Deno J. Andrews
Tour Director,
International Pool Tour
www.internationalpooltour.com
kspies@internationalpooltour.com
24 March 2006
Daryl Peach with Kevin Trudeau at the Marietta Qualifier.
IPT Qualification Tournaments
The 2006 International Pool Tour Season is about to start! The first two events of the season are “open” tournaments where players can qualify to participate through the qualification system. There are going to be 150 qualification tournaments played in 2006 (breakdown below) and even non-IPT players can qualify to win their share of well over $8 million in prize money and accrue ranking points making it very possible to qualify for a 2007 Tour Card, which guarantees each IPT player in 2007 a minimum of $100,000 in earnings!
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The IPT has hosted five very successful qualification tournaments already in 2006. Four of these events were held in the U.S. and one in The Netherlands. Each of these events drew strong crowds of fans, the best players, and received great coverage in the local media. These tournaments were very high profile and the level of play was said, by many players, to have been stronger than many world championships! Room owners welcomed the crowds, who in turn were delighted to see so many top players competing. In locations where we hosted events, there is still a strong buzz about the IPT events. If you did not follow along on line, you may still view pictures, stories, and results from these events at www.internationalpooltour.com.
If you own or manage a venue in North America, U.K., Mainland Europe, Asia, Australia/New Zealand, or elsewhere and would like to be one of the select rooms in the world to be chosen to host an event (or more), now is the time to contact the IPT. If you know of a room that would like to host an event, please have them contact the IPT immediately. Here is a breakdown of the events to be held in 2006:
The North American Open (July 2006) will host the full 150 IPT player roster plus 50 players who will qualify from 25 qualification tournaments throughout the world. These qualification tournaments will be held between late April-June. Keep in mind, only 25 rooms in the world will be chosen to host qualification tournaments for this round.
The World Open (September 2006) will also host the full 150 IPT player roster plus 50 players who will qualify from 25 qualification tournaments throughout the world. These qualification tournaments will be held between late June-July. Again, only 25 rooms will host this round of qualification tournaments with each continent having only a small number of tournaments.
The 2007 IPT Tour Card Qualification Tournament (December 2006) will include the bottom 50 IPT players who are eliminated from the tour plus 200 players who will qualify from 100 qualification tournaments throughout the world. These events will be taking place between September-early December 2006. One hundred of the best venues around the world will host this final round of qualification events.
This is your chance to be a part of history. If you would like to host one or more events throughout the year, you need to contact the IPT Event Planning Department as soon as possible by emailing Kimberly Spies at:
kspies@internationalpooltour.com
Please include your name, room name, location, all telephone numbers an email addresses at which you can be reached. The IPT will contact you shortly thereafter to discuss the details of the events. Do not hesitate to contact us if you would like to be considered as a host location for these events.
I look forward to seeing your name on the list of host rooms.
Best regards,
Deno J. Andrews
Tour Director,
International Pool Tour
www.internationalpooltour.com