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O’Neal and Bayne Take Eagle’s Fourth of July Doubles
Crum, O’Neal and Phillips Win ABC Draw
Nevada Team Wins New Event
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 Exeter,
CA. – The local team of Steve O’Neal and Ty
Bayne held back a field of 12 other teams and won this year’s
featured event at the Exeter Eagle’s annual Fourth of July
Shootout. The doubles event got started on Saturday, July 2, following
the ABC Draw that was won by the team of Turlock’s Bob Crum,
Exeter’s O’Neal and local newcomer Rayla Phillips. Both
events were best two out of three in both the winner and loser’s
bracket.
Doubles
1st Ty Bayne, Steve O'Neal
2nd Robert Wade, Gary Jones
3rd Jim Golden, Devonna Golden
4th JR Noel, Bob Brunskill |
As is their custom the
local Eagles rolled out the red carpet to host visitors from Las
Vegas and Northern and Southern California. A total of 41 players
were on hand for the holiday weekend tournament and the Eagles served
breakfast and lunch daily. The annual tournament paid out more than
$11,000 to the top finishers. Four fast shuffleboards were in top
shape for the event that was bracketed by Yorba Linda’s Bob
Brunskill. Paramount’s Paul Weber handled team auctions for
each event. Both served as tournament directors. Tournament organizers
included Marion Bailey, Wes Martin and O’Neal.
 In
the very competitive doubles event, Hemet’s Robert “Cowboy”
Wade and Long Beach’s Gary Jones battled back through the
loser’s bracket to face O’Neal and Ty Bayne in the championship
game on Sunday. Wade and Jones defeated the third place team of
Jim and Devonna Golden from Las Vegas in the consolation finals.
Placing fourth was Modesto’s J.R. Noel and Bob Brunskill.
In the championship match it was all O’Neal and Bayne as the
locals took two straight games from the visitors. The winners and
the three other team finalists divided up the event’s purse
of $3,760
 In
the ABC Draw - Crum, O’Neal and Phillips went undefeated as
they challenged an entry list of 11 other teams in the tournament’s
opening event that got started late Friday, July 1. Finishing second
was Jim Golden, Farmersville’s Helen Martin and another newcomer
local Ryan Martin. The third place team was led by Bob Brunskill
and included wife Anna Brunskill and another new local player Kelly
Hampton. The ABC Draw paid out $3,730 in entry fees and sponsor
money.
ABC
Draw
1st Bob Crum, Rayla Phillips, Steve O'Neal
2nd Jim Golden, Helen Martin, Ryan Martin
3rd Bob Brunskill, Anna Brunskill, Kelly Hampton |
The four person add-to-six event was played on Monday (July 4)
and featured seven teams.  Tournament
organizers added the event to this year’s tournament and the
Las Vegas team of Jim and Devonna Golden, Jeff Keyes and Danny Leach
captured the win over the team of Sacramento’s Bob and Vicky
Hunt, Helen Martin and Robert “Cowboy” Wade. The Nevada
team collected their share of the $3,640 combined entry fee and
sponsor money. The tournament was played as a single match –
loser elimination event due to time constraints.
4
Man Team
1st Jeffery Keyes, Devonna Golden, Jim Golden, Danny Leach
2nd Bob Hunt, Vicky Hunt, Helen Martin, Robert Wade |
The air conditioned Eagle’s hall in Exeter was a welcome
respite to the mid-summer heat of Central California as the Eagle’s
offered good food, cold drinks and plenty of shuffleboard during
the holiday weekend. The tournament organizers plan to build on
this year’s four-person team event as it proved to be very
popular.
Thanks goes out to the bartenders, waitresses, Eagles Auxiliary,
tournament directors and to he members of the Exeter Eagles for
another successful tournament.
Pacific Coast Shuffleboard News
Photos - Bob Brunskill
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