Well, it's been a big boisterous season here in domino land. The playoffs have started for the spring season and I'll keep everyone updated as they proceed.

Good luck to all players and keep coming out for fun games even after you get bounced from the action!

33 members responded to the polls.

The results were 42% for Local and 58% for C-Hunt's for the future primary location.

The results to finish out the current league season were 33% for the Local and 67% for C-Hunt's.

There were several discussions between board members this weekend and we have decided to not take any formal action on this issue at this time. Because most teams have been communicating and scheduling games at convenient locations already this season, we ask that this continue. To complete this season there will no designation of primary location. The Local and C-Hunt's will be where the majority of folks will be playing, but it is up to the 4 members playing each week to decide on a time and place.

The board will discuss in length and make a decision this summer on whether to have one or more primary locations. We will use the survey results and poll data to guide us in our decision. We appreciate all the input the membership has provided thus far. If you would like to give further input on this or any other issues with the Austin 42 Club, please contact the board at austin42-board@googlegroups.com.

Thank you,

Aaron Kuntschik
Austin42Club Director

We would like all members to vote on the polls. If you are or know of anyone that is not on the yahoo group, please send their email to awkaustin@yahoo.com and I will send them a ballot.

Thank you.

Please complete the two polls on the yahoo group. The board is asking the membership to vote on the primary location for the club to play league games to finish out the current season and future seasons. The board felt it was time to put this to a vote because of the feedback from the survey and C-Hunt's is now a non-smoking establishment.

We are one month away from our big Saturday tournament(and Friday night warm-up).

Here are the details:
Location for both Friday warm-up and Saturday:
2008 Justin Lane
Austin, TX 78757
March 30 & 31

Friday Night:
This will be a 5 game round robin, we will start play at 7pm, registration from 5:30-6:45pm. Cash prizes for top 4 places.
Entry fee: $10 per person. ($20/team)

Saturday:
There will be a 5 game round robin in morning for seeding. then the afternoon will be single game double elimination. Cash prizes for top 4 places. Entry fee: $20 per person. ($40/team)
Play starts at 8:30 am, registration from 7:00am- 8:15am.

Anyone willing to come out Friday night early to help set up is greatly appreciated. Same thing Saturday once things wind down.

Again, anyone wanting to play, just let me know and I can help you find a partner. Or use this yahoo group and put up a post.

thanks, Darrell
my email- odieloves42@yahoo.com My cell is- 512-653-8449

The Spring 2012 season is getting set up. First week is slated to be February 6th. Contact mike (msobin@gmail.com) to get info and get registered. Final league night location still TBD.

Preseason warm-up mini-T will be held at The Local (27th and Guadalupe) on Monday, January 30th to earn some cash and some bragging rights.

Hope to see you out soon

We are less than two weeks away from our big Saturday tournament(and Friday night warm-up).

Here are the details:
Location for both Friday warm-up and Saturday:
Fireman's Hall
7537 Cameron Road
Austin, TX 78752
October 21st & 22nd.

Friday Night:
This will be a 5 game round robin, we will start play at 7pm, registration from 6-6:45pm. Cash prizes for top 4 places.
Entry fee: $10 per person. ($20/team)

Saturday:
There will be a 5 game round robin in morning for seeding. then the afternoon will be single game double elimination. Cash prizes for top 4 places. Entry fee: $20 per person. ($40/team)
Play starts at 9am, registration from 8-8:45am.

Anyone willing to come out Friday night early to help set up is greatly appreciated. Same thing Saturday once things wind down.

Again, anyone wanting to play, just let me know and I can help you find a partner. Or use this yahoo group and put up a post.

thanks, Darrell
my email-dkmorgan22@yahoo.com

We are trying to get everyone signed up on the Yahoo Group.

Please join at austin42-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Thank you.

We are down to the final game of Summer 2011 League!

MG vs. LK

mike and gary vs. leslie and kole

Congrats to everyone that played in the summer league and especially to the new players that did well in the playoffs! Hope to see you all back for the Fall League.

Just a few more games left in the summer league.
KK vs vs. MG
TC vs LK

The fall season is now open for registration.

