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Top Shark Tournament History

Tournaments
2023 Top Shark Tournament
Total payouts per groups were $3,000 and total payouts were $12,000.  
Congratulations to the following top 8 in each handicap group:
0-43 1st Will Hunt, 2nd Margaret Flowers, 3rd Vallery Zarhouni, 4th Stacy Haller, 5th-8th Jeff Landreth, Tim Rowe, Deon Baskett, Aprile Taylor.
24 players
43-67 1st Daniel Holtzclaw, 2nd Jamie Huntze, 3rd Leon Spencer, 4th Billy Schrader, 5th-8th Earl Black, Matt Sommer, Dave Mason, Vince Taylor.
28 players
68-86 1st Dale Smallwood, 2nd Ed Richardson, 3rd Scotty Smallwood, 4th Mike Mueller, 5th-8th Rhonda Moses. Russell Miller, Lee Edwards, Ellis Carter.
26 players
88+ 1st Josh Stone, 2nd Gary Wathen, 3rd Place Adam Laffoon, 4th Dave Stockman, 5th-8th Mike Wickers, Cole McCubbin, Shaun Crisp, Kenny Willis.
26 players
2022 Top Shark Tournament
Payouts for 1st in all handicap groups were 1st $1,000, 2nd $800, 3rd $500, 4th $300, 5th-8th $100.

Total payouts per groups were $3,000 and total payouts were $12,000.  

Congratulations to the following top 8 in each handicap group:

10-45 1st Eric Hiatt, 2nd William Clines, 3rd Brent Butler, 4th Aprile Taylor, 5th-8th Becky Stone, Tricia Morris, Nate Conner, and Windy Taylor.
Calcutta Payouts were $350.  26 players

46-67 1st Trayson Reams, 2nd Jerry Steck, 3rd Dale Smallwood, 4th Brian Doerge, 5th-8th Gary Smith, Matt Sommer, Brian Libby, and Mark Voss.
Calcutta payouts were $1050.  28 players

68-82 1st Lee Edwards, 2nd Ron Lynes, 3rd Chad Winge, 4th Jared Cook, 5th-8th Ellis Carter, Anthony Flowers, Micah White, and Ray Collins.
Calcutta Payouts were $880.  26 players

83+ 1st Ivan Sweezer, 2nd Vernon Diggs, Darrel Moses, 4th Thad Stubbs, 5th-8th Troy Kirkendoll, Cole McCubbin, Gary Wathen, and Kenny Willis.
Calcutta payouts were $1350.  25 players


NAPA OF CENTRAL MISSOURI 2021 TOP SHARK TOURNAMENT


This is to reward the players who play in NAPA and not to reward those players that only play one season and quit.  To qualify for this tournament you MUST play at least FIVE matches a season and TWO out of last three seasons in NAPA and play in a league that supports paying an extra $1 each time you shoot.

NAPA of Central Missouri holds a FREE ENTRY, LOCAL tournament between Columbia, Jefferson City, and Moberly and Troy each year. The tournament is known as the Top Shark Tournament.

Each player pays and extra $1 when they shoot to fund the tournament.  This tournament is FREE entry unless the leagues wants to add to the payouts. The more teams, the more money in payouts. It is to your benefit to recruit more players into NAPA so the payouts can be the highest they can be.  If your league does not pay the extra $1 per week then you are not eligible to play in this FREE ENTRY Tournament.

We did not have a tournament in 2020, because of Covid 19 pandemic.  We had one in 2021 that combined the payouts from 2020 and 2021.

The 2021 Top Shark Tournament was held on May 15-16 and May 22-23.  The tournament will be over two weekends because I wanted to keep the number of players playing as low as possible simply because the pandemic is not over.  Secondly, a complaint on the last Top Shark was the number of games played in the lowest handicap group,  In 2019 in the winner's bracket for the lowest handicap group, a difference of 0-19 points the race was 2-2. This year the race will be 3-3.  In addition, the losers bracket in the upper group will be a race to 3 instead of a race to 2.  This will increase the time required for the tournament.   All of the other races will remain the same in the losers bracket being a race to 2.  The doors open at 8:30 AM instead of 9 AM and the matches start at 10 AM.  There will be a Calcutta and it will begin at 9:30 AM.

