Just curiuos, what areas are respected as being top APA areas?
Strongest APA regions
- Thread starter maxeypad2007
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maxeypad2007 said:
There aren't necessarily any geographically strong areas, but rather individual divisions in the areas that are strong. For example, in Massachusetts, there are areas in Boston that are strong, but other areas in Boston that are pretty weak. My home base is relatively strong, while 20miles south is horrendously weak. It all depends on the core group of players that make up that division.
I can only imagine that the division that Chicago's Mike Bandy plays in must be pretty damned strong.
Fred
Seems like every year I hear of the teams from Michigan being very strong.maxeypad2007 said:
But it's so damn cold up there, all they have to do in Winter is have sex and play pool....Hey wait. I think I wanna move to Michigan
Mike
Mike Templeton said:Seems like every year I hear of the teams from Michigan being very strong.
But it's so damn cold up there, all they have to do in Winter is have sex and play pool....Hey wait. I think I wanna move to Michigan
Mike
Me too! In Iowa all I get to do is play pool.
when i was going to vegas for the APA, canada always had good teams.
They play league on 9ft tables so when they go to vegas its a bit easier and their handicap is not always 100% accurate.
They play league on 9ft tables so when they go to vegas its a bit easier and their handicap is not always 100% accurate.
Sounds like our APA area. Every place around here is 9' tables. We had a guy that was a 6 come visit some friends and he was used to bar boxes and on a 9' he rivaled our 3. Was rather amusing to see the difference of someone going from a tiny table to a big that wasnt used to it.
Cornerman said:
Fred, Mike Bandy hasn't been able to play APA in quite a few years due to being declared a pro in the late 90s. He really was a true monster though. You might have noticed his protoge' Jeff Sergeant, also from Joliet, plays that bar table 8 ball pretty sporty too. Chicago area in general is a top APA region.
So would guys like
Brian Gregg
Louis Demarco
Truman Hogue
Tony Coleman
be considered pros?
Brian Gregg
Louis Demarco
Truman Hogue
Tony Coleman
be considered pros?
strong team?
Jason Kirkwood
Rich Schmiegel
Kenny Brisbin
Jeff Sargent
Ike Runnels
M.C.
I know this team played out in vegas a couple of times.maxeypad2007 said:
Jason Kirkwood
Rich Schmiegel
Kenny Brisbin
Jeff Sargent
Ike Runnels
M.C.
curlyscues said:
How could they? You can't play 3 SL7s in the same match, meaning they could only field two players if this were the whole team, and they could never win a match. Or were they sandbagging horrendously?
-Andrew
they have had some open division tournaments out there and were alowed to use apa members from different teams as long as they had enough scores for the year to keep thier card.Andrew Manning said:
i haven't played apa in quite a while but i believe they played 3 man matches with 5 man teams.
most of these guys are no longer alowed to play at all anymore as far as i know.
M.C.
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Curley Cues
That was an awesome team they placed but
Jesse Bowman
Josh Johnson
Jaimie Bowman
Tommy Hernandez
Rodney Flanoi
Little Joe Villapondo
I believe they one it J bowmans team took the ACS crown like 3 out of the last 5 years like i said earlier the midwest is the best for leagues period.
That was an awesome team they placed but
Jesse Bowman
Josh Johnson
Jaimie Bowman
Tommy Hernandez
Rodney Flanoi
Little Joe Villapondo
I believe they one it J bowmans team took the ACS crown like 3 out of the last 5 years like i said earlier the midwest is the best for leagues period.
hippiepool
Banned
Brian was one of our sevens when we won the city cup in Indy ...maxeypad2007 said:
in Vegas , I was raised up to a seven after my first match .....if that hadn't happened , I believe we would have won it all.....
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hemicudas said:
The key phrase is Chicago area, not in the city so much. Not sure exactly why. Lots of theories. Could be that the LO here runs a tighter ship than the ones in the burbs as he's only had the franchise for five years. Maybe that 7' barbox's, and APA league pool in general, aren't taken quite as seriously in the city by the better players as they are in other places. Who knows.
