Hutcherson
& Oskeroff
Win Memorial Day SoCal Doubles
ABC
goes to Bailey, Bishchara & Mills
Bellflower, CA. – Escondido’s
Dudley Hutcherson and Santee’s John Osheroff
won the Memorial Day Doubles tournament, held
annually at Oskar’s Sports Bar & Grill
in Bellflower, by sweeping through a field of
11 other teams undefeated. The event paid out
more than $4,200. This year’s tournament
marked the bar’s seventh year as the
event’s host.
It was the second time that the San Diego
county players have won a major tournament
within the last couple of years. In September
2003, the combination won the Billy Chiles
Memorial Doubles held at the Huntington Beach
Moose Lodge.
Hutcherson is the number one rated player
in Southern California and the number
two-rated player in California. San Diego’s
Gene Smith was the team’s sponsor.
In the tournament opening ABC Draw it was
the team of Visalia’s Marion Bailey,
Bellflower’s Mina Bischara and newcomer Tim
Mills from San Diego also going undefeated and
beat the team of Yorba Linda’s Bob
Brunskill, and Huntington Beach players Jeff
Posthumous and Brenden Coulter in the finals.
The ABC Draw attracted 45 players and 15 teams
and paid out more than $4,400.
Long Beach’s Gary Jones sponsored the
winning team.
The team of Bellflower’s Joanie Healey,
San Diego’s Gene Smith and Bellflower’s
Bobbie Duncan finished third with Highland’s
Eric Chiles, Rosewood Pub owner B.B. Boik of
Bellflower and Norwalk’s Sandi Gareau
taking fourth place.
Placing second to Hutcherson and Osheroff
in the Doubles was the Orange County team of
Richard “Bubba” Warren and John Fisher. El
Monte’s “Free-Hand” Bob Ruiz and Long
Beach’s Susie Jones took home third place in
the open tournament that restricted two minus
ones from playing together. Bellflower’s
Karl Spickelmier and Bob Brunskill were the
high sponsored team.
Buffets were provided both Saturday and
Sunday during the holiday weekend with Anna
Brunskill, Oscar Ugarte, Ernie Alvarez, Hope
Weber, Pearl Minard, B.B. Boik, Dave and
Marlene Brennan, Susie Jones, Al and Joanie
Healey and Betsy Krier providing their
specialties for the food fare.
Tournament Director Paul Weber, with
valuable assistance from wife Hope, conducted
a 50/50 Draw that netted $206 for the
Bower’s Rating System. Bishop’s H.L. Lee
won the drawing.
Weber handled the team auctions both
Friday and Saturday nights while Bob Brunskill
once again managed the bracket boards.
EVENT
WINNERS: (Listed Below)
A-B-C
WINNERS: (15 Teams/45 Players - Total Winners
Pot $4,400+)
(See
Winner Photos - Click Here)
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A-B-C
Event Winners:
1st Place:
Marion Bailey, Mina Bischara, &
Tim Mills (undefeated winners -
sponsored by: Gary Jones)
2nd Place: Bob
Brunskill, Jeff Posthumous, &
Brenden Coulter
3rd Place: Joanie
Healey, Gene Smith, & Bobbie
Duncan
4th
Place: Eric
Chiles, B.B. Boik, & Sandi Gareau
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DOUBLES
WINNERS: (12 Teams/24 Players - Total Winner's
Pot $4,200+)
(See
Winner Photos - Click Here)
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DOUBLES
Event Winners:
1st Place:
Dudley
Hutcherson & John Osheroff
(undefeated winners - sponsored by:
Gene Smith)
2nd Place: Richard
"Bubba" Warren & John
Fisher
3rd Place: Bob
Ruiz & Susie Jones
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