The first game of the fall season is scheduled for September 19. We will have plenty of warm up nights between now and then so stay tuned...

Playoff game #1 is Monday at 7:30 at Billy's unless you agree to something else with the opposing team


Left side of the bracket
JJ vs. Bye
CF vs. TL
KK vs. BN
BJ vs. bye
MG vs. bye
JF vs. LB
CC vs. KJ
DP vs. bye

Right side of bracket:
PA vs. Bye
AK vs. DM
TSE vs. CT
GJ vs. bye
DR vs. bye
SM vs. AC
TS vs. CM
LK vs. bye

Monday, June 6 @ Billy's on Burnet
7:30 PM

TL v DL
LB v SM
MG v BN
BJ v AK
GJ v LK
CT v JJ
DP v JF
PA v DM
TS v PC
KJ v AC
CC v TSE
CF v KK
DR v CM

6/3/2011 - We had some last minute additions to the summer league. We are now at 26 teams!

Updated teams were sent to the list at 11pm on Friday night. Email me if you have questions or need to know who is on your team.

Updated game schedule will be sent out ASAP.

ayla_29@yahoo.com

We have 38 people signed up for the summer domino league. Chris McNelis is winning the newbie recruiting contest with 4 newbies added to the league. Way to go, Chris!

Please let me know by Wednesday, June 1 at 6pm if you are going to play in the summer league.

I will send out teams and schedules as soon as possible.

First game of the league is on Monday, June 6 @ Billy's on Burnet.

C-Hunt's tonight around 7pm for dominoes....

Games start on Monday, June 6. Email me to sign up or if you have questions. ayla_29@yahoo.com

Bring as many new people as you can!

Details:
§ random/haphazard teams assigned by League Coordinator (you will have the same partner for the whole season)
§ new people can play with the person that recruited them to the league
§ can't play with someone that you played with in the past 4 seasons
§ no two new people will be paired together
§ same rules for points as the regular season
§ we will use the website to track points/games
§ 5 game season
§ all teams go to finals bracket, seeding based on points
§ number of places to be determined based on the # of teams
§ no dues for this summer season
§ This will NOT count as the first season for any new people. They will still be able to play in the fall league for free.
§ Prize – to be announced!

All of the people who bring in new players will be entered into a drawing for a fabulous prize! (ok – not fabulous…but something)

In a hard fought battle, Giggle & Cackle won the Spring 2011 League!
Congratulations!!

Spring 2011 Results
1st - G&C
2nd - SA
3rd - MJ
4th - MS
5th - JYD
6th - FM

Come on out to Ginny's this Thursday to watch the championship showdown between SA and G&C.

7pm at Ginny's Little Longhorn

This will also be our end of season league party. So bring your folding table, party attitude and snacks/drinks to celebrate our great Spring Season!

Championship Bracket
G&C vs. SA

Round to determine 3rd & 4th place
MJ vs. MS

Consolation Bracket
JYD vs. FM

Details coming soon on the time/place of the final matches!

updated 5/8/2011

(updated 4/29/2011) See you all out at Ginny's next week (May 2) for Round 3...

Championship
SA vs. MJ
MS vs. G&C

Consolation
FM vs. BSR
JYD vs. WL

(will be updated as more games are played)

Championship bracket:
SA vs. B&B
MJ vs. DJW
MS vs. CD
G&C vs. TROT

Consolation bracket:
SQA vs. FM
BSR gets a bye in round 2 due to people dropping out of bracket
JYD vs. RB
LM vs. WL

The brackets for the Spring 2011 league are ready. If you can't play with us tomorrow at Ginny's please contact the other team and get your match scheduled as soon as possible.

All scores can be reported to me in person if you are at Ginny's or via email. Next round will be reported as soon as possible.

I will bring printed versions of the brackets to Ginny's tomorrow. Please note that all tie breakers were decided according to the rules sent out at the beginning of the season. Let me know if there are any questions.

