DETAILS PLAN STAY SPONSORS DETAILS Take your shot as a player or spectator when world-class players compete in the Great Dismal Swamp 9-ball Classic, October 24th – 26th. The tournament is held in honor of 6-time World Champion, Elizabeth City native – Luther “Wimpy” Lassiter. Colonial Cues is entering it’s 5th year with this tournament as it welcomes back these Internationally renowned players! What a fantastic lineup!!! Get ready to watch players from the USA, Philippines, Greece, Estonia, Venezuela, Russia, Lebannon, Canada and England. You won’t want to miss this weekend of 9-ball, which boasts a 32-player field and a $25,000 purse! Here is a list of some of the great names who have signed up: Gary Urinoski – Minesota Sky Woodward – Kentucky Alex Kazakis – Greece Chris Robinson – California Denis Grabe – Estonia Jesse Engel – Minesota Christopher Pyle – Virginia Tom Kennedy – Florida Demetrius Jelatis – Minesota Ryan Hsu – Taiwan Pedro Botta – Peru Larry Phlegar – Virginia Chris Melling – England Roberto Gomez – Philippines Robb Saez – Louisiana Nick Eknomopolous – Greece Justin Martin – North Carolina Brian Lane – North Carolina Jalal Odetalah – Jordan Mohammad Ali Berjaoui – Lebanon Fedor Gorst – Russia Zoren James Aranas – Philippines John Morra – Canada Damianos Giallourakis – Greece Jayson Shaw – Scotland Wiktor Zieli?ski – Poland Billy Jr Ussery – North Carolina Michael DeLawder – Florida Austin Diluzio – North Carolina Kenny Daughtrey – North Carolina Line Kjørsvik – Norway Monica Webb – Georgia Players entry fee is $550 and must be prepaid. Spectator admission is $10 daily. This event is being live streamed by Billiard Net TV out of Akron, Ohio. PLAN This is a great time to plan a weekend getaway to Elizabeth City! If there is some downtime between games, check out a band, try some local cuisine and see Wimpy’s actual pool table! Fri. 10/25/20 – Beer and Music at Ghost Harbor Brewing Company. Sat. 10/26/20 – Food and Music at Hoppin’ Johnz. Sun. 19/27/20 – Gourmet Brunch at The Mills Downtown Bistro or Montero’s Restaurant. Fri. – Sat.10/25/19-10/26/19 – See Luther “Wimpy” Lassiter’s pool table exhibit at Museum of the Albemarle on display until 11/16/19. For a complete list of all events click here. STAY We have some fabulous B&Bs and hotels so you can get some rest after watching or participating. Stay the night or make a weekend trip of it and enjoy all three days of excitement. Quality Inn is the host hotel at $69 per night. Mention GDS9BALLCLASSIC to get that rate. To see a complete list of our hotels and B&Bs, click here. We want to see your photos, show us what you did during your stay here, at #VisitECity. SPONSORS Special thanks to our sponsors MB Cues – Dagsboro Delaware, David & Allison Cianculli and Jim Todd
Great Dismal Swamp 9-ball Classic
