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Tournament Of The Heartland
2008 Heartland Results
2009 Heartland Results
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2010 Heartland Men's Master List
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Top Score / Junior Program
2009 Heartland Juniors Results
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Heartland Dates - 2011
January 14th,15th,16th


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Heartland Billiard Leagues

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Heartland Newsletter (Printable)

The Heartland Association was formed in 2002 by a group of vendors that included Top Score Games of Columbus, GI Music (now Mid Nebraska Coin) of Grand Island, Howard Sales of Omaha and Taylor Amusements of Lincoln. One of the biggest goals of the association was to make the Heartland open to pool league players from all over the state.
The Heartland Association held its first pool tournament at Madsen's (Lincoln) in 2002. There were about 25 teams that competed in two divisions. The singles competition had about 50 players. After nine years of growth the 2010 tournament was held last January at the New World Inn in Columbus. There were 80 teams in Open Division, 14 teams in the Intermediate Division and 29 teams in the Sportsmen's Division. The Sportsmen's Division was for teams that lost two out of their first three matches. There were 270 players that played in the Open, Intermediate, Master's and Women's singles and 385 that played in the teams.
Every player that participates in the Heartland Tournament is given an individual rating by a committee from each individual's league that is based on talent and tournament money won. Those ratings are overseen by two master players Keith Stewart and Jerry Siefken that have over 40 years of combined tournament experience. What the ratings create are a great amount of parity in the singles and team competition. You must be a Nebraska resident to participate in the Heartland (except Master's singles). There are 3 levels of ratings. "Master", "Intermediate" (A) and "Open" (B & C players). Intermediate teams may have only (1) "Master" on a team. Open teams may have only (1) Intermediate and no "Master's" on a team. All tournament matches are played on 7' Valley bar tables with Granito cloth and red circle cue balls. There are no green fees charged for the tournament and all sanction fees are added back to the tournament.
All leagues and associations rank their players based on different criteria. The Heartland chooses to rank its players on known ability and individual money won in all tournaments, not just Heartland events. Due to the number of "Master" players in the Heartland Association and not being able to field a competitive team division at this time there will be no "Master's" team division at the 2011 Heartland Tournament. The 2011"Master's" singles will have a $30.00 entry fee for sanctioned league members and $60.00 for non-sanctioned players. 1st place in the "Master's" singles will be "Guaranteed" $600.00. There is an updated 2010 "Master's" list posted on the website.
The Open team division will consist of 16 games per match with each player playing their opponent one game each. Teams that don’t cash in the main tournament will be eligible to play in the Sportsmen's Division (formerly second chance). The Sportsmen’s Division will begin on Sunday morning. There is a $20.00 entry fee per team for the Sportsmen’s Division Tournament.
In the Intermediate team division each player will play their opponent 2 games every time at the table, taking turns breaking. This format makes it easier to get in stroke and gives you a chance to get back at your opponent if they run out on you the first game. With this format you are usually only waiting 15-20 minutes before you are back at the table playing 2 more games. Plus the fact that all players are playing a total of 8 games each for a total of 32 games in the match. All matches in both divisions are played on 2 tables. VNEA 10 point scoring is used and most total points win the match in both divisions. If the teams are tied in total points after all games have been played, the last round will be replayed with the same order. The teams will flip for the first break and alternate breaks . The Open and Intermediate team divisions are drawn up in bracket form. For you pool players in the Beatrice-Crete area wanting to become eligible for the 2011 Heartland tournament there will be a Heartland league on Sunday's for the 2010-2011 season. Sign up deadline for this league is Sept 11th. Contact Rhonda Pomajzl at (402)430-1783. We are presently taking to Fremont, Kearney and West Point about joining the Heartland.


WHY THE HEARTLAND IS THE BEST POOL TOURNAMENT IN NEBRASKA:

*THE LAST SEVEN (7) OPEN SINGLES WINNERS WERE FROM DIFFERENT CITIES IN NEBRASKA.
*ON SITE ROOMS NEW WORLD INN, COLUMBUS, NE 68601(402-564-1492).
*FREE TABLE PLAY NO GREENS FEES.
*GRANITO CLOTH AND RED CIRCLE CUE BALLS ON 60 7' VALLEY BAR TABLES.
*SPORTSMEN'S TOURNAMENT FOR OPEN TEAMS.
*32 GAME FORMAT IN THE INTERMEDIATE DIVISION.
* MINI TOURNAMENTS.

