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TAP League offers players of all ages the opportunity to compete. In 2010, one of our own players, Luis Ocampo (pictured on the left) won the Nationals 8-ball competition for the 2/3 skill level.
Luis started playing at Chaparral High School in the Billiards Club, then in the monthly TAP Las Vegas Junior Tournaments and league play on Mondays. He took lessons from some of the better players in our league and it paid off!
In 2011, the Las Vegas Cue Club sponsored Nick Wortham at the TAP League Nationals. Nick competes with the Renegades on Monday nights. He won his sponsorship by winning first place in a TAP tournament for skill levels 2/3. Nick is the youngest player currently competing in our league or to have ever won a local TAP tournament. Click here to read his story.
Junior Tournaments
On the 2nd Saturday of each month, our junior players gather to compete in their own tournament. These tournaments are open to any and all players, ages 20 and under. Click here to read more or just scroll down to read all about our past events. Below are the results for 2012:
January 2012 - 1st Place: Michael E., 2nd Place: Mike F., 3rd Place: Josh.
February 2012 - 1st Place: Kacie, 2nd Place: Francis, 3rd Place: Alex, 4th Place: DJ.
March 2012 - 1st Place: Nick W., 2nd Place: Aaron, 3rd Place: Vince, 4th Place: Michael E.
See all the pics on the TAP Las Vegas Facebook page.
Junior Tournament - November 2011
Congratulations to Aaron for winning the November Junior 8-Ball Tournament held at Mickey's. Congratulations also to Mike for winning 2nd Place, Richie for 3rd place and Ricky for 4th place.
The kids bid adieu to Ricky as he turns 21 this month, thus, will no longer be eligible to play. He will continue playing in the Mickey's/Cue Club Diamond Division on Mondays. He has been competing in the tournaments and in league for 3 years!
A special thanks to Randy Kukla for giving all of the kids free lessons. He spent the entire afternoon with us. The kids learned a lot and had fun. Johnny was especially excited to beat Randy in a 9-ball game. Mike learned a good lesson in how to bank. Most all of the kids would walk away from their lesson saying, "wow!"
Junior 8-Ball Tournament - June 2011
Congratulations to Sean for placing 1st in the Junior 8-Ball Tournament in June 2011 at Mickey's. Sean won a pool cue of his choice and a subscription to Pool & Billiard Magazine. Congratulations to Jessica for placing 2nd and winning a cue and to her brother Johnny for placing 3rd and lastly to Sean's sister, Sara for winning the raffle cue.
Each month, these kids come together for a little friendly competition, to learn the fundamentals of pool and good sportsmanship and the chance to win cues and accessories.
Junior 9-Ball Tournament - April 2011
Congratulations Alick, Sean & Joe placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the Junior 9-Ball Tournament on Saturday, April 9. Congrats also to Kacie for winning the raffle. Alick and Kacie are now proud owners of their very own cues! Alick will also receive a one year subscription to Pool & Billiard Magazine. Click here to see the pics & a video of Alick winning!
Francis "Buddy" Moore
wins the Junior Tourney!
Francis "Buddy" Moore wins the March Junior 8-Ball Tournament walking away with a pool cue & case and a 1-year subscription to Pool & Billiard Magazine! Mike Foulke won the mini 9-ball tourney and $25.00! Jessica Page won the cue raffle!
A special thanks to Robert Laplante and Mark Mahon for running the tournament, to Mark Hultberg... for the photos, to Harold Simonsen for his donation subscription to Pool & Billiard Magazine and the staff at Mickey's Cues & Brews for their hospitality.
Jessica Page wins the Junior Tourney!
Congratulations to Jessica Page for winning 1st place in the Junior 9-Ball Tournament for February 2011. Congratulations also to Nick Nowlan for winning 2nd place and to Aaron Georgopul for winning the raffle. Jessica and Aaron each received a pool cue and Nick received an 8-Ball Muncher TAP t-shirt. Jessica also won a one-year subscription from Pool & Billiard Magazine.
