{"id":3748,"date":"2011-11-18T16:47:45","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T22:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/?p=3748"},"modified":"2011-11-18T16:47:45","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T22:47:45","slug":"my-favorite-pool-tournament-rugby-north-dakotas-northern-lights-shootout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/2011\/11\/18\/my-favorite-pool-tournament-rugby-north-dakotas-northern-lights-shootout","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Pool Tournament – Rugby North Dakota’s Northern Lights Shootout"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year is the 13th annual Northern Lights Shootout in Rugby, North Dakota. I’ve been to every one of them save the first. Robert Mattson<\/a> brought me to my first one in 2000. This December 1-4 the Tournament Director will be yours truly. We’ll have a $50 entry 9-Ball warm up tournament that begins Thursday night at 7 pm and continue through the day Friday. There will be no cap on the number of entries in this event this year. We hope to pay out over $1,000 for first place! Not bad for a low entry preliminary event.<\/p>\n

The 8-Ball main event will begin Friday night at 7 p.m. and entries must be paid by 6 p.m. that evening. Mail your entry to the Chamber of Commerce if you’d rather not stress about arriving by 6 o’clock. Weather and oil truck traffic are both unknowns in ND these days. If you absolutely can’t pay by mail and know you’ll be there in time to pay on site, please do me kindness<\/a> and let me know to expect you.<\/p>\n

This tournament, the town, and all the great people of Rugby and the players who attend are all very special to me.<\/strong> In particular, I’d like to thank my cue sponsor Samsara Cues<\/a>. Perhaps one of the most underrated cue makers in the world, they’ve been in business 20 years! We’ll have some special shop tours and you’ll get to see the guts of cues ranging in price from $500 to $10,000.<\/p>\n

Why should you come to the Northern Lights Shootout? I know pool tournaments have been dieing out and the number of players dwindling, but this event must be kept alive. Please pass the word and make an effort to attend. I’ve got a discussion thread in the Billiard Coach Forums<\/a> that has a list of players that are coming. Add your name to the list and comment on some of your favorite things about this tournament<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m writing a special piece in this year’s program to thank Mark Hamilton and all the local volunteers for getting this small town event a big time reputation in a dozen years. Here’s to another dozen successful tournaments!<\/p>\n

Please contact me to register or to answer any questions about the event.<\/p>\n

Thank you,<\/p>\n

Mike Fieldhammer<\/p>\n

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Please pass the word on about this great tournament.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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13th Annual Northern Lights Shootout<\/p>\n

$5,000 Added<\/p>\n

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Rugby Armory \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Rugby, North Dakota<\/p>\n

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9-Ball: December 1-2, 2011<\/p>\n

Sign-up Deadline Thursday at 6pm<\/p>\n

$50 Entry<\/p>\n

Matches begin at 7 pm<\/p>\n

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8-Ball: December 2-4, 2011<\/p>\n

Sign-up Deadline Friday at 6pm<\/p>\n

Matches begin at 7 pm<\/p>\n

Men’s Division $70 Entry<\/p>\n

Race to 5 Alternate Break<\/p>\n

Final 32: Calcutta, Redraw and Race to 6<\/p>\n

Women’s Division $40 Entry<\/p>\n

Race to 4 Double Elimination<\/p>\n

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Send Money Orders to:<\/p>\n

Rugby Chamber of Commerce<\/p>\n

Attn: Sharon Pfeifer<\/p>\n

224 Highway 2 SW<\/p>\n

Rugby, ND 58368<\/p>\n

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Hotel Rooms<\/p>\n

Northern Lights Inn<\/p>\n

701.776.5776<\/p>\n

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For more information please contact:<\/p>\n

Mike Fieldhammer<\/p>\n

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