FORUM CLOSING ON 14th JANUARY

Well we're pretty much at the half way stage so here's a roundup of each section:

Section One:
Nathan Ball heads the section with 5/5 wins, Jason Buck and old timer Malcolm Lewis lead the chasing pack with 4 wins.  Still in the hunt though are the usual suspects Matty Challen, Tom Weeks and Adam Brown.  Jamey Street and Kevin McIlroy so far struggling to assert themselves but there is still plenty of opportunity to turn things around.  The withdrawal of Chris Webb has mixed things up a little bit with a bye added into the fixture list giving some players a match in hand.

A long way to go in this section so it's hard to predict a likely winner and runner up.

Section Two:
Similar to Section Two, Rhys Freemire is leading the group with 5/5 wins however Shaun Taylor, Graham Hornblow and Andrew Gee are close behind with 4 wins and the next four players, Nick, Ben, Jamie and John are all capable to closing the gap.

Paul Carter, Craig Coles, Nicki Hoskins and Julian Wood are fighting for the wooden spoon!

Section Three:
A very close section so far with Dave Crawford, Tom Williams, John Street and Peter de Banks all on 4/5 wins, Mark Trafford and Keith Hollis only one win behind making it extremely difficult to call who's favourite at this stage to finish 4th let alone 1st!

Only James Watson yet to record a win but has recorded a Break and Clear!

Ladies Section:
This section is still taking time to get properly warmed up.  Players really need to get themselves sorted, get matches arranged sooner as there are still a number of June matches to be played, plus a number of May-July matches to be sorted on top of the standard July matches.  No-one else is going to arrange them for you except you and your opponent.  Please don't wait for your opponent to call you, if everyone does that we'll have no matches arranged at all!

Summary:
Most matches are being arranged in good time, a few have slipped into the following month which needs to be avoided for the future.  The issue of reporting clearances from the break is clearly not happening consistly between sections.  How many you have against your name does absolutely nothing to your position, it's purely to demonstrate high performance of pool playing.

With arranging matches it's working pretty well so far, ideally towards the end of each month you should be planning your match for the following month, especially as people will be away on summer holidays over the next few months.  Ladies are not as good as the men yet but the men have had five months practise!

Trophies:
I am trying to sort out a couple of annual trophies for Section One and The Ladies Section but this depends on obtaining sponsorship as all of the entry fees are allocated to the prize fund.

Depending on how successful I am with obtaining sponsorship I'll also look into annual trophies for Section Two and Section Three and individual trophies for each Section Winner and possibly Runners Up and Third Place.  For the first year this may be tricky as paying for the annual trophies is a one-off expense but around £70 per trohpy for something decent.

Presentation Night:
I know it's a bit early to think about this but it's always best to start planning early!  My thoughts on this are to not have a presentation night in the normal style at Rileys or other pool venue but to have a Singles League Curry Night probably somewhere on Cowley Road.  A curry, a little bit of beer, presentation of (trophies/) prize money.

Next season:
A few people have asked already about how next season is going to work.  At the moment I'm not sure but I would like to keep the same format, i.e. 12 players per section playing one match per month.  As there are different entry fees for each section it's not necessrily appropriate to have straight forward promotion and relegation of top and bottom two players, however I'd expect the players winning sections two and three to be keen to challenge themselves and move up a section even though it means paying more to enter (don't forget you'll have won enough money to cover the entry fee...).

One complication with this is people dropping out and new players coming in.  I'll deal with this as I see fit to put people in the appropriate section.  For example I have interest from Tim Williamson and James Thorpe (I like name dropping!) and they are clearly Section One players.

Yup, I have thought about the play-offs.  As it's only for money and not for position or trophies, I'm going to be happy to let it carry on beyond January is necessary, even if that means it carries into the next season.

Re: free tables, noted.

Tom.

Pay the club to yuse the tables I think your a little off their mate.

The club gets the bar sales for a small outlay of what 20p per hour for the light now I do accept if the club is full they are losing table money but only when the club is full and therefore they should look at it as speculating to accumalate.

