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Things To Know For The 2022 Mini Season

Hello Westside 8 Ball League!

We are finally ready to get back to playing pool.  Our 2022 mini season will start March 1st & 2nd and run 9 weeks on Tuesday/7 weeks on Wednesday.  We will qualify for BCA and get back into the swing of things and be ready for a full 2022-2023 season to start at our normal time in September 2022.

Here are some important notes.  Please read them all, it’s all important info!

Due to the shortened season, we are cutting the team registration fee from $80 to $40 for this season only.  This does not include the BCA Registration fee which is $20 per player.  As such, Week 1 Dues are $40 per player, which includes $10 in registration, $10 in weekly dues, and $20 for BCA registration.  All subsequent weeks of play require $10 in weekly dues per player.

We will try to be as COVID safe as possible.  We will have a zero tolerance policy for any sort of COVID shaming.  Bars will be following local guidelines, but if mask mandates are lifted and someone wants to wear a mask, let them.  If they don’t want to shake your hand, it’s not bad sportsmanship, let them be.  Please do not harass anyone for their safety choices.  Erring on the side of caution doesn’t adversely effect anyone else.

As of right now, 90 west is the only scoresheet dropoff location.  We are trying to secure a second location, so watch for updates.  Scoresheets MUST be turned in on the night of play. Reminder that the visiting team is responsible for turning in both scoresheets, and BOTH teams are responsible for making sure that an image of the scoresheet is sent to Mike Schwartz as soon as the match is finished.  We’d rather have both teams send an image than neither, so after the match, as you’re both signing the sheets and turning in the money, get that picture taken and sent immediately.

Please look over the schedule and make sure there aren’t any oddities.  Each team should play every other team one time.

The officers are also cutting their stipend in half for this season so that more money goes to the prize pool at the end, even though Pete and Angela have arguably worked harder this season to make the league happen than ever before.  The only extra cost is the website hosting fees that Mike Schwartz has been paying the entire pandemic, but we will work out the numbers and probably put those fees off until next season so that the prize pool isn’t heavily affected.

We are looking forward to a fun season and a chance to play pool again after all this time, so be good spots and enjoy yourselves!

Website Updates for the 2022 Mini Season

In preparation for the upcoming season, the website has undergone a series of updates.

The 2019 Archives page has been set up.
The Tuesday Schedule and Standings page has been updated.
The Wednesday Schedule and Standings page has been updated.
The Captain’s List has been made current.
The Locations page has been updated.
Team and Individual Standings Pages have been prepared for league data (These will not properly populate until schedules are updated and first matches are played.)
The Officers and Grievance Committee did not change, so that page was left as is.
The Bullpen has no updates currently (if you’d like to add your name to the bullpen, please email djmichaelbasic@gmail.com with your full name, email, phone number and if you can play Tuesday, Wednesday, or Both.
The Schedules have been made current.
All Registered Team pages have been updated for the new season.

The site has also had some upgrades under the hood as well as aesthetically.  As the season progresses, new functionality might be added.  We’ll see.

Website Updates for the 2019-2020 Season

In preparation for the upcoming season, the website has undergone a series of updates.

The scoresheets have been updated to reflect secondary table runs.  They also include details on fees that need to be paid, and a checkbox for when you use a sub.
Teams and players have been added to the 2019-2020 season.  (Note that player lists will not populate until after the first week of play, however, captains have been added to each team.)
The 2018 archive has been created in Past Seasons.
The Captain’s List has been made current.
All Registered Team pages have been updated for the new season.
The Locations page has been updated.
Team and Individual Standings Pages have been prepared for league data (These will not properly populate until schedules are updated and first matches are played.)
The Officers and Grievance Committee did not change, so that page was left as is.
The Rules Page has been updated.
The Schedules have been made current.
The Bullpen has been made current (if you’d like to add your name to the bullpen, please email djmichaelbasic@gmail.com with your full name, email, phone number and if you can play Tuesday, Wednesday, or Both.

 

 

Website Updates for the 2018-2019 Season

In preparation for the upcoming season, the website will undergo a series of updates.  These changes include:

Done:

The Officers and Grievance Committee did not change, so that page was left as is.
The 2017 Archive has been created in Past Seasons.
Added STR metric.  STR stands for Secondary Table Run.  This is when the opponent breaks and doesn’t make a ball (or scratch) and the non-breaking player runs the table.  This is worth $2 and must be marked on the score sheet.
The Rules Page has been updated.
The Schedules have been made current.
The Locations page has been updated.
The Captain’s List has been made current.
Team and Individual Standings Pages have been prepared for league data (These will not properly populate until schedules are updated and first matches are played.)
All Registered Team pages have been updated for the new season.
Teams and players have been added to the 2018-2019 season.
The Bullpen has been made current (if you’d like to add your name to the bullpen, please email djmichaelbasic@gmail.com with your full name, email, phone number and if you can play Tuesday, Wednesday, or Both.

