Week Nine Fall 2017

Dear Members,

Attached are week nine stats.

Post Season and West Coast Challenge Qualifying Events:

After week ten, we our league will go into playoffs. Teams: The top 16 teams make playoffs. Playoffs for teams will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Playoffs will begin on Thursday, November 2. The team playoff bracket will be posted by November 1, and for teams in the top 16 that plan to play in playoffs, please note that the first night of Playoffs will be on Thursday, November 2. Playoff locations will be posted on the brackets. This will be the first time that our league’s two divisions will mix and will be ranked according to percentage of games won. The top team will represent LA in the West Coast Challenge in Long Beach, usually held the first weekend in January 2018.

Hi-Lo Tournament: The hi-lo is a scotch doubles tournament where the players are paired according to games won. Those with higher numbers of games won are paired with those with lower games won. This is a West Coast Challenge Qualifying event and the winning team will represent Los Angeles. This tournament will be played on Saturday, November 18 with signup at 10 a.m. at Jerry’s Billiards. Play begins promptly at 11 a.m. and you must sign up before 11.

Individuals and Women’s Tournament: December 9 at 8 a.m. will be our Individuals Tournament. Play will begin promptly at 9 a.m. and you must sign up before 9. Our Women’s Tournament will also be held on Saturday December 9 with sign up at 11 a.m. and play beginning promptly at 12 noon. You must sign up before 12 noon. The top 7 individuals and top 4 women will qualify for West Coast Challenge. The top 7 individuals will play for position on Sunday, December 10 beginning at 12 noon also at Jerry’s billiards.

Rising Star Tournament (Last Chance Qualifier): On Sunday, December 10 at 11 a.m. we will host our Rising Star Tournament. This is a West Coast Challenge Qualifying Event. Sign up will begin at 11 a.m. with play beginning at 12 noon. You must sign up before 12 noon. This tournament is open for players of the league who have not previously participated in a West Coast Challenge event, with the exception of the Hi-Lo.

If you have questions on any of the above, please contact Malisa at 619-990-5208 who is our Playoffs chair or ask another board member.

Board: There were three open seats for the board and three nominations, Al, Malisa and Arturo. As three individuals have applied for three open seats, the board has voted to accept these nominations as elected.

October 31st matches: We are informed that some venues will not be available for matches on Halloween. Therefore, we are asking our captains to choose an alternate date to play this match. We do need this match completed before October 31st so we can do the playoff brackets. Please talk to a board member if you need assistance with this.

Please send scoresheets to Ran at (323) 362-6269.

Till next time, keep your eye on the ball.

Al Ballesteros