AMERICAN POOLPLAYERS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN

Grady and Betty Dunagan—League Operators

Local Bylaws as of May 23, 2010 (Revised September 14, 2010)

These bylaws have been read and approved by the American Poolplayers Association, Inc.

Your team manual is your primary source of information and rules that you will be using, unless noted in these local bylaws. 

OFFICE HOURS are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday.

START TIME is at 7:30 PM, unless otherwise specified.  Play will begin, even if only one player from the team is present. Play must be continuous; otherwise forfeits will be awarded to the team present.

APA PLAYER MEMBERSHIP DUES are payable the first night a player plays or by the 4th week, whichever occurs first. See the team manual for more information on membership dues.

WEEKLY FEES are $35.00 per week ($40.00 at all Slick Willies, Stardust Lounge, and all Bastrop County locations) for all scheduled matches, regardless of the number of games played, including forfeits, and the division playoffs.  No individual player accounting will be kept by the league office.  As the APA is not responsible for cash, we recommend all weekly dues be paid by check. Make checks payable to APA.

ADDING NEW PLAYERS  A Team may add a player to their roster within the first four (4) weeks without prior consent from the League Office.  Simply add the player's name to the score sheet and notify the opposing team of the addition prior to the beginning of the matches. After the fourth week, the League Office must approve the player. Any requests to add a player to a team after the 4th week must be submitted to the Division Rep, who in turn will submit the request to the League Office. If the League Office has not approved the addition, and that player plays a match, that match will be recorded as a Forfeit win to the non offending team. No players may be added to a team during the last three (3) weeks of regular session play. 

BONUS POINTS One bonus point will be awarded in 8-Ball, 15 points in 9-Ball and 3 in Masters. Each team must fully complete the team's score sheets, collect all fees due for the week, and have the team's packet at the drop off/pick up location, no later than noon (unless otherwise specified), the day after the team's scheduled match. Any profanity written, or otherwise displayed on the scoresheets will result in an automatic loss of the bonus points. 

FORFEITS  If a team fails to show for a match, the opposing team (providing 5 players are present) will receive 4 points plus 1 bonus point in 8-Ball, 60 points plus 15 bonus points in 9-Ball, 15 points plus 3 bonus points in Masters, provided all bonus point requirements are met. During the last 3 weeks of any session, forfeits will be worth a maximum of 3 points plus 1 bonus point in 8-Ball, a maximum of 45 points plus 15 bonus points in 9-Ball, a maximum of 12 points plus 3 bonus points in Masters. Teams that do not show up for 2 consecutive weeks are subject to being dropped from the league.  If so, a new schedule will be issued. Dropped teams or any suspended player will forfeit all benefits, trophies, awards and prize money.

DROPPED TEAMS Teams that drop out after the fourth week of a session will owe the APA the balance of all weekly fees for the remaining of that session. If the balance is not paid in full, then each player who wishes to continue participating in the APA will pay his/her prorated portion of the uncollected fees. This applies, even if the player(s) is on more than one team, and remains active on the other team(s).  Any team finishing a session, and still owing uncollected weekly fees will pay the balance the first week of the following session. If the team does not sign up for the following session, any player(s) from that team wishing to join another team will pay their prorated portion of the uncollected fees.    

NSF CHECKS There will be a $15.00 NSF Fee for any returned checks.  APA members with outstanding NSF checks will be ineligible to play in league matches until the NSF check and NSF Fee are paid in full.  Player’s with NSF checks will show on the scoresheets with a series of $$$$$ next to their name.  The team will also show as Past Due for the amount of the check.  If the NSF check is from someone other than a member of the team, the team will also be responsible for the $15.00 NSF Fee.

BREAKING DOWN CUE STICK defined as, “the attempt to, or completion of removing the cue shaft” before match has finished can result in a sportsmanship violation.

EQUIPMENT provided by the host locations will be used for league play. This includes, but not limited to, cue balls, racks, and racks of balls, unless otherwise approved by the league office.

BYES:

  • (2) Points plus (1) Bonus Point will be awarded for all byes in the 8-ball League
  • (50) Points plus (15) Bonus Points will be awarded for all byes in the 9-ball League
  • (15) Points total will be awarded for all byes in the Masters League
  • Bonus Points are automatically included in the total 8 and 9-ball bye points.
  • No weekly fees will be due.

PLAYER SELECTION has been made for a particular match, as soon as the opposing team has been notified of their player, and can not be changed, unless it is determined that the "23 Rule" will be violated.

LAGGING will determine who has first break. Do not use Cue Ball.

NEW TEAMS may be added during the first four (4) weeks of a new session. Under special circumstances, as determined by the League Office, new teams may be added after the fourth week. The League Office will determine whether to issue the new team points equaling the last place team or bye points, or, arrange make up matches.

