Hello Pool Lovers,
I wanted to update you all as much as is possible and wanted to send you my sincerest wishes for your health and safety right now. Sheltering in place and not playing pool is difficult but we as a community are helping to contain this virus.
As you all probably know, the shelter-in-place order for San Francisco is effective until May 3rd and the order for the state of California is in place until further notice. Play will definitely be suspended until both state and city governments give us the go ahead and the bars reopen. So the 8-ball tournament scheduled for April 19th is cancelled.
Our 14th and final match would have fallen on April 28th so the season as we know it would have ended then, followed by playoffs. Clearly that is not going to happen. I know that some of you would return to play as soon as the bars open and I also know that for numerous reasons, many players will not return at this time. Many members of our league are elderly or have underlying health issues making it imperative that they shelter in place as much as possible for as long as possible.
The Board has met this month and we have another emergency meeting next week. We don’t know what will happen in our future, but are trying to find solutions that work for all of us. The West Coast Challenge is postponed until late August but that might change as well. I wish we could give definitive answers but they are not there to share. I can promise you that we will continue to communicate and share information.
Please feel free to contact me and let me know how you all are doing and again, please stay safe.
Warmly,
Joan Pettijohn
SFPA League President