Most of you, I'm sure, will be missing your weekly visit to the bars of Itaewon over the Chuseok period. Fear not, this coming Sunday will see Scrooge Pub host a pool tournament to raise money for victims of the recent Mexican Earthquake. I have a friend whose region was very badly hit and through her I have been given a worthy charity to support. Money raised by the tournament will help volunteers educate children whose school was destroyed by the quake. While volunteers help the children, the parents will help reconstruct the school. If you'd like attend or make a contribution please come and find me at Scrooge on Sunday or next Wednesday at Shenanigans and Sin Bin. There will hopefully be a small raffle on Sunday, and entry fee, a buy back in fee and a Calcutta draw. There will of course be prizes for the winners but the main aim of the event is to have fun and raise some money.
When: Sunday 8th October
Time: 4:00pm sign ups in Scrooge
Entry: Open to all and 10,000won fee + 5,000won buy back in.
Bars: Scrooge and Dolce Vita
This event has nothing to do with the pool league and as such all players (league members or not) are welcome to participate. Many thanks to Kelly, SK, Jim and YJ for their kind support.
I think it is also about time we had a review of the season so far, don't you? Here we go then...
Championship A:
The defending champions, Pinoy/Korean Mafia (now we have cute little flags, we know where you're really from!) currently lead the way from The Rats (who have a game in hand) with the Super Soakers (sounds like a water pistol to me!) a little off the pace in 3rd. Pinoy took a while to get going this season but have steadily moved through the gears after a 15-0 win in week 4. The Dirty Rats (that's what Wonky's think anyway!) have been impressive aside from a sleepy start against the Triangles. The SS (Super Strokers, not the paramilitary wing of Adolf's party...this SS's weapon of choice is a pool cue) have been on the slide in recent weeks. Wonky's started the season exceptionally well and got into the 'winning every week but not destroying teams' habit of last season until they went and won 15-0 then lost 4-11. The 11-4 loss to Super Power was hard to explain until the rest of the league woke up to the fact that it was caused by a celebrity player. Ladies and gentlemen, we have Jerry Seinfeld in the league! Shhh though, he spelled his name wrongly, so it may not be the real Jerry (I wonder who it could be?). Three new additions have certainly made Super Power a lot more dangerous and Angry Birds have been improving too which leaves Marvelous...who should really be called Mediocre by now, bringing up the rear.
Championship B:
This is all about King Pub Seoul, the winningest team of the season so far (along with the Championship C leaders) . Not looking especially dangerous on paper but lethal on baize, this team has already beaten 2 Championship A sides, including the Super Chokers. JJ's the Pain have won 5 matches in a row 8-7, so that is the bar to head to for excitement. The only other team to follow in this division at the moment is B & B Bells Boyz which sounds like a K-Pop rap group but is in fact a middle aged collection of IPL regulars who honesty believe adding a 'z' to boy makes them sound 'down with the kids'. Rat Killers are living on their one night of glory from last season and Black Hole have been competitive until the last few weeks. Shit You, I still can't spell that, are there too and Bomba...oh dear...the least said about them the better.
Championship C:
All hail JJ's, the only unbeaten team in the entire league, quite some achievement after 11 weeks of the season. Also, in this league we have the anti-JJ's in Phillie's Pheasants, they only team yet to register a legitimate win (for all those that have complained about byes...without them, Pheasants would be very sad and suicidal). The chasing pack is heading by two Dolce Vita teams. The Sweet Life seem to be forever in second and Drool in Pool (quite simply a horrible name; Russell, go and speak to Lon on how to be 'down with the kids'). Frigates are fine until they meet a Championship A side...0-15 and 0-15...simply sorry! Ballisticks, Cue Tips and Scandal are locked in their own little battle over who will finish closest to Pheasants...it won't be that close though, in all honesty.