ACS PRESENTS LUCASI HYBRID ALL AMERICAN TOUR RESULTS - Q’s Sports Bar & Girl in Port Charlotte, FL – ACS/L-H Tour Stop #45

ACS PRESENTS LUCASI HYBRID ALL AMERICAN TOUR RESULTS FROM Q’s SPORTS BAR & GIRL IN PORT CHARLOTTE, FL

The forty-fifth stop on the 2010-2011 Lucasi Hybrid All American Tour (produced by the American CueSports Alliance – ACS) was featured in Port Charlotte, FL, on Saturday, April 9, at Q’s Sports Bar & Girl – hosting its annual Q’s Snowbird Open 8 Ball Tournament.  The $240 added handicapped tournament attracted some of the better players in Southwest Florida on 7-foot bar boxes.   Winner’s side semi-finals showcased Tim Barron (Sarasota, FL) 4-3 over Ken Coulter (Punta Gorda, FL) and Master Player Jud Strang (Port Charlotte, FL) 6-2 over Garry Ball (Port Charlotte, FL).  Winners side finals had Tim Barron 4-5 over Jud Strang.  In the B-side quarter finals, Ken Coulter 4-1 took out Wayne Agnew (Venice, FL) and Skyler Banfill (Bradenton, FL) 4-1 eliminated Gary Ball.  The B-side semis had Ken Coulter 4-3 over Skyler Banfill. Finals  Jud Strang then forfeited to Ken Coulter, giving Coulter a shot at undefeated Tim Barron in the tourney finals. Action proved fierce in the finals, as had Ken Coulter bested Tim Barron 4-3 in the first set and Tim Barron reciprocated with a 4-3 decision in the final set for the title. By virtue of Albert Baker (Port Charlotte, FL) being the highest-finishing ACS member in the event, he qualified for a free 9-Ball singles entry into the 2011 Lucasi Hybrid ACS Nationals at the Tropicana Las Vegas – courtesy of the ACS.  The ACS wishes to thank sponsors Lucasi Hybrid Cues, Championship Billiard Fabric and Nick Varner Signature Cases for their support in donating “Value-In-Kind” product for this and all stops on the Lucasi Hybrid All American Tour. All entries in the Tour are also entered into a drawing in an end-of-Tour drawing for four (4) $400+ value Lucasi Hybrid Cues courtesy of Ozone Billiards.  Sponsorship opportunities and tour stop openings are still available for the 2010/2011 All American Tour by contacting the ACS.   The Tour nears its season ending with a Scotch Doubles event in Arizona this weekend: 1). the $300 added “Kitty’s 1st Annual Scotch Doubles Tourney” on Saturday-Sunday, April 16-17, at Kitty’s Cocktails in Gilbert, AZ (contact owner Cathy Kelley at 480-203-8640). Further information, entry details and schedules for the 2010/2011 Lucasi Hybrid All American Tour or joining the 2011-2012 Tour beginning in October 2011 are available at www.americancuesports.org.  (L-R) Ken Coulter (2nd) and Tim Barron (1st) Final Results: 1st        Tim Barron (Sarasota, FL) [Open going to 4 games]             $580 2nd        Ken Coulter (Punta Gorda, FL) [Open going to 4 games]     $295 3rd        Jud Strang (Port Charlotte, FL) [Master going to 6 games]   $155 4th        Skyler Banfill (Bradenton, FL) [Open going to 4 games]      $80 The ACS is a non-profit, national organization dedicated to heightening the interest and awareness of cue sports through the support and sanctioning of organized competition throughout the United States.