Each handicap group will have the following payouts:
1st    $1,500    (in 2019 $1,060) plus trophy
2nd    $1,100    (in 2019 $800) plus trophy
3rd    $ 750    (in 2019 $500)
4th    $ 500    (in 2019 $300)
5th-8th    $ 115    (in 2019 $75)
9th-16th   $ 90    (in 2019 none given)

The Handicap groups for the 2021 Top Shark are:
0 - 43   42 players playing on 15 May
44 - 64 42 players playing on 22 May
65 - 82  42 players playing on 16 May
83+      42 players playing on 23 May
168 players total

Any shooter that has a conflict, can shoot in the group immediately ABOVE their handicap level.  You cannot move down.

Here is what the handicap groups have been in the past:

2016:  0-41, 42.58, 59-77, 78+  106 players
2017:  0-40, 41-53, 54-74, 75+  112 players
2018:  0-43, 44-60, 61-74, 75+  147 players
2019:  0-43, 44-60, 61-81, 82+  140 players
2020  no tournament - covid - money carried over
2021  0-43, 44-64, 65-82, 83+  168 players (over two weekends)
2022:  0-46, 47-66, 67-82, 83+ 101 players

Chad Reams will be running the tournament again this year.  

The 0-43 Handicap group is done for 2021.  Played on Saturday May 15th 2021.  Here are the results:
1st Anthony Black $1500
2nd Tucker Bernskoetter $1100
3rd PJ Hunt $750
4th Tim Rowe $500
5th-8th Windy Taylor, Gary Smith, Cari Dunivent, Russell Gay $115
9th-16th Allyce Schlecht, Jimmy Hammonds, Paul Emerson, Vance Johnson, Tricia Morris, Eric Hiatt, Colby Fusselman, and Becky Burnett.
Great Job Everyone!! $90

The 65 - 82 Handicap group in the 2021 $20,000 Top Shark Tournament is complete.  Played on Sunday May 16th 2021.  Congratulations to Dave Mason for coming in 1st a repeat performance from 2019!
1st Dave David Mason $1500
2nd Brian Jennings $1100
3rd Neil Reynolds $750
4th Jay Bernskoetter $500
5-8th  Zach Hazlett, Vince Taylor, Glen Campbell, and Tom Amerson $115
9th-16th Ron Lynes, Alex Plassmeyer, Rhonda Moses, Daniel Holtzclaw, Jeff Bexten, Robert Moseley, Anthony Flowers, and Lauren Dillender $90.
Another great day on the tables and some equally great matches!  
Thank you all for being part of NAPA!

The 44-64 Handicap group in the 2021 $20,000 Top Shark Tournament is complete.  Played on Saturday, May 22, 2021.  Here are the results:
1st John Watkins $1500
2nd Jamie Walters $1100
3rd Jamie Huntze $750
4th Jonathan Marsh $500
5-8th Jacob Ridgway, Jordan Rustmeyer, Ray Jerozal, and Terry Colley $115
9-16th Dave Salmon, Matt Sommer, Jeff Landreth, Brian Strickland, Stone Nesmith, Earl Black, Bill Jackson, and Jason Shaw $90.

The 83+ Handicap group in the 2021 $20,000 Top Shark Tournament is complete.  Played on Sunday, May 23, 2021.  Here are the results:
1st Chad Reams $1500
2nd Josh Stone $1100
3rd Dave Stockman $750
4th Scott Fluegel $500
5-8th Brian Powell, Danney Elliott, Darrel Moses, and Shaun Crisp $115
9-16th Larry Pierce, Brad Acton, Kenny Willis, Todd Looten, Cruze Acevedo, Adam Lafoon, Clinton Hartley, and Tony Yarolimek $90


2019 Top Shark Tournament information
  • The date was May 18-19, 2019
  • The format was singles 8 ball with modified races.  Double elimination with no entry fee.  Losers bracket will be a race to 2.
  • MO River will be the single site for the tournament.  Saturday will have two handicap groups play and Sunday two handicap groups will play.
  • The division for the handicap groups will be made once pre-registration is done on May 14th.  More information to follow.
  • Payouts will be $12,000 this year!  An increase of $1,000 over last year!
  • The first season to qualify for this year's tournament was the summer season for 2018.
  • Who has registered for the Top Shark Tournament?  Find out HERE.
  • Payouts for EACH of the four groups were $3,000:
    • 1st $ 1060
    • 2nd $ 800
    • 3rd $ 500
    • 4th $ 300
    • 5th-8th $ 85
  • Here is when each group plays and the handicap splits.  
    • Group  0-43 on Sunday starting at noon
    • Group  44-60 on Saturday starting at noon
    • Group  61-81 on Saturday starting at 10 AM
    • Group  82+ Sunday starting at 10 AM

