Aloha Challenge is Saturday December 17, 2022 at Wizard's Sports Cafe

This is a Destination Tournament

Doors open at 10:30 am Tournament starts at 11:00 am.

The NW Dallas APA 2022 Aloha Challenge is a combination of Round Robin and Bracket 8-Ball team play on 8’ tables, there will be 13 APA 8-ball teams from NW Dallas APA.

Tournament Guidelines

Modified Round Robin Rules

This tournament is for all NW Dallas APA Friday Night teams playing out of Wizard's Sports Cafe

(Subject to minor changes)

1. All APA rules apply in addition to these modified Round Robin Rules, including the 23 rule. Breaking 23 will result in loss of all points for that round. If your team can’t make 23, you must play 4 players to 19, or 3 players to 15.

2. This is a 2 pool Round Robin tournament, with 1 winner from each pool advancing to bracketed semi finals play. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. Minimum roster size is 7 players. 2 pools, one with 6 teams the other with 7, which will produce 6 rounds. Any BYEs will be awarded 3 points. Teams with only 6 players will lose ½ point per round, teams with only 5 players will lose 1 point per round.

3. Each match will be 1 set of 5 (five) 8-Ball games between the teams involved. Each individual set between one player from each team will be ONE GAME ONLY.

4. Each captain must declare their 5 shooters before each set of matches begins, and list them in descending order (highest to lowest skill levels) as players #1 through #5. That list determines the player match-ups that will be played and is locked. 5 players SL cannot exceed 23.

5. Every player on your roster MUST have at least 2 games played by the end of 6th round of pool play. Teams will lose 2 points for every player that has not played 2 times.

6. Players flip a coin for break.

7. There will be no time-outs or coaching in this event. Just put up your shooters and watch them play one rack of pool for all the marbles!

8. Teams must be in the 5th game by 1 hour after start time. Any remaining games will not be scored to either team, and the players won’t get credit for a game played. Advise Tourney Director immediately of any delays by other team.

9. Winners: Your running win total will be kept throughout the tournament within your pool. Ties broken by your match versus the tied team. If 3 or more teams are tied, ties will be broken by your total aggregate score versus all tied teams only, then by your match versus teams that still remain tied.

10. First place team from each pool advances to the semi finals.

11. Players must have 10 life matches in 8-Ball by the end of the Fall session 2022 and played 4 times in the fall session to advance to this years destination trip, tri-cups matches do not count for this tournament. All players must have 4 matches played in the fall 22 session with their qualified team by December 17, 2022 and played at least 10 life time matches in 8-ball by December 17, 2022 to qualify for this tournament. All players advancing to for the destination trip must be on a current 8-ball roster in the Spring 2023 session.