NEWS of the week .....

Tuesday 29th November 2011.

Apologies for no news for the past week or so as our

internet has been down all that time due to an upgrade.

All is OK now.

Well, the Summer competition season is upon us already

and the first games start this Wednesday 30th November.

• Just a reminder - make sure the player points are within the maximum allowed.
• Games now start at 7.30 pm.

We wish players all the best for the Summer season.

Good cueing

Tom.

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Saturday 12th November 2011.

Hope you all sent in your Nominations for the Summer Competition!

If you have not done so yet - you may be able to get in if you hurry today

as they closed yesterday.

We had a few enquiries from the South-coast teams re travel.

We believe that the South-coast division will remain as it was and there

will not be travelling to distant venues.

Click on -  Nomination form  for the 2011/12 Summer season Nomination Form.

Grading points -  Click here  for the Grading list of all 2011 Winter season League players.

Good cueing

Tom.

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Tuesday 8th November 2011.

We had the 2011 Winter wind-up last Sunday at the Corfield Tavern.

A Knockout was held and the two top weights from the south coast

fought it out with Brad Lamers from the Nags Head defeating

Lee Price  from the Safety Bay Castaways.

Who said the south-coast players cannot beat the

south-west 1st and 2nd Division players!

DON'T FORGET!!! - Nominations for the Summer Competition

close this coming Friday 11th November.

Click on -  Nomination form  for the 2011/12 Summer season Nomination Form.

Grading points -  Click here  for the Grading list of all 2011 Winter season League players.

Good cueing

Tom.

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Tuesday 1st November 2011.

Please Note: Nominations for the Summer Competition

close on Friday 11th November.

Click on -  Nomination form  for the 2011/12 Summer season Nomination Form.

Grading points -  Click here  for the Grading list of all 2011 Winter season League players.

Good Cueing

Tom.

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                           NEWSLETTER

Well, by now we suppose you all have heard the news that after 41 years of administration of Eight-ball,

we have decided to retire from this position after the Wind-up of the winter season which has just concluded. 

In a nutshell, we have amalgamated with the Western Australian Eight Ball Federation which means all

our teams will now be playing under the banner of the Federation.

We envisage that while the changeover should not cause too many problems, grading of all players has been

done with points calculated for every player, some of the main details are listed below:-

·     1^st Division players grading points are calculated by adding 20 points to their current percentage

      as per the current ladder, eg. If your % is 50% then 20 is added and your grading points are 70. 

      (in some  situations 5 is deducted from this total)

·     2nd Division players grading points are calculated by adding 10 points to their current percentage

      as per the current ladder, eg. If your % is 50% then 10 is added and your grading points are 60.

      (in some situations 5 is deducted from this total)

·     All players points will be reviewed after the Summer performance.

·     Your grading points decide what grade you are in.

"A" Division = 90 points and over

"B" Division = 70 to 89 points

"C" Division = 35 to 69 points

·     A team of 6 players in 1^st Division can have a maximum of 480 points combined. Eg. If you had

      6 players with 80 points each = 480, then that is OK, or 4 players with 75 and 2 players with 85 = 470

      that is OK, etc.

·     A team of 6 players in 2nd Division can have a maximum of 420 points combined. Eg. If you had

      6 players with 70 points each = 420, then that is OK, or 4 players with 75 and 2 players with 60 = 420

      that is OK, etc.

Grading points - Click here for the Grading list of all 2011 Winter season League players.

Click on Nomination form for the 2011/12 Summer season Nomination Form.

Nominations close 11^th November – Games start Wednesday 30^th November.

We have just sent out correspondence to all our clubs with all the info.

                  All information will be updated on our website.

Don't forget the 2011 Winter wind-up at the Corfield Tavern on Sunday 6th November,

Knockout at 2.00pm - Presentations at 4.00pm - Supper at 5.00pm (Compliments of the Corfield Tavern).

Prize winners must be there to collect prizes.

Click here to see if you are on the winners list.

Best regards

Elaine & Tom Manolas

23rd October 2011.

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Thursday 13th October 2011....

STOP PRESS!

Well, we decided to keep the website open for several

extra months as there is still more stuff to go on.

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NEWS of the week .....

Sunday 9th October 2011....

All the GRAND FINALS results are now

up on the website under Results/ladders in your division.

The 2011 Winter Competition Wind-up will be held at the Corfield Tavern

292 Corfield St Corfield on Sunday 6th November .

• First up we will have a Knockout at 2.00pm,
• The presentations will be at 4.00pm,
• Dinner (compliments of the Corfield Tavern) will be at 5.00pm.

