April 11th 2026 at Side Pocket on Elba Road Doors open at 11:00am Play will start at 12:00pm (Noon) $50 total entry fee ($45 must be paid during sign up, $5 paid during check in at Side Pockets) Must have 16 Players, 5 players will advance to the Fall Singles Regional Click this link to register. Must submit player info and pay entry fee to lock in your spot. If there is enough interest we will ru

Hello everyone.... Just wanted to take a moment to cover a few things as we approach the end of the Spring 2026 session. Much of this info can be found in our Local Bylaws, which every Team Captain should have a copy and/or have read. Any team that qualifies for the World Pool Qualifier(s) (LTC, Vegas Qualifiers) MUST play in the Summer session. Players on a team that qualify for the WPQ must als

Attention Monday Teams!! APA Scorekeeper was down last night, if you took score on paper please input those scores into the APA Scorekeeper App and submit. And as a reminder, we always recommend Team Captains or someone carry blank score sheets just incase things like this happen. Score sheets are available online on our Linktree, And we email scores out weekly. So player numbers and skill levels

If you are scheduled to play Tuesday March 17th, St Patrick's Day and you wish to play early, please contact your opponent and work out a time to start early so players can either avoid or partake in the festivities. If you need your opponent Captains' phone number let us know.

Summer Session 2026 Info We have started to work on Summer 2026 session for Thumb Area APA league play, just a COUPLE reminders: If your team is Qualified for the World Pool Qualifiers, team(s) must play Summer session or forfeit their qualifications to the WPQ All players must remain active as well or are ineligible to play (If the team plays Summer, but a player changes teams they can still pla

We have decided due to the feedback, now using players 8 ball skill level only for the main team event, not the higher between 8 ball or 9 ball. If you already submitted a team and wish to make a change, resubmit a new team please. If a player does not have an established 8 ball skill level but plays 9 ball, we will use their 9 ball skill level. Team Event Sign Up Friday Singles Sign Up Event

Some of you may have heard and some may have not, but Marissa and I lost my Step-mother this past Monday, we had to plan Memorial/Celebration of life for her and the only date available was May 16th. Which was the original weekend we scheduled the 8 Ball World Qualifiers. So in order for us to attend her memorial we had to change the dates for the 8 Ball World Qualifier. Now scheduled for May 8th-

Friday April 10th 2026 Singles Event starts at 5:00pm Modified Single Elmination with Modified Races Click Here To Register

Here it is, we've talked about it and decided to move forward: APA Northern Michigan Shindig April 10th-12th 2026 Statewide Sportsdome in Houghton Lake Main Team Event $500 Entry Team Captain format. Lo to Hi Skill level alternating between 8 ball and 9 ball. Race to 8. Finals will be a race to 13 Double Elimination. (Finals will be a single set with an extended race) All players must have atle

We still have some room for teams on our Monthly Masters League. No Skill Levels!! Straight race to 8!! Push out in 9 ball is allowed!! Jumping is also allowed!! Text Shawn today to get signed up!! Whether you have a team or your looking for a team let us know. Also, anyone that likes Masters, we are also doing a US Amatuer Preliminary Qualifier at Side Pockets on September 25th-27th 2026. Click

The new Masters league is schedule to start in March. If you are looking to play let us know. If you have a team register below. If you are looking for a team to play on let us know by texting us at 810-941-2390 Click here to register a team!!

We have started to create and set up the Summer 2026 session. For anyone or teams making changes please remember you can make roster changes in the APA Scorekeeper App during the first four (4) weeks of the session. To register a new team click here: Anyone that would like changes made prior to week 1. Please send us a text. 810-941-2390 Please remember to let us know what team and division the ch

Monthly Masters League starts March 9th!!!Play once a month, two rounds of play on the second Monday of every monthNo skill level limits!!! Players do not have to be on a standard APA 8 Ball or 9 Ball team!!Cost is $12 per player per match. Teams can consist of up to 4 players, 3 of those players will play in the team match up. Play 5 racks of 8 ball and up to 8 racks of 9 ball, first player to wi

Are you an APA member not currently on a team? Or maybe looking to play on a different night? Click the form below and submit your info so teams looking for players can connect with you. Player Looking Form Responses Click Here

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Now that we are past week 6 in the Fall session, please remember replays MUST be approved by the League office or they will count as a forfeited match. If a team needs to use a replay you must contact the league office prior to league start time, get approval, then the league office will contact your opponent and inform them if it is approved. Unapproved replays will be scored as a forfeit. Any qu

We have been getting alot of questions on things regarding league play, tournaments and qualifications and such. All these answers can be found in the Bylaws and/or the National Rules. So here are links to both. We do highly recommend at least a team Captain reads the Bylaws. So please take a few moments and review them. National Rules Search Bylaws

Attention Captain's and members: Please remember to send in your team fees within 48 hours of match play to retain bonus points Also membership fees must be paid once an unpaid member plays a match, if an unpaid member plays a match and does not pay within 48 hours the team will lose all bonus points. Any member of the team can pay fees. Options to pay: Stripe-Is built into the APA Member Servi

If you are not on a team and would like to play, or just looking to jump on another night of play click the link below: Register Here

So we have been receiving a lot of complaints regarding skill levels and such over the past few months. So we decided to try something different. We created a form that is available on Linktree and on the Thumb Area APA website. If you have a player in question, whether its their skill level being low or even higher than what you feel it should be or if you have concerns of sandbagging, please use

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