A huge thank you to all who attended our end of season event and tournament!

Here’s a recap of everything that went down:

Our VP, James Crist, reminded everyone how a grievance is supposed to work.  If, during the course of a game, the players cannot agree on a ruling, the following steps should be taken.
The game should be finished based on how the table stands at the time of the disagreement
If the person contesting the table wins, the result stands
If the person contesting the table loses, a new game should be played between the same players with the same breaker.
If the results match the contested game, the results stand.
If the results differ, James should be contacted with details of the disagreement so an official grievance can be filed.  The grievance committee will determine the outcome based on the details       of the situation and the results of the games.

James also presented information about a change to our seasons.  To help our league’s relationship with BCA, we are going to move our season to reside within one calendar year.   As such, for 2027, our season will span from mid march (after the Vegas BCA tournament) to approximately November.  To avoid having a 10 month break, we are planning to have a half season this year starting in August, and ending before the end of the year (dependent on how many teams we get.). Note that anyone who paid BCA fees for 2026 via the 2025-2026 season will not be required to pay BCA fees again for this short season.

Next, we had a presentation from Tony Guerrero about his cue tip repair service.  Tony can be contacted at etooth.ajg@gmail.com or (310)614-9068 for all your West LA Cue Tip Repair needs.  Check him out on instagram at @etooth.ajg!

Following that, Mike Schwartz, the secretary/treasurer presented a few items of business.

A reminder about team captain duties included a request that a team captain should be able to respond to text messages, be able to fill out score sheets completely, and be able to make sure that score sheets are submitted via text at the end of the night.  A home team captain should confirm that the score sheet is filled out completely before signing, and should also confirm that the visiting team captain has texted the score sheet before leaving, or text the score sheet themselves in addition to the visiting team captain.  It’s better to have both teams text the score sheet than nobody.

BCA fees will increase to $25 per player.  To be clear, BCA is still only charging $20 per player, but our league will charge $25.  The reason for this is, BCA charges us for every person who plays, even subs.  It is often very difficult to collect BCA fees from teams for subs, and the league ends up losing money every year.  This extra $5 will cover this circumstance.  The league also lost a bunch of money when BCA changed their rules and required us to pay for both 2025 and 2026 this season.  We had to pay 2025 dues for players who played in our 2024-2025 season but did not play in our 2025-2026 season  and were unable to recoup a lot of that money.  Mike Schwartz fronted the money for this so that it didn’t have to come out of the prize fund.  This extra $5 will be applied to this shortfall as well.  Any extra money from this $5 extra fee will go directly to the prize fund.

League dues can now be paid via Zelle (not Venmo, only Zelle).  This much requested feature has finally been made available without any cost to the league (the prohibiting factor previously).  A team will have the option to pay cash, or via Zelle.  Teams that pay via Zelle will likely have their end of season payout come back to them via Zelle as well, so keep that in mind if you’d rather get cash at the end of the season, you should plan to pay cash.  This will be on a team by team basis, not a player by player basis, so decide amongst your team how you want to pay and be paid.

New rules regarding fines for delinquent payments will go into effect starting next season.  If a team isn’t paid in full by the end of the season, the money will always be taken out of the payout envelope.
A team’s first offense will also give them a designation as a “new team” for the following season.  A new team is required to pay double dues the first half of the season and then no dues for the second half (or once they are paid up.)
A team’s second offense will include a fine matching the amount of unpaid dues, capped at $50, so a team that is short $100 will have $150 removed from their end of season payout.
A team’s third offense will include a fine matching the amount of unpaid dues with no cap.
Mike Schwartz will no longer chase down team captains to pay their dues at the end of the season if they are delinquent.  Teams are responsible to keep track of their payments, and the standings page displays what each team owes to be fully settled up.

