Captain’s Log, August 5th, 2007 

This is the final week of the Summer Session. The first round of playoffs will start next week. There will be no play the following week while teams and players attend the APA National Team Championships at the Riviera Hotel and Casino  in Las Vegas. The final week of playoffs start the week of August 26^th.  

All kinds of fun takes place at the National Team Championships, so if you have some free time and want to check it out, the event takes place August 16^th through the 25^th. The 9 Ball Team Championships go from August 16^th through the 20^th and the 8 Ball team Championships take place August 20^th through the 26^th. Also taking place at the APA National Team Championships are Pro and artistic events, challenges, minimania and many preregistered events like 8 Ball Scotch Doubles, 9 Ball Scotch Doubles, Triple Play Masters and Wheelchair championship tournaments. Check out www.poolplayers.com for more details. That’s also the place to track how the San Diego teams are doing in each event.  

We have 3 different kinds of playoffs depending on the amount of teams in your division. Here is the playoff schedule for each division size: 

Divisions with 5 teams: 1^st place hosts wild card and 2^nd place hosts 3^rd place.

Divisions with 6-11 teams: 1^st place automatically qualifies for Blast. 2^nd place hosts wild card and 3^rd place hosts 4^th place.

Divisions with 12 or more teams is a double playoff format: 1^st place team automatically qualifies for Blast. Playoff #1 has 2^nd place hosting wild card #1 and 4^th place hosting 6^th. Playoff #2 has 3^rd place hosting wild card #2 and 5^th place hosting 7^th place.  

The team that finished highest in the standings hosts the final week of playoffs. The playoff champions qualify for Blast. The dates for the Blast have changed. The 8 Ball Blast will take place September 29^th and the 9 Ball Blast will take place September 30^th at the Hungry Stick.  

If there are any ties at the end of the session, we use the tie breaking procedures directly out of the APA team manual to break ties for playoff seeding.  

To be eligible for the wild card draw, teams must be current on league dues and have no more than 5 forfeits during the session.  

We will conduct the playoff draw the same day your division pages normally get updated. The home page of the web site www.SDAPA.com has a link to the playoff page that will break down the playoff schedule for each division. If you do not have internet access, please contact the APA league office to find out if your team made it.  

For those teams that do not make the playoffs this session, enjoy the time off and we hope to see you just after Labor Day for the start of the Fall Session. If the note “your team is not registered for the next session” is still printing on your score sheet, let us know what your intentions are so we can get busy putting together schedules for the Fall Session. We have some divisions out there that could use a few new teams in it to keep them from falling apart. Contact the league office if you are interested in starting a new team. 

Vegas qualifiers: Good luck in Las Vegas! Have the time of your lives. You earned it and you deserve it! The league office will be closed during the APA National Team Championships.  

Have a great week and Shoot Pool Good!      Brian/Jill/Lindsay      619-303-0183         sandiegoapa@cox.net     sdapajill@cox.net        sdapalindsay@cox.net         Office Hours: 9am-7:30pm  daily        www.sdapa.com