2018
Hotel Information: Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel
The room cost is $149 a night and you can get this rate by calling 1-800-736-9712 and asking for the LA Pool League group rate for these dates. You can also click on the link below and book your room:
It would be wise to start booking rooms as soon as possible. We have reserved approximately 20 rooms per city. We also have a block of 15 rooms for Thursday, July 5 and about 5 on Sunday, July 8 for those of you that would like to come early or leave a day later.
Dear Members,
Individuals & Women's: This Saturday, June 2 will be our Open Individuals and Women's Tournament. The Open sign up will be at 8 a.m. and play will start at 9 a.m. The women's tournament sign up will start at 10 a.m. with play at 11 a.m. These events will be held at Jerry's billiards in Pasadena. The top 7 individuals and top 4 women will represent Los Angeles in the West Coast Challenge at the Burbank Marriott July 6-8.
The Rising Star Tournament: Will be held on Sunday, June 3 with sign-up at 12 noon and play at 1 p.m. This tournament is open to players who have not previously played in a West Coast Challenge, except as the low player in the high low. The winner of this tournament will be our eighth place spot in the West Coast Challenge.
Team Finals: The Team finals will take place on May 29 at Jerry's billiards. Justin Yau's Y-Unit is King of the Hill and will play Stroke of Genius captain Al Ballesteros who are coming from the left side of the bracket with one loss. Y-Unit needs one win and Stroke of Genius will need to win twice. If these matches go to game two, the Match will be played also at Jerry's Billiards on Thursday May 31. Come out and enjoy the final team matches of this past season. We want to congratulate Better Luck Next Time with captain Gabriel Rodriguez for its Third Place win and the Kim Chi Chis on their Fourth Place position with captain Darren Kendrick.
Awards Party: We are trying something new. The awards party will be held on Saturday, June 16 beginning at 12 noon. This will be a private residence where we will have food, drinks, pool and swimming for those incline to get wet. We will be reaching out to captains to ascertain who will be in attendance. We encourage you to mark your calendars and plan on coming. This will be a fun event.
Till next time,
Al Ballesteros, President
LAPL
Dear LAPL Members,
10-Ball Tournament: This past weekend, LAPL hosted a 10-Ball tournament and we had a turn-out of 17 players. It was a fun tournament and in the end, it was a pleasure to watch the final match between Nakib Chowdhury (Yes NAKIB) and Malisa Mapu. Nakib took 1st; Malisa 2nd; Andy Rodriguez (Gabriel's son), took 3rd Place and Jose Torres took 4th Place. You can watch the final matches with Andy vs. Malisa and Nakib vs. Malisa on YouTube by going to our Facebook page and clicking on the match. 8-Ball Tournament - The LAPL also held an 8-Ball money tournament alongside the 10 ball event. In the end, it was also Nakib who took 1st place; followed by Arnell who took 2nd; Malisa took 3rd and Al took fourth. Money was paid out to 1st through 3rd place. Nakib has not played a game in the LAPL for four years; he is visiting Los Angeles and now lives in Bangladesh with his wife and child. Good to see Nakib back.
Playoffs: Tomorrow night will be round 3 of playoffs. Oh the excitement and anticipation builds. There are twelve teams left and after tomorrow there will be 8. Please check the brackets on our website to see where your games will be played. Good luck and play well.
Hi-Lo: Our first West Coast Challenge qualifying event will be the Hi-Lo and will be held this Saturday, April 28 @ Jerry's Billiards with registration beginning at 9 a.m. and play starting at 10 a.m. You must register before 10 a.m. This will be a scotch doubles tournament where you will get a partner based on ranked standings with the highest players paired with the lower score players. This is a fun tournament and we hope to have a great turn-out.
Board Elections: On Saturday, April 7 the BOG met. We discussed the Board of Governors' nominations for next season. There were four open seats and nominated were: Ran Refael, Gibbi Tkatch, Marisol Lopez and Cliff Giles, Jr. Being that there were only four candidates for four open seats, the board voted to accept the nominations and move these individuals to the board to fill the open seats. Marisol Lopez will begin her first term on the board next term and is the newest member. We welcome her.
WCC LA Summer 2018 Workgroup: If you have any interest in joining this workgroup, please contact the BOG here at this email address. As of this time, Malisa Mapu has been charged with being our Tournament Chair and will run the WCC play and all of the mini-tournaments. Malisa will need help from other members that she will appoint to assist with various components of running the WCC. We thank Malisa for taking this challenge on. Julian has volunteered to assist with the hotel interactions around food and beverage needs for the WCC. Jose has volunteered to assist with organizing the WCC program book and banners. There are numerous tasks which need assistance so anyone wishing to assist, please speak to a member of the board or email us here.
Awards Party: We are going to try something new. The Awards Party will be held on Saturday, June 16 @ 12 noon at a private residence in the Hollywood Hills. We will recognize our top 7 individual players, our 4 top women, our top team and our hi-lo team with trophies/plaques. We will raffle prizes, a BBQ, Pool, and Swimming for those who want to bring their swim clothes. More to come so please mark your calendars for this date.
Our Condolences: To Steve Duckman on the passing of his mother Gail. Steve, the LAPL sends its deepest sympathy on the passing of your mother.
Sincerely yours,
Al Ballesteros,
President LAPL
Open Individuals
1st Roberto Valenzuela
2nd Jose Torres
3rd Gabriel Rodriguez
4th Rick Ramirez
5th Bryan Haneiwich
6th James Petersen
7th Ran Refael
8th (First Alternate) Schesary Berrios
9th Marvin Amador
10th Allen Fambro
11th Matt Reilly
Women's
1st Laurie Jow
2nd Marisol Lopez
3rd Angie Castellanos
4th Stephanie Westfall
Last Chance and WCC 8th Allen Fambro
Dear LAPL Members,
