The J. Pechauer Northeast Women’s Tour (JPNEWT) returned to the Raxx Pool Room, Sports Bar & Grill in West Hempstead, NY for the NY State Championship. With a $1500 add-on, fifteen ladies competed during the weekend of September 14-15, 2013. Although JPNEWT is a 2-day tour, the tour decided to scale back to a 1-day event to make room for an opportunity for the ladies to compete in the Women’s World 10-ball qualifier the next day. Linda Shea takes JPNEWT again. At the last event Shea had to double-dip a player to take top dollar. Shea was met with several close matches but did not face any repeat offenders. Returning member, Erica Testa, started out strong with a 7-4 victory of newcomer Latonia Taylor. Testa was then faced with Nicole Nester (ranked #2 thus far) who sent her west. That didn’t hold Testa back from being the winner of the 1-loss side. She took down Suzanne Sellet 7-1, Alex Calabrese 7-4, Borana Andoni 7-3, Yomaylin “Smiley” Feliz 7-1 to reach Dawn Fox in the semifinals. Dawn’s journey was a shorter one. She defeated Sellet 7-1, Kia Sidbury 7-4, and Andoni 7-6 before sent west by Shea in her second double-hill match of the day. Fox had one match between her and a possible rematch against Shea, but could not get through Testa in a 7-3 finish. The finals were met with Shea versus Testa. Shea took Testa down 7-5 and claimed her second win of the year. Top finishers were:
1st Linda Shea
2nd Erica Testa
3rd Dawn Fox
4th Yomaylin “Smiley” Feliz
5/6th Borana Andoni and
Nicole Nester The JPNEWT thanks all the players for participating in this event and spreading the word to other in your circle. Special thanks go out to Holden Chen of Raxx Pool Room for hosting this event and supporting women in billiards. Continued thanks go out to J. Pechauer Custom Cues for your continued support and sponsorship. JPNEWT’s next event is scheduled for October 12, 2013 only at Top Hat Cue Clue in Parkville, Maryland. This is a $500 added event. A newly acquired sponsor, Coins of the Realm, is supporting this event by adding $500 (1st $300, 2nd & 3rd $100), which now makes this a $1000 added event. The ladies of JPNEWT appreciate the support of all of our sponsors.
- by Kia Sidbury

The J. Pechauer Northeast Women’s Tour (JPNEWT) held its third tour stop of the 2013 season at First Break Café in Sterling, Virginia on July 27-28, 2013. Also, Coins of the Realm, one of the two newly acquired sponsors of JPNEWT, added $500 toward first, second, and third place finish. In a field of 18 ladies, Linda Shea went undefeated. She breezed through Kathy Friend 7-2, Nicole Vincent, 7-3 and Pauline Mattes 7-2. Kia Sidbury was fighting back after Shea had a huge lead on her, but also fell to Shea 7-5. Shea’s victory over Sidbury put her in the match for the hot seat. Meanwhile, Ji-Hyun Park withstood her opponents to meet Shea in the match for the hot seat. Park sent a few ladies west before meeting Shea. She defeated Colleen Shoop 7-4, Susan Shinn 7-5, and Nicole Vincent in a double-hill match. However, when Park met Shea, Shea sent her west as well. Park’s mission was to redeem herself against Shea as her loss to Shea advanced her to the semifinals. Park had to go through Vincent again to meet Shea in the finals. Early on, Nester went through Dawn Fox twice, Shanna Lewis 7-4 and Tricia Tennant 7-2. Yet, Vincent fell once more to Park, leaving Vincent with a nice third place finish bumping her current JPNEWT ranking to #2. The finals were met with Linda Shea versus Ji-Hyun Park in a modified race to 9. Although Shea practically swept through Park in their first bout, Park wasn’t allowing that to happen so easily this round. Shea had the lead on Park, but Park was able to tie things up 6-6. The next game would determine if the match would extend to a race to 9. Unfortunately for Park, Shea won that game, and in turn, won the tournament. Top finishers were:
1st Linda Shea $800
2nd Ji-Hyun Park $420
3rd Nicole Vincent $310
4th Tricia Tennant $140
5/6th Dawn Fox, Kia Sidbury $100
7/8th Pauline Mattes, Judie Wilson $50 The JPNEWT thanks all the players for participating in this event and spreading the word to other in your circle. Special thanks go out to First Break Cafe for hosting this event and supporting women in billiards. Continued thanks go out to J. Pechauer Custom Cues for your continued support and sponsorship. JPNEWT also extends a grateful thanks to our new sponsors Coins of the Realm and Black Heart Premium Billiard Tips. JPNEWT next tour stop will be held at Raxx Pool Room, Bar & Grill in West Hempstead, NY on September 14-15, 2013 with $1500 added.
- by Kia Sidbury

