SFPA

Congratulations to Crystal Kelem and Jerry Ball for earning the season’s first spots in the West Coast Challenge! They emerged victorious among 30 league members who formed 15 scotch doubles teams at the BreakRoom in Berkeley. This was the third Hi-Lo victory for both players.

The top four teams and winning bidders also earned cash prizes:

1st – Crystal Kelem & Jerry Ball
2nd – Joshua Maldonado & Sarah Southerland
3rd – Rick Bradford & Matt Gomez
4th – Tom Seymour & Colin O’Hara

Full results are available in the Tournaments tab.

The Long Beach Pool League has provided a link to reserve hotel rooms at the group rate of $149 per night. Please click through to the West Coast Challenge 84 home page for more information.

The Hi-Lo scotch doubles tournament is set for this Sunday at 11 am at the BreakRoom in Berkeley!

This is routinely SFPA’s best attended, most exciting, and most fun event of the year. Teams are created by pairing up the top win percentage player with the lowest win percentage player in attendance, the 2nd highest with the 2nd lowest, and so on until all players have a teammate. A Calcutta auction lets you get in on the action and help raise money for SFPA. The winning team will get plaques and a spot in the upcoming West Coast Challenge in Long Beach this August. The top 4 teams and successful Calcutta bidders will win cash payouts.

There is ample free parking on Sundays near the venue, which is also convenient to the Downtown Berkeley BART station.

Full details can be found in the event calendar. Have fun and good luck!

The four-season, rolling ranking of the top 40 SFPA players by win percentage has been updated to include the recently completed Spring 2025 regular season. Click through to the Results & Records tab to see if your name appears on the list!

Playoff time is here!

Brackets

• City Championship
• Founders Cup

Format & eligibility

• Players with 25% participation are eligible to participate (14 or more games).
• Unlike typical league nights, playoff matches will be played as a race to 9. Once a team reaches 9 wins, the match is over.
• Also unlike typical league nights, only one time out is allowed per game, only the player at the table can call a time out, and the player at the table must designate a single teammate to participate in the time out.
• If a match is tied 8-8 after 16 games, each captain chooses a player to compete in the tiebreaking game. Players in the 17th game lag for the break.
• If the shot clock is in effect, players get one 60-second extension per game.

We ask captains to report scores promptly and accurately so we can schedule upcoming matches the next morning.

City Championship

The top 16 teams qualify to compete for the City Championship. This is a double-elimination tournament with some losers bracket matches taking place on Thursday nights – please make sure to look closely at the schedule.

The winning team will earn a trip to Long Beach for West Coast Challenge 84.

Founders Cup

All other teams will play for the Founders Cup. This is a single-elimination tournament with a 3rd place consolation match. Some teams will have byes in the first week.

More information

Click the Playoffs tab on the site menu for brackets and schedules. The handbook also has more in-depth information about the playoff format and history.

Good luck to all teams!