* ALL LEAGUE SANCTION FEES ADDED BACK TO THE TOURNAMENT

2008 TOURNAMENT: TOTAL MONEY PAID BACK------$15,445
2008 TOURNAMENT: TOTAL ENTRIES PAID IN ---------$11,475
ADDED MONEY: ------------------------------------------------------$ 3,970
2009 TOURNAMENT: TOTAL MONEY PAID BACK ------$20,290
2009 TOURNAMENT: TOTAL ENTRIES PAID IN ---------$15,625
ADDED MONEY: ------------------------------------------------------$ 4,565
2010 TOURNAMENT: TOTAL MONEY PAID BACK -----$18,705
2010 TOURNAMENT: TOTAL ENTRIES PAID IN ---------$15,170
ADDED MONEY: ------------------------------------------------------$ 3,535

The Heartland Association invites you to see for yourself why we are the fastest growing billiard association in Nebraska working with vendor and independent leagues. For more info about the Heartland Association and how to become a member please call JD Mitchell at Top Score Games (402-562-7900), Keith Stewart (308-383-3140) or Jerry Siefken (402-525-8843).

RULES AND GUIDELINES

*THE HEARTLAND TOURNAMENT FOLLOWS VNEA RULES FOR ALL TOURNAMENT PLAY
(Exception; Scratching while shooting at the 8-ball is a loss whether you make the 8- ball or not.)

*ALL PLAYER RATINGS ARE DETERMINED BY LEAGUE DIRECTORS

*ALL PLAYERS MUST COME FROM A SANCTIONED LEAGUE (EXCEPT FOR MASTER SINGLE PLAYERS).

*ALL TEAM MEMBERS MUST COME FROM THE SAME CHARTER. *TEAM MEMBERS MUST HAVE 2 CORE MEMBERS SHOOTING AT LEAST 8 NIGHTS TOGETHER. THE 3RD PLAYER MUST HAVE AT LEAST 8 NIGHTS WITH ANY TEAM IN THE CHARTER. THE 4TH PLAYER MUST HAVE AT LEAST 4 NIGHTS WITH ANY TEAM WITHIN THE CHARTER.

*OPEN TEAMS MAY HAVE ONLY (1) INTERMEDIATE PLAYER AND NO MASTER'S ON A TEAM.

*INTERMEDIATE TEAMS MAY HAVE ONLY (1) MASTER ON A TEAM.


"HEARTLAND CHAMPIONS 2002-PRESENT"

"MASTER"S"
2008 BOB ANDREWS (Omaha)
2009 KURT SABIN (Lincoln)
2010 CHRIS SIEFKEN (Lincoln)

"INTERMEDIATE"
2008 JEFF POWELL (Seward)

2009 SCOTT WITTE (Hastings)

2010 ERIC SEDALEK (Columbus)


"OPEN"
2002 PRESTON BOEH (Lincoln)

2003 JASON WATHOR (Lincoln)

2004 BRIAN HULS (Lincoln)

2005 O BONDASEK (Grand Island)

2006 BRAD MIERAU (Columbus)

2007 SCOTT ROSENDAHL (Creston)

2008 BRIAN VRANA (Malmo)

2009 TRAVIS HANSEN (Norfolk)

2010 DUSTIN SMITH (David City)


"WOMEN'S"
2005 - PAM GRONENTHAL (Columbus)

2006 - CHRIS ROBISON (Columbus)

2007 Ronda Zimmerman (Grand Island)

2008 HEATHER MACIAS (Hastings)

2009 SHARI RICE (Omaha)

2010 BECKY ANDERSON (Omaha)


SCOTT ROSENDAHL of Creston was the 2007 Heartland Open Division Champion. Scott (40) shoots R-H and plays with a Meucci cue. Scott started playing pool as a teenager and has been into pool league since he was 20 years old. Scott plays pool league out of Kudron's Keg in Humprey. He never had much luck in pool tournaments until the 2007 Heartland.

BRIAN VRANA of Malmo was the 2008 Heartland Open Division Champion. Brian (30) shoots R-H and plays with a Viking cue. He started playing pool in high school and has played in leagues about 10 years. Brian plays leagues out of Tiny's in Schuyler. Brian estimates he's played in 6 or 7 pool tournaments and won about $75-$100 before Heartland.

