The End of Season Singles Money Tournament was held last Saturday, and it was a rousing success.
Forty-three fierce competitors turned up to Shenanigans to sign up. There were 22 players in the lower bracket, and 21 players in the upper bracket. The highest rating for the lower bracket was 1693, and the lowest for the upper bracket was 1702.
The lower bracket was played at Shenanigans and Scrooge Pub, and the upper bracket was played at Sin Bin and King Pub.
The winners were as follows:
Lower Bracket:
1st Place (200,000 won and a trophy to be awarded at the banquet) - Song Yi Han (Bulldog Super Power)
2nd Place (150,000 won) - Zach Allinger (Shenanigans Boomtown Rats)
3rd Place (100,000 won) - Kyle Quesada (JR Pub Pinoy Mafia)
4th Place (80,000 won) - Aaron Watson (Bull & Barrel Misfits)
5th-8th Place (25,000 won) - Magno Philipe Goncalo (Phillies Frigates), Joon Woo Shin (King Pub the King), Paula Ross (Phillies Frigates), Yoon Jin "YJ" Dewey (Dolce Vita Blame the Cue) Â
Upper Bracket:
1st Place (200,000 won and a trophy to be awarded at the banquet) - Roland "Thoto" Kondes (JR Pub Pinoy Mafia)
2nd Place (150,000 won) - Seh Chul Park (JR Pub Pinoy Mafia)
3rd Place (100,000 won) - Duncan Smyth (Scrooge Pub Wonky Dics)
4th Place (80,000 won) - Chris Dews (Scrooge Pub Wonky Dics)
5th-8th Place (25,000 won) - Darryl Dawson (Sin Bin Strokers), Sam Shear (Bulldog Super Power), Doo Mann Lim (King Pub The King), Jang Joon Min (Shenanigans Boomtown Rats)
Check out all the gory details by opening the Tournaments link in the menu.
I want to thank the four venues for their great service and hospitality - Shenanigans, Scrooge Pub, Sin Bin, and King Pub.
I also want to thank all of those who helped out in running the tournament: Chris Dews, Mark Jones, Jumi Ahn, Sam Shear, Song Yi Han, Russell John, and others.
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Whilst Lenny so ably updated you on what happened in the tournaments in terms of results, I thought it was time to update you on what has really happened in the last few weeks.
Firstly the tournaments, it was wonderful to see Song Yi walk off with her first ever trophy in the doubles but less thrilling to see Jun win his 178th tournament. The real highlights of the tournament were seeing people from different teams getting on so well, seeing break and runs and table runs, seeing quite amazing escapes (I wanted to say amazingly lucky escapes but I feel I might come across as bitter and I did rather roast Mark Barnes in my last blog), and finally seeing a player get totally bamboozled by the purple cloth on the Dolce table that he used the purple ball as the cue ball (Nice one, Johnny - and his partner was too busy getting drunk to warn him - pay attention Rickie!).
The singles tournament was less thrilling as I sat through a 45 minute opening game between the normally quick-fire Macca and Tae-hyun. By the time I woke up it had been reported that Thoto and Richard had been crowned as champions in the respective competitions. Well done to both!
And now on to league matters...
Championship A:
Thanks to draconian measures by our esteemed dictator, all teams who attended the captain's meeting were awarded a bonus 10 points and, as a result, Pinoy Mafia sunk, ever so briefly, to the foot of the table for not attending. I'm sure Troy will be thrilled at his team's commitment to the league. They have since been replaced by the Recessiontown Rats who have managed just 1 win in the last 6 weeks. They even managed to lose to their sister team for the first time ever. Shenanigans were stung by accusations that they wanted to be relegated and have since decided to go out all cues blazing. Wonky Dics have decided to be more consistent and Strokers have recovered from being hammered at Scrooge to move up to 2nd. The Nags still lead the way. The most interesting team are King Pub King who seem to want to make every match as exciting as possible. 7 matches have ended up 8-7 in their games. You can destroy teams if you want guys!
