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[lesedwards]

The snooker pic banners are really low resolution. Can you get better ones Terry.

As our tournaments start we will be updating the slideshow with live photos. These are just generic photos I have stuck on for now.

[Terry Davidson]

We are also looking for a good name for our 2 levels of players. I used 'A' and 'AA' initially and Les came up with 'Golf' & 'Silver' but I thought something more related to snooker might be more suitable, like 'Black' & 'Pink' but even that doesn't sound too great.

Anyone have any ideas on what we can name the 2 flights?

[lesedwards]

We are also looking for a good name for our 2 levels of players. I used 'A' and 'AA' initially and Les came up with 'Golf' & 'Silver' but I thought something more related to snooker might be more suitable, like 'Black' & 'Pink' but even that doesn't sound too great.

Anyone have any ideas on what we can name the 2 flights?

That's Gold not Golf.... goid idea Terry let's see what the TSF comes up with.

[Terry Davidson]

That's Gold not Golf.... goid idea Terry let's see what the TSF comes up with.

Typo on my part...hey! it's early

[GeordieDS]

Gl with this venture Terry, we had a breakaway league in our area when we were dissatisfied with what was happening and now we have fifteen teams in our league compared to five in the original

[Wayne G]

hola terry yo también lo estoy se guindo aquí de ESPAÑA suerte

That's easy for you to say.

[Terry Davidson]

hola terry yo también lo estoy se guindo aquí de ESPAÑA suerte

No habla espanol vallbona. Please say in English

[Csmith]

That's Gold not Golf.... goid idea Terry let's see what the TSF comes up with.

You can call the lower level players 'snookers'

[robertmac]

Dont they call it Tier 1 and Tier 2 on World Snooker?

[Wayne G]

TBH, I think A and AA designations are spot on. They're to the point and no one's going to get confused.

[Terry Davidson]

TBH, I think A and AA designations are spot on. They're to the point and no one's going to get confused.

Well, I've been told we should reverse it and call the old Open players AA and the less skilled A. I am leaning towards Black for Open and Gold for the old A. We've heard Gold and Silver.

We wanted something with positive connotations for the less skilled players but haven't really come up with anything good as yet.

Our first tournament will likely be Jan 31 at The Corner Bank and we will try and avoid the Super Bowl kick-off on Feb 1. Problem is the Snow Tournament, which is the oldest snooker tournament in Canada at 47yrs is on the same weekend but it's up in Sudbury which is a 5hr drive from Toronto and generally there are not many Toronto players there as the prize money doesn't cover the expenses these days with hotels at $100 per night.

[Wayne G]

Well, I've been told we should reverse it and call the old Open players AA and the less skilled A. I am leaning towards Black for Open and Gold for the old A. We've heard Gold and Silver.

We wanted something with positive connotations for the less skilled players but haven't really come up with anything good as yet.

Our first tournament will likely be Jan 31 at The Corner Bank and we will try and avoid the Super Bowl kick-off on Feb 1. Problem is the Snow Tournament, which is the oldest snooker tournament in Canada at 47yrs is on the same weekend but it's up in Sudbury which is a 5hr drive from Toronto and generally there are not many Toronto players there as the prize money doesn't cover the expenses these days with hotels at $100 per night.

While then, keep it on the same theme. Black for Open players and Blue for old A's(don't even think about PINK).

Also, will we still register up to 8 pm on the Friday night so that we'll know the draw and time to play?

Sorry Terry, I just saw the new posting on the OSC site answering my questions.

[Terry Davidson]

While then, keep it on the same theme. Black for Open players and Blue for old A's(don't even think about PINK).

Also, will we still register up to 8 pm on the Friday night so that we'll know the draw and time to play?

Sorry Terry, I just saw the new posting on the OSC site answering my questions.

OK, just show up at the Corner Bank before 11am, tables will be open for practice from 10am or earlier). Dress shoes, slacks and golf/polo shirt. Pay your $40 and draw will be done by Les and I at 11am sharp for the Red players, which you are. We are expecting a maximum of 16 x Red and 8 x Black but if we get more we might run into the Sunday which is Super Bowl day but we should finish before kick-off anyway.

Our idea is the 16 Red players play 2 matches down to 4. At 1pm we do the draw for the 8 x Black and using the now free 4 tables they play down to 4. Then we bring both Black and Red together so every Red player has had 2 matches and Black have had 1 match at least. This GUARANTEES at least 4 x Red players will be in the prize money and as it will be the best of the Red players they might make the semis or better on their day.

We will see how the players accept this format as Les has been attempting to get the OSA to do something for their 'A' players for 2 years now and they've have basically told him to 'go away, we don't need your help'.

At the meeting the OSA was bragging they would have around $12,000 in the bank at the end of the season but didn't say how it was going to be used outside of buying 8 sets of 1G balls from Odie for $350 when they will cost him under $210 a set, so Odie puts over $1,100 of OSA membership money straight into his pocket. The sale of 6 sets of the old balls to Rhonda for $750 wasn't even mentioned so no idea where that money was going. Nice business for Odie, not so good for the membership though.

They also said they are no longer a non-profit association so there was no need to hold an AGM and besides 'it's just too much bother to get the players together' so the membership has no say in how the OSA is being run. We intend to register OSC as a non-profit and actively seek out the player's ideas but right now no membership fees until we do that and then it will be a minimum, like $10 a season or something. This will be to pay for website maintenance as Les has already paid for a hosted website out of his own pocket and I'll be paying the non-profit registration fee.

Enough for now. See you on Jan 31st and if you want to play in the Corner Bank direct entry I'll see you then.

[lesedwards]

Hi Wayne get the word out to all your players. The A players are going to love our new format.

[Wayne G]

Hi Wayne get the word out to all your players. The A players are going to love our new format.

Will do. See you Saturday for the Richler Q.