Orville Clarke, Portmore Star Writer

As many as 59 entries were for the sixth and penultimate tournament in the Cal's Manufacturing/Real Vibes Party Wine eight-ball pool tour in Negril today and tomorrow, starting at 1 p.m. each day.

The entries include the winners of the five previous tournaments which commenced last August at Hot Shots, 103 Constant Spring Road. That tournament was won by MoBay's Noel 'Schoolboy' Blagrove, who came back to win the fourth stop on the tour in November at Chelsea in Kingston.

second stop

Also back is Calhoun Melville who won the second stop of the tour in Mandeville, Jody Mullings (October) who captured the third in MoBay and Rhys Chin (December), who won the fifth at Island Delight in Linstead.

The tournament offers a first prize of $80,000 and a trophy, second $35,000 and trophy, third $15,000, fourth $7,500, with players finishing from fifth to eighth places each receiving $2,500.

Entry and re-entry fees are $1,000 for each member of the Jamaica Billiards Association, but new members are required to pay $3,000 to gain immediate entry.

The seventh and final tournament is scheduled for Mystix Sports Bar, 78 3/4 Hagley Park Road on February 26 and 27.

Among the entries are players from Portmore, Kingston, Ocho Rios, MoBay, Mandeville and May Pen.