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Hop in the car and head up to Jacksonville with a group this coming week to check out some of the best players in the world.  It runs December 16-21.  Check out their site here or if you’re a Facebook user here is their page.  No tickets needed! Enjoy the event as a fan and spectator for free.  It’s in the Jacksonville Hyatt Riverfront.

Ginger had her Friday Night Billiards Open tournament at Silver Lake.  Here’s how they finished:

1st – Dave Knight
2nd – Jim Gorman, Bob Huebsch (tie)

Jim seems a little shocked in the pic that he didn’t win this week – LOL!

Check out Ginger’s Friday Nite Billiards Open here for additional info and pics of the winners.

Week #4 standings for Ron Boyle’s Advanced 8-9 Ball league that plays Fridays at 9:30 at La Hacienda Rec Center played are now posted.   Looks like the order has stayed the same.  John’s team is still in 1st place; Zeb’s team is in 2nd; Mike Groom’s team in 3rd; and Jon Kluft’s is in 4th.

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

Don Hunter and some of his bank pool buddies will be putting on an exhibition of the game at La Hacienda Rec Center on January 23 at 4pm.  He’ll be joined by Don Simpson, Greg Shearer and Brian Bedford in what should be a fun event.  I got a feeling trash talk may be allowed!

Don Hunter’s Bank Pool will also be starting an Intermediate-level player division of his bank pool league.  His Advanced League plays on Mondays at Hibiscus.  This Int. division will play on Tuesday mornings at 10am at Allamanda.  In this division you play 4 games of 9 ball bank pool (instead of 5) against your opponent each week.

If  you are interested, he may still have some openings.  Reach out to Don here for more details…

On Wednesday December 10th Don Simpson held another 369 Double Elimination Tournament.

369 is a game of 9 Ball played a little different. Each of the 3, the 6 and the 9 are “scoring balls”. Once a month Don holds this event with 24 players entered. Each player, based on their skill level, is assigned a handicap and in the December event they ranged from 9 to 12. The first player to reach their number of balls handicap is the winner.

Len Fitzpatrick runs the event for Don and Don pretends he’s the boss for the day! Len did a great job once again. 12 players were in the money with:…

Ron Boyle’s Stingers had a great week and won 14 out of 16 games.  That put them in a tie for 1st with my Ballz in Hand team with 51 wins.  Jim Cupilary’s 9-Ballers are close behind with 48. The Master Schedule and Roster for the session are here.

Joan Kreuzer is still in 1st with 38 wins now and Char Potochar is alone now in 2nd with 24 wins.  But Elena has a makeup match so she may regain her #2 position when she returns,  In the meantime, she is tied with Gina Dutton in 3rd with 30 wins.

The league is limited to 12 players, runs for 11 weeks and is currently full.  They play each other 4 games each of 8-Ball and 9-Ball.  Stats and information about the league are posted on her page here…

Don Hunter’s Bank Pool league is starting up again on Jan. 5, 2026.  They will play Monday mornings at 9am at Hibiscus. You play 5 games of 9 ball bank pool against your opponent each week. Here’s more info from Don regarding rules and tips…

Steve Cropper of Booker T. & the MG’s passed on 12/3 and certainly leaves a legacy of music.  In addition to starting that band with Booker T. and being its lead guitarist, he was a songwriter and record producer. He backed artists such as Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Johnnie Taylor and Neil Young. He also acted as the producer of many of those artists’ records. He was later a member of the Blues Brothers band. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him 36th on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists. He won two Grammy Awards out of his seven nominations. Click read more for a great video of him…

Stu LoGuercio sent in the first 2 weeks of the Intermediate Straight Pool league that he runs at the Canal Rec Center on Wednesdays at 6PM.   Matches played ahead are not included.  Looks like Jon Knoble is in front with 2 wins but it’s early days.  Keep that undefeated streak running, John!

Here are the latest Weekly Results from This Session.

Stan Martin sent in the standings from Week #5 of his Sur de 44 league.  
Session XII   High MSP Scores:  

1st         Gary C            106
2nd        Dennis D        104 
3rd         Dave B.            96

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

Let’s head back to the mid-70’s for this week’s 2 For Tuesday.  I’m surprised these guys didn’t have more hits but in looking up their history – just out of curiosity – it sounds like they had lots of internal conflicts before finally splitting up in 1976.

But whatever the reasons, I sure did play these two songs by 10cc quite a bit back in the day.  Enjoy!

Week #3 results are in Rich’s spreadsheet link below.  Mike Rood is still undefeated and out in front with 6 wins; Raymond Chu moved into 2nd with 5 wins. Dave Watson is in 3rd but has a makeup match to play.  

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

Tommy Maffatone finished in 1st place with 64 points;  Stu Loguercio in 2nd with 57 and Larry Hicks in 3rd with 50 points.  

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

Jim Vaccaro sent in the Week #6 standings.  They play at Saddlebrook on Mondays from 10AM-4PM.  Looks like Don Feeney and Bill Gentry are tied for 1st place with 6 wins.  Bob Kubinec also has 6 wins but a couple less caroms so he is in 3rd.

Information about the league and complete standings can be found on their page here…

Gary Nankervis’ team finished strong and ended up in 1st place with 128 points. Jim Turner’s team slipped to 2nd with 125 and just edged out Doug Edwards’ team by one game.   This coming Monday (12/15) is our draft at 11, followed by pizza party.  It looks like we’re going to have 9 teams next session so we’ll have a BYE and should have players to sub each week.  The Captains, Draft and New Schedule are now posted on Bill’s website here.  Links to the same docs are on my page here.

Instead of a Motown Monday I’m gonna call this one a Moody Monday.  I was a HUGE fan of the Moody Blues back in the 60’s and 70’s and had all their albums from “Days of Future Passed” with “Nights in White Satin” on up thru “Seventh Sojourn” after which I kinda tired of them.  This song was on their first album but I could never find it so I ended up getting it on a 45 – you remember them!

The band didn’t have Justin Hayward and John Lodge back then.  Denny Laine sang lead on this but left in ’65.  Graeme Edge recruited them afterwards.

The results from the Saturday, December 22nd, Silver Lake 9-Ball Handicap Tournament are in.  32 players came together for the second event of four this winter.

The final 8 saw Don Simpson and Colton Keene doing battle with Colton coming out on top in that match and then moving to the final four with Don finishing tied 5th.

Then Steve Luskey and newcomer Dave Knight squared off with Dave advancing to the final four and Steve going home tied 5th. Click Read More for more details and final results…

Week #7 scores for Larry’s Sunday Mixed Doubles league are now posted.  Steve & Elena are still in 1st at Canal St.  John & Debbie are back in 2nd and knocked Larry & Pam down to 3rd.

Les Davison & Michele Nelson are now in 1st place at Hibiscus.  Dave Shoberg & Mary Jordan are in 2nd.  John Stackpole & Mary Brewer are now in 3rd.

Information about the league along with the latest standings are on his league’s page here.