 

 

The 2017-2018 Season Starts Today!

The first Tuesday night matches will be played tonight, so here’s a reminder about how things go.

At the end of the night, the visiting team captain is required to take a picture of the completed score sheet and text it or email it to Mike Schwartz.  The phone number and email address are on the score sheet.  If you are the home team captain, please help to make sure the visiting team captain gets this done.

The dropoff locations are Gabe’s and 90 West.  Score sheets and money should be dropped off on the night of play, however, pickups usually happen the following Tuesday so if you can’t get the sheet turned in the night of play, as long as you get it turned in before the following Tuesday you’re fine.

Each team is required to turn in $40/week.  We don’t care who pays what, so if someone on your team doesn’t pay, you need to keep track of it, all we keep track of is total money in per team.  In addition to the $40/week, on the first night of play, each team is responsible for an $80 registration fee that covers team and player registration (including all future subs.)  This year, however, it was voted in at the captain’s meeting that our league would become BCA sanctioned, and as such, there is an additional $15/player BCA fee that must be payed by each player who plays for your team (including all future subs.)

This means, on the first night of play, a 4 man team should turn in $180 to cover all fees and dues.

Note that on the standings page for each night, there is a running total of what each team owes.  This running total does not include BCA fees as those are per player not per team.  I will come up with another place on the website to keep track of each player’s BCA fee status this week.

Back to Matches This Week!

Our winter break is over and we hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday season.  Matches start for both Tuesday and Wednesday this week.

It will be considered Week 12 for both nights.

If you have any money or score sheets that you haven’t turned in, this week is a good time to do it.

Please note that I will be out of town from Saturday the 8th to Sunday the 16th so look for website updates on Monday the 17th.

Website Updates for the 2016-2017 Season

In preparation for the upcoming season, the website has undergone a series of updates.  These changes include:

 

The Schedules will be made current.
The Rules Page has been updated.
The Locations page has been updated.
The Fees, Fines, and Payouts page has been updated to reflect the new fee structere that was voted in at the end of last season.  I will also make a post here reminding everyone of that new structure before the season starts.
The Captain’s List has been made current.
The 2015 Archive has been created in Past Seasons.
All registered players and teams have been updated for the new season.
The Officers have been updated on the Officers page.
The Bullpen has been made current (if you’d like to add your name to the bullpen, please email djmichaelbasic@gmail.com with your full name, email, phone number and if you can play Tuesday, Wednesday, or Both.

New Season Approaching – Sign Up Deadline

Hey all,

The 2016-2017 season is fast approaching, and while we don’t have an exact start date yet, we are shooting for mid September like usual.  Pete has been sending out emails about signing up your team, but if you haven’t already done so, tomorrow is the deadline, so sign up here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScX7BcsLJR68L8mE3-i3g15rAaWFbuKETm15EdfnNOSB8aGwA/viewform?usp=send_form

Fill that form out with as much information as you have.

We can’t build the schedule or do much updating to the website until all the teams are signed up.

We currently have a solid 12 teams signed up for Tuesday, but Wednesday is still a little light, so if anyone is thinking about fielding a Wednesday team, now is the time to get signed up!

Week 3 Results

Check the Tuesday and Wednesday Schedule and Standings pages for all the current league info.

You can also click any team name to see that teams roster, schedule and standings, or click the results to see all the info about that particular match!  Also note that the score sheet images are now posted to the match.

Congratulations go out to the following:

Table Run – Tod Lofing (Cozy Inn 4 – Tuesday), Gip Gipson (Scarlet Lady – Wednesday), Arnold Castellanos (Scarlet Lady – Wednesday)

Honor Roll – Chad Kurokawa (Cozy Inn 4 – Tuesday), Tod Lofing (Cozy Inn 4 – Tuesday), Mike Waddles (Brennan’s 4 – Tuesday), Lawrence Weisdorn (Cozy Inn 1 – Tuesday), Joe Pacchanelli (Cozy Inn 1 – Tuesday), Evan Pritchard (Cozy Inn 3 – Wednesday), Colin Angle (90 West 2 – Wednesday), Oswald Colunga (90 West 2 – Wednesday), Bryan Padilla (90 West 3 – Wednesday), Arnold Castellanos (Scarlet Lady – Wednesday), Darrell McCullough (Scarlet Lady – Wednesday)

DateTeamsResultsLeague
Cock & Bull 2
Rack N Shack 2
Tuesday
90 West 1
Brennan’s 4
Tuesday
Cozy Inn 1
Gabe’s 4
Tuesday
Gabe’s 2
Cozy Inn 4
Tuesday
Brennan’s 2
90 West 4
Tuesday
Scarlet Lady 1
Gabe’s 1
Wednesday
90 West 2
Cock & Bull 1
Wednesday
Speakeasy 6
Speakeasy 5
Wednesday
Cozy Inn 2
Brennan’s 3
Wednesday
Gabe’s 3
90 West 3
Wednesday