The next session of the Snooker League that plays at Sterling Heights on Tuesdays is getting ready to start in a couple of weeks.  Rich and Mike are looking for a couple of new players to fill the league out.  If you are interested in play or want more info about the league, please reach out to them.  It’s a really fun game and will improve your game quickly!

The league plays on Tuesdays at Sterling Heights and the latest standings along with info about the league are posted on their page here.

Stu LoGuercio sent in the Week #1 standings of the Intermediate Straight Pool league that he runs at the Canal Rec Center on Wednesdays at 6PM.   Matches played ahead are not included.  Since it’s the first week, half the field is tied in 1st place, of course, and the other half are tied for last — including the BYE-:) Stu has the High Run of 11 so far.

Here are the latest Weekly Results from This Session.

Week #10 standings of Ginger’s 8 & 9-ball league that plays on Tuesdays at the Odell Rec Center are now posted.  Tommy Maffatone is still in 1st with 55 wins now.  Al Hooper is in 2nd with 53 wins, and Stu LoGuercio is in 3rd with 47.

The latest results and other info are now posted on her league’s page here.

Don Hunter’s Bank Pool Leagues played their Week #10 matches this past Monday.  In Div-1 at Hibiscus it looks like the order stayed the same –Don Hunter (#1), Don Simpson (#2) and Brian Bedford (#3).  In Div-2 at Allamanda the order also stayed the same – Walt Zarnoch in 1st, Bill Canty in 2nd, and Roger Pollock in 3rd.

Check out the detailed standings for both divisions here…

After 10 weeks of play, Doug Edwards’ team is still in 1st with 93 points now.  Jim Turner’s team is in 2nd with 89 and  Frankie Lamberti’s team is in 3rd with 87. 

The latest detailed stats are now posted on Bill’s website.  My page here has links to his site – the Current Schedule, Roster, Member List, Latest Standings, etc.

Info about the league is on Bill’s website.

I just noticed the original video I posted got changed to Private so I found this one to replace it and I’m re-posting it in case you missed it the first time

Let’s listen to another song that is on every flash drive of tunes that I travel with. This one always brings back fond memories of when I was working in that same stereo store that got me hooked on “Friday With Frank” and “Sunday With Sinatra” back in the 70’s.

We would sit around and compare speakers by listening to the Elegant Gypsy album with flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia and Al Dimeola from Return To Forever (with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White) going back-and-forth in each speaker.

Even in the car this sounds great when you crank it up…ENJOY!

Nothing gets me out of the doldrums and puts a smile on my face like a good mashup of old movies set to a modern song.  In this case it’s Kylie Minogue’s “Step Back In Time” and about 100 classic musicals.  See how many you can recall…

I can’t believe how many I knew!  Guess I’ve been watching too much of the TCM channel… NAH!  It’s kinda funny though that I just watched “Seven Brides For Seven Brothers” two days ago.  That clip is about halfway thru.

Make this one full screen and crank it up.  It will definitely bring a smile to your face!

Fred sent in the latest standings from his Friday Advanced 14.1 league.  It looks like Mike Dunn is still in 1st and undefeated, Fred is also undefeated but in 2nd because he has a makeup to do, and Don Hunter is still in 3rd with just 1 loss.

Complete results as well as the schedule and info about the league are posted on his page here. 

Week #3 standings for Ron Boyle’s Advanced 8-9 Ball league that plays Fridays at 9:30 at La Hacienda Rec Center are now posted.   Jerry Keating’s team is still in 1st with 107 wins now; Zeb’s team in 2nd with 95; Jim Cupilary’s team in 3rd (92) and Tom Lindbeck’s team in 4th (90).

Roger Vigrass just sent over some pics of these guys playing at Hacienda.  Check them out on their page if you haven’t seen them yet.  Nice job, Roger!

More info about his league and the complete Latest Standings can be found on his page here…

Sherree Rifenberick kicked off a new session of her 8-9 Ball League for Advanced Women players this past Thursday at the Canal Rec Center at 1 PM.  Looks like it’s a 3-way tie for first between Elena, Deb and Sherree.

Stats and information about the league are posted on her page here…

Week #1 standings from yesterday are now posted.  Dan’s team only had 2 players show up and still managed to tie for first.  Let’s hope that’s not his strategy throughout this session!

Dave Bowmer and his teammate, Paul Gagnon, both had strong showings with 14 points.
Next week (3/12) we are off.  Silver Lake is closed for table recovering.

