Week 21 Results

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

Congratulations go out to the following:

Secondary Table Run – Jared Piraneo (Banter Bar 3Tuesday), Rae Degourville (Rack N Shack 2Tuesday)

Table Run – Renaldo Bartholomew (Scarlet Lady 3Tuesday)

8 Ball Break – Chris Walker (Banter Bar 1Tuesday)

Honor Roll – Jared Piraneo (Banter Bar 3Tuesday), Eric Staugaard (Banter Bar 3Tuesday), Carlos Espino (90 West 1Tuesday), Dale Kurihara (90 West 1Tuesday), Dr. John Gushiken (90 West 1Tuesday), Lawrence Weisdorn (Cozy Inn 1Tuesday), Matthew Weitzman (Cozy Inn 4Tuesday), Everett Kline (Rack N Shack 1Tuesday)

 

Wednesday Night Final Standings

Congratulations to Wednesday Night’s first place team – American Legion, and the top shooter Joe Omole!

Rank TeamWonLostPlayed8BTRSTRHRWin %
1Cue-Tang Clan198902883311968.75
290 West 21691192880111458.68
3Rack N Shack 31681202880021258.33
4Rack N Shack 4159129288000855.21
5Cozy Inn 3137151288100347.57
6Banter Bears132156288010545.83
7Scarlet Lady 6131157288000445.49
8Scarlet Lady 8127161288210544.10
9Reyes of Sunshine110178288110238.19
10Cozy Inn 2109179288100037.85

Week 20 Results

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

Congratulations go out to the following:

Secondary Table Run – Amin Rastegar (Alteno’s 1Tuesday)

Table Run – John Desimone (Alteno’s 1Tuesday)

Honor Roll – Joe Pacchanelli (Cozy Inn 1Tuesday), Erik (Rack N Shack 2Tuesday), Noah Bodzin (Joxer Daly’s 1Tuesday), John Desimone (Alteno’s 1Tuesday), Chad Kurokawa (Banter Bar 3Tuesday), Eric Staugaard (Banter Bar 3Tuesday), Dr. John Gushiken (90 West 2Wednesday), Jeff “Blaze” Garcia (Scarlet Lady 6Wednesday)

 

Wednesday Season Coming To A Close – Dues Owed

The Wednesday season ends next week for anyone who doesn’t have a makeup match to play.  The following is a breakdown of what money is still owed for league fees before the last matches are played.  If you have no pending makeup matches, the amount listed is due next week.  (Note that any overpayments will be refunded in the prize payout envelope at the end of season event.)  This does not include BCA Payments owed which will be covered in a separate post.

Rank TeamPlayedOwed Dues
190 West 2144360.00
2Banter Bar 7160-480.00
3Banter Bears160320.00
4Brennan’s 2144-410.00
5Bryan & The 3 Amigos160-500.00
6Cozy Inn 2160320.00
7Cozy Inn 316080.00
8Cue-Tang Clan160320.00
9Rack N Shack 3160310.00
10Reyes of Sunshine160-200.00
11Scarlet Lady 6144270.00
12Scarlet Lady 8160350.00
13The Not So Fast Eddies160-460.00
14The Rack Pack144-620.00

 

 

 

Week 19 Results

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

Congratulations go out to the following:

Secondary Table Run – Eric Staugaard (Banter Bar 3Tuesday)

Table Run – Angela Aquino (90 West 1Tuesday), Dr. John Gushiken (90 West 2Wednesday), Joe Omole (American LegionWednesday)

Honor Roll – Rae Degourville (Rack N Shack 2Tuesday), Marco Mitre (Rack N Shack 2Tuesday), Eric Staugaard (Banter Bar 3Tuesday), Nate Wree (Cozy Inn 1Tuesday), Renaldo Bartholomew (Scarlet Lady 3Tuesday), Ted Marks (Rack N Shack 3Wednesday), Suzie Kang (Banter Bar 2Wednesday), Matt Jenssen (90 West 2Wednesday), Joe Omole (American LegionWednesday), James Crist (American LegionWednesday), Al Martinez (American LegionWednesday)

 

Week 18 Results

Note that this week has 4 total makeup matches to be played.

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

Congratulations go out to the following:

Secondary Table Run – Chad Kurokawa (Banter Bar 3Tuesday)

Table Run – Oswald Colunga (90 West 4Tuesday), Malik Folkes (Rack N Shack 1Tuesday)

Honor Roll – Lawrence Weisdorn (Cozy Inn 1Tuesday), Jordan Chau (Cozy Inn 4Tuesday), Luis Morales (90 West 6Wednesday), Lap Le (Banter Bar 2Wednesday)

 

No-Shows for BCA Tournament, Grievance Committee Ruling

As detailed in the previous post, there were 3 instances last week of no-show teams who were at the BCA Tournament in Vegas.  The circumstances surrounding this issue are somewhat complicated, so a straightforward reading of the rules does not apply.  As such, the grievance committee and officers discussed options, and ultimately came to a decision.  We all realized that no decision we came to would please everybody, however, each option was weighed fully before a conclusion was reached.

In summary, the officers made some mistakes, we’ve taken responsibility for those mistakes, we have a plan going forward to address the issue so that it won’t happen again, and the fees we are waiving for the inconvenienced teams are coming out of the officers stipend so that the prize fund will not be disurpted.

