Captain’s Log, April 22nd, 2012 

I can’t believe it’s already the final week of the Spring Session. We are approaching my favorite time of the year where we conduct lots of tournaments and qualify teams for the APA National Team Championships in August. Because this is the final week, it’s extremely important to get your score sheets mailed in on time. Below is a list of dates that the playoff schedules will be posted. Please be aware that the old web site www.sdapa.com is no longer forwarding to the new site. Our new web site address is sandiego.apaleagues.com 


Sunday and Monday divisions: Playoffs posted on Thursday night, April 26th
 
Tuesday divisions: Playoffs posted on Friday night, April 27th
 
Wednesday and Thursday divisions: Playoffs posted on Monday night, April 30th
 
Ladies Divisions aren’t starting playoffs until May 11th
 
The SDAPA bylaws explain the playoff breakdowns based on division size, except for the 4 team division playoff, which is actually 1st place in the standings getting a round one bye, 2nd hosting the wild card and then 1st place hosting the winner of that match in week #2.  
 

Every team still has a chance to make playoffs through the wild card draw, provided they meet all of the eligibility criteria, which is no more than 5 no show individual match forfeits for the session and no past due fees owed to the League Office and in good standing with the league. The wild card draw will take place in the league office on the days listed above. If a team does not wish to be placed into the wild card draw, please contact the league office asap.  



The APA National Team ChampionshipsOnce the Playoffs and Blast have been completed we will conduct the City Championships and qualify six 8 Ball teams, four 9 Ball teams and one Ladies Only team for the National Team Championships. We are very excited to see who those teams will be this year. 

Please be patient with the MVP and Perfect Session questions. Calling and asking won’t get them done any faster and no one will be allowed to find out the results sooner than the rest of the league. The absolute soonest these will be posted is May 1st. We can’t even start these things until all of the Open Divisions and 9 Ball divisions for every league night have been completed. You will be able to find the MVP results on the Awards & Milestones link on the home page of the web site once they have been posted.  



The Summer Session will start on the week of May 12th. If you haven’t registered your team for the Summer yet, please do so as quickly as possible. Ladies Only leagues will start back up on June 15th.
 

Dates to remember are May 19-20 for the Blast, June 2-3 is the 9 Ball City Championships, June 1 and 3 is the Ladies Only 8 Ball City Championships, June 9-10 is the Open 8 Ball City Championships. All of these events will take place at the Hungry Stick. Tournament Schedules for these events will be posted to the web site approximately a week before each event.  



There will be a Mandatory Team Captain’s Meeting on June 30th. We will be issuing new team manuals, new SDAPA bylaws and discussing the changes to these documents along with format changes and we will open the floor to questions from our league members. We are planning two or three meetings throughout the day at the Hungry Stick. Anyone on the team can represent the team if the captain is not able to attend. Please watch for more announcements about these meetings. We will be offering up 2 bonus points in 8 Ball and 20 points in 9 Ball for each Summer Session team that sends a representative to the meeting. Come on! You can do it. We don’t ask you to show up for these things that often. J We look forward to seeing all of you!

Playoff teams will receive a newsletter with the score sheets for the first week of playoffs to help with anything that might be different during playoffs from regular league play. For those teams that do not make the playoffs this session, enjoy your time off and don’t forget to register for the Summer Session! 

Shoot Pool Good!! 
 
Brian, Jill and Lindsay
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