It's been a long old season again, but we're, almost, there; drawing a curtain down on another one. The league titles have been decided but still plenty up for grabs and we'll see the Consolation Cup, Knockout Cup and ADPL Singles brought to a conclusion on Sunday 2nd June. The day before though, we'll host our annual Open event, the 2024 AJ BEEDIE JEWELLERS ARBOATH OPEN, at Shotz, Arbroath. [b][u]Saturday 1st June[/u][/b] - AJ BEEDIE JEWELLERS ARBROATH OPEN We host the AJ Beedie Jewellers Arbroath Open at Shotz and, again, will be welcoming players from all over the district and further afield. The draw will be carried out LIVE in advance and published online, most likely the Tuesday/Wednesday ahead of the event. [b][u]Sunday 2nd June[/u][/b] - ADPL FINALS DAY There will be a Captains meeting held at 11:30am, with play commencing at 12 Noon. The timings for the day are very much fluid and will be dependent on prior events being brought to a conclusion. [b][u]KNOCKOUT CUP[/u][/b] 12 Noon [u]Semi-Finals[/u] Match 1: Merchants v Letham Match 2: Cliffburn 1 v Station [u]Final[/u] Match 3: Winner Match 1 v Winner Match 2 2024 Knockout Cup Champions - Winner Match 3 [b][u]CONSOLATION CUP[/u][/b] 12 Noon [u]Quarter Finals[/u] - Straight Draw Match 1: Spiders Web v Newgate 2 Match 2: Ram's Heid v Bar 1320 Match 3: Newgate 1 v Bye* Match 4: St Tams v Portcullis 1 *Legion 2 advised prior to the draw that they'd be unable to field a team and withdrew from the competition. [u]Semi-Finals[/u] Match 5: Winner Match 1 v Winner Match 2 Match 6: Newgate 1 v Winner Match 4 [u]Final[/u] Match 7: Winner Match 5 v Winner Match 6 2024 Consolation Cup Champions - Winner Match 7 [b][u]ADPL SINGLES[/u][/b] [i]will commence upon Conclusion of the KO Cup Final, but all players should be signed into the venue for no later than 2.30pm[/i] [u]Last 16[/u] (Best of 5 frames) - Straight Draw John Cargill v Shane Twaddle Nathan Sinclair v Kieren Gordon Weland Holroyd v Steve Hamilton Richard Donald v Andy Braid Paddy Nicoll v Iain Soutar Louie Bolton v Graham Dunbar Michael Bastow v Jeff Barthorpe David Jack v Sean Berrie [u]Quarter Final[/u] (best of 7 frames) TBC v TBC TBC v TBC TBC v TBC TBC v TBC [u]Semi-Final[/u] (best of 7 frames) TBC v TBC TBC v TBC [u]Final[/u] (best of 9 frames) TBC v TBC 2024 ADPL Singles Champion, ??..... [i]As a reminder, the ADPL Singles has a dress code where players are required to wear dress shoes, dress trousers and a collared top.[/i] TROPHY PRESENTATION, upon conclusion of the ADPL Singles Final (approx 7 or 8pm)

****ADPL Challenge Trophy 2025 draw and details**** The draw for the 2025 Challenge Trophy was completed tonight under the watchful eyes of the ADPL committee. Sign in time is 10.30am for an 11.00am sharp start, unless a late start has already been agreed. Breakfast, lunch and dinner menus will be available throughout the day between 9.30am and 9pm. The additional tables from Chris Carroll at Tayside Snooker Services will be arriving on Friday afternoon and I’m looking to run a flyer on Friday at 7.30pm for anyone looking to get some practice in on the tables before the event. I’ll put up a separate post on Facebook regarding this as soon as possible. The draw is: Prelim round: 1 Richard Patterson v Tam Dye 2 Peem Twaddle v David Thornton 3 Lee Rennie (L) v Andrew Barrowman 4 Nathan Sinclair v Craig Humphreys 5 Ricky S**SWEARY WORD**ie v Gordon Dickson 6 Ian Quinn v Darren Wyllie 7 Robert Baird v Matthew Russell 8 Michael Shore v Brian Craig (L) 9 Sam McWalter v Kane Scott 10 Louie Bolton v Craig Fairweather Last 32: 1 Ronnie Edwards v Jim Ogilvie (L) 2 Michael Watt v Steve Reid 3 Danny Ford v Steve Hamilton 4 Scott MacEwan v John Cargill (L) 5 Steve Hardwick v Shane Twaddle 6 James Curran v Connor Hunter 7 Neil Walker v Steve Hallam 8 Christian Watt v Susan Scotland (L) 9 Darrin Warren v Mark Donald 10 Conor Warren v Michael Bastow 11 Keir Hamilton v Craig Stewart See you all at 10.30am on Saturday

**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 Patterson 5 John Cargill 6 Mark Donald 7 Kane Scott 8 Danny Ford 9 Gordon Dickson 10 Craig Stewart 11 Conor Warren 12 Peem Twaddle 13 James Curran 14 Craig Humphreys 15Daz Wyllie 16 Tam Dye 17 Steve Hardwick 18 Louie Bolton 19 Ronnie Edwards 20 Nathan Sinclair 21 Lee Rennie 22 Michael Shore 23 Keir Hamilton 24 Darrin Warren 25 Michael Bastow 26 Connor Hunter 27 Steve Hamilton 28 Brian Craig 29 Michael Watt 30 Sam McWalter 31 Ian Quinn 32 Ricky S**SWEARY WORD**ie 33 Steve Hallam 34 Christian Watt 35 Steve Reid 36 Robert Baird 37 Andrew Barrowman 38 Craig Fairweather 39 Neil Walker 40 Matthew Russell 41 Jim Ogilvie 42 Susan Scotland

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