Virginia Open

[JR Smith]

Kevin Burks - President of ODCA and Buck Smith - Tournament Director announced the Virginia Open:

The Old Dominion Checker Association
The 91st Annual Virginia Open Checker Tournament
Friday & Saturday, September 19th & 20th 2008
The Super 8 Motel in Bedford, Virginia

Registration will be handled in the playing room on Friday morning between 8:00 - 9:00 AM. A short business meeting is scheduled following registration. Play begins 10:00 AM Friday. The entry fee is $15.00. Any contributions to support the tournament or prize fund will be appreciated.

As in the past, the tournament will be played under 3Move, using the Swiss System of scoring. There will be 8 rounds at 2 games per round - 1 hour games. We will play 4 rounds Friday of 2 hours per round - 1 round before lunch and break for a 1 hour lunch at 12:00 - various restaurants close by. Then 3 rounds afterwards, an early start of 8AM for 4 rounds Saturday - 2 rounds before lunch then break for a 1 hour lunch, and 2 afterwards, hopefully finished by 5PM permitting adequate travel time back home.

The Super 8 is located at 842 Sword Beach Lane off US Route 460 (Ole Turnpike Drive) northwest city limits of Bedford. The Motel link is: Super 8, Bedford Call 1-800-800-8000 or 540-587-0100. Ms. Gail Hamlet, General Manager gave us special tournament room rates, which are $58.00 plus tax for king beds or double queens. Continental Breakfast and coffee available during the day is included with the playing room. Please note: you need a make reservations early by 1st weekend of September.

Buck Smith & Kevin Burks continue the ODCA tradition. This is the 91st continuous Annual Virginia Checker Tournament. See beautiful Bedford and enjoy the view from the window or back of Motel, there is a great view of Sharp Top Mountain and the Peaks of Otter, the highest in Virginia.

For further information, telephone Kevin Burks - President of ODCA at 434-238-7349 email: metallica_one2@hotmail.com or Buck Smith - Tournament Director at 540-997-0332 or email: BUCKandBJ@aol.com

http://www.nccheckers.org/NCCA/2008%20Virginia%20Ty.htm

[vhabgood]

sure do wish this tourney was a week earlier. i leave on deployment sep 16th

[JR Smith]

Hello Vic,

I wish we could. ODCA usually schedules their Virginia Open the 3rd weekend in September. The reason it was moved to the 4th last year was the request by Bill McClintock who had a prior commitment. I told him I would check and when I did neither Buck nor Kevin has reserved a Hotel or arranged for a playing room. We got busy to see what could be done, by this time the Super 8 was full and the next place Days Inn was down the road a mile. Days Inn did want to provide a playing room, but Super 8 would but the date would have to be moved to the 28-29th so that’s what we did. We even considered moving the venue to Roanoke or Lynchburg but we didn't. We kept it in Bedford and everyone was happy.

This year I started pushing Kevin and Buck to get things lined up earlier. We did and it is back on schedule.... 3rd weekend of September.

I would like to see all regularly played tourney stick to a set schedule. Like KY and 101 is on the same weekend