Barney & Hanifee Shoot Them Down in Sterling

Barney & Hanifee Shoot Them Down in SterlingTiger Tour / Sterling, VAby Nick PrinslooYoung gun blliards player Richard Barney sliced through a strong field of top amateurs to go undefeated at the Tiger Tour’s Amateur 8-Ball stop at First Break in Sterling, VA, the weekend of September 16-17 to bag his first-ever tour victory. The 14-year-old Barney simply outplayed his opponents to prove that he will be more than just a force to be reckoned with in the future.His first notable victim was points leader Wayne Bean, whom he defeated in the second round. Next came Brandon Shuff, who won the previous 8-ball event at First Break and who also has been making waves as a player to watch in recent times. Barney faced Doug Whiting in the winners’-bracket final after Whiting put tournament director Nick Prinsloo in the one-loss bracket. Whiting didn’t put up much of a fight and went down 5-2 to Barney on Sunday.
On the one-loss side, Shuff bested Bean, while Prinsloo ousted Pat Carosi. Then Prinsloo eliminated Shuff 5-1 to take revenge on Whiting. That match also went in Prinsloo’s favor 5-2. In the final, though, it was all Barney, as he relentlessly ran out game after game, virtually missing his first ball against Prinsloo only when he left himself a tough cut on the 8 ball at 6-0. Prinsloo scrounged two games before Barney put him out of his misery.In the women’s event, tour director Ceci Strain looked well on her way to setting up a win for herself but ran into a too-strong Marcie Hanifee twice—first in the winners’-bracket final, and then again in the final match. In the semifinals, Strain faced Judie Wilson, who had earlier defeated points list number two Kathleen Lawless, who herself then fell at the hands of Pauline Mattes. Wilson played strongly against Strain, but it was Strain who played even better to come out victorious in that match. In the final, Hanifee was intent on letting nothing come between her and her first ever tour win, dominating Strain 5-2.Open Results:1st Richard Barney2nd Nick Prinsloo3rd Doug Whiting4th Brandon Shuff5th Wayne BeanPat Carosi7th Richard SpoonerAnthony Luong9th Jerry JohnsonSueyen RheeDan MaruschakJeff MurrayWomen’s Results:1st Marcie Hanifee2nd Ceci Strain3rd Judie Wilson4th Kathleen Lawless5th Christine FosterPauline Mattes

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