Author: Skip Perry

Congratulations to the top finishers at the 9-ball finals today at Family Billiards:

1. Skip Perry, Slate of the Union
2. Thayer McDougle, Sneaky Peaks
3. Victor Ramos, Route 101 Dalmatians
4. Paul Crouch, Happy Lounge Pool Cleaners

The design contest is open for the 9-ball tournament T-shirt. The winning entrant will receive free dues for the Spring 2023 season!

Please send your design to a board member by November 8. The T-shirt vendor has requested a vector file format like .ai, .eps, or .pdf.

If no one sends in any entries, we’ll be forced to use the above icon and everyone will be very sad 🙂

The following roles are up for election this season:
– Vice President, currently held by Thayer McDougle
– Treasurer, currently held by Crystal Kelem
– Member at Large, currently held by Jerry Ball
– Co-Head Referee, currently held by Anthony Hydron

Please let a board member know if you are interested in running for any of these positions.

Good day Pool Players,

Tonight is our 7th week, meaning we are halfway through our regular season. We hope you are having a spectacular time on the tables. Remember, players must play at least 14 games to be eligible for playoffs.

So this seemed like an opportune time to share some important information with you.

Board update

Troy Brunet, one of our Members-at-Large recently resigned from the Board of Directors. Troy has served on our Board for 10 years and has been a pivotal and important member. He has taken a leadership role in fundraising for the league and for many West Coast Challenges. We are grateful for his work and for his commitment to the league and for his open and honest voice in the group. He will be missed. We have appointed Yuko Takahashi from ‘Gino Got Felt’ to this position. She will serve until we run the election in the spring.

Speaking of elections, our fall election will be run for VP, Treasurer, one Member-at-Large and one Co-Head Referee. Please let me or any Board member know if you intend to run for any of these positions.

T-shirt design contest

In the more distant past, the winner of the t-shirt design contest received free dues for the following season. The Board has decided to return to this practice so the winner of the t-shirt contest for this season of 9-ball will get free dues for the spring season. The designs must be camera ready for us to use them.

The web site

If you haven’t had a chance to explore our website it is well worth the time. Of course we have current statistics, a calendar and location of games, but we also have a lot of other information. Skip has researched our history and that section of the website has past tournament winners as well as a vault of articles from our league’s history. Jerry Ball and Mark Miller are working on a written chronicle of SFPA league history which will be fascinating and which we will share with you.

BCA update

SFPA is part of Cue Sports International which is a governing body for the BCA leagues. They also sponsor the annual tournament in Las Vegas. Their website is https://www.playcsipool.com/. We want to let you know that our league has paid $20 per member to CSI for us to be a part of the BCA leagues. Scores are submitted every week and are updated through the League Management System. This means that each of you can play in Vegas and all have a rating on FargoRate. If you want to see your ranking, get the FargoRate app to check.

Finally, we want to express our gratitude to our amazing sponsor bars (tip your bartenders well please) and to our captains who work hard to support the passing on of information and to all of our members who are the foundation of the league.

Warmest regards,
Joan

We are excited to announce that SFPA’s major tournaments will be contested this season at the beloved Family Billiards. Thanks are owed to Hall of Famer Tom Seymour and Family owner Delbert Wong for their hard work in helping Joan finalize the logistics.

Please check the Tournaments tab or the interactive calendar for more information about dates and times. We also encourage you to support Family Billiards with your attendance and financial support as they work to emerge from the pandemic.

9-ball qualifiers will be taking place throughout the month of October, starting this Saturday at the Cinch. Two players from each qualifier will advance to the finals on October 30.