HISTORY OF THE TOP SHARK TOURNAMENT 2014 to 2021

In 2014 (the first year) it was $ 6,500
In 2015 it was $ 7,500.  We had 89 players that registered for the tournament, 61 from Columbia and 28 from Jefferson City.
In 2016 it was $ 9,000!! We had 106 players that registered for the tournament, 82 from Columbia and 24 from Jefferson City.  It was held on June 4-5.
In 2017 it was $9,000!!  We had 112 players that registered for the tournament, 77 from Columbia and 35 from Jeff City.  It was held on May 20-21.
In 2018 it was $11,000!!  We had 147 players that registered for the tournament.  It was held on May 20th.
In 2019.....It was $12,000!   We had 140 players register for the tournament, 78 from Columbia, 41 from Jeff City, 5 from Sedalia, 1 from Troy, and 15 from Moberly.  It was held on May 18-19 at MO River.  
In 2020 No Tournament because of Covid.  Money held over for 2021.
In 2021 it was $20,000 (since no 2019 tournament because of Covid).  We had 168 players register for the tournament.  80 from Columbia, 51 from Jefferson City, 31 from Moberly, and 6 from Troy.  It was held on May 15-16 (handicap groups 0-43 and 65-82) and May 22-23 (handicap groups 44-64 and 83+) and held at MO River.
In 2022...

2016 RESULTS:
0-41 handicaps 1st Doug Simmons, 2nd Christian Taylor, 3rd Shauna Rios, 4th Jimmy Hammonds, 5th-8th Jordan Hartley, Russell Gay, Jeff Landreth and Curtis Jeffrey.
42-58 handicaps 1st Brenden Sexton, 2nd Dawn Becker, 3rd Rick King, 4th Brent Demis, 5th-8th Darrel Wheeler, Casey Nelson, Tim Ralph, and Tabitha Miner
59-77 handicaps 1st Lauren Dillender, 2nd Russell Miller, 3rd Mark Tuttle, 4th Alaa Bouzhar, 5th-8th Anthony Burks, Marc Anderson, Earl Black, and Phil Deming
78 and above handicaps 1st Larry Pierce, 2nd Mitch Dickerson, 3rd Lukus Hunt, 4th Scott Fluegel, 5th-8th Darrel Moses, Don Crump, Dave McCord, Whit Elfner

2017 RESULTS:
0-40 handicaps:  1st Tim Rowe, 2nd Mark Voss, 3rd Tina Taylor, 4th Curtis Jeffrey, 5th-8th  Laurie Travis, Vance Johnson, Shauna Rios, and Mark Evaniak.
41-53 handicaps: 1st Daniel Holtzclaw, 2nd Vince Taylor, 3rd, Jim Rice, 4th Thad Stubbs, 5th-8th Jeff Landreth, Christian Taylor, Jeremy Flanagan, Mike McDaniel.
54-74 handicaps:  1st Chase Roach, 2nd Craig Gelven, 3rd Tracy Epple, 4th Ron Lynes, 5th-8th Joey Blakenship, Phil Deming, Eric Hensley, Clinton Hartley.
75+ handicaps: 1st Rich Lewis, 2nd Pete Grant, 3rd David Brown, 4th Wayne Jett, 5th-8th Darrel Moses, Scotty Justice, Jeremy Miller, Cole McCubbin

