It's okay, I have abandoned the idea. Still, the draw may be manipulated to keep potentially unreliable players apart. That might mean players who haven't posted a lot. Please don't take it personally; it's just that there have been problems in the past. Of course, you'll get preferential treatment re byes later on. The draw, when it happens, will take place at http://www.chatzy.com/654630603093.

Entries so far (11): clooneman, berbatov_9, smithbit, jwb1989, hipbob, bazzacu, dvorak1, lost, _niall_, zodiac, lost

Anyone else?

Arrgh! I've counted lost twice

Entries so far (10): clooneman, berbatov_9, smithbit, jwb1989, hipbob, bazzacu, dvorak1, lost, _niall_, zodiac

Draw happening now

hey im not that bad, no need to give me two entries!

lol!!!

Means two chances of winning!!! Looks like you might need them though, wait till you see who you've got... :O

First round draw:

BYE, hipbob,
BYE, clooneman,
BYE, zodiac,
lost, smithbit,
BYE, _niall_,
jwb1989, dvorak1,
bazzacu, BYE,
berbatov_9, BYE

Or in simple English:

hipbob BYE
clooneman BYE
zodiac BYE
lost vs smithbit
_niall_ BYE
jwb1989 vs dvorak1
bazzacu BYE
berbatov_9 BYE

Officially there's no time limit, but the onus is on all players to discharge their fixtures ASAP. I'll keep a constant look at the fixtures and see how things go during the week and crack the whip then if necessary.

I may do the round 2 draw (which is the quarter-final round) before the two games in round 1 are finished.

By the way... first to 3!!!

UPDATE

I might squeeze some late, late entries into round 1. I'll keep the respective entrants informed, but anyone who wants in must post here.

I know I'm a bit late but any chance I could join?

Now smithbit has been drawn against lost can I enter?

lol

tiny_bert, you're in, and I will randomly draw your opponent at http://www.chatzy.com/654630603093 later on.

This link would not work previously because of the full stop (scroll up to the top of the page, first comment) so the link in the previous paragraph should work.

Lost 3-1 smithbit

Very well played man, good luck.

No triple for me

JWB1989 3 VS DVORAK 0

OMG! Smithbit is gone!!!

Thanks to you four for getting those games played so soon, I don't think I've ever seen that before!

In other news, I did the draw to find out tiny_bert's opponent. He could have played clooneman, berbatov_9, hipbob, bazzacu, _niall_ or zodiac. Usually when I do these draws, I stick loadsa byes in and do it like that, but I this time I just picked out one name. Wish I hadn't... the player drawn to play in round 1 is me...

http://www.chatzy.com/654630603093

First round results
lost 3-1 smithbit
jwb1989 3-0 dvorak1

To be played
clooneman vs tiny_bert

NO MORE LATE ENTRIES. Entries are now closed.

clooneman wins, 2 balls left
clooneman win, tiny_bert potted white and black after a three-cushion bank into the middle
tiny_bert 3 balls left
tiny_bert 2 balls left after I missed a sitter
clooneman wins, 2 balls left, black rattled once or twice in the pocket before dropping

So after a thriller, yours truly fell over the line by 3 frames to 2.

First round results
lost 3-1 smithbit
jwb1989 3-0 dvorak1
clooneman 3-2 tiny_bert

Thanks to tiny_bert for taking part, he certainly left an impression on me, I can tell ya!

Quarter-final draw involving hipbob, clooneman, zodiac, lost, niall, jwb1989, bazzacu and berbatov_9 will take place at half time during the Italy vs Brazil match. http://www.chatzy.com/654630603093

On Mon 9 Feb 09 at http://www.funkypool.com/viewTopic.do?topicid=12528&page=41, Niall announced that he was, ahem, laptopless. Therefore, in accordance with the rule regarding potentially unreliable players (which Niall isn't but I'm gonna be careful under the circumstances) and the rule regarding an even spread of byes, Niall will play someone who has already played a game. Those players are lost, jwb1989 and clooneman. Otherwise, it's a free-for-all.

The result of the quarter-final draw is as follows:

jwb1989 vs bazzacu
zodiac vs lost
_niall_ vs clooneman
hipbob vs berbatov_9

As ever, no official deadline, but (copying and pasting from above ) the onus is on all players to discharge their fixtures ASAP, so play your games quickly and we'll see how we go.

Zodiac vrs Lost

2-3

gg's bud unlucky.

he went 2-0 up so happy to go through!

Thanks guys

Quarter-final result
lost 3-2 zodiac

To be played
jwb1989 vs bazzacu
_niall_ vs clooneman
hipbob vs berbatov_9

Niall's been in touch. so it's all good.

Well done to the Irish soccer* team yesterday on their win. Now, back to the proper competition!

yahoo!!!!

Doin it for parklandsio!!!!!!1