A special thanks to Steve at Mickey's Cues & Brews for his hospitality and to Harold & Carol Simonsen of Pool & Billiard Magazine for their contribution! Click here to see all the pics.
Click here to learn more about this monthly tournament. This is a non-profit endeavor for TAP Las Vegas. A minimum of two cues and a subscription to Pool & Billiard Magazine are guaranteed to be awarded every month!
Junior Tournament
December 2010
Congratulations to Nick Nowlan for winning 1st place in our Monthly Junior 8-Ball Tournament and winning a pool cue and a 1 year subscription to Pool & Billiard Magazine. Congratulations also to Joe for winning 2nd place and Ricky Langston for winning 3rd place. Joe received a cue case donated by Fred Keller. My apologies to Joe for not getting his last name. We were a little informal yesterday and this was only Joe’s 2nd time competing.
Click here to see the photos.
Junior Tournament
Junior Tournaments are held monthly at Mickey's. These tournaments are open to any and/all players under the age of 19 and are held on Saturdays. Click here to print a registration form to turn in to Mickey's, Robert Laplante or your league packet or register on-line using the link to the right.
The latest 8-ball tournament with an added 9-ball tournament was held on Saturday, September 11th.
Nick and Joseph won cue sticks provided by TAP by coming in first and second respectively. Sean & Josh came in third and forth in the 8-ball tournament. Ricky came in first in 9-ball with a $25 dollar prize.
A special thanks to Mickey’s for the very reasonable green fees and a big thanks to Cindy for putting this whole thing together.
This is a great opportunity for the youth of the Vegas to spend a Saturday playing pool and getting to know other teens in the area while honing their skills. We do have a couple of good players and those youngsters could give a 3 or 4 a run for their money. Slowing their games down and ball control are the biggest areas in need of improvement …. along with playing safely. Their game will keep improving and we will likely be seeing some of them in our adult leagues at a later date.
by Robert LaPlante
Junior 8-Ball Tournament
Congratulations goes to Nick Nowlan for earning 1st place in the Junior 8-Ball Tournament this last weekend. Congrats also goes to Vince in 2nd place, Chyson in 3rd and Brian in 4th. Nick selected a $95 Action cue covered in skulls and will be receiving a one-year subscription to Pool & Billiard Magazine. Vince selected a slick black cue as his prize. Chyson and Brian each won an hour of pool at Mickey’s. A special thanks to Mickey’s Cues & Brews for hosting the event with us and to Harold Simonsen of Pool & Billiard Magazine for their donation. Click here to view all the pics.
Junior Pool Tournaments
We've begun a series of monthly 8-ball and 9-ball tournaments for the youth of Las Vegas. These tournaments give the kids something fun and inexpensive to do and promotes our favorite sport...billiards. This past Saturday was no exception! We enjoyed a fun day playing pool, eating great barbecue and socializing.
This month, our featured tournament was 9-ball and we added a bonus 8-ball tournament for our enthusiastic group!
Congratulations to Luis O. for placing 1st in both the 8-ball and 9-ball tournaments in February and winning 2 cues and a 
one year subscription to Pool & Billiard Magazine! Congratulations also goes to John V. in 2nd place winning a cue, Ricky L. in 3rd place and Noe A. in 4th place winning 8-ball muncher TAP t-shirts and 1 hour of free pool at Mickey's, William A. and Vince F. in 5th & 6th winning t-shirts.
As a bonus, we added a rack race, double elimination 8-ball tournament. Congratulations also goes to Vince F. in 2nd place and Macean in 3rd place.
A special thanks goes to all of the parents and kids who attended and helped run the tournament, the staff and owners of Mickey's Cues & Brews, Robert LaPlant for his exceptional efforts in bringing a great number of the kids to the tournament and help running the tourney, Harold Simonsen of Pool & Billiard Magazine for his donation of a 1 year subscription to the winner and Henry Tyler for the great barbecue. The food was exceptional!
Click here to see all of the pics.