During the season, we had a few incidents with regard to our “cue ball fouls only” rule, which had outdated language.  BCA updated their “cue ball fouls only” language a few years back to remove the “act of shooting” reference.  Our league will update our rules in accordance with BCA’s rules, which state:
1. During a game, it is not a foul if you accidentally touch or disturb a single stationary object ball with any part of your body, clothing or equipment, unless the disturbed ball has an effect on the outcome of the shot.
2. “Effect on the outcome of the shot” means that either the disturbed ball makes contact with any ball set in motion as a result of the shot, or that the base of any ball set in motion as a result of the shot passes through the area originally occupied by the disturbed ball. That area is defined as a circle approximately seven inches in diameter centered on the position originally occupied by the disturbed ball.
3. If there is no effect on the outcome of the shot, your opponent has the option to leave the disturbed ball where it came to rest or to restore it to its original position. If the disturbed ball is to be restored, a referee may restore it, your opponent may restore it, or you may restore it with your opponent’s permission. It is a foul if you touch or restore the disturbed ball without your opponent’s permission.
4. It is a foul if there is an effect on the outcome of the shot. Your opponent has no restoration option.
5. If you disturb a single object ball and, in the same shot, commit a foul that is not related to the disturbed ball: you are penalized for the foul, and your opponent has the restoration option for the disturbed ball that was not involved in the foul.
6. If a single disturbed ball falls into a pocket with no effect on the outcome of the shot, your opponent has the restoration option. However, if the disturbed ball is designated by specific game rules as the game winning ball, it must be restored. If the game-winning ball is disturbed and falls into a pocket when there is an effect on the outcome of the shot, it is loss of game.
7. It is a foul if: a. you disturb the cue ball; b. you disturb more than one object ball; c. a disturbed ball contacts any other ball; d. you disturb a ball that is in motion. Your opponent has no restoration option. If the game-winning ball is disturbed in conjunction with a violation of (a) through (d) and falls into a pocket, it is loss of game.

We then held a vote for officers and grievance committee.  There were no changes other than to add Jesse Pruitt to the Grievance committee.

Finally, we held our annual scotch doubles tournament.  We had 34 players constituting 17 pairs.  The results were as follows:

1st: Matthew Weitzman & Brady Mertens
2nd: Eugenio Castaneda & Vanessa Cervantes
3rd: Maxwell Brooks & Rob Fowlkes
4th: Nic Chatfield & Zane Ramsay

Lastly, during the tournament, Mike built a spreadsheet that will take signups, automate the bracket, and display now playing and next up information on the TV at the bar, so that future tournaments will run more smoothly.

Thanks to everyone for another great season of the Westside 8 Ball League!

Congratulations to Wednesday Night’s first place team – The Rack Pack, and the top shooter Joe Hanink!

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

Wednesday’s final night of play is 4/15/26.  All outstanding dues must be paid by this date.  There are both Tuesday and Wednesday teams that still owe money.  Please check the standings pages to make sure that you’re paid up.  Any outstanding dues will be taken out of payout envelopes along with appropriate fines as determined by the league rules.  If you’re not sure about the dues you owe, please contact Mike via email to discuss.  The email address is on your score sheets.  Teams that owe more money than the final week of dues include:

Tuesday:
90 West 4, JPs 4, Rock N Shack

Wednesday:
Banter Bar 2, Cue-Tang Clan, Daily Pint, Eagles 1, Nice Leave, Rack N Shack 3, Scarlet Lady 1, Scarlet Lady 6, The Turtle House

If captains of these teams don’t contact me to settle up, all owed dues will be taken from payout envelopes and fines will be levied.  I will not chase you down to get your owed dues paid.

Note that the above DOES NOT include any owed BCA fees.

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

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

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

For the 3rd season in a row, Tuesday Night’s first place team – 90 West 1, and the top shooter is Dale Kurihara!

Please note that if your “Owed Dues” column is not $0, you owe money, and are responsible for getting it turned in before Wednesday’s last night of play (4/15/26).  If money is not turned in or arrangements made with Mike Schwartz, dues will be taken from payout envelopes and fines will be levied according to the rules of the Westside 8 Ball League.  Mike has already spoken with the 3 captains in question so the onus is now on them to get settled up.

Congratulations to all on another great season!

The Tuesday Night League comes to an end this Tuesday, 3/24/26.  Below are the dues owed by each team to be fully paid up for the season.  I’ve spoken to most of the captains who owe more than $40 for the final week, but if anyone has any questions, feel free to reach out.  My contact info is on the bottom of every score sheet.  Please note that if you are listed as owing $40 or less, your team is on track as this list doesn’t include the weekly dues that will be paid on the final night of play.