The official signup for the general public concluded with 16 teams enrolled. The season will end on 25Jun2026’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 or teams are interested to join in, please notify the venue (Shooter’s Sports Bar and Billiards, Grayslake Illinois) before Tuesday, 10Mar2026:7:00pm. 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, 12Mar2026 at 7:30pm.
The captains/delegates at the meeting participated in a rule change discussion and vote. Summary of the discussions and changes:
- Rule 02: All Captain’s voted for no ACS Sanctioning again this year.
- Randomizer vs tickets -There was a suggestion to return to the randomizer. The vote was to stay with tickets.
- Magic Rack – There was the question to use the magic rack for the 9-ball break and run. The answer was no magic rack.
- There was a suggestion that the winning team gets 5 additional points as a Bonus for winning and that was quickly voted NO.
- Bonus for Missing (Ghost) Players – There was a couple of suggestions for the Bonus rule for a missing (ghost) player. One was to get rid of the Bonus and the other was that the last night of the season, there should be NO missing (ghost) players as it has affected teams in the standings because of the Bonus points. Either play the games early if it is known ahead of time or possibly the next night. These suggestions went back and forth a bit, but the Bonus for a missing player still stands (with a 16pt maximum cap). It is highly suggested that the last night of the season, players/teams do their best to have a full team play.
RAFFLE Status:
There were 171 chances invested in this evening’s raffle opportunity.
- Nancy K was picked for the first time this season, Table 8; She sank the 3-ball in the top right corner. She had a slight angle on the 1-ball into the bottom right corner and slid over nicely for the 2-ball. However, she was not confident using the bridge, so she cashed out for 2/9ths of the available pot.
- Ricky R was picked for the first time this season, Table 5; He made the 4-ball and the 9-ball in the same top left corner pocket and the 1-ball was a duck in the bottom right pocket. His dilemma was the that 3-ball was all the way on the opposite side about an inch from the rail toward the middle of the rail. He had a great stroke shooting the 1-ball to try to get back for the 3-ball, but was a little too short and he had too much of an angle and opted to cash out with 3/9ths of the available pot.
- The remaining raffle pot rolls over to 2026 Spring’s Week 01.
OTHER:
- Two teamless individuals signed up and were taken as subs.
- It doesn’t apply to this season, but next season, 23Jul2026 will be a BYE for a tournament that will be held here at Shooter’s.