THE ACS STATE TOURNAMENT
This event is only 3 years old,
yet it has paved a new future for Billiards in Oklahoma.!
At
the
State level we introduced 4 player
Teams,
Scotch Doubles,
and
Juniors. We opened a third division of competition
the Standard Division:.
We hosted the first $10,000 event at the Osage Casino along with opening
up new league systems across the state:.
We have encouraged existing leagues to
dual
sanction with the ACS, thereby giving their players the opportunity to play in
several other events year round while never having to change how your league
does business. So,
in keeping true to form,
the ACS State
Board
met to make plans for our next big event. We reviewed
last years
national tournaments along with State and Regional
tournaments
in our area.
Every event,
no matter how great,
has the same downfall
the one thing that spreads more bad press than anything
we try to cram
into 4 days
what should take place on 4 weekends
So why not have 4
separate tournaments
9-Ball, Team, Scotch Doubles and Singles spread throughout the year!
Everyone agreed that it would allow you
the player
to concentrate on one event at a time;
it would be easier to set match times so
the event your match
times were not scheduled close together you could leave and come back; and
players would not be
so exhausted at the end of the tournament. We decided to have
one open team division and allow only one Master on a team. You say,
What about the masters
who
want to play together as a team?
We say,
at this point in time,
there are not enough women masters to make 4 teams or men
masters
to make 6 teams, so we are
hoping
that the masters will still choose to play,
as there
are
some really super open
players
for
you to
match up
with.!
Please bear in mind that this idea will come into play for the
2008 / 2009 season.
In the
end we will have determined, with your feedback, if the idea was goo
d (keep it) or not good (scratch it). These 4 events are brought about through the efforts of your Oklahoma League Directors. There is no compensation for their hard work except to better the playing field and for the Love Of The Game. Please feel free to help them.
Bartlesville Pool League, Mary Scheer 918-914-9951
Sand Springs Pool League, Cindy Smith 918-245-2859
North Eastern Oklahoma, Michelle 918-281-9411 Alisha Hadley 918- 833-1080
Tulsa, Broken Arrow, Muskogee, McAlester Oklahoma Pool Sports, Sandy 918-355-2551
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