“Really great people, so glad that I’m a part of them.”
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“I’m their house pro and they’re like a family to me,” he said. Orque described Edgie’s as his second home. It all depends on how the first season does and how much tour funds we have for the next season,” he said. Or maybe rent out a basketball court for a couple of days, set up pool tables and have food trucks all day for food and refreshments. “Maybe in a casino like Thunder Valley or Cache Creek if we can fund it in the future. Orque added he has bigger plans in the future for the tour, such as having more stops and having the finale somewhere other than a pool hall. A better handicap gives them hope and hope encourages them to compete I believe.” “That’s another reason why I started the tour and have a better handicap that favors the amateur. “Their handicap doesn’t really give an amateur an edge that’s why on that tour about 98 percent of the winners are pros and it’s always the same people,” he said. I wanted to encourage them to compete against other top amateurs in the area.
“We have pros and semi-pros that joins the event too but this tour is not really for them. “Especially the Bay Area players that don’t really go anywhere else but stay local,” he said in an email. Orque added the tour is something for local amateur players to do to keep them active and hopes it will help them improve their game. He said the top amateur gets awarded at the March finale at Edgie’s as an incentive for doing well and participating in the event. Of course the more stops they play more points will be added to their previous one.” “The more they win the more points they earn. If they didn’t win a single match, 10 points is the minimum a player can get. “So every stop each participant can earn points depending on how high they finish,” he said. It is also a points race only for the amateurs because Orque started the tour for them, he said.
There were 90 participants, according to Orque, who has been the house pro at Edgie’s for about five years.Ī San Jose resident, Orque, 35, said he hopes there is a new winner on each stop and not just the same people winning it all the time. Amateur Doug Whaley, of Antioch, placed third and semi-pro Francis Ritarita, of Stockton, placed fourth. In the first final of the double elimination tournament, semi-pro Jason Williams, of Concord, took first place and won $1,200 over second place finisher amateur Eddie Ramos, of Hayward, who took home $665. The finale in 2017 will have more added money as all of the $15 membership fees collected throughout the season will go toward the finale and the incentive for the top amateur of the season, Orque said. It is open to amateurs, pros and semi-pros. There are entry fees and an annual membership fee. The tour finale is scheduled for March 11-12, 2017 at Edgie’s. 22-23 San Francisco in November and December Yuba City in November and Sacramento in January and February. Other Northern California cities on the tour are Fresno in October and December California Billiards in Fremont on Oct. Milpitas Blvd., is a small one with just $1,000 in cash prizes added per event. Jaynard “Jay” Orque, the director and founder of the 10-stop tour, said the inaugural tour that began on Sept. In its first year, the NorCal Pool Tour kicked off this month at Edgie’s Billiards in Milpitas.
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