Billiards Tour Gives Free Entry Fees for Women and Junior Players

Billiards Tour Gives Free Entry Fees for Women and Junior PlayersThe Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour, the largest of the regional billiard tours in the U.S., with over $90,000 in added prize money each year announced that they have made the following changes to the acceptance of women and junior players in our open events. The changes will take effect immediately. To encourage participation in our sport by non-professional women and junior players (Jr = age 17 & under), the Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour will now be offering them Free entry to all of our local $1,000- or $2,000-added events.
As of December 1, 2006, women and junior players will no longer be required to purchase a tour card. Tour cards will be optional for those players but will still be required if they wish to compete in our larger events or if they wish to compete in our amateur events. This means that there will be absolutely no fees for women or junior players while competing in the local $1,000- or $2,000-added Viking Cue Open 9-Ball Tour events. Tournament Entry and Tour Card FeesEffective December 1, 2006 The Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour, the largest of the regional tours in our country, with over $90,000 in added prize money each year, announced that starting December 1, 2006, we have made the following changes to our tournament entry and tour card fees: Re: Open Tournament Entry FeesOur current structure of entry fees for "OPEN" events is listed below:Entry Fee is a total of $37 + Viking Cue Open 9-Ball Tour CardEntry Fee Breakdown = $25 to tourney prize fund, $10 table time / registration fee, and $2 N.U.T.S. feeEntry fees for "OPEN" events will now be modified to the following and will reflect a $5 increase, of which 100% will go directly into the individual events' players' prize fund. The new structure is below:Entry Fee is a total of $42 + Viking Cue Open 9-Ball Tour CardEntry Fee Breakdown = $30 to tourney prize fund, $12 table time / registration fee Re: Amateur Tournament Entry FeesOur current structure of entry fees for "AMATEUR" events is listed below:Entry Fee is a total of $37 + Viking Cue Open 9-Ball Tour CardEntry Fee Breakdown = $25 to tourney prize fund, $10 table time / registration fee, and $2 N.U.T.S. feeEntry fees for "AMATEUR" events will now be modified to the following and will reflect a $5 increase, of which 100% will go directly into the individual events' players' prize fund. The new structure is below:Entry Fee is a total of $42 + Viking Cue Open 9-Ball Tour CardEntry Fee Breakdown = $30 to tourney prize fund, $12 table time / registration fee Re: Open Tour Card FeesCurrently the Viking Cue Open Tour card fee is $20 each, whether you play in one event or all events for a season. Our lowest tour card fee will still only be $20 if you compete in only one event but will increase to $30 if you play in two events or more. Re: Amateur Tour Card FeesCurrently the Viking Cue Amateur Tour card fee is $20 each, whether you play in one event or all events for a season. Our lowest tour card fee will still only be $20 if you compete in only one event but will increase to $30 if you play in two events or more.

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