Upstarts Tournament

July 2026

July 2, 2026

We had 22 players today, and played 1 and 15.  Pete von Savoye won 1st place with 5 1/2 wins. Congratulations Pete!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🤗 There was a 2 way tie for 2nd place with 5 wins – Tom O’Conner and myself.  Congratulations to us!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

We’ll be playing straight 8 ball next week, but I’m thinking we might add another week of 1 and 15.  Let us know what you think!  Have a great 4th of July!!💥💥

Rita and Dante 🎱🎱

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June 2026

June 4, 2026

We had a full house today with 24 players by 11:15!!  Today was 1 and 15.  There was a tie for 1st place with 4 1/2 games = Frank Westphal and Joan Wendell.  Congratulations!!🎉🎉🎉🎉  There was a 5 way tie for 2nd place which included 2 players sharing a spot so more people could play.  We usually don’t include the spots that are shared, so I will clarify that for future games.  Congrats to Cathy Goebel, Kurt Kelley ( who shared with Peshu), Jim Meyer (who shared with Jim Boekel), Ray Wertz, and Dan Lehrer. 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Yay!  Dante is back!! 😄 We will be playing straight 8 next week.  Stay cool and see you then!

Rita and Dante 🎱🎱 

June 11, 2026

We had 24 players for our tournament yesterday, and we played straight 8 Ball.  There were 5 players tied for 1st place with 5 wins! – Ed Cadger, Jim Meyer, Peshu Irani, Frank Westphal, and Bob Andersen. Congratulations to all 5!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🤗 There were also 5 players tied for 2nd place with 4 wins! – Tom O’Conner, Joan Wendell, Dale Wallace, Jim Boekel, and Ray Wertz.  Congrats to all 5!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🤗

Next week is again 8 Ball.  See you there!  Keep cool!!😎😎🌞

Rita and Dante 🎱🎱

June 18, 2026

We had 21 players on Thursday and played 8 Ball. There was a 2 way tie for 1st place with 5 wins – Pete von Savoye and Tom O’ Conner. Congratulations!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 There was also a 2 way tie for 2nd place with 4 1/2 wins – Dave Kling and Dante Jannicelli (not shown).  Congrats to you!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 

See you next week!  Check out our club website when you have a chance.. Dave Hawley has done a great job!. You can see past winners from our tournament and the other tournaments as well. 🤗

Rita and Dante 🎱🎱 

June 25, 2026

No Results Submitted

May 2026

May 7, 2026

We had some close matches, and here are the winners:  Pete von Savoye and Joan Wendell tied for 1st place with 5 wins.  Congrats!!

 There were 7 players tied for 2nd place with 4 wins. Congrats!!

 Not everyone stayed to be included in the picture. Winners were Doug Rowe, Karen Wallace, Dan Lehrer, Ray Wertz, (not pictured) Walter W., Ed Cadger, and Rita Baikauskas. 

We will be playing 8 Ball next week.  See you then!!  Enjoy the toasty weather! 

Rita and Dante 

May 14, 2026

1st Place went to Antoine Pirson with 6 games!  Congrats!

 There was a tie for 2nd place with 5 wins – Pete von Savoye and Tom O’Conner!  Congrats to you!

 Next week will be 8 Ball again.  See you there!  Dante is taking a well-deserved vacation! 

Rita 

May 21, 2026

Great group today!  Full house of 24 players and playing straight 8 Ball.  There was a 4 way tie for 1st place with 5 wins – Antoine Pirson, Jim Mac Williams, Jim Meyer, and Karen Wallace.  Congratulations! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉. There was 1 2nd place winner with a close 4 1/2 wins – Tom O Connor.  Congrats to Tom! 🎉🎉🎉🎉.
Next week will be 9 Ball – see you then and Dante will be back! 😎

Rigal

May 28, 2026

No Results Submitted

April 2026

April 2, 2026

There was a 2 way tie for 1st place with 5 wins – Frank Westphal and Mel Gillette.  Congratulations! There was a 3 way tie for 2nd place with 4 1/2 wins – Pete von Savoye, Dale Wallace, and Ray Wertz.  

April 9, 2026

We had 20 players today and played straight 8.  There was a 2 way tie for 1st place with 5 wins – Pete von Savoye and Jim Boekel.  Congratulations!  There was a 4 way tie for 2nd place with 4 wins – Bob Wehner, Frank Westphal, Randy Fann, and Dante Jannicelli.  Congrats to you! 

