Tampa Bay vs. Miami Tournament Part 2 Results
Part two of the Tampa Bay vs. N. Miami Amateur Tournament was held at Luis’s cancha this past weekend. Special thanks to our South Florida correspondent, Jesus Olivera, for supplying the details and photos.
Several Tampa Bay players were unable to attend due to the hurricane that was heading that way earlier and players needed to prepare, so the format of the two cities vs. each other was pretty much scrapped. The storm eventually turned and clobbered the Ft. Myers/Sanibel Beach area, but that didn’t stop a great tournament from still taking place.
The two-day tournament with Group 1 players and Group 2 payers each with 5 teams and competing 5 games played to 8 points on Saturday, October 8th. The top three players from each group would play on the Sunday Finals.
The Group 1 players in the front were Scott Burat, Caby, Geroge San Jaun, Peer and Belota. In the back were Norge, Michael Richards (Taza) , Dave and Henry.
The Group 2 players in the front were Jose, Jay Herrera (Rubio), Jerry, Peugeot and Ivan. In the back were Bob, Corky, Joe P, George Z and Jesus Olivera.
Advancing to the finals for the 6-team game, six games to 8 points with fronts staying the poste picked by drawings numbers before the game and back rotating, were in the front – Caby, San Juan, Rubio, Belota, Peugeot and Henry. IN the back were Corky, Jules, Joe P, Henry, Norge and Jesus.
The winners of the finals would then play a Partido to 15 points for the trophies.
Jay Herrera (Rubio) was the winner in the front and teamed with Norge who won the back and played the Partido against the players that got 2nd place. Peugeot in the front and Corky in the back. Rubio and Norge won 15-12.
Jose and Mike (Taza) won a consultation quinella to 11 points. All the players that didn’t make it to the finals played a consolation quiniela.
Jesus reported that it was immense fun with Norge a vacuum cleaner, catching machine. He also remarked that he had an awesome experience to play against Corky, the former Tampa Jai-alai star player. He made incredible catches and threw BULLETS, some nearly “killing” him! .
