All, We are quickly approaching the end of the first round of fixtures in the league. With that, I'd like to let you know the plans for the next few weeks which see's a mixture of events commencing to allow the league fixtures post-split to be drafted and verified. The last league fixtures pre-split are 7th February 2023. After this the fixtures will then start to be drafted up for review. Until then we have the following: 14th February - Knockout Cup Prelim (only one fixture, two teams, will be playing this night) 21st February - ADPL 4-Person Team Event (more details to follow) 28th February - Knockout Cup Last 16 Stage 7th March - League Pool, post-split will resume Cheers, Bash

BTTT

It's coming into a busy old spell for the ADPL, and beyond. Here's a quick snapshot of the diary for the remainder of the season. 11-12 Feb SPA Seniors Tour Event 1 17-19 Feb ISP 5-Person Team Event (Pettycur Bay) 21st Feb ADPL 4-PERSON TEAM EVENT 25 Feb ADPL PORTCULLIS SINGLES 3-5 Mar SPA S11's (Arbroath A and B.) 10-12 Mar SPA S11's (Arbroath C) 18 Mar - SPA AGM 25th Mar ADPL CHALLENGE TROPHY 1st Apr ADPL CLIFFBURN SINGLES 22-23 Apr SPA IM1 Finals 29 Apr Forfar Open 30 Apr Forfar Finals Day 6-7 May SPA Willie McCartney Finals 13 May ADPL SHOTZ SINGLES 23 May League Playoffs (If required) 27 May ADPL ARBROATH OPEN 28 May ADPL FINALS DAY KO Cup 14th Feb - Prelim 28th Feb- Last 16 25th Apr - Quarter Finals 28th May - Semi-finals played to a conclusion Cons Cup 25th Apr - Last 16 28th May - Quarter Finals played to a conclusion I've also updated the event calendar to reflect the above. Please view this using the link to the left hand side of the website. Regards, Bash

To whom it may concern, Tenders are now being invited for the hosting of the Arbroath Open and ADPL Finals Day. 'Finals Weekend' will be held over the course of Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th May 2023. Any interested party should contact myself, Michael Bastow, for a copy of the tender information and pro-forma. The deadline for tenders to be received is 18:00hrs on Tuesday 31st January 2023. Regards, Michael

The Committee discussed the doubles last night and it was agreed this will follow the league doubles format and be SCOTCH DOUBLES.

Doubles Entries 1 Ryan Diplexcito & Keir Hamilton 2 Shane Twaddle & Michael Shore 3 Colin Smith & Sean Hardwick 4 James Curran & Peem Twaddle 5 Connor Hunter & Daryl Scott 6 Michael Bastow & Roy Middleton 7 David Jack & Greg Alexander 8 Graham Dunbar & Paddy Nicoll 9 Mark Donald & Ian Anderson 10 Steve Webster & Gordon Dickson 11 Darrin Warren & Kyle Brown 12 Chris Smith & Kent Mitchell 13 Brian Craig & Bobby Bell 14 Ian Quinn & Fraser Stewart 15 Billy Girdwood & Mick Moffat 16 Steven Barthorpe & Andrew Barrowman 17 Gary Mutch & Stewart Philip 18 Mark Gray & Darren Wyllie 19 Steve Reid & Nic Van Rijn 20 Craig Humphreys & Josh Longmuir 21 Lee Strachan & Richard Paterson 22 Martin Cherry & TBC 23 Chris Mitchell & Jim Falconer 24 Mike Clark & Jeff Barthorpe 25 Peter Boyd & Ryan Mackenzie 26 Alex Whyte & Bruce Wallace 27 Liam Low & Jarred Smith 28 Ronnie Edwards & Weland Holroyd 29 Michael Emslie & Ally Hannah 30 Callum Paton & Pamela Paton 31 Tommy Paul & Craig Taylor (Leg1) 32 John Cargill & Finlay Harcus 33 David Thornton & Rikki McWalter 34 Danny Ford & Stefan Van Rijn 35 Iain Soutar & Colin Brown 36 Kieran Gordon & Jake Bruce 37 David Williams & Michael Watt 38 Gordon Smith & Christian Watt 39 Andy Braid & Barrie Watt 40 Steven Scott & James Jackson