Rita and Dante

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April 16, 2026

Hart Sissingh won 1st place with 6 wins!  Congratulations Hart! 

 Greg Petrello won 2nd place with 5 wins!  Congratulations to Greg!

Next week I will be out of town, and my most capable and well paid assistant, Dante will be in charge.  We will be playing 8 Ball again. 

– Rita and Dante 

April 23, 2026

We had 21 players competing in our 8-ball tournament today. Dale Wallace took first place with 6 wins, and second place was shared by Jim MacWilliams and myself.

Thanks to all who played today. Rita will return next week and we will be playing 9-BALL.

– Dante

April 30, 2026

We played 9 Ball since it was the last Thursday of the month.  I am considering playing this more often since everyone seemed to really be enjoying it!  There was a tie for 1st place with 6 wins – Frank Westphal and Dante Jannicelli.  Way to Go!  2nd place went to Ed Cadger with 5 wins!  Great job Ed!

March 2026

March 5, 2026

Jim MacWilliams took first place with 6 wins, and Bob Andersen was second with 5 1/2 wins

March 12, 2026

There was a 2 way tie for 1st place – Antoine Pirson and Joan Wendell.  There was a 7 way tie for 2nd place with 4 wins!!! Bob Wehner, Dante Jannicelli, Karen Wallace, Cathy Goebel, myself (Rita), Bob Boekel, and Bob Andersen (not shown).

March 19, 2026

We had one player in 1st place with 6 wins – Congratulations Doug Rowe.  There was a 2 way tie for 2nd place with 5 wins – Pete von Savoye and Phil Keller (not shown)

March 26, 2026

The first-place winner was Joan Wendell with 6 wins. Second place was shared by Antoine Pirson and Karen Wallace with 5 wins each.

February 2026

February 5, 2026

There was a 4 way tie for 1st place with 5 wins – Jim Mac Williams, Pete von Savoye, Jim Meyer, and Joan Wendell.  There was a 5 way tie for 2nd place with 4 wins – Hart Sissingh, Bob Wehner, Dante Jannicelli, Gary Nielsen, and Ed Cadger (not shown).  

February 12, 2026

There was a tie for 1st place with 5 wins – Dante Jannicelli, Ray Wertz, and Joan Wendell. Dan Lehrer won 2nd place with 4 1/2 wins.

February 19, 2026

Henry Williams (not pictured) took first place with 5 wins. Second place with 4 wins were Bob Parks, Greg Petrello, Dale Wallace, Ray Wertz, and Dante Jannicelli. Also in second place, but not pictured, were Antoine Pirson and Doug Rowe.

February 26, 2026

There was a 3 way tie for 1st place with 5 wins – Dante Jannicelli, Dale Wallace, and Jim Mac Williams.  There was also a 3 way tie for 2nd place with 4 wins – Ed Cadger, Joan Wendell, and Doug Rowe.  

January 2026

January 8, 2026

There was a 3 way tie for 1st place with 4 1/2 wins – Dante Jannicelli, Joan Wendell, and Kurt Kelley.  AND, there was a 6 way tie for 2nd place with 4 wins – Hart Sissingh, Rita Rush, Stephen Baron, Ray Wertz, Tom O’Conner, and Antoine Pirson. (not shown)

January 15, 2026

There was a 4-way tie for first place with 5 wins: Hart Sissingh, Dale Wallace, Karen Wallace, and Jim Mac Williams. Also had a 5-way tie for second place with 4 wins: John Labosky, Ray Wertz, Joan Wendell, Dante Jannicelli. and Bob Parks (not pictured).

January 22, 2026

Joan Wendell won 1st place with 5 1/2 games.  There was a 6 way tie for 2nd place with 4 wins – Bob Andersen, Greg Petrello, Karen Wallace, Jim Mac Williams, Ray Wertz, and Tom O’ Connor.

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January 29, 2026 – 9 Ball

There was a 3 way tie for 1st place with 5 wins – Bob Andersen, Jim Mac Williams, and Kurt Kelley.  Congrats!!  (Kurt pocketed the 9 Ball on the break for one game!  Way to go Kurt!!)  Cathy Goebel won 2nd place with 4 1/2 wins.  Congrats to Cathy!