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Round Two 8-ball tournament to return
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Posted on May 27 2005
Round Two Bar and Grill will be reviving its Thursday 8-ball invitational tournament on June 2 at the Garapan watering hole.
The Thursday 8-ball competition used to be one of the most popular pool tournaments on island but has suffered through poor attendance soon after Round Two’s original owner Don Pangelinan left for the U.S. mainland.
New owners Don and Nenita Bufton said they would like to return the still unnamed billiards tournament to the prominence it enjoyed two of three years ago.
“There have been a lot of inquiries for us to hold the Thursday 8-ball competition again. A lot of players miss the tournament and I also believe that as the new owners of the landmark, it’s also our responsibility to keep this long-standing tradition going,” said Nenita Bufton.
She said she and her husband are in negotiations with a Saipan beverage company to sponsor the tournament and said if talks bear fruit, the event will adopt the name of products being sold by the sponsor.
Bufton said entry fee for the invitational 8-ball tournament is $10 and the 16 slots up for grabs would come in a first come, first serve basis.
Winner of the tournament will bag a weekly championship trophy and a cash prize, while runner-up and third place will not go home empty handed, as gift items and a cash prizes also await them.
For more information on Round Two’s still unnamed Thursday 8-ball invitational tournament, call 234-6930.
