**The Arbroath & District Pool League Challenge Trophy returns for 2024 on Saturday the 18th of May.** This years Challenge trophy will be held at the Portcullis, Arbroath on Saturday the 18th of May 2024. This event is aimed at all eligible ADPL players outwith the “big guns” so with a very level playing field, everyone has a good chance to win. Ineligible players are: Graham Dunbar David Jack Greg Alexander Steve Webster Colin Brown David Williams Iain Soutar Weland Holroyd Paddy Nicol John Hughes and Shaun Parkinson at the Portcullis have kindly offered to host the event following the fantastic feedback from this years Portcullis Singles. They’ll have a minimum of 4 Supreme Winner pool tables fitted with Hainsworth Match cloth available. Entry fee is £10 in line with most competitions these days, meaning a big prize fund up will be for grabs. **Deadline for entries is 9pm on Tuesday the 14th of May to allow the draw to be carried out in advance** Looking at an 11am sharp start, however anyone requiring a late start should contact me to discuss 👍🏻 Food will be available from the Portcullis’ popular bar and restaurant menus throughout the day from 12pm to 8pm. Football will be on the TVs in the bar and games room too ⚽️🍻 This event is always well supported and enjoyed by everyone in it so get your name in and make a day of it with teammates and friends in a fantastic venue for pool 🎱🏆🍻 I’m now taking entries so get in touch with me either via this post, PM or by text/phone on 07359331139 to secure your entry and arrange payment of your entry money 🏆🎱 Please like, share and tag anyone eligible to play 👍🏻 See you all there! Entries: 1 Scott MacEwan ✔️ 2 David Thornton 3 Shane Twaddle✔️ 4 Richard Paterson 5 JC 6 Mark Donald 7 Kane Scott 8 Danny Ford 9 Daz Scott 10 Craig Stewart 11 Coge 12 Peem Twaddle 13 James Curran 14 Craig Humphreys 15 Daz Wyllie ✔️ 16 Tam Dye 17 Steve Hardwick 18 Louie Bolton 19 Ronnie Edwards 20 Nathan Sinclair 21 Josh McCagh 22 Michael Shore Junior 23 Keir Hamilton 24 Darrin Warren 25 Michael Bastow

LETHAM BRING IT HOME - DIVISION 2 CHAMPIONS Maybe that title was on ice, but it's by sure not now! Well done to Craig Gowans and his Letham team, who after a resounding win tonight, are officially the new Division 2 Champions. Looking back the team were pushed towards the front end of the season, but kept themselves in and around that top spot, but soon started to build momentum, and with that, a lead at the top - which they never looked back from. Brilliant from the team, a great bunch of people too - and in the words of their Capitano - "This one was for George McKiddie". A touch of class right there and no doubt George is enjoying a wee tipple and toasting away to the success of the team!

Letham travel to Spiders Web tonight, knowing that avoiding defeat will see them crowned Champions of Division 2. Should they do that, they'll have wrapped it up in some style with a handful of games to spare.... All eyes on Spiders Web tonight....

Congratulations to Station 1B, who are the2023-24, ADPL 4-Person Team Champions. An all Station final saw both teams playout the four singles equally and forcing the dreaded penalty shoot-out. After a wavering start, it came down to the experienced Gordon "Tricky" Dickson to slot home the winning "spot-kick" and win his team the trophy! The winning team comprised of Greg Alexander, Colin Brown, Gordon Dickson and Steve Webster, a formidable force! Well done lads. The Plate Event was an all Porty affair where Porty 2B ran out 3-1 winners against there foes, Porty 2A. Well done Porty 2B - James Curran, Steve Reid, Peem Twaddle and Shane Twaddle. A great night (I think) had by all. Thank you to everyone that managed along to support the event. Thanks to Shotz and their staff too for their efforts.

Message to Captains last night…. Good evening all. Just a quick update. We have 16 teams for tomorrow nights 4-person event. With that in mind we’ll go for a Knockout event from the start, where those who don’t progress to the second round will go into a plate event. So everyone will play at least two matches. We’ll also go for a 7.45pm sign-in when the draw will be made with an 8pm start. One or teams will be slightly later but we can accommodate this on the night. Looking forward to this one; it’s a relatively fun evening and enjoyable for all. If you can relay this to your teams please, it would be greatly appreciated. Oh, and remember the entry fees

