In spite of the torrential rains and the exorbitant gas prices, we had a good turnout at this year’s Southwest Open. The players began arriving on Friday as Round Robins began and by the end of the week we had over 175 registered players.

This year a new award was given to the player who accumulated the most points from participating in and winning round robins throughout the week. The 2007 Round Robin King of the Jungle was Ted Canada. Ted will receive free registration and free entry in the AB Draw and the Draft events in next years Southwest Open.

A huge thanks goes out to Johnny Wayne for his work on getting the boards ready. The boards played great and the players were very pleased.

We would also like to give a big thanks to all the American Legion Post 73 volunteers, Eileen, Jack and Andy and all the bartenders and cooks for taking care of us all week. And we would like to thank the tournament staff; Jack, Jim, Johnny and Kathy, for their time and effort in making the tournament a success. We want to thank Ann Harrell for taking the pictures for all the events and for allowing us to use her pictures for the TSA Newsletter which will come out next month.