Championship B:
The last time I reported on this division I talked about the fine job Bombadeers were doing...let's forget I said that, shall we? Marvelous lead the way, although being British I do wish they'd spell it with two Ls. Apart from them, all the other teams in this division remain alarmingly...average. They have all won 4 or 5 matches. It must be quite depressing to be that mediocre? Please, please, please someone put a run together! King Pub, Super Power and Misfits seem the most likely to do something but they need to act soon. JJ's, Kozels and the Pain might have to scrap against relegation.
Championship C:
Phillie's Frigates still lead the way in this division although the gap has closed significantly. The most alarming thing about this division is the camaraderie between teams. There is just too much friendliness! Captains have been overheard saying how much they love each other, players have been exclaiming how much they adore playing with other teams in the division. Where has the aggression gone? What's wrong with saying we want to destroy this team? This division simply needs to man up (or woman up, I can't come across as being sexist) and kick some ass - otherwise it's just gay! (Bollocks, now I'm homophobic). Sweet Life, Scandal and Shih Tzu are leading the charge to catch the boys from HBC. The other big news is that Blame the Cue have finally won a match with the help (or hindrance) of JJ the tailor - see Lenny's meeting minutes write up for a full account of JJ's personality. They have been replaced at the bottom by Ballisticks.
Enjoy the second half of the season!
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The End of Season Singles Money Tournament will be held Saturday, May 27th.
Any player who has played in at least 5 league matches this season is eligible to play.Â
The entry fee is 10,000 won per player, and there will be cash payouts to the winners.Â
The tournament will be divided into an upper bracket and a lower bracket, based on the players' ratings at the time of the tournament.
The payouts will be the same for both brackets:
1st Place - 200,000 won
2nd Place - 150,000 won
3rd Place - 100,000 won
4th Place - 80,000 won
5th - 8th Places - 25,000 won
Signups will be held from 3:00 - 3:45 at Shenanigans. The tournament will start as near to 4:00 as possible.
The venues will be:
Shenanigans
Scrooge Pub
Sin Bin
King Pub
We hope to see a large turnout for this event!
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It has been a busy couple of weekends, with two tournaments and a captains' meeting.
For details of the captains' meeting, please refer to the Meeting Minutes in the Information menu.
The Mid-season Singles Trophy tournament was held March 25th at King Pub, JJ's, JR Pub, and Wolfhounds.
A total of 38 players signed up, with one player having to forfeit his games due to his late arrival.
There ended up being 18 players in the upper bracket, with the cut-off at 1697. There were 19 players in the lower bracket, with the cut-off being 1686.
Results:
Lower Bracket:
1st Place: Richard Hirst - JJ's The Pain
2nd Place: Joon Woo Shin - King Pub The King
3rd Place: Magno Filipe Goncalo - Phillie's Frigates
Upper Bracket:
1st Place: Roland "Thoto" Kondes - JR Pub Pinoy Mafia
2nd Place: Darryl "The Big Easy" Dawson - Sin Bin Strokers
3rd Place: Minho "Mino" Kim - Scrooge Pub Wonky Dics
Each of these players will receive a trophy at the end-of-season awards banquet.
A big thanks to the four venues, and to the numerous people who helped out, Chris Dewes, Dom Johnson, Jim Dewey, among others.
The Mid-season Doubles Money Tournament was held on April 1st at Bull and Barrel and Dolce Vita.
A total of 30 people participated, resulting in 15 teams. Lower ranked players were randomly assigned partners from higher ranked players, with the cut-off for higher ranked at 1690, and the cut-off for lower ranked at 1687.
Results:
1st Place (200,000 plus a trophy): Jun "Oragon" Bongon/Han "Song2" Songyi
2nd Place (140,000): Eric Scheusner/Marc Fafard
3rd place (100,000): Mark "Gum Eun Yong" Barnes/Joon Woo Shin
4th Place (60,000): Lenny Erickson/ Junior "Idol" Dollisen
5th - 8th Place (30,000):
Dominic "Idi Yamin" Johnson/Zack "Jack" Allinger
Roland "Thoto" Kondes/Denis Sauve
Shazad "Sam" Sheer/Yang Min Yang
Mark "Ghost Rider" Jones/Rob Spano
A big thanks to the two venues, and to the numerous people who helped out, Mark Jones, Dom Johnson, Ronan Spillane, Rickie Ball, among others.
Congratulations to all the winners!
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