Post by H on Mar 25, 2010 18:59:02 GMT
A message from the old man:
"A Sussex Summer “Off the Spot” Bar Billiards League
We at The Laughing Fish would like to suggest an additional Summer competition to allow those of us who can’t afford three months in the Bahamas to carry on playing a degree of competitive Bar Billiards during what is traditionally the close season.
“Off the Spot” is a format which has been used as an occasional winter competition by some leagues. It can be quite a leveller between different standards of player, and certainly forces different shots from the norm in some circumstances, but can still be treated as a “serious” contest whilst fun to play.
To avoid Bank Holidays and normal league competition dates, we are suggesting a twelve week season running from Monday 7th June to Monday 23rd August inclusive. This means that practically a maximum of seven teams could be in a league, who can then play each other home and away.
Proposal:
• Teams can be any group of at least five players who can base themselves at one venue. For the first year we would suggest no registration of players, but an understanding that no player would play for more than one team during the season!
• All matches to be organized in normal league mode:
o Five singles games, drawn at the start
o Away team to break in games one, three, and five
o ALL SHOTS TO BE PLAYED “OFF THE SPOT”
o NO table or player handicaps
o Normal refreshment catering!
• League points awarded as one point per game win with a bonus point for the match win
• Normal league and player stats will be collated and a trophy provided for the winners – we suggest a £5 per team entry fee at the start of the competition to pay for this.
We would like to invite ANY group of players from the Lewes, Brighton, or Mid-Sussex areas to register an interest. We will then put together a proposal for a league. In the event that more than six teams show an interest, we will try to divide them into more than one division based as far as possible purely on geography to minimize travel distances.
As we have proposed this from the Laughing Fish we’re quite prepared to take on the organization and reporting of results for this season.
If you think you may be interested, please contact andy@laughingfishonline.co.uk as soon as possible, but no later than THE END OF APRIL."
Obviously I appreciate that not everyone uses the forums, so if this could be passed on to anyone you think that might be able to take part so that we can get an idea of initial interest and go from there.
Many Thanks
H
"A Sussex Summer “Off the Spot” Bar Billiards League
We at The Laughing Fish would like to suggest an additional Summer competition to allow those of us who can’t afford three months in the Bahamas to carry on playing a degree of competitive Bar Billiards during what is traditionally the close season.
“Off the Spot” is a format which has been used as an occasional winter competition by some leagues. It can be quite a leveller between different standards of player, and certainly forces different shots from the norm in some circumstances, but can still be treated as a “serious” contest whilst fun to play.
To avoid Bank Holidays and normal league competition dates, we are suggesting a twelve week season running from Monday 7th June to Monday 23rd August inclusive. This means that practically a maximum of seven teams could be in a league, who can then play each other home and away.
Proposal:
• Teams can be any group of at least five players who can base themselves at one venue. For the first year we would suggest no registration of players, but an understanding that no player would play for more than one team during the season!
• All matches to be organized in normal league mode:
o Five singles games, drawn at the start
o Away team to break in games one, three, and five
o ALL SHOTS TO BE PLAYED “OFF THE SPOT”
o NO table or player handicaps
o Normal refreshment catering!
• League points awarded as one point per game win with a bonus point for the match win
• Normal league and player stats will be collated and a trophy provided for the winners – we suggest a £5 per team entry fee at the start of the competition to pay for this.
We would like to invite ANY group of players from the Lewes, Brighton, or Mid-Sussex areas to register an interest. We will then put together a proposal for a league. In the event that more than six teams show an interest, we will try to divide them into more than one division based as far as possible purely on geography to minimize travel distances.
As we have proposed this from the Laughing Fish we’re quite prepared to take on the organization and reporting of results for this season.
If you think you may be interested, please contact andy@laughingfishonline.co.uk as soon as possible, but no later than THE END OF APRIL."
Obviously I appreciate that not everyone uses the forums, so if this could be passed on to anyone you think that might be able to take part so that we can get an idea of initial interest and go from there.
Many Thanks
H