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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!

Don’t forget to text/email AND turn in your score sheets!

Since the holiday break, there’s been a lot of teams not sending me their score sheets after the match.  This isn’t optional.  Right at the bottom of your score sheet, it reads “Once score sheet is signed, you MUST send a picture to Michael Schwartz” and it has both my telephone number and email address.  This needs to be done as soon as both captains have signed the sheet.  If you are the home team captain, after signing the sheet, make sure the visiting team captain takes the photo and sends it right then and there.  If you don’t see them do it…go ahead and do it yourself.  I’d rather get a sheet twice than not at all.

Last night I only received 2 of the 5 sheets (one of which was my team, so that doesn’t count.)  Please help me keep the website up to date by sending in your score sheets the night of play!!!

Week 1 Results Have Been Posted

When you send me the pictures of your score sheets, please take a look at the photo you take before you send it.  A few of the photos were very blurry, at least two were impossible to read.  If your stats are not up, either you didn’t send a sheet in at all or your picture was unreadable.  I’ll go pick up the score sheets later tonight and assuming they are all turned in, get the rest of the scores updated.

Click the Schedule and Standings link to see all the stats from this weeks matches.

8 Ball Break – Angel Gomez (Brennans 2 – Tuesday), Trent Blom (Gabes 2 – Tuesday),  Marcus Fair (Gabe’s 1 – Wednesday), John Burton (Brennans 1 – Wednesday), Gip Gipson (Scarlet Lady – Wednesday), Darrell McCullough (Scarlet Lady – Wednesday)

Honor Roll – Ramon Veral (Lost & Found – Tuesday), Stan Momii (Cozy Inn 4 – Tuesday), Chad Kurokawa (Cozy Inn 4 – Tuesday), Mike Waddles (Brennans 4 – Tuesday), Rick Kelly (Gabes 2 – Tuesday), Mike Shaw (Brennans 1 – Wednesday), Joe Johnson (Gabes 3 – Wednesday), Ben Cook (Gabes 3 – Wednesday), John Smith (Gabes 3 – Wednesday), Darrell McCullough (Scarlet Lady – Wednesday)

Week 1 Results

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

Website Updates

The Rules, Grievance committee contact info, and a sub list have been posted.  The menu bar and photo gallery got a little tidy-up by Christine Siebels of Sports Harbour, so big thanks to her.

On the left, you’ll also notice “Last Scoresheet Pickup” “Missing Scoresheets” and “Make-up Matches.”  These items are just like they sound…I will post the day, date and time each week that I’ve picked up the scoresheets, so if, for any reason, you haven’t turned your scoresheet in on the night of play, you can check the website to see if I’ve picked up the sheets yet, and if I haven’t you can turn it in before I go for the pickup.  I always post the pickup time before I update the website with scores, so you’ll know as soon as it happens.

If a scoresheet is missing, I’ll post that up as well, so you’ll be able to see why an update is late, or a team has less games played showing than they should.

Finally, matches that need to be made up will be posted so that they aren’t forgotten about.

As always, email me at mike@westside8ball.com with questions, comments or concerns.

Photo Galleries

Thanks to Hiroko, I’ve added some photos from past years.  If anyone else has any photos from past Westside 8 Ball seasons, please let me know and depending on the size of the files, we’ll figure out the best way to get them up on the site!