Brady Bests Viking Field at Mother's

Brady Bests Viking Field at Mother'sby Paul BergThe Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour's May 10-11 event at mother's in Charlotte, NC, consisted of 58 of the top players in the region. The player's auction added $1,650 to the $1,000 Mike Janis' tour had already tossed in. Sponsors' posters and merchandise decorated the intimate Diamond room, and it was free entry for women. You couldn't go wrong there on Mother's Day.Local Norris Brady came out the winner in a 7-6 final over tour regular Mike Davis. Norris had bested Tony Watson on Saturday 7-6 after Watson had closed a 6-2 gap in the brisk race-to-seven, double-elimination format. Norris stayed on in the winner's bracket and never lost, beating Riley Myer 7-5 and eventual third-place finisher Robert Ray 7-4 to reach the hot seat.
Davis started Sunday in the one-loss bracket, beating Watson 7-1 in a feature match dud, but the rest of his day was grueling. He came from behind to beat Janis 7-6 with a safe on the case 9 ball, fought through Hickory's Chuck Ritchie and then Leon Long by 7-5 scores, and finally ousted Mike Fuller to reach Ray, again 7-5.Fuller has taken fourth place two straight weekends at the biggest tournaments in the region, and this week he made a strong charge through the one-loss bracket himself. It was Davis who would emerge with a 7-3 win over Robert Ray, a traveler from Raleigh who looked tired from all-night sessions.Davis never got a chance to beat Brady a second time, as the steady Charlotte native played a tactically sound final to clinch an unbeaten Viking Tour victory.Results: 1st - Norris Brady ($580)2nd - Mike Davis ($400)3rd - Robert Ray ($300)4th - Mike Fuller ($200)5/6 - Leon Long/Riley Myer ($100)7/8 - Chuck Ritchie/Mike "Shane" McGill ($60)9/12 - Mike Janis/Ronnie Park/Randy Canipe/Dillon Matheson ($40)

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