Current detailed standings for this session can be found here…
The league details and history can be found here…

Richie Christiano’s Low Riders team is still in the lead with 43 points now.  Tied in 2nd place with 40 points are Jim Cupilary’s 9 Ballers and Zeb Riggs’ Tar Heels.

DON’T FORGET!!  Next week Silver Lake is closed for table recovering.

The Latest Standings, Master Schedule and Roster for the session are here and on Bill’s main OBG site here.

Stan Martin sent in the latest standings of his Sur de 44 league.  

Here are the standings for Week 3 Session XIII:
Session XIII   Current High MSP Scores:  

1st         Rich G       98
2nd        Jeff T.        87
3rd         Chris F      84

Their schedule along with a description of the league, its format and complete, detailed standings are posted on his page here.

Time for another Boogie-Woogie Wednesday..this time with Dr. John and Jools Holland playing on Saturday Night Live back in 1988.  Dr. John, was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. His music combined New Orleans blues, jazz, R&B, soul and funk.  I’ve posted other Jools Holland videos here.  He was an original member of the band, Squeeze (“Tempted“, “Pulling Mussels From the Shell“,etc.) and host of “Later…with Jools Holland“.  Every now and again they show reruns and you should search them out.  He had some great guests.

And in the meantime, I’m gonna make a note to locate some Squeeze videos…

Jerry Keating’s team is still in 1st with 283 wins now and just one week to go.  Mike Asselin’s team is holding in 2nd with 276 wins.  Mike Grooms’ team is still in 3rd with 234 and Tim’s team is in 4th with 231.  

Next week Silver Lake is closed on Tuesday so no play.  Ron is losing a couple of players so he is looking for replacements.

Click here to go to their web page with a description of the league and the complete stats.  Contact Ron Boyle here if you are interested in playing in this Advanced 8 & 9-ball league that plays on Tuesdays at Silver Lake.

The Skyliners were an American doo-wop group from Pittsburgh. The original lineup was: Jimmy Beaumont (lead), Janet Vogel Rapp (soprano), Wally Lester (tenor), Jackie Taylor (bass voice, guitarist), Joe Verscharen (baritone).They were best known for their 1959 hit, “Since I Don’t Have You” but one of their other hits, “This I Swear” is another of my faves. I had two sisters 10 years older than me so I grew up with lots of 50’s music in the house!

Still haven’t figured out why they’re wearing the cowboy costumes in the first video-:)

TEAM STANDINGS:  In first place is Team #9 Roger McEvoy with 32.5 wins, in second place is Team #12 Don Hunter with 31.5, in third place are Teams #7 Joanne Sowell and Shar Roberts with 30 wins.

Don Sell, Art Paraiso, Chris Miller, Don Hunter, John Stackpole, and Warren Light all had 50’s this week.

Latest scores and complete standings can be found on her site here.

The Week #4 standings for Larry’s Sunday Night Mixed Doubles leagues are now posted.  At Canal, Kirk Van Camp & Deb Clifford moved into 1st place; Paul Gagnon & Char Potochar are now in 2nd; Bobby & Olga Clark are still in 3rd.  At Hibiscus, Mariano & Lilly Martinez are still in 1st, Tony Wanderheyden & Diana Wolf moved in to 2nd;  Kirk Johnson & Mindy Watkins are now in 3rd.

Information about the league along with the latest standings and schedule are on his league’s page here.   You can view all the News Posts regarding this league by going to News Posts->Leagues->Sunday Mixed Doubles?  It will take you to this page…

The Final results of this session are now in Rich’s Google spreadsheet.  In the “Believe It or Not” department Dave Watson came from behind to pull off an impressive win against a very tough field — good job, buddy!  Mike Rood and Barney Stuart tied for 2nd.  Tommy Maffatone had the high run of 37 points – twice – which was also impressive.

The league plays on Tuesdays at Sterling Heights and the latest standings along with info about the league are posted on their page here.

Sherrie Aly sent in the results from this week’s Saturday Nite Ladies tournament that she runs for advanced players at the Coconut Cove Recreation Center.  The winners were:

1st – Joanne Sowell (she went undefeated thru the rounds)
2nd – Chris Miller
3rd – Lynne Burke
4th – Char Potochar

Some previous winners are on my page here.  Visit Sherrie’s site here for complete details, news, pics and to register for her events.