2018 RESULTS:
0-43 handicaps at Jakes (36 players):  1st Krista Gessner ($1,000), 2nd Margaret Flowers ($750), 3rd Derrick Voyles ($450), 4th Dakota Rodgers ($250), 5th-8th ($75) Rick Hunt, Jimmy Hammonds, Robin Raymond, and Mike Blades
44-60 handicaps at Jakes (36 players): 1st Jared Cook ($1,000), 2nd Tom Becker ($750), 3rd Mark Tuttle ($450), 4th Dawn Becker ($250), 5th-8th ($75) Anthony Flowers, Abraham Anderson, Gary Smith, and Tim Rowe.
61-74 handicaps at MO River (39 players):  1st Craig Gelven ($1,000), 2nd Tracy Epple ($750), 3rd Jeff Bexten ($450), 4th Chris Moore ($250), 5th-8th ($75) Cruze Acevedo, Thad Stubbs, Eric Inlow, and Erica Utterback
75+ handicaps at MO River (36 players):  1st Darrel Moses ($1,000), 2nd Whit Elfner ($750), 3rd Brian Powell ($450), 4th Phil Deming ($250), 5th-8th ($75) Dave Brown, Bobby Colley, Bill Mock, and John Beckwith.

2019 RESULTS:
0-43 handicaps 34 players:   1st Derrick Voyles ($ 1060), 2nd Stone Nesmith ($ 800), 3rd Dale Smallwood ($ 500), 4th Robin Raymond $ 300, 5th-8th for $85 were Vance Johnson, Paul Emerson, William Clines, and Scott Kintner.
44-60 handicaps 32 players:   1st Dave Mason ($ 1060), 2nd Deon Baskett ($ 800), 3rd James Dinwiddie ($ 500), and Neil Reynolds 4th ($ 300), 5th-8th for $85 were Jonathan Marsh, Tom Becker, Dawn Becker, and Bill Jackson.
61-81 handicaps 32 players:  1st Clinton Hartley ($ 1060), 2nd Ellis Carter ($ 800), 3rdf Bobby Sims ($ 500), 4th Mark Tuttle ($ 300), 5th-8th $85 were Anthony Flowers, Jared Cook, Junior Harris, and Jimmy Salter.
82+ handicaps 34 players: 34 players: 1st Ivan Sweezer ($ 1060), 2nd Scotty Justice ($ 800), 3rd Dave Cunningham ($ 500), 4th Brad Blankenship ($ 300), 5th-8th for $85 were Adam Laffoon, Darrel Moses, Rhonda Moses, and Kenny Willis.

2020 RESULTS:
No tournament because of Covid restrictions.  Money will be moved to the 2021 Tournament.

2021 RESULTS:
0 - 43 Handicap (41 players):  1st Anthony Black ($1500), 2nd Tucker Bernskoetter ($1100), 3rd PJ Hunt ($750), 4th Tim Rowe ($500), 5th-8th $115 were Windy Taylor, Gary Smith, Cari Dunivent, and Russell Gay.  9th-16th $90 were Allyce Schlecht, Jimmy Hammonds, Paul Emerson, Vance Johnson, Tricia Morris, Eric Hiatt, Colby Fusselman, and Becky Burnett.
44 - 64 Handicap:  (42 players):  1st John Watkins ($1500), 2nd Jamie Walters ($1100), 3rd Jamie Huntze ($750), 4th Jonathan Marsh ($500). 5th-8th $115 were Jacob Ridgway, Jordan Rustmeyer, Ray Jerozal, and Terry Colley.  9th-16th $90 were Dave Salmon, Matt Sommer, Jeff Landreth, Brian Strickland, Stone Nesmith, Earl Black, Bill Jackson, and Jason Shaw.
65 - 82 Handicap: (41 players):  1st Dave Mason ($1500), 2nd Brian Jennings ($1100), 3rd Neil Reynolds ($750), 4th Jay Bernskoetter ($500), 5th - 8th $115 were Zach Hazlett, Vince Taylor, Glen Campbell, and Tom Amerson.  9th-16th were Ron Lynes, Alex Plassmeyer, Rhonda Moses, Daniel Holtzclaw, Jeff Bexten, Robert Moseley, Anthony Flowers, and Lauren Dillender.
83+ Handicap:  (42 players):  1st Chad Reams ($1500), 2nd Josh Stone ($1100), 3rd Dave Stockman ($750), 4th Scott Fluegel ($500), 5th-8th $115 were Brian Powell, Danney Elliott, Darrel Moses, and Shaun Crisp.  9th-16th $90 were Larry Pierce, Brtad Acton, Kenny Willis, Todd Looten, Cruze Acevedo, Adam Laffoon, Clinton Hartley, and Tony Yarolimek.

2022 RESULTS:





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