Enjoy these photos, taken at the 2002 South Coast Championships!
Special thanks to Myke Price and Gibbi Tkatch for their contributions to this pictorial display!

 

First, the champions:

Hot Curry (9-Ball)  Joker's Wild (9-Ball)  Tight Racks (Ladies)  Who's Who (8-Ball)  Carvin' a Pig Outta Wood (8-Ball)  Paladino's #1 (8-Ball)

 

And to the winners went the spoils.  Check out the new trophies:

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The players faced another challenge at this year's regionals.  They had to adjust to tables with different sizes and shapes:

There was a HUGE table...  Other tables were quite small...  This table was square...  This one was thin...

 

Sometimes the matches boiled down to advice from the coaches:

Coach Clarence  Coach Keith  Coach Matt  There's no object ball, these guys are posing!  Shoot it like this, and don't forget to chalk your finger first! 

 

They say it's more nerve-wracking to watch a teammate than to play a match yourself:

Rackin' Rookies  Phyllis  Honorary MVP Mary Blankenburg with Chris Ryan  Nada can't even be near the table!  Mesmerized...  Big Joe Watches  Chris Barger  Mr. & Mrs. Bales  Beth with all of her friends... 

 

But sometimes when you're playing it feels like you're all alone on an island:

Who turned out the lights?

 

We caught a few, ummm, interesting expressions on the faces of these shooters:

Man, the burning sensation in my arm just won't go away!  Where have you seen this expression before?  I bet more than one person felt like this...  I need a new cue.  This one stinks!  Less than thrilled about the leave?

 

Others were all business:

Veronica De La Cruz  Anthony Ascencio  Roxanne Hernandez  Rick Brown  Nasir Khaliq  Mike Najera  Mike Zabel  Martin Lisman  Maria Padron  Luis Hallon  Lori Bergan  Kimberly Kirkley  Jackie Jankowski  Richard Haydt  Emilio Ramos  MVP Donna DeDario  Doc  Deathena Fields  David Khoo  Dave Manis  Danney Partlow  Danny Manis  Chris Baird  Catarina Haydt  Brad Johnson  Sean Baca  Arleen Benson  Arleen Barnett  Alexandra Olander  Whataburger Al (aka "The Janitor") 

 

Some preferred to kick back and enjoy the weekend(s):

Tight Pockets in the atrium  Cuetenders  Dan North  Fish with hair  I believe the flame part, but not the angel part!  Early in the day, before they ran out of Jimmy's beer...  This team came prepared - one and out...  No bribing the officials! 

 

While others came to play pool:

Jim Cozad  Kiev Myers  TanyaCasillas.jpg (117016 bytes)  Tom Hardinger  Vegas Strumsky  Wendy Zuckman  Zoran Popovic 

 

I don't think any of these people came to play pool, they're all standing around!

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This is how you play against a 9:

Alex watches...

 

This is what can happen if you beat a 9:

Rick Delgado beat "The Janitor"  Kiev didn't beat a 9, but he got a big head anyway!

 

It wasn't all about pool, though.  Here's the janitor at the Q-Club, hard at work:

WhataJanitor Al!

 

These tournaments and photos are brought to you by the League Office:

Tournament Officials, hard at work...  Office-in-a-box, complete with clip-on fan!

 

Oh, and last but not least, the founding fathers of the Donut Club:

Whatadonut?  Jimmy Lenwell  Shhhhh!  Be vewwwwy qwiet - I'm hunting donuts!

We'll try to add new members to the Donut Club at our future events!