The second round of the Winter/Spring 2015 Championship will be played this Wednesday, June 10th. All matches should break off at 7:30pm as usual and normal play-off rules apply. This begins the straight knockout portion of the play-offs and there are no more second chances. The matches are as follows:
Championship A
Shenanigans @ Sin Bin Tomato
Seoul Pub FUTA @ Dolce Vita Angry Birds
Bulldog Miss Q @ Shenanigans Boomtown Rats
Friend's The Pain @ Bulldog Rackem & Crackem
Championship B
Phillie's Pheasants @ Dillinger's Exel
Seoul Pub Breakers @ JR BBQ II
(Both 3 Alley Pub and Dolce Vita Sweet Life have a bye)
Congratulations to Rising Stars, Wonky Triangles, Potato, and Phoenix in Championship A as well as Scandal, Ferrets, Lost Cause, and Chicken Lips in Championship B who can relax on Wednesday and rejoin the play-offs next Sunday.
Good luck to all.
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The polls are now open and anyone who has a login to the website can vote for the team that has displayed the best example of sportsmanship this season. The winning team will be presented with the magnificent 'Bob Denny Sportsmanship Award' trophy at the banquet on June 26th. Please try and encourage everyone you know to vote as this trophy really represents what this league is about.
In other news and on a related issue I'm happy to announce that the pool tournament held on May 26th to benefit the victims of the Nepal Earthquake raised $1,870. It was an excellent day and a terrific example of people coming together in sport and helping those less fortunate. A huge thank you to Charlie from Wonky Triangles for the brilliant idea in the first place as well as getting some wonderful prizes, Lenny for hosting in his usual suave and sophisticated manner, Ronan for helping to add to the massive prize fund, Mark and and all the staff at Scrooge Pub for laying on a special event and supplying great prizes, Jim and all the staff at Dolce Vita for helping with co-hosing duties and to all the bars and businesses that were so kind in donations especially Craftworks and Soapy Genie who offered up some brilliant prizes. Finally I would like to thank my teammate, Jeff Bunke, who contributed massively on the day by buying an obscene amount of raffle tickets and trying buy everyone in the Calcutta.
It was an awesome day and I was very proud to be there with a special group of people.
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The Winter/Spring Pool League Play-Offs are here. Round 1 will begin on Sunday at 4pm (Unless otherwise agreed by both captains). Only players who have played 5 weeks are eligible to play. Scores can only be entered by a league official so please drop score sheets into Scrooge Pub or send me a kakao message with attached picture of the score sheet. The fixtures are as follows:
Championship A
Sin Bin Tomato @ Bull & Barrel Rising Stars
VFW Canteen Misfits @ Shenanigans
Bulldog Lounge @ Seoul Pub FUTA
Scrooge Pub Wonky Triangles @ Dolce Vita Angry Birds
Sin Bin Potato @ Shenanigans Boomtown Rats
King Bar @ Bulldog Miss Q
JR BBQ @ Friend's The Pain
Scrooge Pub Phoenix @ Bulldog Rackem & Crackem
(Rising Stars, Tomato, Wonky's, Angry Birds, Potato, Rats, Phoenix and Rackem cannot be eliminated on Sunday)
Championship B
Hollywood Scandal @ 3 Alley Pub
Dillinger's Exel @ Phillie's Ferrets
Dolce Vita Sweet Life @ VFW Canteen Lost Cause
Bull & Barrel Chicken Lips @ JR BBQ II
(None of these teams can be eliminated on Sunday, Phillie's Pheasants and Seoul Pub Breakers will join the play-offs on Wednesday)
There are clashes at Bulldog and Shenanigans so captains should arrange alternative venues or times as appropriate (Both Scrooge and Sin Bin are vacant if you need to find other venues)
The very best of luck to all.
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It seems like there is a real need to clarify the new play-off system. It was voted in at the start of season meeting and Bernard has made it as clear as possible if you follow this link and download the New Playoff System. Alternatively you can go to downloads and click the first rules tab and you'll see it there.
http://www.itaewonpool.org/index.php?option=com_phocadownload&view=category&id=1%3Arules&Itemid=19&lang=en
The top 8 will play off in the first round. The losers of those matches will get a second chance in the play-offs and the winners will advance to the 3rd round directly. Teams place 9-16 in the Team List will play off against each other. The losers will be eliminated and the winners will play the losers from the top 8 first round matches.
Based on current standings (as of May26th) the first round of Championship A would look like this
Friends @ Bull & Barrel Rising Stars
VFW Misfits @ Shenanigans
JR BBQ @ Seoul Pub FUTA
Dolce Vita Angry Birds @ Scrooge Phoenix
Sin Bin Potato @ Shenanigans Boomtown Rats
Bulldog Lounge @ Bulldog Miss Q
3 Alley Pub @ Sin Bin Tomato
Scrooge Pub Wonky Triangles @ Bulldog Rackem & Crackem
I will be heading round the bars on the last night of the regular season and will explain this system further. I'll happily answer any questions about it too.
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