ABBREVIATIONS: to communicate Match Results in 8 Ball, please use the following abbreviation:

  • Error on 8 (covers basically every issue, such as Scratch on 8, etc.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                                     EO8

RESCHEDULED MATCHES must be made up within two (2) weeks of the original match, unless otherwise approved by the league office.  If not, zero points will be awarded to either team. Weekly Fees will be due for these matches. The league office must be informed of any rescheduled matches.

PLAYERS ELIGIBILITY FOR SESSION PLAYOFFS:  Each player must have played at least four times with that team during the session. If a player has played less than 4 times with that team, that player will be ineligible to participate in the Session Playoffs. Ineligible players will be removed from the Session Playoff roster, and their skill level will not count toward the 23-Rule. Ineligible players will not receive a trophy, or any other awards that would be presented to the team for advancing to the Session Playoffs. Forfeits do not count as a match played.

PLAYERS ELIGIBILITY FOR TRI-CUPS Each player must have a skill level based on at least 7 actual League match scores in the format in which the player is advancing. The 7 scores must have been attained by the end of the Session, including play-off weeks, in which the Tri-Cup is applicable. IE, the 7 scores must be in the format (8-ball or 9-ball), in which the team is advancing.

TEAMS ACHIEVING ELIGIBILITY for Tri-Cups in both 8 and 9 Ball are as follows:

·        Divisions having less than 6 teams:                               1 team will advance to Tri-Cups

·        Divisions having 6 to 11 teams:                         2 teams will advance to Tri-Cups

·        Divisions having 12 to 16 teams:                                   3 teams will advance to Tri-Cups

  • At least one (1) new unqualified team, in the Fall and Spring sessions, finishing immediately behind a team that is already qualified will advance to the next Tri-Cup
  • Team count is per the last week of the regular session

 

TEAMS ACHIEVING ELIGIBILITY for the Annual City Tournaments will be as per the Official Team Manual, with the following exceptions:

·        8 Ball Format:  Teams winning their division play offs will advance to a Tri-Cup tournament. The Tri-Cup tournaments will be Single Elimination Modified format. The Summer and Fall Tri-Cup tournament will advance 5 teams to the annual City Cup. The Spring Tri-Cup tournament will advance 6 teams. If a team/s that has/have previously won a Tri-Cup tournament re-qualifies in a subsequent session by winning their division, and that team/s advances in the Tri-Cup to a point that would render them winners of a slot in the Annual City Tournament, a wild card drawing will take place to advance another team/s.

·        9 Ball Format:  Teams winning their division play offs will advance to a Tri-Cup tournament. The Tri-Cup tournaments will be Single Elimination Modified format. The Summer, Fall, and Spring Tri-Cup tournaments, each, will advance 4 teams to the annual City Cup. If a team/s that has/have previously won a Tri-Cup tournament re-qualifies in a subsequent session by winning their division, and that team/s advances in the Tri-Cup to a point that would render them winners of a slot in the Annual City Tournament, a wild card drawing will take place to advance another team/s.

  • How to pick wild card from Tri-Cup: If a team that is already qualified, moves into the bracket that re-qualifies them, we would then back up one bracket and those teams would be eligible for the drawing. If it becomes necessary to go beyond that bracket, the draw would be based on number of chits. First round losers would have one chit, second round losers, two, etc.

23-RULE VIOLATIONS IN 8-BALL:  The offending team will receive zero (0) points for the match and the non-offending team will receive the points they won plus 1 point for the match in which the 23-Rule was violated and for each subsequent match.

WEEKLY FEES must be current for any teams and/or players to be eligible for the Wild Card Draw, and/or to enter the Session Playoffs, Tri-Cup Tournaments, and/or the Annual City Tournament. 

COMMON PLAYERS when two or more teams have qualified for the Tri-Cups and/or the Annual City Tournament, and there are common players to the teams, those teams, may be matched against each other first. The players that are common to those teams will sit out only the match that he/she is common to and let only those who are not common conduct the match.

SEVERE WEATHER conditions or travelers advisory warnings are reason enough for rescheduling team matches. Unless otherwise approved by the League Office, severe weather is not cause for a team to claim a forfeit win for the night. Team captains should contact each other to reschedule the matches. Rescheduled matches must be made up within two (2) weeks of the original match, unless otherwise scheduled by the League Office.  Please notify the League Office of the scheduled make up match.

INDIVIDUAL MAKE UP MATCHES will only be allowed for the first week of the session, and under extreme conditions, such as power failures at the location of play, and sudden extreme weather conditions which could give cause for the need to evacuate the premises. 

LATE FEES any team that falls 2 weeks behind in paying their weekly fees (either in whole or in part) is subject to being dropped from the league for nonpayment. Dropped teams will forfeit all benefits, trophies, awards and prize money.

BANNED PLAYERS if a player has been banned from an APA location, the team must play without that player. The APA does not have the right to insist that an APA player be admitted into a location.

FALSIFICATION OF SCORESHEET any team caught sandbagging or sending in falsified score sheets will be subject to any penalties handed down by the League Operator.

SCOREKEEPING shall be by a team member only.