Noteworthy events from 2023 Spring Week 01

Outstanding outing(s):

  1. Eighties night for six players:
    • Kevin C, Paul S, Andreas R, Joe L, Nancy K, and Chris D
  2. A mere 77 for Jerry W.
  3. Pocket Rattlers teammates Jerry R and Scott C each shot a 76.

RAFFLE Status:

  1. Steve V was the first selection.  He made the 8 on his Table 15 break.  No balls were within 3 inches of each other.  Cue-ball had a tough cut on the 1 in NW corner.  Steve tried, but missed.
  2. Mark H was picked for the 2nd consecutive week after a significant dry spell.  Speaking of dry, that’s how he broke on this night’s Table 12.
  3. By virtue of the new Rule 19.H.ii, a 3rd selection was randomized and Mike M broke on Table 07.
    • Mike made the 3 and the 5 on the break (those add up to 8 by the way – just like Steve V’s earlier attempt tonight). 
    • The cue-ball situated in the SE quadrant near the SE corner. The 1-ball and 5-ball were rolling together near the south side and observers were queasy that they’d configure messy when they stopped.  But, the 1 knocked the 5 into the side and was isolated about three ball-widths NW from the side pocket.
    • Mike lined up, shot, and the 1-ball made a slow, steady, suspenseless path into the SW corner pocket.
    • The cue-ball rolled to the NW corner with no good shapes on the deuce.
    • Mike cashed out for one third of the available pot.
  4. The remaining raffle pot rolls over to Week 02.  

OTHER:

  1. League debuts included:
    • Pool Sharks teammates Patricia S and Matthew D. They combined for 77 points.
    • Joe S from The Bullys tallied half a hundred.
  2. Tom Barn… began the night as a rostered sub on one team and ended up as a rostered sub on a different team.  Other roster changes included the additions of:
    • Angela S as a sub for Pool Sharks,
    • Fermin A and Norberto E as subs for HWGA Rejects 2.0, and
    • Scott C as a sub for Pocket Rattlers
  3. Free Agents had the only case of a missing player that caused a handicap subtraction impact (8 points).  Their opponent Stick-e-Balls was therefore awarded an additional 8 points.  See Rule 20.E’s example i. for justification.
  4. Mighty Mantis Shrimp incurred a 15-point penalty with the absence of two players.
  5. Frank C’s break cue went missing for a short while.  Patricia S was recognized as the resolving sleuth.
  6. The Sharon C <–> Scott C pair considerately adopted Frank C as a passenger.
  7. Nobody invested yet in the Top Shooter side-pot competition.  See rule 24.B for more details.