and tied with Dr. John
Webster for First Place.
Albert Tucker took 3rd Place.
Joe McDaniel donated $500.00 to the prize fund. Entry fees were $125.00
making a total of $625.00 which was
divided amongst all five players.
Thank You To...
Donations: Joe McDaniel: A $500.00
check added to the prize fund. Thank you Joe McDaniel.
Guest House Inn: Since we had two
rooms rented to checker players, the use of the breakfast room was used at
no charge.
Jessica Hodges: My daughter, who
volunteered her time to help set up the room, take pictures, keep up with
the
registration and score cards.
Phone: 479-646-5100
or 855-213-0582 Fax: 479-646-4598
“Diamond in the Rough”
The tournament will be at the Guesthouse in the breakfast room.
Registration starts at 10:00 am, tournament to begin at 10:30 am. Entry fee
is $25.00. Tournament will be 11 man ballot this year. This is an ACF
sanctioned tournament. Players must be an ACF member. The Arkansas
State winner must be a current Arkansas resident.
3600 Grinnell Ave.
Fort Smith, Ark. 72908
Phone: 479-646- 5100
Fax: 479-646- 4598
The Guesthouse is near interstate 540 and highway 71 south. It is behind
Farmers Bank next to Wal-Mart, same place as last year.
Reported
by Quint Hodges via email Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 2:57 PM
August 24th & 25th
2018 - Saturday & Sunday | Guesthouse Inn, 3600 Grinnell Ave. Fort Smith,
Arkansas 72908
Arkansas State Checkers
Tournament "Diamond in the Rough"
Arkansas State Tournament
Play:
11 Man
Date:
8/24/2018
Finish
Name
State
Op.
Rd. 1
Rd. 2
Rd. 3
Rd. 4
Rd. 5
Rd. 6
Rd. 7
Rd. 8
Total Points
Cash
1
Johnny Barham
AR
1
2T2=2
3T4=6
4T4=10
5T3=13
Bye=16
16
$189.50
2
Dr. John Webster
NC
2
1T2=2
Bye=5
5T4=9
3T3=12
4T4=16
16
$189.50
3
Albert Tucker
LA
3
4T4=4
1T0=4
Bye=7
2T1=8
5T2=10
10
$114.00
4
Quint Hodges
AR
5
Bye=3
4T1=4
2T0=4
1T1=5
3T2=7
7
$76.00
5
John Post
AR
4
3T0=0
5T3=3
1T0=3
Bye=6
2T0=6
6
$56.00
6
7
8