TTT

Entries.... 1 Station A 2 Station B 3 Portcullis 2A 4 Portcullis 2B 5 Cliffburn 1A 6 Cliffburn 1B 7 Rams Heid A 8 Ram's Heid B 9 Newgate 1A 10 Newgate 1B 11 Newgate 1C 12 Shotz 1A 13 Letham A 14 Portcullis 1A 15 Portcullis 1B 16 All Sorts A 17 Merchants

After a few years sabbatical, the annual 4-person team event returns! This event will be played out in one evening, Tuesday 19th March at Shotz Snooker and Pool Hall, starting at 7pm. We're looking to gather as many entries as possible - entry remains at £10 per team. [b]Entry deadline Friday 15th March at 7pm.[/b] [b][u]Playing Format of the event:-[/u][/b] 4 singles matches (1 frame each match) 2 points for a win (Group Stage) 1 point for a draw (Group Stage) Upon conclusion of group stage round-robin, teams tied on points will play a penatly shoot out to determine the higher position (Group Stage) Knockout Match - if score is 2-2, teams will play penalty shoot out to determine winner Final will be best of three frames in each singles match [b][u]Entry Format:-[/u][/b] Depending on entries Group Stage then KO Phase Straight KO (Plate event for teams that lose their first match) Regards, Bash

After our tender process, we can happily announce that 2024 Finals Day will be held in Shotz Pool and Snooker Club, Arbroath. We look forward to the club hosting our annual finals day, along with the Arbroath Open. Arbroath Open - 1st June 2024 Finals Day - 2nd June 2024 Regards, Michael

All, Please be advised that Seaton have moved venue with immediate effect and will now play from the Portcullis, they'll be listed as Portcullis 2. The fixture list and league table will be updated accordingly. Regards, Bash

To whom it may concern, Tenders are now being invited for the hosting of the 2024 Arbroath Open and ADPL Finals Day. 'Finals Weekend' will be held over the course of Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd June 2024. 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 Monday 12th February. Regards, Michael

All, Please be advised that Shotz 3 have moved venue with immediate effect and will now play from the Portcullis. The fixture list and league table have been updated accordingly. Regards, Bash

The fixtures for the remainder of the season are now confirmed and can be viewed using the link on the left hand side of the website.

All, The fixtures link, on the left hand side of the website, has been updated with the fixtures up to the end of January 2024. [url]http://arbroath.scottishpool.com/viewpage.php?page_id=10[/url] Although the remaining fixtures are known, there are still some dates to be confirmed which might impact the end date of the league, therefore I'll hang fire with the rest of the fixtures until these are confirmed. Regards, Bash

All, The fixtures for gameweek two are listed below. The remaining fixtures have been drafted and checked, but I need to confirm a couple of dates for the second half of the season before publishing these in full. Week 2 - 26/09/2023 [b][u]DIVISION 1 [/u][/b] MERCHANTS v SHOTZ 3 SEATON v STATION SHOTZ v NEWGATE 1 FAB BAR v CLIFFBURN 1 [b][u]DIVISION 2 [/u][/b] LEGION 2 v SPIDERS WEB CLIFFBURN 2 v LEGION 1 NEWGATE 2 v ST TAMS SHOTZ 2 v RAM'S HEID BAR 1320 v LETHAM Cheers, Bash

The league will re-commence on Tuesday 19th September with the following fixtures:- [b][u]DIVISION 1 [/u][/b] STATION v MERCHANTS CLIFFBURN 1 v SEATON SHOTZ v SHOTZ 3 NEWGATE 1 v FAB BAR [b][u]DIVISION 2 [/u][/b] LEGION 1 v LEGION 2 RAM'S HEID v CLIFFBURN 2 LETHAM v SHOTZ 2 SPIDERS WEB v NEWGATE 2 ST TAMS v BAR 1320 As a reminder, the format of the league matches is eight singles, followed by four scotch doubles. All matches start at 8pm, with each team to have a minimum of four players present at that time, all remaining players to be in the venue by 9pm to play. It is the home teams responsibility to inform the Math Secretary the score on the night, either by direct message or in the Captains WhatsApp group. If anybody has any questions, please just contact me, or post on here. Good luck to everyone for the season ahead.

