Author: Skip Perry

Full results from the West Coast Challenge in San Diego have been posted on the WCC 83 page.

The San Diego Pool League did a fantastic job organizing and hosting the event at the Sheraton Mission Valley hotel. Ten fresh Diamond tables were shipped in for the occasion. The SFPA thanks Kevin Hewitt, Ann Camonayan, and the other SDPL board members and volunteers for all their hard work in making the event happen.

Long Beach swept the awards, winning the team competition, open individuals, women’s individuals, and Hi-Lo scotch doubles. San Francisco’s Happy Lounge Rawhides held the GT Garage Hitters to a 9-4 win in the second round, which ended up being as close as the Long Beach team came to losing. Both the Rawhides and the Hi-Lo team of Kevin DeWar and Rocky Angel ended up finishing in 3rd place.

San Francisco performed strongly in the open individuals, taking three of the top eight spots. Marcelo Aviles finished 3rd, Nithin Tharakan finished 4th, and Steven Waldon took the 8th spot. Yuko Takahashi rounded out the trophies for SFPA with a 4th place finish in the women’s tournament. A number of San Francisco players also cashed in the three night tournaments – Skip Perry, Marcelo Aviles, Guy Argo, Steven Waldon, Nithin Tharakan, and Kevin Scheper (twice).

We look forward to seeing the LAPL, SDPL, and LBPL in a year’s time in Long Beach for West Coast Challenge 84!

The SFPA delegation will be heading down to San Diego over the next couple days to compete in the 83rd edition of the West Coast Challenge. We will post updates and results on the WCC 83 page as they start to roll in. Good luck to all players!

Congratulations to the following players for their finishes in the captain’s tournament:

1st – Evan Burgess, Pilsner InnDecisives
2nd – Guy Argo, Smoke & Fizz
3rd – Kameha Barnette, King Cuong’s Den
4th – JM Reasonda, Bus Stop Flyers

We hope that everyone had a great first week of regular season play! Some upcoming tournament dates have been posted:

The captain’s tournament will take place this Saturday at the Pilsner Inn. One player per team can participate in this event.

The Luby Invitational will be contested at the Cinch on September 28. All new league members and players with a combined record under .500 for the last two seasons are eligible for this fun and free event.

Finally, dates for the eight 9-ball qualifying events have been posted for late September and October.

We will be finalizing the remaining tournament dates soon and will post them when they have been locked in.

Good luck and happy playing!

The Fall 2024 season of the San Francisco Pool Association has arrived! The Board of Directors is thrilled to welcome the 36 registered teams ahead of an exciting season of pool.

Regular season

Division schedules have been posted in the Calendars section, laying out the plan for the first nine weeks of play. Subsequent weeks will involve interdivisional matches between teams of equal or similar rank. Matches will be entered in the scoring app soon.

There are two new venues – Il Pirata and Final Final. Addresses and information about these locations can be found in the Venues tab.

Tournaments

Tournament schedules are being finalized and will be populated into the event calendar over the next couple weeks. For now we would like to highlight the following:

The Captain’s Tournament will take place next Saturday, September 7th, at the Pilsner Inn. One player per team is allowed to compete.

And starting in September, qualifiers for the 9-Ball Tournament will begin. These will take place on Saturdays and Thursdays, with two players from each of the eight qualifying tournaments vying for the trophy.

Good luck and happy shooting!