Noteworthy events from 2025 Winter Week 20 (Party Night)

Outstanding outing(s):

  1. 32 individuals were paired into 13 teams for the Scotch-Doubles tournament.  The two teams that earned the finals match agreed to split the pot evenly.  Brandon D and Sultan S was one team and Kevin J and Jim McC was the other.
    • Brandon D & Sultan S were victorious in the preceding three matches against:
      • Had a BYE the first round
      • Dave F and Johnny G
      • Sharon W and AJ N in the semi-final
    • The team of Kevin J & Jim McC won their preceding three matches against:
      • Dennis S & Josh G
      • Joe L and Ed G
      • Sean B and Robin V in the semi-final

RAFFLE Status:

  1. Romy G, Table 15: was selected for the 1st time (and last time) this season. The 3-ball shot into the corner pocket, the 4-ball left hanging in the side pocket. He had a nice touch shot on the 1-ball in the opposite side pocket for position on the 2-ball/4-ball combination into the opposite side pocket. Another nice touch leaving the 2-ball hanging in the same side pocket he made the 4-ball in. Now here is the heartbreaker!!! He wanted to play position for the 5-ball on the other side of the table, and may have had some funny spin on it, and when he hit the 2-ball it hit one nipple and then the other and just sat there!!!! OMG!!!
  2. Kevin C was also picked for the 1st and last time this season, and broke dry.
  3. The entire raffle pot rolls over to next week’s official 2025 Summer Season sign-up night!

OTHER:

  1. By night’s end, 13 teams were listed on the signup sheets for the 2025 Summer season.  Next week is official sign-up night to the Open Public, so we’ll expect at least a few more teams to join in then.
  2. The end of season ceremony included the following announcements:
    1. Julian F was the league’s official Top Shooter with a 8.969 points per game average. (Larry P was actually 1st but only had 14 games played and 15 games were required for the season).
    2. Kathrine P was recognized with the greatest average-per-game percentage improvement (18.84%) when comparing final average to the average heading into Week 01. Danny O was 2nd at (16.86%) and Susan N third at (12.73%).
    3. Cristina C was the player whose final average points per game was closest to what it was at the season’s onset – getting the Ed White recognition with a (0.03%)!
    4. Other stats from this season:
      • 104 of our 112 rostered players had at least one week played, and 24 people played all 18 possible weeks.
      • We had 7 players make their league debuts. Shout out to Robin V, Kathrine P, Tom K, Dennis McG, Susan N, Joe G and David C.
      • 41 (including Party Night) people were selected in the raffle draws this season, with 26 different picks.
        • Tim B was picked four times this season and was unable to cash out.
        • Chris V, Steve VD and Jimmy S were each picked three times, all unable to cash out!
        • Brandon D, Eric C were chosen twice and couldn’t cash out. Nancy K, picked twice, cashed out once and Roy Schueler chosen twice and cashed out both times!
        • Danny O, Ed S, Mona and Sean B just needed the one time they were chosen to cash out!
        • There were 7 different cash-outs totaling over fifty-two hundred bucks.
  3. The league operator has no prize money left over, so contact your team captain if you didn’t collect your prize money yet.
  4. Twelve 18″ pizzas were served and none remained at the night’s end.
  5. A Scotch Doubles Tournament was conducted with 13 teams signing up.  There is still room for improvement with the coaching rules. Two occasions there was some issues with how many coaches were called causing unpleasantness.
  6. I forgot to mention a BIG SHOUT OUT to Jim McC for making the beautiful shadow box with Paul’s cue, cue holder and glove in it! You did an amazing job and will keep his memory going strong with the Shooter’s family!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

End of season standings in reverse order:

  1. The Pistol Whips – featuring 5 new players to the League, Robin V, Kathrine P, Tom K and their subs Dennis McG and Tim W.
  2. 501 Club– featuring the new members of last season.
  3. Racking My Brain – WHAT????
  4. Racks & Balls – featuring newcomer Susan Niles.
  5. PhaCues 
  6. Secret Spiders
  7. Last Game 
  8. Big Slick
  9. There Goes My 80 – but did have a few 80s!
  10. Scorpions
  11. Creepy Bullies
  12. Chalkoholics
  13. Stanley Seamless
  14. Behind the 8-Ball
  15. The Butchers
  16. Pocket Rattlers 
  17. Free Agents
  18. Road Warriors
  19. Wolff Pack – finishing with an average of 314.61 points per week.  The team members were captain Jerry W, Roy S, Tony C, Kevin C and sub Ed F.

Congratulations to all!!