Mid-season Double Elimination Blind Draw Doubles Money Tournament - Captains' Meeting
Mid-season Double Tournament
The Mid-season blind draw double money tournament will be held Saturday, September 23rd.
The tournament will be held at The Hidden Cellar and Phillie's.
Signups will be at The Hidden Cellar from 3:00-3:45. The tournament will begin as close to 4:00 as possible. Please don't come after 4:00 and beg us to let you play. We won't.
It will be a blind-draw, double-elimination scotch doubles tournament, with high-ranking players being teamed with lower-ranking players.
Entry fee is 10,000 won per player. Players must have played in at least three matches this season to qualify for the tournament.
The tournament will count toward player ratings. There will be trophies awarded at the end of the season to the first-place pair, plus a cash payout as follows:
First place team - 200,000 won
Second place team - 140,000 won
Third place team - 100,000 won
Fourth place team - 60,000 won
As was mentioned in the Organizational Meeting, only the top 4 teams will get payouts.
I hope to see a good turnout!
Mid-season Captains' Meeting
The following day, Sunday, September 24th, will be the mid-season captains' meeting.
The meeting will be held at 5:00 pm at Shenanigans.
Because of the overwhelming popularity of awarding 10 points last season for attending, we shall again be awarding 10 points for attending this season!
We will be voting on two very important issues regarding next season's schedule.
We will be voting first on whether to keep the current Australian-style playoff format, or to go back to a more conventional one-and-done playoff format.
We will then be voting on whether we should eliminate Sunday playoff matches, which would require fewer match weeks in order to fit two seasons into a calendar year. Much to think about!
Make sure your team has a representative at the meeting, and that your representative stays for the whole meeting.
Busy, busy weekend!
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Important Dates of the Remainder of the Season
We had to make some revisions to the dates for the mid-season tournaments and captains' meeting. So, here are the important dates for the remainder of the season:
Saturday, September 16th - Mid-season Double-elimination Singles Trophy Tournament
Saturday, September 23rd - Mid-season Double-elimination Blind Draw Doubles Money tournament
Sunday, September 24th - Mid-season Captains' Meeting
Saturday, November 11th - End-of-season Double Elimination Blind Draw Doubles Trophy Tournament
Saturday, November 18th - End-of-season Double Elimination Singles Money Tournament
Wednesday, November 22nd - Last regular season matches
Sunday, November 26th; Wednesday, November 29th; Sunday, December 3rd; Wednesday, December 6th - Playoffs
Friday, December 15th - End-of-season Awards Banquet
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Mid-season Double Elimination Singles Trophy Tournament
The Mid-season Singles Trophy Tournament will be held Saturday, September 16th.
It is free to any Itaewon Pool League member who has played at least three matches (3 weeks, not 3 games) this season. Competitors will be divided into two brackets, according to their rankings on the day of the tournament.
The top three finishers of each bracket will be awarded trophies. The tournament will count towards ratings.
Signups will be from 3:00 - 3:45 pm at JJ's, and the tournament will start as close to 4:00 pm as possible.
Venues:
Lower bracket: JJ's (signups) and JR Pub - Finals at JJ's
Upper bracket: King Pub and Sin Bin - Finals at Sin Bin
We hope to see a lot of you there!
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Jon Bell Fundraiser Tournament
We are once again calling on your generosity and love of pool to help us raise some money for a fellow league member.
As some of you may know, our longtime pool league member and friend Jon Bell is having to undergo radiation treatment for cancer. Unfortunately, the treatment is not only costly, but it has also temporarily affected his ability to enunciate clearly enough to teach. Therefore, the double-wammy of expenses as well as lost income.ÂÂÂÂ
Bull and Barrel and Shenanigans will be hosting a fundraising tournament on Sunday, September 3rd. Signups will be from 2:30 pm at Bull and Barrel. Entry will be ₩10,000 with a one-time buy back of ₩5,000. There will be a calcutta auction, plus raffle prizes. 50% of the entry fees and calcutta money, plus 100% of the raffle ticket sales, will go to Jon. Bull and Barrel will also donate 15% of sales to Jon.ÂÂÂÂ
Please come out and bring money. Donations will also be appreciated, even if you can't play.
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