JUNIOR 8-BALL TOURNAMENT
The Junior 8-Ball Tournament held this past Saturday, January 30, 2010 at Mickey's Cues & Brews was a blast! 31 kids competed for prizes worth over $400!! Congratulations goes to Noe A. for earning 1st place, Nick N. for earning 2nd place, Luis O. for earning 3rd place, John L. for earning 4th place. All of these kids won... a cue and case.
Congratulations also goes to Joel B. and Vince F. for earning 5th and 6th; Nick P. and Evelyn S. for earning 7th and 8th. All of these kids won a TAP Las Vegas league billiard t-shirt and an hour of free pool at Mickey's.
A very special thanks to Robert LaPlante, Mark Lerma, Mark and Jonelle Mahon for donating and helping with the tournament. Click here to see all of the pics.
2010 Youth Players
Pictured below is our first group of young players from 2010: Michael Erle, Nick Nowlan, John Leafdale, Nick Vece and Ricky Langston. They started the ball rolling. Click here for their story.
Check out this video of one of the young competitors in TAP League:
JUNIOR POOL TOURNAMENTS
Our Junior Tournaments are held the 2nd Saturday of every month at 10:30 AM at Mickey's Cues & Brews. They are open to any all players under the age of 20.
The tournaments are a non-profit community service for TAP Las Vegas. Read on to learn more about this tournament and how you can help kids in your community compete in something they love!
For just $10.00 for registration, the kids get hours of table time at Mickey's to compete in a tournament with their friends in a safe and secure environment. We teach them the fundamentals of playing pool, how to compete and sportsmanship. The kids are rated based on their wins and/or league play and unknown players start as a 2. Click here to see the ratings.
Along with their registration, the kids receive a raffle ticket. Two cues are guaranteed to be awarded, one to 1st place and 1 for the raffle and a subscription to Pool & Billiard Magazine. The more kids, the more cues, accessories and t-shirts we award.
TAP League player and Chaparral Billiards Club instructor, Robert Laplante helps tremendously with these tournaments. He also gives the kids the opportunity to compete against the billiard instructors for a soda. If they win, he buys them a soda!
A note from Robert LaPlante: "The Chaparral Billiards Club is seeking donations. We have over 25 dedicated players (students) in this club. All are on track to graduate and their pool game has improved. We also have a couple of students that will be starting their 4th year. To make our club better, we do need cue sticks and new felt. It would be extremely helpful to have these few items so students can learn how to play the right way with the right equipment. As the advisor of The Chaparral Billiards Club and on behalf of all of the members, I would like to thank you in advance.
We need donations big or small. We do appreciate it."
One of Robert's goals is to build on the effort to install pool tables and create billiard clubs at some of the area high schools. These schools are in need of pool tables and include: Durango High School and Mack Middle school. Canyon Springs is also a part of this endeavor and has tables already installed. If you would like to donate a table to these schools, please call Robert at 702-510-7277.
Click on the link above to donate by PayPal or checks can be written to: Chaparral High School Billiards Club, c/o Robert LaPlante, 3850 Annie Oakley Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89121. Call Robert at 702-510-7277 with any questions you might have.
Click here for a printable version of our registration form or select Attend This Event to register by credit card.
Junior Tournament Handicap Ratings
This is a list of our most current and active players:
- Aaron - 3
- Alex - 2
- Alfredo - 2
- Alick - 4
- Alyssa - 2
- Andrew - 2
- Brian - 3
- Chelsea - 2
- Chyson - 3
- Dan - 2
- David - 3
- DJ - 2
- Donald - 2
- Dylan - 2
- Erik - 2
- Francis - 3
- Jessica - 3
- Johnny - 2
- Josh - 4
- JT - 4
- Kacie - 2
- Mike C - 2
- Mike E. - 6
- Mike F. - 5
- Nick W.- 3
- Richie - 2
- Sara - 2
- Sean - 3
- TJ - 2
- Travis - 2
- Vince - 4
For a listing of other local tournament opportunities, visit the Vegas Billiards Buzz at www.vegasbilliardsbuzz.com.
