Congratulations to the Locomotive B for winning this year's shoot-out beating the Racketeers in the final.

The Loco survived 2 blackball shootouts on the way to final, and even went one nil down in the final to a golden break. The score in the final was 2-1.

Congratulations to the following prize winners
£50 Raffle - Kevin North
Ashford United family ticket - Jake Horrocks
£80 Card - Harley Nevanni
£100 Card - Lewis Thorne

Thanks to everyone that came and made the evening a success.
A huge thank you to Jo and her team at the Ashford Club for hosting the evening and keeping us all refreshed.

This coming Thursday the 7th March for the second time since his passing we contest the Jim Williams X pairs. I’m delighted with the numbers for this as we’ve had 59 pairs which is almost perfect.

Please see below a brief description of the format.

* venues are drawn, They are all luck of draw, Please respect the landlords and venues. We’ve selected all venues that entered pairs. They do not have to open tables. So expect to pay for tables. You may be pleasantly suprized.

* Typically there are 4 Doubles pairs at each venue with one winner coming through on the night last 64 and 32.

* Online match 1 has been drawn and will start at 8pm. Please make sure all are there ready to start.

* Each match will contest of 5 maximum frames. 2x singles. Doubles and 2 x Singles. The winner is the 1st to 3.

* upon conclusion of 1st match the Winner shall await the winner of match 2 for a final on the night between two winners.

To try to simplify to prevent doubts below I will summarize the 1st match.

Venue Locomotive

Match 1: Bob Thompson & Owen Thompson vs Graham Haywood & Andy Stevens

Frame 1: Bob (1). Vs. Graham (1)
Frame 2: Owen (2) vs Andy (2)
Frame 3: Dutch Doubles
Frame 4: Bob ( 1) vs Andy (2)
Frame 5: Owen (2) vs Graham (1)

Match 2: Will Follow in same ordering. Followed by a final on the night as Match 3.

Dutch doubles should be played with a good spirit of the game, Talking between shots should only be carried out before a shot is taken. Whilst the visit is in play until a shot is missed then further discussion isn’t permitted.

I wish all a fantastic night and hope we hane some great games good luck to all players.

Zack
APL

Event: APL ShootOut 2024
Date: 4th January 2024
Time: 19:30 start
Venue: ASHFORD CLUB

Details:
- 5 man team (closely matching your Thursday team)
- 1 set shoot out (Best of 5, or the leading team after 20 minutes)
- Black ball shootout to determine the winner if the match is a tie after 20 minutes
- 30 second shot clock
- Limited to 32 teams
- Competition run on a Knockout basis
- £1 entry per person (minimum of £5 per team)
- £100 to the winning team
- £50 prize to a randomly drawn player in the event

If your team cannot get a team, or has too many players please let the committee know as we have several players in the same boat that want to play - we will field as many teams as possible.

The APL Committee would love all teams to attend - please do what you can to be involved.

Any questions please message me

Kenny
07843 625646

As you are probably aware Darren Bispham, manager of Singleton Barn, passed away after a battle with cancer within the past few weeks.
Singleton Barn have been a big part of our pool league for many years and I am sure you will join me in sending your condolences on to his family and the Singleton Barn family that lives and breathes the pub. Darren committed his time and effort to even play in the league himself years ago and will be sorely missed by all.

There is a celebration of life for Darren on the 25th June from 2pm. Darren and his family extend the invite to all to ensure his life is celebrated and remembered as it should be.

RIP Darren from all within The APL

The season kicks off on the 16th February, fixtures online and a printable PDF available under the Files menu.

A high level overview of what's coming this season...
- 28 teams across 3 divisions

- Team Knockout (handicapped scoring). Draw online.

- Plate KO for the 1st round losers above.

- Dutch doubles competition (cash entry, all money in all money out --- more details to follow).

- Ashford Singles event (cash entry, all money in all money out --- more details to follow)

Plus a potential of 2 more events during the season.

Best of luck to all, have a great season.