Can’t
Win The Big One Anymore?
Sally &
Phyllis have made the Championship game of every Rook tournament to
date. They have their name on the trophy twice. They once won eight
consecutive matches. Sound impressive? You bet. However in the last
three Tournaments Sally & Phyllis have been one win away only to
lose the championship with back to back losses. Is that a good problem
to have? Are they chokers? Are you really out in three strikes? Or can’t
they win the big one anymore?
Director
Right On Target
Tournament
Director Ken Burton is correct 62.9% of the time. That a little better
than five of every eight games. In six tournaments Burton has had to
seed nearly 30 teams in 132 officially sanctioned games. “It’s
a tough but challenging job, considering that the Tournament is annual
and your seeding people from as far away as Texas,” Burton said.
Slowly
But Surely They Are Earning Respect
In early Tournaments
they were thought to be contenders and they weren’t No one has
ever taken them seriously. In 1990 they admitted to cheating back in
their childhood days during a tournament game and have been typecast
ever since. In 1993 they were seeded 10th in a 11 team tournament. There
were even rumors of a split. However since the 93 Tournament Kathy &
Cindy have slowly but surely earned some respect. That year they played
their best tournament and last year did even better by finishing a strong
third place. What will this mean in 95? It’s hard to say but things
are looking up!
It
Finally HAPpened!
After six
tournaments, four partners, and nine consecutive losses, Hap Core finally
got his first Tournament Rook win. “I am really glad to get that
monkey off my back,” Core said after his son and partner Andy
laid down the Rook card to clinch the victory over Randall and Tyler.
The father-son duo finished with an impressive 2-2 record. A recap of
Hap’s Rook career:
| Year |
Partner |
Losses
|
Wins
|
| 1988 |
Steve |
John III-John
IV Rosemary-Carlton |
|
| 1989 |
Did Not Play
|
|
|
| 1990 |
Did Not Play
|
|
|
| 1991 |
Randall |
Kristy-Tiffany
Shelly-Beth |
|
| 1992 |
No Tournament
|
|
|
| 1993 |
Kenny |
Kathy-Cindy
Elizabeth-John IV |
|
| 1994 |
Debbie |
Ken-Ashley
Rosemary-Carlton |
|
| 1995 |
Andy |
Sally-PhyllisJoyce-Marcella |
Tyler-Randall
Bill-Brian |
Fab Four
Took A Beating Last Year
The upper class
of the Rook Tournament for the first time in history took a severe beating
in last years tournament mainly by other teams. Overall in fifteen games
they only won seven and against other opponents had a losing record
(6-7 .462) compared to (42-4 .913) in the six previous. Maybe we are
beginning to see parity or are the younger teams just getting better?
CHAMPIONS |
OVERALL |
AGAINST
EACH OTHER |
AGAINST
EVERYONE ELSE |
Championships
|
| |
W-L |
W-L |
W-L
|
|
|
| Shelly Beth |
21-14 |
3-10
|
18-4
|
|
| Sally-Phyllis |
21-10 |
11-9
|
11-1 |
89-90
|
| Joyce-Marcella |
20-12
|
7-9 |
13-3 |
91
|
| Richard-Bob |
18-8
|
12-5 |
6-3 |
88-93-94
|
|
| TOTALS |
81-44 |
33-33 |
48-11 |
6
Of 7 |
| LAST YEAR |
74-36 |
32-32 |
42-4 |
6
Of 6 |