Singles Entries 1 Connor Hunter 2 Ryan Diplexcito 3 Keir Hamilton 4 Shane Twaddle 5 Colin Smith 6 Sean Hardwick 7 Michael Shore 8 James Curran 9 Peem Twaddle 10 Martin Coull 11 Colin Brown 12 David Jack 13 Euan Sharpe 14 Gordon Dickson 15 Graham Dunbar 16 Greg Alexander 17 Mark Donald 18 Michael Bastow 19 Paddy Nicoll 20 Roy Middleton 21 Steve Hamilton 22 Steve Webster 23 Darrin Warren 24 Ian Quinn 25 Louie Bolton 26 Liam Scott 27 Brian Craig 28 Bobby Bell 29 Gareth Ruxton 30 Chris Smith 31 Kent Mitchell 32 Fraser Stewart 33 Stewart Philip 34 Steven Barthorpe 35 Billy Girdwood 36 Andrew Barrowman 37 Gary Mutch 38 Mick Moffat 39 Scott MacEwan 40 Steve Reid 41 Mark Gray 42 Craig Humphreys 43 Darren Wyllie 44 Nic Van Rijn 45 Lee Strachan 46 Richard Paterson 47 Martin Cherry 48 Jim Falconer 49 Chris Mitchell 50 Mike Clark 51 Jeff Barthorpe 52 Bruce Wallace 53 Peter Boyd 54 Ryan Mackenzie 55 Alex Whyte 56 Stuart Cameron 57 Liam Low 58 Jarred Smith 59 Ronnie Edwards 60 Weland Holroyd 61 John Gunn 62 Neil Walker 63 Alan Watson 64 Laura Sievwright 65 Edward Hagerty 66 Craig Toal 67 Ally Hannah 68 Michael Emslie 69 Pamela Paton 70 Callum Paton 71 John Cargill 72 Finlay Harcus 73 David Thornton 74 Rikki McWalter 75 Danny Ford 76 Stefan Van Rijn 77 Daryl Scott 78 Kane Scott 79 Ian Anderson 80 Christian Watt 81 Michael Watt 82 Sam McWalter 83 John Maud 84 Andy Braid 85 David Williams 86 Barrie Watt 87 Kieran Gordon 88 Kyle Brown 89 Iain Soutar 90 Jake Bruce 91 Steven Scott 92 Kenny Macmillan 93 Ally Herald 94 Kieran Murray 95 Josh Longmuir 96 James Jackson 97 Mark Edwards

Please note, I'll discuss the doubles format with the Committee and confirm this ahead of the deadline. Whether this remains as per previous seasons or updated to the Scotch Doubles format we currently play in the league will need discussed.

The ADPL can announce that entries are now being taken for this season's flagship Singles and Doubles events. The entry fee remains at £3 per player for the Singles and £4 per pair in the Doubles. Entry forms are available for download from our website. The deadline for entries for both competitions is [b]Friday 27th January at 7.00pm[/b]. All entries must be handed into Shotz Pool and Snooker Hall on the appropriate forms for the attention of the Match Secretary or Treasurer, or handed to them in person. If Captains are dropping their entries into Shotz Pool and Snooker Hall please send the Match Secretary a text to confirm you have done so. Dates for your diary: Singles Prelim/Last 128 - Tuesday 21st March Singles Last 64 - Wednesday 19th April Singles Last 32 - Wednesday 17th May Singles Last 16 onwards - Sunday 28th May Doubles Prelim - Wednesday 8th February Doubles Last 32 - Wednesday 8th March Doubles Last 16 - Wednesday 5th April Doubles Quarter and Semi Finals - Wednesday 3rd May Doubles Final - Sunday 28th May

With the fixtures complete for 2022, we now head into the Christmas break. On that note, I'd like to take this opportunity, on behalf of the ADPL Committee to wish every member, along with their friends and family, a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! See you all in the New Year!

Members, Please be advised that The Pageant, regrettably, and very unfortunately advised the league yesterday that they are withdrawing with immediate effect. In this instance all fixture scheduled to be played against them will now be shown as a bye week. This will apply to all teams, sorry Letham, but your week one score line will now be void and removed. The fixture list has been updated to reflect this. Regards, Michael

