New Competition begins 18 April

The meeting held at Tiger Bar was well attended and many changes were introduced into the competition. There will be 19 teams in the upcoming comp necessitating a bi for all teams during the round. The league will be split into two divisions with ten in the top division and 9 in the bottom division and three teams up for elevation/relegation. The new entry fee for each team is Baht500. A player is only allowed to change teams once in a season the only exception being if a bar closes down then you are free to change teams. The new start time is 0830 when at least one opposing team member must be present to write team on the board and break the balls for the first game, any team member not present when it is his turn to play forfeits. The new competion will commence after Songkran on 18th April. There are some changes to the rules in the break, on a foul and ball off the table being placed near the black spot and not in the pocket but I will leave those to be defined by the committee. There will also be a list promulgated which will give a contact number for each bar and team captain.

Nr1 Pub Presentation

At the end of a good years competition prizes were presented on behalf of Joy and Fred to the winners of the in-house competition. With both Loui and Fern ending up on equal points (55) and Loui having the highest percentage (61.5%) of singles wins and Fern having the highest percentage (70%) of doubles wins there was no doubt as to who won. Well done Loui and Fern.
It is also worth mentioning that Dee who moved to Bangkok 2/3 of the way into the season ended up with the second highest percentage (60%) of singles wins. Ron and Garry were next in line with 48% in singles and 50% in doubles followed by Kim who withdrew before the end of the season. Our stand by players also contributed well with Joy winning 50% singles and 72% doubles and Cedric winning 43% singles and 86% of his doubles. As captain I congratulate each and every one of you and thank you for a great season where we elevated ourselves from 10th last year to 6th this year. I hope to see you all again next year where we intend to improve our position once more ..... onward and upward.

Meeting for next season comp

There will be a meeting held at Tiger Bar 0830 Friday 21 March 08 to determine the format/rules for the upcoming season. Topics up for discussion include League format (two divisions?), Starting time (8:30pm), team rules and playing rules (world eight ball rules?), Start date (before or after Songkran?), Entry Fees etc. Please attend and make your opinions count towards a better competition for all.

End of Season

With all games completed there will be a presentation at the Oasis Bar for the winning teams on Friday 14 March ... all welcome. Saturday night at Nr 1 Pub will be a gathering of the team and a meet and greet the all new second team for next season. Fred & Joy are also opening their kitchen just to try out some hamburgers and such like on us. So everbody come along and support your teams. See you there.