Tournament Results
On Saturday afternoon, 78 players turned out to play in the mid-season singles tournament. The upper and lower brackets were divided at 1,712 points, with 39 players in each bracket. Congratulations to those finishing in the money:
Upper bracket
1. Seong Hyeon Kim (The Loft Steel): KRW400,000
2. JJ Kon (Full Moon Exel): KRW200,000
3. Larry Asor (Bulldog Estyle): KRW100,000
4. Ok Jin Son (Scrooge Pub Drunken Cactus): KRW60,000
5-8. Gevin Gamad, Brian Prekler, Matt West, Lenny Erickson KRW30,000 each
Lower bracket
1. Jim Oehlerking (Sin Bin The Boozers): KRW400,000
2. Anastacio Bongon Jr (The Loft Sticks): KRW200,000
3. Declan Griffin (Seoul Pub Shava): KRW100,000
4. Michael Walsh (Orange Tree Orangutans): KRW60,000
5-8. Kim Roman, Sheery M. Ashraf, Jason Robinson, Anwar Musa KRW30,000 each
Many thanks to Doug Moulton, Jeff Trageser, Jim Dewey, Lenny Erickson, and Bernard Condrau for helping to run the tournament.
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Captains' meeting
A captains' meeting will be held on Sunday, 25 March 2012, 5pm at Bless U. (This is the day after the mid-season singles tournament.)
If you have any issues or prospective rule changes you wish to discuss at the meeting, these can be added to the agenda by contacting one of the league executives by midnight on Saturday, 24 March 2012. In the interest of keeping the meeting as brief and orderly as possible, issues or potential rules changes raised after this (or at the meeting) may not be discussed.
Teams that send a representative to the meeting will earn two bonus points counting towards final standings in the season. As rules could be changed at this meeting, your participation is paramount. Sending a representative to the meeting means your team has a voice and a vote.
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Topics for discussion
League members have asked that the following topics be discussed and voted upon at the upcoming mid-season meeting:
- Visiting team gets to practice with match balls
- Teams must agree to reschedule if given at least 24 hours’ notice
- Allowing players to switch teams mid-season
- A limit on how many matches a team can reschedule in one season
- Lagging for the break/Alternating breaks with first break of each set determined by coin toss.
- Ban the Magic Rack or both players/teams must agree if the Magic Rack is to be used
- Losing player loses zero points when opponent does break-and-run
- Awarding 10 bonus points (to winning player) for 8-ball-run/break-and-run
- Admit RAndy's bar to the IPL
- Top four playoff places given to winners of each division. Remaining places determined by total points.
- Have zero time outs.
Newer topics highlighted in orange.
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Mid-Season Singles Tournament
Tournament:
Date: March 24, 2012, 4pm
Locations: Bless U, Dolce Vita, Sin Bin, JR
Mode: Singles tournament in 2 brackets based on player rating on the day of the tournament. All registered players will be separated into a lower and upper ratings bracket, with an equal number of players per bracket.
Registration:
Time: March 24, 3pm - 3.45pm, Bless U (tournament starts 4pm)
Fee: KRW10,000 per player
Requirements: Participating players need to have played on 3 different match days in the current season. Check whether you fulfil this requirement by clicking menu Statistics, then Qualifiers, then select option Mid-Season Qualifiers and scroll down to find your team.
Awards:
Trophies for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places in each bracket will be awarded at the end-of-season banquet.
The following prize money will be awarded to the winners in each bracket on the day of play:
1st: 400k (KRW400,000), 2nd: 200k, 3rd: 100k, 4th: 60k, 5th-8th: 30k
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