[b][u]2022-23 Fixtures[/u][/b] The fixtures for the 2022-23 Season are now published and can be viewed using the link on the left hand side of the website. For reference, you can also use this link: [url]http://arbroath.scottishpool.com/viewpage.php?page_id=10[/url] Some teams may have a successive number of games home or away, but please be assured everyone has either eight or nine home games each, with 17 fixtures this is the fairest outcome. On occasion, venues with more than one team may also have them both at home or away on the same night. this isn;t ideal, I'd try to get at least one of the teams at home each gameweek, but it's the way things have fallen this year. The fixtures, at the split, will be published as soon as possible after the final fixtures on 7th February. [u][b]League Split[/b][/u] As per last year, the division will split in February, with the top eight teams contesting division one, the lower ten teams contesting division two. When we reach the split, teams tied on points will be separated on their head to head result, if this was a draw, then teams will be separated by the number of wins they've had. Should teams still be tied, then the matter will be reviewed further. Regards, Bash

An update and clarification, rule 5 has been amended to make things much more clearer. For information, the lag is not deemed a shot - the first shot taken in each frame is the break shot. Rule 5 is merely to suggest the player that lags, and wins it, is expected to take the break shot, or pass over the opportunity to their opponents if they wish to do so.

[b]Arbroath and District Pool League Scotch Doubles Playing Rules[/b] Scotch Doubles has been agreed to be the playing format for the league doubles from season 2022/23. We will now play eight singles frames, followed by four ‘Scotch’ Doubles. Scotch Doubles are invariably different from our traditional doubles. When a team commences their visit, each player will now take one shot alternating during the visit. Rather than one visit each. Some of the key changes to be aware of: 1. Any of the two players in each double can take the first shot of the frame. Players then alternate shots during that visit until it is complete. 2. When returning to the table for a second (or more) visit, the playing order is important. Please remember who played the last shot of the last visit of your pairing. 3. Players playing out of turn will results in a foul. If this is to happen, it will likely be mid-frame during visits. The opposing team will be awarded one free visit followed by one free shot (two shots). It is the responsibility of each double to ensure they play in the correct playing order. 4. Players are free to talk at any stage of the frame. Please be reminded that there is a one-minute shot clock that can be implemented by the referee. It would be considered good etiquette for this to be agreed with both Captains. 5. The player that presents themselves at the table for the lag and wins, subsequently opting to break, will take the break shot. The player that wins the lag can also pass over the break to their opponents if they wish. The break shot is deemed the first shot of each frame and shots alternate from this point forward. 6. Playing rules etc remain as per. i.e. Lag, Break, Selection of Colours, Fouls etc It is inevitable that some anomalies will arise during the course of the season, please contact me directly if you require any guidance/assistance. Regards, Bash

[b]SEASON 2022-23 FORMAT [/b] We have 18 teams that have registered for the 2022-23 Season. In similar fashion to last season, the format will follow last season's So; We will commence with ONE division where all teams will play each other once. When these fixtures have been completed, the league will then SPLIT into TWO Divisions. Division 1 will have 8 teams. Division 2 will have 10 teams. Teams in each division will then play each other once more to complete their seasons. [b][u]Fixtures[/u][/b] These will be randomly allocated and every effort will be made to ensure each team has an equal balance of home and away fixtures during the first stage. Remember you will only play each team once during this stage. Fixtures post-split will be drawn up as soon as possible, but given the complexity of these it may be that you play a team twice in their own venue. I will endeavor to ensure this doesn’t happen but this will ultimately be driven by the teams in each division and the previous fixtures. [b][u]Start Date[/u][/b] Tuesday 27th September 2022, at 8pm. If you have any questions please just ask away. [u]Week 1 Fixtures[/u] LEGION 2 v CLIFFBURN 1 PORTCULLIS 1 v LEGION 1 PAGEANT v LETHAM NEWGATE 2 v PORTCULLIS 2 SHOTZ v SHOTZ 2 MERCHANTS v SPIDERS WEB ST TAMS v STATION RAM'S HEID v BUICKS CLIFFBURN 2 v NEWGATE 1

The 2022-23 ADPL Team Registration will be held on Monday 29th August, at the Royal British Legion. Registrations will be accepted between 7.30pm and 8.30pm. Team Registration Fees are £20 per team and £2 per player. Teams can register up to a maximum of 15 players. Please find the form in the downloads section of the website, if you require a hard copy please contact me directly. We encourage and actively welcome new teams to the league, if you have any questions, please just ask. Regards, Michael Bastow Match Secretary

The minutes from tonight's Committee Meeting can be read using the link below:- [url]https://tinyurl.com/3ar56c7e[/url] Regards, Michael

REMINDER: The ADPL AGM is next week and the deadline for proposals to be considered is this Thursday (21st July) at 7.30pm. This is your chance to have your thoughts heard and considered on the future of your league.

