San Francisco Open

By Debra Straub

The 2007 San Francisco Open was held at the Janet Pomeroy Center, October 5-7, which looked like an auditorium in a grade school – a very small space with only around 25 boards.
All of the weekend events were knockout. Which wasn’t terribly pleasing, but Warren, Paul and I had driven a long way to get here, so we played.
There were quite a few people there who had been at the Colorado Open the previous weekend, and it was great to see them again, even after such a short time.
Here are the top four:

Draw Doubles 501
1st: John Boyne, Chris White
2nd: Maggie Martell, Ed Debernnke
3rd: Darren Laffoon, Scotty Burnett
4th: Michael Hath, Roger Jollif

Men’s Singles Cricket
1st: Scotty Burnett
2nd: Jim Nolan
3rd: Par Rihonen
4th: Rob Heckman

Draw Doubles Cricket
1st: Ed Miller, Frank Lopez
2nd: Chili Pepper, Bob Van Slyke
3rd: Paul McLoughlin, Barn Barn
4th: Darren Laffoon, Ron Colvard

Men’s Singles 501
1st: Scotty Burnett
2nd: John Kramer
3rd: Michael Hathaidharm
4th: Eddie Lawrence

Women’s Doubles 501
1st: Maggie Martell, Mischelle Martell
2nd: Quishawn Roberson, Olga Cade
3rd: Jeannie Vigit, Gretel Flores
4th: Monika Nickerson, Patricia Miller

Women’s Singles Cricket
1st: Brenda Roush
2nd: Jen Vilaysane
3rd: Monika Nickerson
4th: Anne Kramer

Men’s Doubles 501
1st: Scotty Burnett, Chris White
2nd: Par Rihonen, Jesse Seohak
3rd: Art Racelis, Mark McGugan
4th: Eddie Lawrence, Rob Heckman

Top 4 Money Winners:
1st: Scotty Burnett, $935
2nd: Chris White, $430
3rd: Brenda Roush, $420
4th: Maggie Martell, $295

For the complete list of winners, go to: www.sfda.org/index_files/2007Results.htm.
SFDA already has next year’s open in the works. You can check it out at http://www.sfda.org/index.htm.