Remember, winners must be present to collect their prizes - See you there!

P.S. we need names to go on the winning pennants, Captains must

phone us by Wednesday 12th October if they need to have their

names on. Please phone Tom on - 9378 9555, ASAP.

IMPORTANT  ANNOUNCEMENT.

Well, as the saying goes, “All good things must come to an end”.

After 41 years in the administration of Eight Ball, we are very seriously considering

retirement from The West Australian Eight Ball League after this winter season. 

We have been thinking over this option over for a while now, as it is a very time consuming

position, social life and holidays are very limited for us, so that is one of the reasons why we

sadly may very well “Put the cue back in the rack”, however, I will still be playing pool,

wild horses will not keep me from playing the sport that I have grown to love .

Back in 1970 when the first organised games commenced, only 4 Clubs participated and

that figure has grown to what it is now.

Also, back in 1983, after many lengthy discussions with the South Australian Committee

Members, my wife Elaine organised an inaugural meeting of all States, which was held

in Adelaide. This resulted in what is now the Nationals Games in which all States compete

annually, that, in turn, grew into a World  titles event.

The West Australian Eight Ball Federation Inc is currently considering a proposal for

The West Australian Eight Ball League and the Federation to AMALGAMATE.

If this can be achieved to the satisfaction to both parties, it would very likely occur

before the start of the 2011/12 Summer Season and our loyal players would therefore

be able to continue playing the game they love. We will keep you posted within the

next few weeks as negotiations proceed.

We will, however, regardless of the outcome, complete this Winter season in it’s entirety.

Presuming negotiations go to plan, we will be handing over to the Federation our contacts

for all our clubs and/or Captains so as to continue with nominations, correspondence etc.

(If, for some reason, any Club or Captain does NOT want us to hand over such info,

please let us know and we will NOT give out such info).

We have made many friends and acquaintances while in the pool scene and on behalf

of my wife Elaine, our committee and myself, we wish to sincerely thank all the

Hotels, Taverns, Clubs and players that have supported us and participated in our

competitions for such a long time.

Also many thanks to The Pool Table Man for the support over the years, their sponsorship

and supplying of Pool Tables, Prizes etc for our Tournaments.

Without this kind of support it definitely would not have been so successful.

Also a big thank you to Alf Craster,  Barry Cooper and the rest of our

committee for their contribution.

On closing, from our committee, we wish everyone all the best and thank you once again

for all your great support.

And remember – Good Cueing!!!

Tom & Elaine Manolas.

WA 8 Ball League.

7^th October 2011.

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NEWS of the week .....

Monday 12th September 2011.

All the result sheets are now in from last week

and updated.

All ladders and Stats are now the Final Placings.

Well, the Finals are upon us already, the draws are up on

the website under Ladders in your division.

Just a reminder that the WINNING TEAM captain is responsible

to get the result in to us A.S.A.P. after the game.

Good luck in the Finals.

This week's funny:-

Tap on the Shoulder 
A true story from the pages of the Manchester Evening Times.

Last Week a passenger in a taxi heading for Salford station leaned
over to ask the driver a question and gently tapped him on the shoulder to
get his attention.

The driver screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus, drove up
over the curb and stopped just inches from a large plate window.
For a few moments everything was silent in the cab. Then, the shaking
driver said "are you OK? I'm so sorry, but you scared the daylights out of me."

The badly shaken passenger apologized to the driver and said, "I didn't
realize that a mere tap on the shoulder would startle someone so badly."

The driver replied, "No, no, I'm the one who is sorry, it's entirely my
fault. Today is my very first day driving a cab.
I've been driving a hearse for 25 years."

      (:-)      

       Good Cueing.

      Tom.

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Saturday 3rd September 2011.

All the result sheets are now in from last week

and updated.

Please Note: As the last games in the Fixture rounds are on

this coming Wednesday for the South-West Divisions, it is

most important that the result sheets are in ASAP so we can

work out the Finals and Venues for the coming week.

South-Coast Finals Fixtures are up on the Website under Ladders.

We wish all the teams that qualify for Finals all the best in the

upcoming events.

This week's funny:-

Elderly Pool players:- 

"How was your Pool game today dear?" asked Alf’s wife.

"Well, I was potting very well, I potted all my balls and would have won

 the game but my eyesight's gotten so bad I couldn't see the black ball",

 Alf answered - feeling very sorry for himself.