The J. Pechauer Northeast Women’s Tour (JPNEWT) took its second 2013 stop to the Raxx Pool Room, Sports Bar & Grill in West Hempstead, NY during the weekend of May 18-19, 2013. With $1500 added, twenty ladies fought a good fight to qualify for the upcoming Ultimate 10-Ball Championships in Tunica, MS. Briana Miller starts her tour year off with a bang as she goes undefeated at this qualifier event. Miller sent the following players west as she traveled to the hot seat: tour director Linda Shea 7-3, Borana Andoni 7-4, Shanna Lewis 7-4, and Yomaylin “Smiley” Feliz. Meanwhile, Feliz was causing damage as well before being sent west by Miller. She went through Kia Sidbury 7-4, Colleen Shoop 7-3, and Nicole Nester 7-2. From the 1-loss side Feliz defeated Linda Shea7-5 for a final chance at Miller. In the finals, Feliz fought a good fight and was determined to take down Miller. She was successful in extending the race to a modified 9 and played a double-hill match, but Miller took the match and qualified for the Ultimate 10-Ball Championships. Although Miller qualified, she will not be available to compete in the championship. Feliz accepted the spot. Top finishers were:
1st Briana Miller $580.00
2nd Yomaylin Feliz $380.00
3rd Linda Shea $260.00
4th Nicole Nester $180.00
5/6th Dawn Fox,
Shanna Lewis $100.00 The JPNEWT thanks all the players for participating in this event and spreading the word to other in your circle. Special thanks go out to Holden Chen of Raxx Pool Room for hosting this event and supporting women in billiards. Continued thanks go out to J. Pechauer Custom Cues for your continued support and sponsorship. Future tour stops can be found at http://www.jpnewt.com/tour_schedule.asp.
- by Kia Sidbury

Siming Chen, ranked #3 in the WPA, tore through the J. Pechauer Northeast Women’s Tour (JPNEWT) opening event of 2013. On the weekend of April 20-21, 2013, with $1500 in the purse and twenty-seven competitors, JPNEWT held the Maryland State Championship and WPBA U.S. Open qualifier at Triple Nines Bar and Billiards in Elkridge, Maryland. JPNEWT started off the year on a positive note. The turn-out for the first event was pretty good, attracting most of the regulars from last year and former players like Yomaylin “Smiley” Feliz from New York. Welcome back Smiley! I was also impressed by the amount of new players on the scene. The tour welcomes Jen Sylvester, Alex Calabrese, Paula Dickerson, Arron Haefele, Suzanne Sellet, Ann Grintsuk, and Amanda Wilder. In 2012, Megan Smith was the Maryland State Champion and returned to defend her title. However, there was a beast in the house that went undefeated, crowned Maryland’s new champ, and qualified for the WPBA US Open. Siming Chen dominated the bottom half of the field as she swiftly went through Lenore Donovan and Nicole Vincent 7-1, Linda Shea and Nicole Nester 7-3. Meanwhile, from the top of the field, BCA Hall of Famer, Karen Corr, was doing a lot of damage. Corr swept through Aaron Haefele, Courtney Hall and Kathy Friend. She also downed Yomaylin Feliz 7-4. Coming down to the hot seat match, Corr and Chen faced-off. Corr could not quite get through Chen. While Chen awaits her final match, Corr quickly won the semifinals for a rematch against Chen. Although the final round was a modified race to 9, Corr couldn’t get passed two games on Chen; awarding Chen the champ. It is noteworthy to acknowledge Feliz’s accomplishments in this event. After taking some time off from JPNEWT, she returned with a bang and took third place. Her victims were Alex Calabrese, Borana “Killer B” Andoni, Shanna Lewis, Nicole Nester, and Kathy Friend. I also acknowledge our JPNEWT Amateur winner, Jennifer Nhek, for her second consecutive win which allotted her free entry into this event. Last but not least, Linda Shea, our director, was recently inducted into the New England Hall of Fame. Way to go ladies! Congratulations to all the top finishers below: 1st Si Ming Chen $600
2nd Karen Corr $400
3rd Yomalyin “Smiley” Feliz $265
4th Kathy Friend $180
5/6th Nicole Nester, Megan Smith $120
7/8th Shanna Lewis/Linda Shea $80 The JPNEWT thanks all the players for participating in this event and spreading the word to other lady players. We appreciate all the fans and spectators both on site and at http://www.ustream.tv. A special thank you goes out to Stan Natsiatka, owner of Triple Nines Bar and Billiards, for hosting this event and supporting women in billiards. Continued thanks go out to J. Pechauer Custom Cues for your continued support and sponsorship. Coming up on May 18-19, 2013 is the Ultimate 10-Ball Championships qualifier to be held at Raxx Pool Room, Bar & Grill, West Hempstead, NY 11552.
- by Kia Sidbury