Tiger Florida Tour

Ocala, Fla. (July 21, 2018) – After going through a dry spell for several years without a win on the Tiger Florida, Tour, Michell Monk won the TFT’s opening event of the year. Now, Monk has proved that she’s not only back, but she’s back with a vengeance. After a long day at Boulevard Billiards, Monk kept her composure, kept her cool, stayed the course and never gave up.  In the end, Monk was victorious in a difficult match late into the night over tour veteran Stephanie Mitchell, to win her second TFT tournament this year!

The women play a modified double elimination format. The final two from the one-loss side redraw back into the final two in the winners’ bracket onto a Final Board-single elimination race to seven.  Jeannie Seaver made it to the Final Board undefeated with wins against Becky Yelvington, Lauren Kowalski, and Nicolle Cuellar. Stephanie Mitchell also went undefeated against Gwen Sharpton and sending Monk west in a hill-hill match.  Cuellar came back from the one loss side after a tough match, ending the day for Lauren Kowalski 7-6, and Monk got to the Final Board beating out Becky Yelvington 7-4.

The redraw put Monk up against Seaver and Cuellar against Mitchell.  Monk stopped Seaver 7-5, and Mitchell did the same for Cuellar 7-2.  In the final hill-hill battle, and playing consistent as she had all day, Monk pulled out the win against Mitchell to win Tiger Florida Tour Stop #4.

With two events left for the year, this win has Monk on top of the leader board with 600 points, followed by Jessica Barnes with 500 points, and Nicolle Cuellar in third place with 400 points.

From the left:  Michell Monk, winner; Stephanie Mitchell, 2d; Jeannie Seaver, 3d/4^th.  Nicolle Cuellar 3d/4^th (not pictured).

Thanks to all the players who turned out for this event.  We also thank our title sponsor Tiger Products; and tour sponsors Great Lakes Billiards, Ultimate Chalkers, Boynton Billiards and AZ Billiards. Thank you to room owner Don Kreischer and Manager Jason for being great hosts!  Videos of matches can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Xsdn8YMog.

Results – $500-added

1^st        Michell Monk              $400
2^nd        Stephanie Mitchell      $275
3d/4^th     Jeannie Seaver            $150
3d/4^th     Nicolle Cuellar                        $150

The next event is at Brown’s Billiards in Dayton, August 25^th.

The Tiger Florida Tour is a NAPT-recognized Division II Women’s Regional Tour. Visit www.tigerfloridatour.com for more information.

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Nicole Cuellar & Seaver tie for 2017 Tour Champion

Largo FL  (Oct. 17, 2015) – Twenty-nine players from around the state converged at The Corner Pocket in Largo, Florida, for the Tiger Florida Tour’s $1,000-added, 9th Annual “Cues for Cure” breast cancer awareness fundraiser last month. At the end of the day, Jeannie Seaver went undefeated to win this special event once again, with this win making it three wins back to back to back.

This event was a modified double-elimination format, playing down to four players on each side. The four players on the one-loss side redrew into the winners side for a single elimination match.

Seaver went undefeated against Carrie  Metz, Sabra McArthur Beahn, Margarita Makeeva, Deanna Frost, and room owner Stephanie Mitchell to the final match, where she met up with Beahn in a revenge match.  Beahn got to the finals by defeating Celia Heinbach, Dixie Sutton, Elizabeth Brown, Lisa McElroy and caught a second wind coming back to take the match from Nicole Cuellar.  Beahn played strong all day, but not quite strong enough to stop Seaver’s trek to the finals.

Jeannie Seaver, winner and Sabra McArthur Beahn

Seaver’s win also tied Cuellar for the TFT 2017 Regional Tour Champion title. Seaver has earned the TC title four times since the Tour’s inception in 2009,  not including two ties, one with Crystal McCormick in 2015 and this year with Cuellar.

Three APA players also won cash thanks to the support from LeCain Family Insurance, Sutton Appliance & Installation and Relocationandestatesalesbydixie.com.  Elizabeth Brown won the prize in the 2-3 category; Janice Larocca in the 4 – 5 category; and Casie Aynat in the 6 category. Thank you LeCain family!

A huge thanks to all of the players and spectators who devoted their time and money to  support this event, including those players who brought friends to play for the first time. Players and spectators had fun trying to land the crazy cue ball on the ribbons, guessing the number of M&Ms and Hershey’s kisses, in addition to winning prizes in the raffle.  The monies raised benefits the Florida Suncoast Affiliate of Susan G. Komen.

A big shout out to Stephanie Mitchell, owner of The Corner Pocket, for being a great hostess of the TFT’s breastcancer awareness fundraising event! Also, thanks to Jeannie Seaver for donating prizes for the raffle and thanks to those who helped out with and participated in the fundraising.  As always, many thanks to our title sponsor Tiger Products, and continued thanks to our sponsors Pete Franco with Ulterior Chalkers; Great Lakes Billiards, Boynton Billiards and AZ Billiards for their year-long support of our Tour.  Kudos to Jerry Sotelo for his patience and hard work for another great year as the Tournament Director.  We appreciate you all!

* Results  ($1,000-added) *

1st   Jeannie Seaver            $600
2d    Sabra McArthur Beahn $400
3d/4th    Stephanie Mitchell   $225
3d/4th    Nicolle Cuellar         $225
5th – 8th   Marlene Houldsworth  $100
5th – 8th   Deanna Foster            $100
5th – 8th   Margarita Maeeeva     $100
5th – 8th   Cortney Bernard          $100

Vero Beach, FL – Stephanie Mitchell literally came from the West on Saturday to win Tour Stop #4 on the Tiger Florida Tour at Cunningham’s in Vero Beach. Twenty-three players from around the state travelled to this event. The format was a one-day, 9-Ball, modified double elimination, playing down to four on each side. The four players from the one-loss side drew back into the winners single-elimination bracket.

The event saw a few early knock-out surprises including former Tour Champion and points leader Jeannie Seaver, and Jessica Human, fresh off her win at the West Coast Challenge. Joining Mitchell on the Final Board from the winner’s side

A very special thanks to Tiger Products, our title sponsor, Boynton Billiards, Great Lakes Billiards Supply, Discount Mugs and Ozone Billiards. A huge thank you to Chris, owner of Cunningham’s for hosting this event.

 Results
($500 added, modified double elimination)

Stephanie Mitchell             $395
Michell Monk                      $275
Nicolle Cuellar                    $180
Roe Guarnero                     $180
Amy Poulter                          $80
Marge Soash                        $80
Lisa McElroy                         $80
Shanelle Loraine                   $80

The Tiger Florida Tour is a WPBA-recognized Regional Tour, a stepping-stone to the WPBA. The next event is February 21st at Boulevard Billiards in Ocala, Florida. For more information, visit www.tigerfloridatour.com.

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By Skip Maloney, AZ Billiards staff writer

Jessica Barnes took down the Tiger Florida Tour’s current top-ranked player, Jeannie Seaver, in the finals of the $500-added fifth stop on the tour, held on Saturday, June 6. The event drew 22 entrants to The Corner Pocket in Largo, FL.

Story coming soon!