Morra and Williams capture titles on 404 Tour

Jun 3, 2014

The 404 9-Ball Tour has wrapped up its 7th successful season. The money added championships were held at Shooters Billiards in Toronto on May 24-25th and BigWigs Billiards the following weekend (May 31-June 1).
John Morra
At Shooters, a field of 45 players battled it out for a piece of the $5,000+ prize fund. On Sunday morning, only four players remained on the A-side. Mario Morra faced Erik Hjorleifson and John Morra was up against Shane Gummerson. It was Erik Hjorleifson who stole the show securing his spot in the finals with back-to-back wins over the Morra family.
But this day belonged to John Morra as it was his 25th birthday. John returned from the B-side to face Erik again in the finals. When John eventually pocketed the final 9-Ball, it was the icing on the cake. This is how they finished at Shooters:



RESULT
PLAYER
PAYOUT
CALCUTTA


1st
JOHN MORRA
$1,720
$875


2nd
ERIK HJORLEIFSON
$1,000
$525


3rd
NORBERTO DeCARLOS
$700
$325


4th
SHANE GUMMERSON
$450
$195


5-6th
KACE
$250


5-6th
MARIO MORRA
$250


7-8th
KEVIN OLIVEIRA
$175


7-8th
TOL KUY
$175


9-12th
ALAN ADA
$100


9-12th
ADRIAN FRAGOSO
$100


9-12th
STUART MacTAGGART
$100


9-12th
IAN ARGUE
$100



A week later, 55 players traveled HWY 404 to BigWigs Billiards for the last event of the season.
Naomi Williams
Naomi Williams was unstoppable as she marched through to the finals with wins over Rod Arsenault, Kevin Olivera, Jeremy Isard and Norberto DeCarlos. In the finals, Naomi faced the now 25 year old John Morra who was looking to take his second consecutive title. With the handicapped format, John would have to win 11 games before Naomi reached 6. Naomi pulled of the win in the final rack to be the first ever female champion.  Here are the results from BigWigs:



RESULT
PLAYER
PAYOUT
CALCUTTA


1st
NAOMI WILLIAMS 7
$1,400
$930


2nd
JOHN MORRA 12
$1,000
$560


3rd
NORBERTO DeCARLOS 6
$700
$410


4th
STUART MacTAGGART 5
$500
$280


5-6th
ROMEO ZULVETTA 6
$350
$180


5-6th
JEREMY ISARD 7
$350
$180


7-8th
IAN ARGUE 5
$230
$100


7-8th
ERIK HJORLEIFSON 11
$230
$100


9-12th
STEFANE GODINHO 7
$140


9-12th
ISAAC RAMOS 8
$140


9-12th
ANDY AUPIN 11
$140


9-12th
DAN MIOSI 6
$140


13-16th
K.C. NGUYEN 6
$80


13-16th
RANDY FAWCETT 7
$80


13-16th
SUMON SARKAR 6
$80


13-16th
KEVIN OLIVEIRA 5
$80