"But you're 85 years old, Alf!" said his wife, "Why don't you take Ron along to help you?"

"But he's 95 and doesn't play Pool anymore," protested Alf.

"He may be old but at least he's got perfect eyesight. He could watch the balls for you

 and show you where the black ball is" his wife pointed out.

So Alf agreed, and the next day he potted his first ball with Ron looking on.

Alf went on and potted all his balls but then, again, couldn’t see the black ball.

"Do you see the black ball?" Alf roared to Ron.

"Yup," Ron answered. "Well, where the hell is it?" yelled Alf frustrated as he

peered down the table over the top of his glasses.

As Ron looked on in a very confused state, he finally answered: " I forgot."

(:-)

         Good Cueing.

        Tom.

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Monday 5.00pm.

All the result sheets are now in from last week

and updated on the website.

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Saturday 27th  August 2011.

All the result sheets are in from last week

except for one from South-Coast Zone ......

This week's funny:-

WHAT CONFUCIUS DIDN’T SAY, BUT SHOULD HAVE  

• Man who wants pretty nurse, must be patient.

• Lady who goes camping must beware of evil intent.

• Man who eats many prunes get good run for money.

• War does not determine who is right, it determines who is left.

• Man who drives like hell is bound to get there.

• Man who stands on toilet is high on pot.

• Man who live in glass house should change clothes in basement.

• Finally, CONFUCIUS DIDN'T SAY. . .

• Lion will not cheat on his mate - but Tiger Wood!

     (:-)

         Good Cueing.

        Tom.

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NEWS of the week.....

Monday 22nd  August 2011.

All the result sheets are now in from last week.

Please Note: as the Finals are approaching, it is very important

that the result sheets come in on time.

This week's funny:-

A burglar broke into a house one night. He shone his flashlight around, looking for

valuables when a voice in the dark said, 'Jesus knows you're here.'
He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight off, and froze.

When he heard nothing more, he continued. Just as he went to take the stereo,

clear as a bell he heard, 'Jesus is watching you.'

Freaked out, he shone his light around frantically, looking for the source of the voice.

Finally, in the corner of the room, his flashlight beam came to rest on a parrot.

'Did you say that?' he hissed at the parrot.

'Yep', the parrot confessed, then squawked, 'I'm just trying to warn you that Jesus is

watching you.' The burglar relaxed. 'Warn me, huh? Who in the world are you?'

'Moses,' replied the bird.

'Moses?' the burglar laughed.  ‘What kind of people would name a stupid bird Moses?'

'The same kind of people that named our Rottweiler, Jesus.'

(:-)

Good Cueing.

Tom.

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Sunday 14th August 2011.

All the result sheets are in from last week

except for one from 2nd Div......

Had a few queries during the week saying 

Where was the joke of the week last week? - OK, here it is:-

After being married for Forty years....

a wife asked her husband to describe her.
 
He looked at her slowly...then said,

"You're  A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K."
She asks..... "What does all that mean?"
 
He said, "Adorable, Beautiful, Cute, Delightful, Elegant, Foxy, Gorgeous, Hot."
 
She smiled happily and said...."Oh, that's so lovely..... But what about I, J, K?" 
 
He said, "I'm Just Kidding!"

(:-)

Good Cueing.

Tom.

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Wednesday 10th August 2011

Our apologies for not updating last week's results earlier

as we have been busy organising the Mandurah weekend away.

It was a very enjoyable break and we wish to thank all our players that

participated in the Saturday teams matches and Sunday Knockout.

Mandurah won all the teams events on the Saturday and Tommy Smith won

the Singles knockout on the Sunday defeating Ben Dougherty 4-2.

We were well looked after with platters of nibbles in the afternoon and a great

BBQ supper in the evening after the match, then on Sunday we had a BBQ lunch

which was enjoyed by all.

We thank the Mandurah Peel Pool for their great hospitality and once again

thanks to all our players for their effort.

All the results are now up on the web.

Good Cueing.

Tom.

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Thursday 4th August 2011 - 12 noon.

We are holding a League Vs Mandurah weekend  at

The Lucky Break Mandurah this weekend 6th & 7th August

with 4 teams of 6 players each on 8 tables.

We were reluctant to put it up on the website as we would have

got too many players wanting to go and therefore would have had

a few disappointed players as we only want 24 players in total.

As it was, word of mouth got around and within days we had 22 players,

now, a few players have pulled out at the last minute due to work changes etc..

so we are looking for a few more players to fill the gaps.

