David Hanshaw did a great job of running the event, which took place o­n October 25, 2003.  Abbink cruised through the winners' bracket unscathed, defeating players such as Lonnie Fox, Karyn Stroh, and CJ Jerome before meeting Rim in the hot seat match, where she defeated Rim 7-2.

Rim, a Michigan local, defeated Susan Wade, Kelly Pendleton, Jaki Lovrince, and Andrea Knieper before her loss to Abbink that put her in the o­ne-loss side.  There she went head-to-head with Tara David, who took second place at the tour's first stop, and won the hill-hill match. 

In the Abbink/Rim rematch, both ladies played some great pool and fought hard against each other, but it seemed as if Abbink ultimately got more rolls than her opponent did, and she ultimately won the finals by the score of 9-5.

The J. Pechauer Michigan Women's 9-Ball Tour's next stop will be o­n December 5-6, 2003, at Bogart's Billiard Café and will be a $500-added event.  For more information, visit www.mw9ball.com.

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Results:

1st Rachael Abbink $400

2nd Alice Rim $240

3rd Tara Davis $170

4th Lonnie Fox $120

5th Andrea Knieper, CJ Jerome $90

7th Vicki Paski, Julie Melman $60

9th India Slaughter, Caryn Stroh, Jaki Lovrince, Tracy Koss $35

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