3rd Annual CSC/TCC 8 Ball Bash

This is your chance to get your names on an engraved brass plaque on the trophy which is on permanent display at the West End Bar. 

The tournament will take place Saturday, October 12 at the West End at the west end of Turquoise Street, two blocks from the Tourmaline lot. Please sign up ahead of time here on the site to ensure a spot. If there are still spots available we will begin taking entries at 3pm, with the tourney kicking off at 5pm.

YOU CAN SIGN UP INDIVIDUALLY OR AS A TEAM. IF YOU SIGN UP JUST YOURSELF, WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO PAIR YOU UP WITH SOMEBODY AT THE TOURNAMENT. IF FOR ANY REASON THAT DOESN'T WORK OUT, WE CAN REFUND YOUR ENTRY FEE, JUST ASK!

For the beneficiary of this year's event we've chosen local firefighters who help keep us all as safe as can be when things go wrong.

The tournament will include a field of 16 mixed doubles teams, one male and one female. Each team should have at least one member who is a competitor in the TCC surf contest. All contestants must be 21 or older to enter the bar. Each match will be a single game and the bracket format will be double elimination.

The suggested donation is $40 per team, with 100% of the proceeds going to local firefighters. Please feel free to donate whatever amount you wish to help their cause. 

BRACKETS:

This year the brackets will be done on a large poster board, and the winning team will get to keep the poster as a momento of the event!

TEAMS:

The play will be mixed (one male, one female) “Scotch Doubles” 8 ball, which means the partners on each team take alternate shots when they are in command of the table. 

For example here's an imaginary game featuring the team of Lloyd and Ella vs Adelaide and Quinn. A shot sequence might go something like this:

1. Lloyd breaks, makes a stripe
2. Ella makes a stripe
3. Lloyd misses
4. Adelaide makes a solid
5. Quinn makes a solid
6. Adelaide makes a solid
7. Quinn makes a solid
8. Adelaide makes a solid
9. Quinn misses
10. Ella makes a stripe
11. Lloyd makes a stripe
12. Ella makes a stripe
13. Lloyd makes a stripe
14. Ella misses
15. … and so on.

RULES:

The rules used will be a slightly modified version of the house rules for 8 ball at the West End:

1. Pocket scratches only (cue ball goes in a pocket)
   1. No table scratches (such as hitting an opponent's ball first, failing to hit one of your balls)
   2. In case of a scratch the other team gets "ball in hand" and can shoot from anywhere on the table (not just the kitchen).
   3. When shooting at the 8 ball, if legal contact is not made with the 8 (cue ball hitting the 8 first):
      1. the cue ball must hit at least 3 rails, or
      2. the cue ball must hit another ball after hitting a rail
      3. if neither of the above occurs, opponent gets ball in hand anywhere on the table
2. Call pocket, not shot:
   1. No need to say “7 in the corner off the 15”, just “7 in the corner” is all you need to say.
   2. No matter how the 7 goes in, as long as it goes in the pocket you called and the shot was clean (7 is the first ball contacted by the cue ball) you get to keep shooting.
3. Open table until a ball is legally pocketed after the break
4. Scratch on the break is "ball in hand" (shoot from anywhere on the table)
5. Early 8/scratch on 8 is a loss
6. If the 8 ball is made on the break it gets spotted and the game goes on. In the case of the 8 ball being made on the break with a cue ball scratch, the 8 gets spotted and game goes on, with the other team shooting from the kitchen with an open table.
7. No jump/masse shots over the shoulder
8. No safeties are allowed. If you cannot legally call a ball and pocket (for example: cue ball or object ball trapped by opponent’s balls and remembering that jump shots are not allowed), you must forfeit your shot and the opponent must play the cue ball from where it sits.

We will post any updates to the rules promptly on this page, and we will also announce any major news or updates via our newsletter and social media. 

Signup online here to ensure a spot, and we look forward to seeing you there! 

Stay rad,
Vince