Opening Day Update

Opening Day 2007 will take place at the Montgomery Street Tossing Grounds, the park-like arena at 100 Montgomery St., Atlanta, GA. EKA chapter officials have announced that the Grounds will open to the public at 2 p.m., with case play expected to begin no later than 3 p.m., absent any unforeseen delays. See the previous post "A Challenge" for information about team play and reserving roster numbers.

Boo Hoo Ramblers at Blind Willie's Tuesday

The boys are scheduled to start at 9:30 PM. Patrons wearing black shoes and white socks will be eligible to enter a drawing for a free bottle of Old Spice. Ask Clark for more details.

ABA site down

Due to a pending change in webhosts, the ABA Home Page is currently unavailable. Check back here for updates on the site's status.

A Challenge (Updated below)

In previous seasons the Edgewood-Kirkwood, Atlanta chapter (ABA South Region) has featured case play with the individual players representing themselves (with the single exception of a direct challenge from the Chattanooga chapter (ABA South Region) in August 2002), with the goal of acheiving glory through personal victory. This year EKA is encouraging participants in chapter events to organize as "teams" to further stoke the fires of the competitive spirit. This is not intended to alter the custom of all Official Cases being singles matches, but rather to organize play in Tournament Style.

Should players embrace this suggestion, all Official Cases shall be between members of different teams. Standings for the day will be determined by Tournament Points; for a refresher on the awarding of Tournament Points here is an excerpt from Article IV, Section 8 of the ABA Code Of Laws:

"Section 8. For every case played, three Tournament (or Team) Points shall be awarded. The points shall be awarded as follows: One point shall go to the player or team that scores the most points in the first end; one point shall go to the player or team that scores the most points in the second end; and one point shall go to the player or team which scores the most points in the case.
In the event that the players or teams score an equal number of points in an end, then the point for that end shall be divided, with each player or team being awarded one half-point."

UPDATE: Reserve your roster number prior to Opening Day. The following numbers are "pre-reserved" until Opening Day. Failure by these players to make an active reservation or to appear on Opening Day to lay claim will result in these numbers reverting to available status:

2 - GUBERMAN
3 - FELDMAN
5 - CURSON
8 - NUMBA EIGHT
13 - DURRETT
14 - MITCHELL
16 - BATSON
17 - SCHULTZ
41 - LEOPOLD
64 - GALE

The following numbers are on permanent reserve by ABA and EKA Officers:

6 - POTVIN
11 - PRIEST
67 - WILKINS

All remaining one- and two-digit numbers (including 0 and 00) are availble for reservation.