Unfortunately our website has been down for a while and could not put this

up any earlier and as we are running out of time, we need to know before Friday Noon

if any players are definitely interested in competing in this great social weekend event.

The Format:  4 teams playing Doubles and Singles on Saturday start at 1.30pm,

with a BBQ supper at the end around 6.30pm, then on Sunday a BBQ lunch to

start with at 11.00am and a big money knockout for 1st & 2nd Div players starting

at 12 Noon - All for the cost of $20 each.

Please phone Tom on 9378 955 or 041 165 3483 if you are genuinely interested

and remember, it's first come first served as there are only a few genuine spots left.

Regards.

Tom.

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Wednesday 3rd August 2011.....

Our apologies for the website not being updated earlier

but it was being hacked from an overseas source.

Our server has got the FBI working on it, meanwhile

we are up and running again - thank goodness.

All the result sheets are in and fully updated.

This week's funny:-

(Sad Dockers joke) 

Walking down the street the other day,

I saw a Fremantle Dockers season ticket nailed to a tree!
I thought to myself “Bloody hell! I’ll have that”
After all, you can never have too many nails……

(:-)

Good Cueing.

Tom.

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Sunday 24th July 2011.....

All the result sheets are in from 1st Div.

• One not in from 2nd Div.
• One not in from South Coast.
• One still not in from south-coast week 12: (George & Dragon Vs Castaways)
• Will be updated as soon as they come in.
• The Final Round Fixtures are all up on the website as well.

This week's funny:-

A woman goes to the doctor, beaten black and blue.
Doctor: "What happened?"
Woman: "Doctor, I don't know what to do. Every time my husband comes home drunk he beats me to a pulp."
Doctor: "I have some real good advice and medicine for that. When your husband comes home drunk, just take a glass of sweet tea and start gargling with it. Just gargle and gargle."

Two weeks later the woman comes back to the doctor looking fresh and reborn.
Woman: "Doctor, that was a brilliant idea! Every time my husband came home drunk, I gargled with sweet tea. I gargled and gargled, and nothing happened!"

Doctor: "You see, how keeping your mouth shut helps?"

(:-)

Good Cueing.

Tom.

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Sunday 17th July 2011

All the result sheets are in from last week.

Still one not in from south-coast week 12,

George & Dragon Vs Castaways

Will be updated as soon as it comes in.

This week's funny:-

A gorgeous young redhead goes into the doctor's office and said that her body hurt

wherever she touched it.. 'Impossible!' says the doctor. 'Show me.' 

The redhead took her finger, pushed on her left shoulder and screamed, tuve she

pushed her elbow and screamed even more.

She pushed her knee and screamed; likewise she pushed her ankle and screamed.

Everywhere she touched made her scream. 

The doctor said, 'You're not really a redhead, are you? 

'Well, no' she said, 'I'm actually a blonde.' 

'I thought so,' the doctor said, 'Your finger is broken.'

(:-)

Good Cueing.

Tom.

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Monday 11th July 2011

All the result sheets are in from last week

except for one from south-coast, also one from

Week 11 still not in from Kwinana.

Will be updated as soon as they come in.

This week's funny:-

(:-)

Good Cueing.

Tom.

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Sunday 3rd July 2011

All the result sheets are now in from last week except for

one from 2nd and one from south-coast.

Will be updated as soon as they come in.

This week's funny:-

A senior citizen drove his brand new BMW Z4 out of the car salesroom.  

Taking off down the freeway, he floored it to 180kph.

"Amazing!" he thought as he flew down the freeway enjoying pushing

the pedal to the floor even more. Looking in his rear view mirror, he saw

a police car behind him, blue lights flashing and siren blaring.

"I can get away from him - no problem!" thought the elderly nut case as he

floored it to 200kph, then 220 then 240. Suddenly, he thought, "What on Earth

am I doing? I'm too old for this silly nonsense!" So he pulled over to the side

of the road and waited 10 minutes for the police car to catch up with him. 

The police officer walked up the driver's side of The BMW, looked at his watch

and said, "Sir, my shift ends in 10 minutes. Today is Friday and I'm taking off

for the long weekend.

If you can give me a reason why you were speeding up to 240kph that I've

never heard before, I'll let you go." 

The old man, looked very seriously at the policeman and replied,

"Years ago my wife ran off with a policeman.

I thought you were bringing her back." 

"Have a good day, Sir", said the policeman.

(:-)

Good Cueing.

Tom.

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