TRAVIS HANSEN of Pierce was the 2009 Heartland Open Division Champion. Travis (32) shoots R-H and plays with a McDermott cue with a Predator shaft. He started playing when he was 12 yrs. old. He played in pool leagues when in college and still plays for the Depot in Norfolk. Travis believes he has won about $200-$300 prior to Heartland in tournaments.

DUSTIN SMITH of David City was the 2010 Heartland Open Division Champion. Dusty (24) shoots R-H and plays with a $60 Sears cue and a $25 Everest tip. He started playing when he was 5 yrs. old and started pool leagues when he was 18. Dusty plays pool league out of Thomas Tavern in David City. The Heartland was only Dusty's second big tournament and he won it with a cast on his left hand.


HEARTLAND TEAM CHAMPIONS

2002
OPEN–Madsen's Doctor's (Denny Hale, Bruce Irons, Mark Jackson & Larry Siebe)
MASTER'S–Madsen's OO (Mark Butt, Nick Chleborad, Rob Johns & Ron Reynoldson)

2003
OPEN–Overland Undecided Again (Kevin Barnes, Bryon Bloom, Dennis Sanford & Preston Boeh)
MASTER'S–Madsen's Doctors (Shawn Cepurnieks, Derek Deger,Cole Foster & Larry Siebe)

2004
OPEN - Woody’s (Shane Nielson, Pat Quilliams, Dennis. Sanford & Jay Thompson)
MASTER'S–Madsen's Reloaded (Mark Butt, Ryan Cobb, Kurt Sabin & Jerry Siefken)

2005
OPEN–Gibby's After 8 (O Bondasek, Tom Gibson, Cory Popadouplos & Isreal Ureste)
MASTER'S– NO MASTER'S DIVISION

2006
OPEN - Gibby's After 8 (Chad Dahlke, Todd Fester, NealWiley & WayneWilson)
MASTER'S–Gibby's Last Stand (O bondasek, Kevin Hamling, Ben Landis & Isreal Ureste)

2007
OPEN - White Horse High 5 (Gary Bolles, Jim Carruth, Dayne Kobza & Max Perry)
MASTER'S–Big Red (Brian Alloway, Tom Bender, Chad Dahlke & Doug Schultz)

2008
OPEN - Tank Bulldogs (Chuck Colclasure, Jeremy Dahlke, Grant Edwardson & Mike Penrose)
INTERMEDIATE–Go Chalk Yourself
MASTER'S–Foederis Patroni (Bob Andrews, Theo Lee, Kurt Sabin & Chris Siefken)

2009
OPEN - Side Pockets (Michael Brandon, Steve Thompson, Damien Gomez & Danny Weaver)
INTERMEDIATE - Smooth Outlaws (Jim King, Steve Nelson, Jay Thompson & Rex Yoder)
MASTER'S - NO MASTER'S DIVISION

2010
OPEN - Stolis (Bill Lansdowne sr., Bill Lansdowne jr, Matt Kizzier & James Werner)
INTERMEDIATE - Breakers (Larry Runge, Dennis Shepherd, Neal Wiley & Wayne Wilson)
MASTER'S - NO MASTER'S DIVISION
WOMEN’S DIVISION - The Squatters (Katie Abegglen, Beth Miller, Dawn O’Mera & Carleen Unger)


