Treadway & McCreesh Headline Planet Pool Tour

By R.T. Mechling

The Planet Pool Tour headed to Breaktime Sports Grill & Pub in Salisbury, MD, o­n May 14-15, and the tournament featured another outstanding performance from some of the tour's best shooters.  Pam Treadway continued her hot streak as she claimed the women's 9-Ball title in undefeated style.  Ryan McCreesh came from the "B"-side to defeat Shaun Wilkie to claim the open division 9-Ball title.

Treadway captured her third undefeated title o­n the Planet Pool Tour against a field of twelve competitors in Salisbury.  Malea Haacke was bested by Treadway 7-2 in the hot seat, but Haacke rebounded o­n the o­ne-loss side to oust Kathy Friend 5-1.  In the rematch final with Treadway, Haacke o­nce again was soundly defeated 9-4 to settle for second place.  Kim Sudler's fourth-place finish was her best o­n the tour to date.

In the 9-Ball Open division,Jimmy Tyson scored his best finish o­n the tour by claiming fourth-place, but it was McCreesh and Wilkie that played their way through a field of 40 competitors en route to a hot seat meeting and a shot at the finals.  Wilkie claimed victory over McCreesh courtesy of the 9-6 win, and McCreesh's arrival o­n the left side put him opposite Kevin West.  The match went hill-hill but McCreesh prevailed 9-8 to put himself in position to seek revenge against Wilkie.  In the final match, Wilkie's luck came to an end as McCreesh thwarted his hopes for the title by taking the match 11-6. 

In the 8-Ball open division Josh Brothers took home top honors by defeating Ed Deska 7-6.  Janet Keith claimed victory over Kathleen Lawless 5-4 in the women's 8-ball division. 

9-Ball Open Division Results:
1st Ryan McCreesh $1,000
2nd Shaun Wilkie $ 600
3rd Kevin West $400
4th Jimmy Tyson $270
5th Rob Hart, Danny Bell $170
7th Don Steele, Jerry Slivka $120
9th Ben Hardy, John Moody Jr., Brandon Shuff, Jeremy Montgomery $75

9-Ball Women's Division Results:
1st Pam Treadway $350
2nd Malea Haacke $250
3rd Kathy Friend $155
4th Kim Sudler $100

8-Ball Open Division Results:

1st Josh Brothers
2nd Ed Deska

8-Ball Women's Division Results:

1st Janet Keith
2nd Kathleen Lawless

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