college pool?

branpureza

branpureza

Ginacue
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isn't there a national collegiate tournament or something?

anyone have any info or a web address?

thanks in advance...
 
There should be someone at your school with all the information. Probably somewhere in the clubs and activities office.
 
Drew...Not unless the school is a member of ACUI...not all schools are! They all belong to NACA, but lots are not part of ACUI.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

Drew said:
There should be someone at your school with all the information. Probably somewhere in the clubs and activities office.
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Jude Rosenstock said:
I guess it's time for me to go get my Master's then.
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Crap! I am considering the same, but didn't like colige two much. Thanks for the AM slap to reality!

Poster Uwate was the Nat'l champ one year, 1942, IIRC.
 
branpureza said:
isn't there a national collegiate tournament or something?

anyone have any info or a web address?

thanks in advance...
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As others have pointed out, the ACUI has competitions in several "minor" sports each year. It also has international championships for the regional winners in pool and table tennis.

As near as I can tell, the requirement that your school must belong to ACUI has been dropped. You should contact the ACUI national tournament director, Betsy Sundholm, to see if there are independent qualifying tournaments in your area if your school is not an ACUI member.

Even if your school is an ACUI member, it's possible that they are not doing anything for the pool competition. Sadly, many student unions have gotten out of the business of providing recreation for the students. Cal and Stanford are two pitiful examples of this -- neither student union has a rec center any more. If your school is like that, it may be up to you, personally, to get things rolling. You might have to volunteer to run the tournament at a local pool hall. You might have to find out from Ms. Sundholm where you should go or what you should do to compete.

Four those who dont like skool two mutch, the academic requirements have been relaxed somewhat. You have be taking at least six units the term that the qualifying tournament is held, and you may compete for up to six years in qualifiers if you are attending a four-year program. The good news is that I have two more years of eligibility. The bad news is that I would have to go back to school.
 
Bob Jewett said:
Sadly, many student unions have gotten out of the business of providing recreation for the students. Cal and Stanford are two pitiful examples of this -- neither student union has a rec center any more.
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Ain't that the truth. We had a great generation of pool players when I was in college and pool florished in the rec center. We got the "powers that be" to felt the tables in simonis, hold monthly tournaments, and participate in the ACUI by sending our best expenses paid.

I went back recently and the tables are all gone and the rec area has been dismantled. Conversely, the book store, snack bar, and cafeteria have received much attention (expansions thanks to the missing rec area and big budget cosmetic sprucing). It was a depressing experience to go back.

BTW, the 4 tables we played on were holdouts from the glory days of the rec center. They had a bowling alley and a dozen or more tables.
 
I won the women's division in 1996..... Went to the Nationals 3 years in a row. They really put on a great Venue. When I competed Paul Gerni and Dr. Cue both put on a show each year. Good times!!!

Erica Testa
 
Black-Balled said:
Crap! I am considering the same, but didn't like colige two much. Thanks for the AM slap to reality!

Poster Uwate was the Nat'l champ one year, 1942, IIRC.
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Uwate in 1992, not 1942.....
 
Bob Jewett said:
As others have pointed out, the ACUI has competitions in several "minor" sports each year. It also has international championships for the regional winners in pool and table tennis.

As near as I can tell, the requirement that your school must belong to ACUI has been dropped. You should contact the ACUI national tournament director, Betsy Sundholm, to see if there are independent qualifying tournaments in your area if your school is not an ACUI member.

Even if your school is an ACUI member, it's possible that they are not doing anything for the pool competition. Sadly, many student unions have gotten out of the business of providing recreation for the students. Cal and Stanford are two pitiful examples of this -- neither student union has a rec center any more. If your school is like that, it may be up to you, personally, to get things rolling. You might have to volunteer to run the tournament at a local pool hall. You might have to find out from Ms. Sundholm where you should go or what you should do to compete.

Four those who dont like skool two mutch, the academic requirements have been relaxed somewhat. You have be taking at least six units the term that the qualifying tournament is held, and you may compete for up to six years in qualifiers if you are attending a four-year program. The good news is that I have two more years of eligibility. The bad news is that I would have to go back to school.
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They changed the rules because of me.

I went to play in the pool tourney and they did a round-robin pool. They decided that the best thing to do would be to put all the #1 players in one pool, the #2 players in another etc...So while I was probably one of the top 5 players in the tourney, I was in a round robin bracket with the other four. (Birge, Marriott, Alvarez were all in my RR group). So I didn't get out of the round robin and so I entered the recreational bowling tournament to fill in for one of our bowlers who was sick.

Make a long story short, I rented shoes, used a house ball, hadn't bowled in several years and ended up winning the tournament. The biggest drama was when some teenagers grabbed my house ball and I had to scramble to recover it so I could finish my set.

Funny thing was I was just rolling the ball. My first game was a 108 and my last was a 245 or something. My last three were all well over 200 I just got better and better as the tourney rolled along. I didn't even realize I had any chance of winning the tourney until the 8th frame of my last game everybody started shaking my hand and I was like "what's going on?" They were like "You won. Asshole." Pretty funny. :D Turns out the last series was the only one used for the individual tournament.

Anyway, it ruffled some feathers and so they made the rule that you could only compete in one event after that.

The first ACU-I I went to was even more poorly run. Jack White was the tournament director and he decided to have a round robin tournament where everyone played everyone. So during the course of the week, we each had to play 126 or so matches...talk about a mess. Got a lot of pool in though.

~rc
 
Bob Jewett said:
As near as I can tell, the requirement that your school must belong to ACUI has been dropped. You should contact the ACUI national tournament director, Betsy Sundholm, to see if there are independent qualifying tournaments in your area if your school is not an ACUI member.
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As far as I know this is correct--that students who attend schools that are not ACUI members can still compete in regional qualifiers. Betsy would be the one to clarify the eligibility requirements. I had understood that eligibility was limited to four years for undergrads and five years for grad students though.
 
PoolBum said:
As far as I know this is correct--that students who attend schools that are not ACUI members can still compete in regional qualifiers. Betsy would be the one to clarify the eligibility requirements. I had understood that eligibility was limited to four years for undergrads and five years for grad students though.
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The eligibility is five years whether it's undergrad or grad. I have been involved in some form or fashion with the ACUI tournaments for the last 8 or so years,(edit: I will no longer waste my time on this worthless organization!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). I won the region 15 title in 2001 while I was attending UC Davis and went to the nationals in Los Angeles. The last 2 years I attended the regional and national tounaments with my good friends Eleanor and Emilyn Callado. Eleanor is the record holder for national titles for men or women; she has 4 national ACUI college titles, including 3 consecutive wins in '05-'07. :eek:

Oh yeah, did I mention the ACUI eats a big fat one....they can go f#$@ themselves!!!!!
 
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ABall said:
I won the region 15 title in 2001 while I was attending UC Davis and went to the nationals in Los Angeles.
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Where did they hold the nationals in Los Angeles in 2001? I'm in Los Angeles but that was the year before I played the first time.
 
The number of years of eligibility has changed from 5 years to 6 years now. I was at the ACUI nationals this past year in Minnesota, and I won the Best Break contest. PoolBum, you should come back to the nationals for one more year and try to win it. charles
 
DTL said:
When are you gonna get a real cue? --> A schick!!
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ha, and this from a guy who plays with a 20 year old mcdermott? when are you going to stop being such a tightwad and buy one yourself? last time i remember your mc d didn't perform so well against my gina haha.
 
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