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THE HEARTLAND ASSOCIATION

The Heartland Association was formed in 2002 by a group of vendors including Top Score Games of Columbus, GI Music of Grand Island, now Mid Nebraska Coin, and Taylor Amusements in Lincoln. One of the biggest goals was to make the Heartland Association open to Pool players from all over the state of Nebraska. The Heartland Association held its first pool tournament at Madsen’s (Lincoln) in 2002. There were about 25 teams that competed in two divisions. The singles competition had about 50 players. After seven years of growth the 2009 tournament was held in January at the New World Inn in Columbus. Pool teams from the towns of Brainard, Bellwood, Columbus, David City, Duncan, Garrison, Grand Island, Gresham, Hadar, Hastings, Linwood, Nebraska City, Norfolk, Osceola, Platte Center, Rising City, Schuyler, Seward, and Shelby were represented. 2009 Heartland Tournament Their Were 104 Teams in the Open and Intermediate divisions, For a total of 416 players.Their were 273 Players that Competed in the Open, Intermediade, Masters and Womens singles divisions.Check out the 2009 Heartland Tournaments pay-outs.
Every player that participates Heartland Tournament has an individual player rating that is determined by a committee of knowledgeable players from each individual league based on league play and tournament money won. The ratings are overseen by two master players Keith Stewart and Jerry Siefken who have over 40 years of tournament experience combined. What The ratings create are a great amount of parity in the singles and teams. To play in the Heartland Association you must be a Nebraska resident. By limiting the membership to Nebraska residents only it is much easier to rate players. There are three levels of ratings. “Master”, “Intermediate” (A) and “Open” (B & C players). Intermediate teams may have only (1) Master on the team and Open teams may have only (1) Intermediate player and no Master’s on the team. There are only 4 players on a team in both divisions. All tournament matches are played on open valley bar tables with granito cloth and red circle cue balls. There are no green fees charged for the tournament and all sanction money is added back to the tournament. Due to the number of “Master” players in the Heartland Association and not being able to field a competitive division at this time there will be no “Master’s” team division at the 2010 Heartland Tournament. All leagues and associations rank their Master players based on different criteria. The Heartland chooses to rate its Master’s on known ability and individual money won in all tournaments, not just Heartland events. There will be a Heartland Master’s list posted on the web site in the near future. The Heartland Master’s singles will be open to any player from Nebraska. There will be a $30.00 entry fee for sanctioned players and a $60.00 entry fee for non-sanctioned players. The Master’s singles will have a guaranteed $800.00 first place. In the Intermediate team division each player will play their opponent 2 games each every time at the table and they will take turns breaking. Teams will play all matches on 2 tables. This format makes it easier to get in stroke and a chance to get back at your opponent if they win the first game. With this format you are usually only waiting 15-20 minutes before you are back to the table playing 2 more games. Plus the fact that all players play a total of 8 games each for a total of 32 games in the match. In the Open division all matches consisted of 16 games per match with each player playing their opponent 1 game each. VNEA 10 point scoring is used and total points win the match in both the divisions. The Intermediate and Open divisions are both drawn up in bracket form.

 

Heartland Rules & Guidelines

All player rating will be determined by league directors

All players must come from a heartland sanctioned league

All team members must come from the same charter

Teams must have at least 2 core members shooting 8 nights together. 3rd player must have at least 8 league nights with any team in charter and 4th player must have minimum of 4 nights of league within charter.

One intermediate player allowed in a open team
One master player allowed in an intermediate team

 

THE HEARTLAND ASSOCIATION AND TOURNAMENT INVITES YOU TO SEE FOR YOURSELF WHY WE ARE THE FASTEST GROWING BILLIARD ASSOCIATION IN NEBRASKA WORKING WITH VENDOR AND INDEPENDENT LEAGUES.

WHY THE HEARTLAND POOL TOURNAMENT IS THE BEST
POOL TOURNAMENT IN NEBRASKA ARE LISTED BELOW:

* FREE TABLE PLAY - NO GREENS FEES
* TOURNAMENT WITH ON SITE ROOMS (NEW WORLD INN,COLUMBUS,NE)
* SECOND CHANCE TOURNAMENT FOR OPEN TEAMS
* TRUE INDIVIDUAL PLAYER RATINGS
* 32 GAME FORMAT IN THE INTERMEDIATE DIVISION
* GRANITO CLOTH ON 60 VALLEY BAR TABLES
* RED CIRCLE CUE BALLS

* ALL SANCTION FEES ADDED BACK TO THE TOURNAMENT
* 2008 TOTAL MONEY PAID BACK: ................$15,445
* 2008 TOTAL ENTRIES PAID IN:......................$11,475
* 2008 TOTAL ADDED MONEY:.........................$ 3,970

* 2009 TOTAL MONEY PAID BACK: ................$20,290
* 2009 TOTAL ENTRIES PAID IN:......................$15,625
* 2009 TOTAL ADDED MONEY:.........................$ 4,665

For more information about the Heartland Association and how to become a member please call JD at Top Score Games (402-562-7900) in Columbus, Keith Stewart (308-383-3140) in Grand Island or Jerry Siefken (402-525-8843) in Lincoln. Also check the web site www.heartlandtournament.com for results of the 2008 Heartland Tournament and more info.