2003 APA National Team Championships, an experience to remember!

 

The calm before the storm, 90 empty pool tables...

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When our teams arrived, they got cash to pay for their rooms (yeah, that's it, pay for the rooms...)

Greg Counts  Julie Counts

 

We managed to get team pictures before the shirts got too dirty...

Black Hats  Mas Tequila  Tight Pockets  Hollywood Ballaz  Moonshadows  8-Ball Posse

 

Of course, they were all itching for some action!

Black Hats  Mas Tequila, por favor!  Julie's teammates carried her all weekend  Greg's the thinker on this team!

 

Speaking of shirts, we had some nice ones this year - Tight Pockets were proud of theirs, and rightly so...

Tight Pockets, as you can see...

 

But this group topped 'em all.  Winners of the Team Shirt Contest in the Open division (that's 590 teams with shirts, folks), A Whole Different Animal (a.k.a. Moonshadows)!

A Whole Different Animal

 

Once the tournaments began, it was down to business for the players:

Aaron Gordon  Alan Cabural  Amado Ramos  Brenda Brittingham  Chris Stevens  David George  Geri Bonillas  Tom Hanna  Jake Woodstock  Joel Quilantang  Jon Bourgault  Julie Shragg  Kevin Bradley  Kingsley Harmer  Kristin Eisen  Lynetta West  Manuel Torres  Marcos Gutierrez  Marshall Lopez  Miki Hoppins  Greg Niwa  Joel, as seen from the Goodrich blimp!

 

While their teammates watched and helped when they could.

Don gives Kingsley some advice  Not sure what to tell Lynetta though  The Posse's a watchin'!  Blurred vision, a result of Mas Tequila  Julie's teammates were hanging on every shot...

 

Everyone had a great time, and of course they all vowed to be back next year!