[POOL] League News

[Paul Hovland]

John,

Are we doing anything as a "thank you" to Kevin?

Paul

ps: I think you meant "seeding" not "seating" (although seating would be nice, especially for the end-of-year banquet :-)

On Dec 17, 2013, at 3:54 PM, John Valdes <valdes at anl.gov> wrote:

> Moe,
> 
> As mentioned, today is the last night of the Fall session.  FYI for
> those new to the league this year: based on the standings after
> tonight, teams will get a cash award that comes from the collected
> league fees.  All teams get something, with the team finishing first
> getting the most, and the team finishing 8th getting the least.  At
> the end of the Winter session (sometime in Apr), teams will get
> another payoout based on their Winter performance, and after that,
> there will be playoffs with yet another payout.  A team's total wins
> from both sessions will determine their seating in the playoffs.
> 
> Winter session begins Jan 7, so no pool after today for 3 weeks.
> 
> Also as metioned previous, Kevin Bayer will be stepping down as
> League President after today.  Dean Bass has agreed to take over
> starting Winter session.  Dean was one of the original founders of the
> League (~25 years ago or so), so this will be a return as President.
> 
> For the Winter session, we're going to go back to playing 5 matches
> per night, so we'll need 5 players to show up each week.  Q will let
> the league keep 2 tables past 10 PM, so that plus using the 5th table
> (aka "practice" table) for matches will hopefully allow us to get all
> the matches done each week.
> 
> Given the extra match per team per week, we'll be able to reduce
> League fees.  The session "buyin" will now be $5 (down from $10), and
> the per match fee will now be $7 (down from $8).
> 
> John