They specualte a free table in return for bar sales now maybe it should be imposed that the club expects a two drink per person minimum purchase or else they reserve the right to charge for the table hire - this might be worth tabling as a back up.... but pay them I don;'t see any reason to do that !

the red devil wrote:

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just a suggestion about free tables. with cost cutting the way it is, free tables for all sections might fall on deaf ears unless there was some way of a one off payment to the club that will be hosting the matches. A small token cosidering how many matches get played across all three divisions. i'm up for the singles league next year and would be happy to pay slightly more to enter the league if it meant i wouldn't have to pay for any tables

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isuggeted this at the beginning of the seson. Also, i too hope to play again next season even if i lose every game lol

 

July matches yet to be arranged/played:

Section One:
Ash v Adam (16th)
Nathan v Lee B-J
Jamey v Matty
Jason v Lee C
Tom v Malcolm

Section Two:
John v Julian
Graham v Nick
Ben v Rhys

Section Three:
James v Keith
Tom W v Jez
Ross v Tom G
Mark v John
Steve v Peter
Dave v Daniel

Ladies Section:
Sheree v Katie
Shelly v Jodie
Nicki v Steph
Carrie v Verity
Conny v Hazel (22nd)
Jaz v Lauren (23rd)

plus June Matches:
Katie v Jodie
Verity v Shelly
Lauren v Carrie

plus May-July matches:
Jaz v Hazel (22nd)
Conny v Verity
Carrie v Steph
Shelly v Sheree


So message to all, lots of games to be played, some overdue.  Get them played or they become void matches and the whole league becomes a joke.

Tom.

-- Edited by Barney on Thursday 16th of July 2009 02:27:52 PM

Oh steph 6 v 5 Carrie

Again as steph won Carrie thought steph would text result in

Ben and Rhys are playing next wed at 7pm, at A1.

Barney wrote:

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July matches yet to be arranged/played:

Section One:
Ash v Adam (16th)
Nathan v Lee B-J
Jamey v Matty
Jason v Lee C
Tom v Malcolm  (Tomorrow Saturday 25th July 2009)

So message to all, lots of games to be played, some overdue.  Get them played or they become void matches and the whole league becomes a joke.

Tom.

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Late Matches:

Lee Challis v Tom Weeks
Julian Wood v Graham Hornblow
Nick Mansell v Ben Scott
Keith Hollis v Tom Williams

Conny Meisenberg v Verity Anton (May-July)
Verity Anton v Shelly James (June)
Carrie Francombe v Verity Anton (July)
Jodie Rabin v Carrie Francombe (August)
Verity Anton v Jaz Venning (August)

Verity, you've only played one match where others have played four and five.

-- Edited by Barney on Wednesday 2nd of September 2009 01:37:53 PM

-- Edited by Barney on Friday 4th of September 2009 02:13:00 PM

Barney wrote:

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All,

Just an early reminder that the deadline for entry into the 2010/11 Singles League is 31st October.  This includes full payment.  Lack of full payment nullifies your entry.

Currently I have 33 signed up with three having paid.  I hope to have five sections which needs 60 people, so in effect there are 27 places available.

Those who are currently near the top of their section in the present season cannot request to offset their entry fee with their possible winnings.  This is because your possible winnings are not definite until December 2009.

There will be no exceptions.

Tom.

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how about getting their entry fees for this season

 

Latest updates:

Section One:
Nathan Ball, Tom Weeks, Malcolm Lewis and Jason Buck are all on six wins but Tom has one game in hand.  Adam Brown is sitting in 5th place also with a game in hand so could join in the party.  Several key matches coming soon but of note in October we have Adam v Jason and Nathan v Tom.

Section Two:
Shaun Taylor leads Rhys Freemire on frame difference with Graham Hornblow, Nick Mansell and Andrew Gee all just one win behind.  In November there are a few keys matches, Andrew v Graham and Shaun v Nick.

Section Three:
Peter de Banks tops this section with Tom Williams, John Street and Keith Hollis one win behind.  Dave Crawford has a chance to close the gap if he beats Tom in October, but he won't, so he doesn't.

Ladies Section:
Jaz Venning leads the section, although Nicki is one win behind with a game in hand.  Shelly James sits in third spotm ahead of Hazel Dabrowski, Verity Anton and Carrie Francombe.  Sheree Houseman, Lauren Thomas and Jodie Rabin are all competing for the wooden spoon, all without a win between them, but only one can stay winless!

Tom.

Made me laugh too!

Tom, you still don't have me in the paid category for next year even though I paid you for entry for both men's and ladies at county fives. I'm hoping this is because you haven't updated the list rather than you running off with my money and making a new life for yourself...

Also, has a decision been made about the pay-out structure for next year? I am against the money being distributed across all sections (ie the lower sections effectively subsidising the higher ones) when all entry fees are the same (bar section 1 obviously), and a few others that I have spoken to have said the same. I'm not sure everyone has spotted that that was your intended plan...

And just for the record, I'm not one win behind with a game in hand, I just have a game in hand!

Barney wrote:

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Missing Results:

Section One:
Jamey Street v Kevin McIlroy (October)
Matty Challen v Lee Challis (October)
Tom Weeks v Jason Buck (November) - being played tonight
Malcolm Lewis v Jamey Street (November) being played on Tuesday 22nd December 2009

Plus all December matches need to be played.

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Sunday 31st January 2010 is the Town vs Gown