Los Angeles Pool League

Dear Members,

Please join us in celebrating last season's achievements and the start of our new season on Tuesday, March 5 at Crown City Billiards (formerly Jerry's) at 1312 Lake Ave, Pasadena. As previewed in our last email, our new season will start on March 12. We will likely send out schedules and rosters by March 8.

Members' meeting at 7pm

Mandatory for captains, open to all LAPL members and new prospects. Please attend if you are still looking for a team for spring season. We have 12 confirmed teams and potentially one or two more forming.

Per our bylaws, please submit any new motions at least 48 hours in advance to the BOG at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. We will discuss and vote during this meeting.

Awards Party at 8pm

2 tables will be open for free play for 2 hours, starting at 8pm.

Each attendee will be gifted 1 free raffle ticket and 1 drink ticket. Raffle tickets will also be on sale so you can cash in on all those gift certificates (or end up with that random raffle gift that will sit in your closet for decades)! Please note that no food will be provided; however, feel free to bring any small bites if you are inclined.

As per usual with a slight change, last season's captains are expected to bring a gift (or gift certificate) worth $20, and for this season, the league will add ten $20 gift certificates for the awards party raffle. Some teams have already pre-paid, which is appreciated. If overpaid (40 instead of 20) please consider donating the surplus to the league or we can reimburse you.

For Captains

Please remember to bring your registration fees and new team rosters with names, phone numbers and emails. At the last Members' Meeting, the board and members discussed and voted to change membership registrations to $100 up front, and $20 weekly during the regular season and playoffs, similar to other leagues. In this way, people will pay to play each week, and people who don't play as much will pay less. At the meeting we will discuss weekly payment methods such as using Zelle and Venmo. Finally, as a BCA league we collect $20 per player to be registered in BCA at the start of every new calendar year. This money goes directly to BCA.

In sum, please calculate and bring $100 team registration plus $20 per player in your team.

A big THANK YOU to the current board for all the (voluntary!) blood, sweat and tears involved in making all this happen. Big thanks as well to Arturo who has done so much for the league for many years.

Cheers,

Saeromi, Steve, Jon, Al, and Bryan

Welcome to Season 98 of the Los Angeles Pool League!

We had a great WCC event hosted by Los Angeles  in August.  I want to thank everyone on the board as well as all the players and people who volunteered their time as referees.  I particularly want to thank Cliff Giles, Jr. for being the tournament director and Al Ballesteros for his valuable leadership.  Congratulations to Ran Refael for finishing 3rd and Robert Trucios for finishing 6th. The LA team also made a strong showing taking Long Beach to a second match and almost winning!  The Hi-Lo team also made it to the finals.  

I would like to welcome the new BOG for the Fall 2023 Season:

President – Bryan Haneiwich
Vice President of Fundraising – Arturo Carrillo
Statistician – Jen Tamindzija
Treasurer – Saeromi Kim
Rules and Protest – Al Ballesteros
Playoff Chair – Steve Duckman
Secretary – Jon Bourgault

I personally want to thank each of them for volunteering their time.  Being on the board is never easy, and we all want to help grow and maintain the league. 

We have 10 teams set to go for this season, that means that each team will play every other team once and their sister team twice.  I would like to call out the efforts of Saeromi Kim, who left her team and volunteered as a captain for a team of new players.  She also helped us set up one additional team with several new players. 

We have:
Eagle LA Tuesday 2 teams
Eagle LA Wednesday 2 teams
Jerry’s 1 team
Brickyard Hollywood 2 teams
Brickyard NOHO 1 team
Goldfish 2 teams

Looking at the 2 Wednesday teams above, that does mean most teams will have a Wednesday match, possibly two.  The 2 teams who said they could not play Wednesday were accommodated on the schedule. 

The schedule can be found in the resources box on the main page or under schedule on the stats page.  You may also use this link.

Please remember the league is supposed to be competitive, but fun.  Play nice and have a good time with a sport that we all love. 

Thanks,
Bryan Haneiwich
LAPL President

Here is a note from the Treasurer to Captains:Hello fall season captains,

Thank you for stepping up as captains!  Here is some important dues information.  Thanks to some teams that already paid last week at the players meeting.  Dues may change for next season, but they are the same this year:

Dues are: $260/team.  Please collect and pay by Friday sept 15.  Venmo me at @saeromik.  You can also pay by cash or check, and we can coordinate drop off.  Checks payable to Los Angeles Pool League.

If you have players who are not already in BCA, they need to pay a $20 annual membership. This is only paid once a year.  Please send this with team dues.

Below is a sample text when collecting dues.  Just change the number of players.  I also include the $40 fundraising gifts needed per team at the end of the year but that’s up to you if you want to collect that now.

Thank you!!
Saeromi (Treasurer)

Team dues:
260+40 (fundraising gifts): 300/team or 43 per player for 7 players. That's it for the whole season.  If you are not already a BCA player, you need a membership for $20. This is only paid once a year.  We need to pay team dues plus all BCA memberships by the first week of play. Please Venmo me or bring me cash on Tuesday.