June 2007
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AN OLD GAME MADE NEW IN TOWN - PART VI
Shotze’s in Everett, WA has just completed its 6th Open 9-Ball League and to date it’s biggest yet. This year we started with (46) members making up (16) teams. For the first time, no one was turned away and told we were full. This is because we have room to grow. We are looking to max out our league with (22) teams making a grand total of (66) members. Hopefully, down the road, this will happen. Ford and I started this league to be played on 9-foot tables but realistically could only fit up to (10) teams because of the 5-table max. We tried moving it to allowing (40) members by going from 3 to 4member teams but found that the majority of the members liked the 3-member teams better. So to accommodate a few more members, 8-foot tables were added. Since this conception, we have grown from (12) teams to (16) teams. The popularity of this league has put pressure on us to open the doors and allow the numbers of members to grow and also the addition of the 8-foot tables not only in the league but also starting with our next season, into the playoffs. We tried our best to keep the playoffs to the 9-foot
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tables but with members sitting and waiting 4-4 1/2 hours to play their first matches, this has become unrealistic. So with this in mind, our league will consist of both 9 and 8foot tables in all aspects. This also means, there is plenty of room for those of you out there who might be interested in joining. Our next League meeting will be August 27th at 7pm and league will start on September 10th. You do not have to bring in a team. Just yourself. Teams don’t mean anything except to schedule matches and get members qualified for the playoffs. This is a true Singles league and everything is based on what you do as a player individually, not as a team. We will be happy to see all new members then. This year set new records on the amount of money paid out. It was fantastic to see that like the first (5) seasons, every penny was paid back to the members. Here is the
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breakdown: $3,000 indiv payouts + $390 top percentages + $51 9ball breaks during league play + $641 9-ball brk pot left overs + $650 Shotze’s add in + $410 playoff entry fee + $4,100 left over league money = a grand total of $9,242.00 paid back to the members. The playoff totaled $5,131 paid out to the (41) members who participated. This is bigger than any of the major weekend tournaments we’ve had so far, I believe. This years playoffs left (3) members standing that had won this league before. They were Jim Conway, Jeff Jimenez, & Ed Slade. Any one of them could of taken this once again and it was anyone’s guess who might be the one standing at the end. The top percentages in the past has always been won by the men of the league. The ladies have their own first and second place finishes for their percentages. This year there was a first. Shari Ross with a 59+ percentage actually was place 10th in the league of 46 members. Since 10th place would of only gotten her $5, she decided to take the $20 for the top woman. This is a feat in itself. Congratulations Shari. Jim Conway matches were - Vicki K (7-2), Shari R (7-1), Treon (7-3), Ken W (7-3) and then a loss to Jeff J (6-9), Ed S (5-2) and then back to the finals with Jeff J. Jeff Jimenez’s matches were Suzanne J (7-1), Rob D (7-0), Scott W (7-5), Don Mc (7-3), Sean L (75), and then Jim C (9-6) for the point. The finals, like our major weekend tournaments, is one race for all the marbles. Like I have in the past, I upped the point match from 7 to 9 and the Final match to 11. This is to give these players a fair race to come out the champion for the season. Jim Conway is a hard person to beat in any aspect of a
league playoff situation and this one was no exception. Jim defeated Jeff in a final score of 11 - 6. Jim has also won free entry into our September 8-ball Tournament. Congratulations Jim. Shotze’s has reinstated the Monday Night 9-ball Money Tournament and its open to all comers. Free practice from 6pm and start time is 7pm and there is a $10 entry fee. We are requiring (14) players to have Shotze’s add $50 a night and only taking up to (32) players max. This started on May 7th and will continue until August 20th. Come on down and join us. Love to have ya. Ford, the league members and I would like to take this time to thank Darryl, Dave Shields, Jae and the rest of the staff for helping to put on a fantastic league and making the playoffs venture as positive as possible.
This years standings were: 1st $660 Jim Conway 2nd $406 Jeff Jimenez 3rd $325 Ed Slade 4th $275 Ken Wilson 5-6 $225 Dave Eckert & Sean Lewis 7-8 $175 John Te & Pat Farison 9-12 $125 Don McMillin, Randy Measor, Rick Brunner & Treon Pham 13-16 $95 Bud Krom, Nick Adams, Marvin Holmes & Bill Byers 17-24 $80 Randy Martin, Eric Wilson, Phil Wilson, Paul Hilbert, Scott Walton, Shari Ross, Arnold Rapano, Rob Dennis 25-32 $70 Lorraine Krom, Adrianne Beach, Vicki Knutson, Joe McLaughlin, Melanie Elder, Jim Most, Ford & Mike Kennedy 33-41 $65 Ken Tran, Suzanne Jamieson, Alan Buck, Manny Fernandez, Carol Mellors, Lyman Moss, Chuck Mellors, Nancy Kennedy & Lance Bauge If I butchered anyone’s name, plz
forgive me. I left my list of players names at home and had to go by memory. You know how that can be sometimes.Thank you all for participating and hope to see you next season. Rose and Ford, League Directors