Contents

1. Introduction.

2. Meetings.   This Friday (February 3) at 5:30pm. (Before the black light tournament at 7:00.) (If in doubt please check with the game room attendant at 835-5927.)

3. Ladders.   (14.1,   9-ball,   3-cushion,   straight-rail,   and snooker.)

4. Tournaments.

   Here are short descriptions of Spring 2012 tournaments.   Sign-up sheets will be at the attendant's counter in the game room.   Except as noted below these tournaments are open to students, faculty, staff, and affiliates of New Mexico Tech.
   

   1. ACUI.   Syngen Duncan and Jared Davis qualified to go to the region 13 tournament at UCCS.

      History of ACUI at NM Tech.

   2. A self-seeding version of Cut Throat where play is in foursomes.   March 3 and 4   (please plan on both days).   We had twelve people in this fast paced tournament in Fall 2009  (feedback was that all had a good time).

   3. 7, 9, 8 (-ball)       ** This is a plaque event. **
      C:   April 14, 15.
      A, B:   April 21, 22.
      Entry deadline 5:30pm the day before.

5. Recommended Equipment Care.

6. Rules.

7. History of Game Room billiard table layouts.

8. Links to Other Sites.

9. Billiard classes.

Introduction

Learn more about the Billy Aardd's Club at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
You can also view the Billy Aardd's Club constitution, and our club's operating procedures.

Meetings

Our second meeting this Spring will be Friday, February 3, at 5:30pm in the Fidel game room.   We hope to decide on weekly meeting times then.

Jared Davis is the club's new president, and Omar Hurab is our new treasurer.

Aside from the occasional business that needs to be conducted the meetings offer opportunity for:

• watching some of the clubs instructional tapes,
• watching some of the clubs tapes of tournaments,
• mini-clinics,
• people dropping by with questions about billiards (Carom or Pocket).

Ladders

Sign up on the round sheet (posted on the right wing of the rightmost white board) of which ever ladder you want to play on.   Be sure to leave your name (first and last), your phone number, and an email address (preferably one from Tech).

• Handicapped 14.1 Continuous (aka Straight Pool) ,
  

  In September of 2011 we started running a 44-pt Handicapped 14.1 Continuous Ladder.   This ladder uses a 105% handicap, limits the minimum LBPI for spots to a 0.550, and has a maximum spot of 130-balls.   We are currently trying this in favor of the original 50-pt ladder to get away from what have become marathon matches.

  Our original 50-pt Handicapped 14.1 Continuous Ladder was started in the Summer of 1983 by John Hagstrom following an idea to set up some sort of ladder for people interested in regularly scheduled competitive play.   It uses a 100% handicap system, with a minimum LBPI (ladder balls per inning) for spot calculations of 0.400, and a maximum spot of 200-balls.   It is currently suspended in favor of the 44-pt ladder.

  In February of 1999 we started running a 75-pt Handicapped 14.1 Continuous Ladder.   This ladder uses a 60% handicap, limits the minimum LBPI for spots to a 1.000, and has a maximum spot of 125-balls.   (It folded when we didn't have enough people on the ladder for good movement.   If we get enough interest we'll probably start it up again.)

• 9-ball

  Suspended for lack of activity.   If there is sufficient interest this can be started up again.

• Straight Rail Carom , (cushion contact is optional).

  Suspended for lack of activity.   If there is sufficient interest this can be started up again.

• Three Cushion Carom

  Suspended for lack of activity.   If there is sufficient interest this can be started up again.

• Snooker ,
  canceled for lack of a ladder director.   If there is sufficient interest this can be started up again.

Tournaments

1. Announcements and Schedules   presents current and past (BAC) tournament information.

2. History of ACUI at NM Tech.

3. Score Sheets

4. Round Robin format

5. Various format brackets.