Welcome ALL Airdrie FIFO Pool Players!

“Fine Individuals Fun Organization”

FIFO is now a Sanctioned Pool League “CCS” Canadian Cue Sports. This year 2018/19 Wednesday has 12 teams, up from 9 last year.
CCS FIFO Web site is up and I am posting information on the Site. (Please check it out and get familiar with it) ALL messages, tournaments, stats, other --- will be on the Web site.

League Name: Airdrie FIFO Pool League
League Location: Airdrie, AB
Website Address: fifo.pplms.ca

Facebook - FIFO POOL LEAGUE & Airdrie Pool Players

Couple Reminders and Changes:
1. Having Good Sportsmanship is key to ALL having FUN!
2. Get familiar with the rules – We are now playing under “WPBA WORLD RULES” go to our web site and on the bottom left corner is a link.
3. Cost this year will be $75 per team/week.
4. Play starts September 19th Wed 7:15 pm.
5. Playoffs will be played Wed March 27, April 3, Weekend April 6 & 7.
6. This Year -- Only a C Ranked player (player only) will be allowed a 1 min time out per game.
7. Handicaps – A Rank 10, B Rank 8 and C Rank 6. Calculated HC starts November 7 week.
8. Please review the following change: “Push Shot”
9. Contact me for Clarification or Questions.
10. Please leave all materials (scoresheet, money pouch, etc.) in the folder at the locations you played)

OLD RULE -- Push Shot If the Cue Ball is frozen with object ball, its legal to push through cue ball. If there is separation between the balls, Less Than Chalk Width, you must attempt to avoid the double hit foul. 1. If shooting directly into the object ball, you must elevate cue in the attempt to put draw on the cue ball. 2. Shoot at an angle not in direct line of the two balls. Suggest calling for a Referee to watch! Doable Hit on the Cue Ball will be a Foul!

New Rule: 6.7 Double Hit / Frozen Balls
If the cue stick contacts the cue ball more than once on a shot, the shot is a foul. If the cue ball is close to but not touching an object ball and the cue tip is still on the cue ball when the cue ball contacts that object ball, the shot is a foul. If the cue ball is very close to an object ball, and the shooter barely grazes that object ball on the shot, the shot is assumed not to violate the first paragraph of this rule, even though the tip is arguably still on the cue ball when ball-ball contact is made.
However, if the cue ball is touching an object ball at the start of the shot, it is legal to shoot towards or partly into that ball (provided it is a legal target within the rules of the game) and if the object ball is moved by such a shot, it is considered to have been contacted by the cue ball.
(Even though it may be legal to shoot towards such a touching or “frozen” ball, care must be taken not to violate the rules in the first paragraph if there are additional balls close by.) The cue ball is assumed not to be touching any ball unless it is declared touching by the referee or opponent. It is the shooter’s responsibility to get the declaration before the shot. Playing away from a frozen ball does not constitute having hit that ball unless specified in the rules of the game.
6.8 Push Shot
It is a foul to prolong tip-to-cue-ball contact beyond that seen in normal shots.

Thanks
Let’s Play Some Pool!
Merv