Proposals received (19/07/2022 at 22:30hrs) [b][u]Proposal 1 – Singles and Doubles Format Review for Playing Dates[/u][/b] I propose for your consideration that the Arbroath Singles and Doubles ties be venue drawn as per usual but then matches of that venue also be drawn at the same time, and a cut off date given to play these matches when published ie like the IM qualifiers. This should hopefully reduce the number of 'no-shows' which has been rife for years and allow players (like myself) who work away, ample time to organise these matches, to save having to gives bye's because usually it's one date I can't make on the calendar. I can't see any Publicans being overly fussed about venue's not being used for qualifiers as most I assume would play at Shotz but even then you could make it so you had to play at that venue. Gareth Ruxton [b][u]Proposal 2 – Players Entering Events[/u][/b] I propose for your consideration that some sort of rule be in place, or like general etiquette footnotes on the tournament draws posts with regards to playing Pool qualifiers whether it's doubles or singles etc. Something along the lines of 'please do not play your match if you know you are not going to be available for ANY future rounds' I know this is a given for most players but has been well talked about with recent events, and I think this would clarify what should be done if unavailable in future rounds to those who are unsure. Gareth Ruxton [b][u]Proposal 3 – Individual Players Participation in ADPL Singles & Doubles[/u][/b] I propose for your consideration that Marc and Ryan Fleming be allowed to participate in the Arbroath Singles and Doubles tournaments. Marc and Ryan have brought a lot to the table(excuse the pun) with regards to pool in Arbroath as we all know, and I know there's a rule about players from a different IM area, or something similar, that are not allowed to play our local events but I think an exception should be made to allow them to compete, i for one think they deserve a chance, i'd hate drawing them thats for sure but also if i did I'd love the chance to try and knock them out of these competitions and I'm sure there's a few others who would relish this too. Gareth Ruxton [b][u]Proposal 4 – Players Participation in All ADPL Events 1[/u][/b] I propose that , regardless of where someone represents in the respect of IMs and Super League , that they may play in all individuals competitions within the ADPL. So long as they have played in and supported the league for a certain amount of years, say 5 years (as a minimum period of allegiance to the league) and it can even be enforced that players must play a minimum amount of matches / percentage of the fixtures to merit inclusion, to save any ‘part-timers’ intruding which I believe was previously a worry. In summary, anyone who has supported the ADPL league for a set number of years and has participated regularly in the league throughout the season, is allowed to take part in all ADPL individual competitions: League Singles, League Doubles, Shotz Singles, Cliffy Singles, Porty Singles, Grassroot events (where applicable) and any others that I may have missed. Marc Fleming [b][u]Proposal 5 – Over 50’s Tournament[/u][/b] Over 50’s Tournament Ronnie Edwards [b][u]Proposal 6 – Playing Scotch Doubles in ADPL [/u][/b] I would like to propose the change in league doubles so that Scotch Doubles is introduced this season instead of the doubles we currently play. Scotch Doubles is played in a few other leagues and would result in quicker matches and a more even playing field across matches. Steve Reid [b][u]Proposal 7 – Format of Picking Players in League Matches[/u][/b] I would like to propose that we have a trial in the new season to pick the player's blind. I have spoken to some people about this, and they have shown that they think it takes the advantage away from the away team, but when they have the reverse fixture, it evens itself out. We use this method in the Brechin league, and it works well and makes the game more exciting. The other point which has been brought up before about making the doubles into Scottish doubles. Again, we tried this in the Brechin league this last season and it was great worked well. Billy Girdwood [b][u]Proposal 8 – Signing in at Finals Day[/u][/b] My proposal is for an agreed sign-in. say 11:30 noon with an hour caveat to say 12:30pm is the maximum cut-off. After that, no-one can play. This is after all, our premium showcase finals days and well publicised in advance so players should be able to re-arrange any work routines etc., around that. I agree this is different for singles events, players being given the odd exception of a later start provided the draw is not held up in any way. Steve Webster [b][u]Proposal 9 – Players Participation in All ADPL Events 2[/u][/b] I would like to propose a change to the rule regards ADPL members who play Superleague/IM’s for a different area not being allowed to enter the league Singles, Doubles and one day competitions. As it stands at the moment any ADPL members who fall under this category are not allowed to enter these. I would like to see this rule scrapped and allow these members to compete the same as any other league member. Thank you Connor Hunter

REMINDER: Just over 48 hours to go until the deadline passes for proposals to be considered at this years AGM. Deadline is Thursday 21st July at 7.30pm