After last night's league registration, we have 17 teams continuing for the new season. Thank you to all of the teams and their players who have continued to support the ADPL. As discussed at the AGM it was inevitable we'd return to a two division format and, with the continued uptake in teams, the ADPL Committee have confirmed the following divisions:- [b][u]Division 1[/u][/b] 1 Cliffburn 1 2 Merchants 3 Newgate 1 4 Seaton 1 5 Shotz 6 Shotz 3 7 Station 8 Thee Fab Bar [b][u]Division 2[/u][/b] 1 Cliffburn 2 2 Legion 1 3 Legion 2 4 Letham 5 Newgate 2 6 Ram's Heid 7 Shotz 2 8 Spiders Web 9 St Tams 10 Bar 1320 In Division 1, each team shall play each other four times; two home and two away. In Division 2, each team shall play each other three times, which will be a mixture of one home/two away or two home/one away. Our anticipated start date is Tuesday 19th September 2023. We are currently preparing the fixtures, along with reviewing the Events Calendar and will confirm the dates for the forthcoming season as soon as possible. Regards, Bash

[b]ARBROATH AND DISTRICT POOL LEAGUE TEAM REGISTRATION 2023-24[/b] The 2023-24 ADPL Team Registration will be held on Monday 21st August, at the Royal British Legion. Registrations will be accepted between 7.30pm and 8.30pm. Team Registration Fees are £50 total. Teams can register up to a maximum of 15 players. Please note, regardless whether you sign fifteen players or less, team fees will be £50 - however, you will have no further costs throughout the season to add/delete players. The time restrictions for additions/transfers will still apply. 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. Please feel free to share this post. Regards, Michael Bastow Match Secretary

The minutes from last night's meeting can be viewed using the link below:- [url]https://tinyurl.com/399k639k[/url] If anyone in attendance has any comments/amendments, please contact me to let me know. Regards, Bash

Proposals received for this years AGM are outlined below:- [b]6.1 Proposal 1 – Singles and Doubles Entry Fees[/b] I propose that the entry fee’s for both the ADPL Singles and Doubles is raised. The existing level of fee for entry is outdated and should be increased. I propose that the entry fee for the ADPL Singles is raised to £5 per player. I also propose that the ADPL Double is raised to £10 per double, therefore £5 per player. Michael Bastow [b]6.2 Proposal 2 – Doubles Proposal[/b] I propose that the league moves back to our old format for doubles, ie not Scotch doubles. Although the Scotch doubles has been enjoyed by some players, I believe it is causing matches to take far longer to play and has given no real improvements to the game overall. Therefore I believe we should revert back to our normal/previous format. Scott MacEwan [b]6.3 Proposal 3 – Doubles Format[/b] To be played in a one day event at Shotz. All 9 tables in venue to be used, all entries split into 9 groups, a short race if required best of (3) in group games, 9 group winners and 7 best runner ups through to last 16 then straight knockout races best of (5). 10 AM Start, £10 entry per doubles team, Trophy Presentation Proposed month February 2024 date to be confirmed, I have spoke to Marc Fleming and he thinks this is event could be done in one day (maybe think of shot clock but short races in groups this might not be required may depend on entry numbers) Reasons for trying this event instead of our traditional yearly Arbroath Doubles Competition 1 - Only 43 entries last season even then few no shows in first couple of rounds and realistically numbers more like 35 2- I think the Tuesday/ Wednesday night pool after new year break doesn’t help the entry numbers with the Arbroath Singles having more interest and enthusiasm at this time of year. 3 - Player’s work and life commitments can affect numbers due to not being able to play on the dates allocated for each midweek round so they don’t enter competition. 4 - Would take the doubles final out of finals day, as recently this has held up proceedings 5 - I think we could have better entry numbers than last season and if a success we could make this day event a yearly competition. Kind Regards Brian Craig [b]6.4 Proposal 4 – 7.30pm Start Time[/b] I propose for your consideration that league matches start from 7:30pm on Tuesday nights. I believe that the extra half hour would reduce so many late nights due to slow play and close matches. I would keep the final sign-in time as 9pm. Danny Ford [b]6.5 Proposal 5 – Division 1 and Division 2 Singles[/b] I propose for your consideration that if we start the season with two divisions, the league should run separate singles events. We can host the two finals on the Friday night before finals day. Danny Ford   [b]6.6 Proposal 6 – Division 1 and Division 2 Cups[/b] I propose for consideration that we see the return of the Division 1 and Division 2 cups, i feel that Arbroath has been missing these completions the last few years and would benefit from bringing them back. Potentially change format to two sets of singles as a trial. The league could host both finals on the Tuesday prior to finals weekend. Danny Ford [b]6.7 Proposal 7 – Presentation Night [/b] I propose for your consideration that the ADPL host a separate presentation night in the summer after pool has finished. Any money, winnings and trophies can be handed out then and not after each tournament. Taking away the presentation from end of finals day would also mean more people can be in attendance for the prizes being given out and less trophies being left behind. It would also mean that finals day should finish earlier as a result. Danny Ford