The official signup for the general public concluded with 18 teams enrolled. The season will end on 15Aug2024’s Party night. Also, because we’ll have more than 14 teams playing each week, there will be 7-foot tables included in this season’s schedule.
If any other individuals are interested to join in, please notify the venue (Shooter’s Sports Bar and Billiards, Grayslake Illinois) before Tuesday, 09Apr2024::7:00pm. The venue will, in turn, notify the league operator by the final deadline of 8pm on the same night.
The season’s match play officially begins on Thursday, 11Apr2024 at 7:30pm.
The captains/delegates at the meeting participated in a rule change discussion and vote. Summary of the discussions, but no changes were implemented:
- Earbuds – at least one brought up a dislike for them, but the league voted not to restrict them.
- Scotch Doubles. The concept of switching our weekly matches to Scotch Doubles format was voiced, but will take some more detailed discussion and planning if we eventually choose to adopt that drastic of a change.
- Someone brought up a dislike for the no-jumping rule, but that remains a venue rule with which we must comply.
RAFFLE Status:
There were 299 chances invested in this evening’s raffle opportunity.
- Steve V was picked and sank three balls before cashing out for one third of the available raffle pot. His prize money was delayed due to the League Operator’s absence on this night.
- Jim S was selected and didn’t get the opportunity to cash out any prize money.
- The remaining raffle pot rolls over to 2024 Spring season’s Week 01.
OTHER:
- The League Operator was unavailable to attend this night due to being hospitalized. Great replacement coverage was enacted by a combination of Alex B for raffle conduct, Jesus for table-time fee collections, and Nancy K for facilitating the rules discussions and voting.
- It is uncertain whether or not the League Operator will be available again in time to attend Week 01, but be assured it is not even close to being a life-threatening condition.
- One teamless individual signed up (Gary M) and says he’s a good player. We’re hoping that a team with one or more sub openings will pick him up on the roster on Week 01, but the deadline allows for Week 03 at the latest.
- 15 of our 18 teams were in the just-ended 2023_4 Winter season, although a one or two-person switch was implemented by some. One completely new team has now joined The other two teams are a hodge-podge of players from the past.