US OPEN PLAYER JOURNAL FROM LEO NIKORA:
The third day of Block play had the best weather yet. Each player played another three games. Afterword, the Toast & Tally was held at the home of Donna Dixon.
Open Flight
Brian Cumming and Dan Pailas won all three of their games today; Cumming with two triple peels. Charlie Smith upset Paul Bennett.
Doug Grimsley tightened the hoops today. All day long, many of the hoops had to be reset because balls got stuck in them.
WINS
3: Cumming, Pailas
2: Butts, Grimsley, Smith
1: Bennett, Curtis, Nikora
0: Kelley, Kraft
There were only three triple peels today – tighter hoops?
TRIPLE PEELS
2: Cumming
1: Grimsley
At the end of Block play, here are the rankings.
1st Cumming (8 wins, 4 TPs)
2nd Grimsley (7 wins, 4 TPs)
3rd Pailas (6 wins)
4th Bennett (6 wins, 4 TPs)
5th Smith (6 wins)
6th Butts (5 wins)
7th Nikora (3 wins, 1 TP)
8th Curtis (2 wins)
9th Kelley (2 wins)
10th Kraft (0 wins)
The top eight players are divided into two four-player Playoff blocks that each play a full round-robin.
PLAYOFF BLOCK 1
1st Cumming
4th Bennett
5th Smith
8th Curtis
PLAYOFF BLOCK 2
2nd Grimsley
3rd Pailas
6th Butts
7th Nikora
The winners of each Playoff block will advance to the best-of-three final.
"A" FLIGHT: At the end of Block play, here are the rankings.
1st Steve Mossbrook
2nd Donna Dixon
3rd Nick Gray
4th Mary Rodeberg
5th Pat Dugan
6th Mike Orgill
7th Cameron Evans
8th Bob Morford
9th Toni Kemp
10th Tracy Roche
The top eight players are divided into two four-player Playoff blocks that each play a full round-robin.
"A" PLAYOFF BLOCK 1
1st Mossbrook
4th Rodeberg
5th Dugan
8th Morford
"A" PLAYOFF BLOCK 2
2nd Dixon
3rd Gray
6th Orgill
7th Evans
The winners of each Playoff block will advance to the best-of-three final.
See the latest pictures in the 2016 United States Open album.