The teams affected have been sent the following email:

MAKE-UP MATCHES

You are receiving this email because your match on February 28 or March 1 was not held because your team or your opponents’ team was attending the BCA tournaments in Las Vegas. While teams that cannot attend a match ordinarily are responsible for contacting and rescheduling with opponents, in this case they were led to believe that the League officers would handle rescheduling. This circumstance doesn’t fall under normal rescheduling rules because matches are not supposed to be scheduled during the BCA event. They mistakenly were in this case because, unlike other years, the BCA held their event during our season instead of the summer as usual.

Through an administrative SNAFU (officers confused about who was handling the matter) three teams showed up to play on the above nights to find no opposing team. Appeals were made to the Rules-Grievance Committee seeking forfeits on these matches. The Committee and officers agreed that the teams out of town for those matches could not fairly be penalized with 0-16 forfeits, which would also throw off results for the entire League.

The resolution decided was to hold make-up matches after the last round of scheduled matches; as compensation to the 3 inconvenienced teams*, matches will take place at their home venue; the 3 inconvenienced teams will not pay weekly fees for the make-up match but the 3 officers will be fined to pay for that match’s fees for the 3 inconvenienced teams ($40 each). This $40 is also equivalent to the win money the 3 inconvenienced teams would have received through a 16-0 forfeit.

* the 3 inconvenienced teams= 90 West 4, Banter Bar 1, American Legion 1

 

BCA Vegas Tournament and No Shows – Week 18

Some teams were in Vegas this week for the BCA tournament.  Many of these teams did not contact their scheduled opponents to let them know they wouldn’t be available to play their league matches.  Unfortunately, much of this is due to a miscommunication that I – Mike Schwartz – am personally responsible for.  The officers became aware of this situation a few weeks ago, and we discussed rescheduling week 18, but didn’t actually do it, which is 100% on us.  Because I thought this was going to happen, I told the captains of the no show teams who contacted me that we, the officers, would take care of it, which we didn’t.

That said, quite a few teams showed up for their matches last week and didn’t have opponents.  They did nothing wrong and some of them had to stand outside in the rain while waiting for a team that wasn’t going to show up.  This is a somewhat complicated issue, with shared blame to go around.  As such, the officers and grievance committee are discussing options.  There isn’t a single solution that will please everyone.  The teams who showed up expect 16-0 forfeit wins.  The teams who were in Vegas expect that, both because I told them the officers would handle the situation, and the fact that they were playing in the very BCA tournament they pay fees for through this league, that the matches would be rescheduled.

This many 16-0 forfeits will likely be very disruptive to the league.  Teams that had nothing to do with this will suffer as a result.  Due to the obvious extenuating circumstances, the standard no show rules may or may not apply, depending on the decision of the grievance committee and officers.

This situation came about because usually the BCA Vegas tournament is held in the summer, but this year the dates changed.  That isn’t an excuse, as we knew these date changes were to happen, but that’s why it wasn’t originally scheduled as byes.  For future, the officers will make sure not to schedule matches during the week(s) of the BCA tournament.

I personally apologize for my role in this issue, and I hope that whatever the decision is, it’s understood that there are many factors involved, that we realize not everyone will be happy with the decision, and, at the end of the day, this is a recreational, small money pool league where the main goal is fun.  We hope that the majority agree that the goal is to actually play pool.  While we understand the desire to take a 16-0 forfeit win, especially in these circumstances where the people who showed up did nothing wrong, we request that everyone take a look at the big picture, understand that a lot of human error was involved, that we’ve got a plan in place so that this doesn’t ever happen again, and that the ideal situation is that the matches are made up and played.  We are looking at ways to incentivize the teams who met with no shows without a major disruption to the league, and hope to have a resolution soon.

Week 17 Results

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

Congratulations go out to the following:

Table Run – Jordan (Sub) (Scarlet Lady 8Wednesday)

8 Ball Break – Hugo Lopez (Scarlet Lady 8Wednesday)

Honor Roll – Renaldo Bartholomew (Scarlet Lady 3Tuesday), Chad Kurokawa (Banter Bar 3Tuesday), David Freeman (Rack N Shack 3Wednesday), Joe Omole (American LegionWednesday), James Crist (American LegionWednesday)

 

Week 16 Results

Reminder:  We are off next week for Valentine’s Day.  Matches will resume with week 17 for both nights on the 21st and 22nd of February.

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

Congratulations go out to the following:

90 West 1 with a full 16-0 sweep!

Secondary Table Run – Carlos Espino (90 West 1Tuesday)

Table Run – Jordan Chau (Cozy Inn 4Tuesday), Bruce Cleveland (Cozy Inn 1Tuesday), Jodi Lawrence (90 West 6Wednesday)

8 Ball Break – Angela Aquino (90 West 1Tuesday)

Honor Roll – John Desimone (Alteno’s 1Tuesday), Noah Bodzin (Joxer Daly’s 1Tuesday), Chad Kurokawa (Banter Bar 3Tuesday), Taek Chang (Banter Bar 3Tuesday), Angela Aquino (90 West 1Tuesday), Carlos Espino (90 West 1Tuesday), Dale Kurihara (90 West 1Tuesday), Dr. John Gushiken (90 West 1Tuesday), Ted Marks (Rack N Shack 3Wednesday), Al Martinez (American LegionWednesday), Kalena Verran (90 West 6Wednesday)