2012-2013 Fall Leagues Get Going

After a successful 9 ball league this summer, I am dialed in to have an awesome fall season in my pool leagues. Our team has shifted this season since Chas started a new job on late shift and we picked up a relatively new league player. After playing the 1st place team in week one with a 1-5 start, we have managed to come around the last couple weeks to a record of 8-10.

VVS has changed things up a little bit this season with only 8 team in 4 divisions instead of the 11 teams we had last season in 3 different divisions.  I like this method since it will allow for a 23 week season with 2 position rounds and 3 chances at each team.  Previously, the 11 team required a couple bye weeks and only gave 2 matches for each of the other 10 teams.

I have started out pretty well with a 12-3 start on Wednesday leagues, I have messed up 3 EROs this season already...and I have none with one against me this past week. My Monday league is a part-time deal, but I have luckily started out 12-0 for the beginning of the season...it can only get worse! :)

9 Ball League Success

One of my favorite leagues is the Coed 9-ball league on Tuesday at Madsen's during the summer.  The format is a 3-person team (1 female required) with a 27-game format, this allows you to play each opponent three times...and it moves pretty fast on only one table.  The main reason to play this league is to get sanctioned for the Heartland Tournament in Columbus.

My wife played on a different team, so I teamed up with our friends Matt and Brandi Slosson.  We all played pretty well overall, I can remember the specifics...but my W/L record was pretty crazy at like 56-16 or something like that.  Matt played very well, especially when we needed it in the final week in the position round.  Brandi made some really tough shots, but didn't always get rewarded with another shot.  The teams were pretty tight going into the final week position round as you can see below.

Theoretically, the 6th place team could have won the league...we went 6-3 for the win, but they could have won 9-0 to win it all.  The payout was very good at $80 each, which was all of our money back since it was $10 a night for 8 weeks.  I recommend this league to anyone that wants to try out something different than a regular old 8 ball league.

Lovers Lane [Joke]

A cop comes upon a car parked late one night on Lover's Lane. Upon further investigation he finds a male subject reading a book in the front seat and a female subject filing her nails in the back seat.

The cop asks the guy, "What are you doing up here?"

"I'm reading a book sir."

"Uh-huh. And what’s she doing?" the cop inquires, motioning toward the back seat.

"Well clearly, sir, she is filing her nails."

With a puzzled look on his face, the cop says, "In the 13 years I've been a cop I've never seen anything like this on Lover's Lane. How old are you son?"

"I'm 20."

"And how old is she?"

The guy looks at his watch and says, "Well in about 15 minutes she'll be 18."

Uneventful Position Round

After starting out the spring league 6-12, we have managed to finish very strong with 27-3 record the last 5 weeks. We have been stuck in 3rd the last 3 weeks as the top 3 teams have all shot well...only losing a couple rounds.

We are still 7 rounds behind 2nd, and 13 rounds ahead of 4th...so we will definitely get 3rd place in the league no matter what. Last season our 70% winning percentage was enough to take the league, this season the teams seem to be stacked a little better.

Probably gonna shoot some pool in the summer session...not sure though.

Nice Trickshot Video

This guy gets a girl into many different positions on the pool table...



Impressive...pool shots I mean!