Championship Bracket
SA vs. CTHP
B&B vs. TXS
LV vs. MJ
DJW vs. SWC
DH vs. MS
EYE vs. CD
DB vs. TROT
G&C vs. EJ

Consolation Bracket
SQA vs. bye
GIG vs. FM
PFL vs. TFT
BSR vs. GBTW
JYD vs. bye
RB vs. BRM
LM vs. bye
BH vs. WL

It’s been a great spring season for 42 so far. As our regular season is ending, I wanted to update everyone on the playoff plan for this year. This is an exciting year since playoffs will be different than in prior years.

We are going to have TWO playoff brackets for the spring 2011 League! (one championship bracket and one consolation bracket) Each bracket will have 16 teams so EVERYONE will have playoffs games this year.

N42 PA points will be awarded for 1st – 4th place in the championship bracket and 1st and 2nd place in the consolation bracket.

So hurry and get your final games of spring 2011 season in as soon as you can. We will start the playoffs on Monday, April 18, 2011. Ginny’s will be open.

Come out to Ginny’s next Monday (April 11) even if you are done with your league games. There should be plenty of 42 pickup games happening. (And it’s good practice for the playoffs.)

Playoff games will be announced by next weekend (April 16/17). So that gives everyone plenty of time to get their regular league games finished.

Let me know if there are any questions about playoffs or if you need help getting your final games rescheduled.

I am also working on the plan for summer dominoes. Please let me know if you have any suggestions.

Austin 42 Club Members,

Thank you all for coming out to our Violet Crown Tournament. By all accounts it was a blast.

Friday: 18 teams participated
1st - David C. & Jon N.
2nd - Mark B. & Mike S.
3rd - Aaron K. & Jody B.
4th - Darrell M. & Paul M.

Saturday: 25 teams participated
1st - Jeff and Jordan
2nd - Aaron & Jody
3rd - Kole & Kent
4th - David R. & Molly E.
5th - Shola E. & Frank S.
6th - Louis G. & Glen S.

A special thanks goes out to all those that helped behind the scenes. Hopefully this September we will have even more!
--
Jody Badum

The Austin 42 club is proud to announce our
5th Annual Violet Crown Spring Domino Tournament

When
March 25th, 2011 at 7 p.m.
March 26th, 2011 at 9 a.m.

What
Friday night warm up tournament and Saturday tournament

Where
Friday – Moose Lodge at 2103 E.M. Franklin Avenue , Austin , TX 78723
Saturday – Fireman’s Hall at 7537 Cameron Road , Austin , TX 78752

Why
Fun!
Cash prizes – we will pay a minimum of $200 to first place team
If we have 40 teams at the tournament, we will pay $400 to the first place team
N42PA points (it takes 12 points to qualify for a spot in N42PA’s Championship Tournament)
Bragging rights

Friday night warm up Tournament
5 game Round Robin
All money paid in prizes after we pay the venue
$20 entry fee per team
On-site registration open from 6-6:45 p.m.

Saturday Tournament
3 game Round Robin seeding
Double elimination format
Best two out of three in the winner’s bracket
$30 entry fee per team
On-site registration open from 8-8:45 a.m.

You can also register today!
Send an email to Austin42tourney@gmail.com

View more details at http://www.n42pa.com/events.php

Latest News: Terry will show us his pom poms.

As promised, matches for the rest of the season have now been posted.

Please check your schedule to make sure that you are not playing the same team twice. Because we have an odd number of teams, there is one team with a bye each week. The teams with byes are then scheduled for a game on a bye week (March 14) so they can play 10 games as well.

Everyone should have 10 games against different teams on their schedule now. Please let me know if you see any problems.

ansley carruth
ayla_29@yahoo.com

The spring 2011 season is open on the website. You should be able to sign up and add your team. If you have any issues with the site please let me know. I already registered the teams for people that emailed me or signed up on the list last Thursday.

Please also note that many people are getting an error message when they try to sign up for the site saying that the user ID they selected is taken. But these are actually going through and being registered. So if you get this error message, only sign up one time and then let me know.

ansley carruth
A42C league coordinator
ayla_29@yahoo.com

Looks like we are going to have a fabulous spring 2011 season. We have 20 teams signed up so far! If you have not registered, email Ansley at ayla_29@yahoo.com.

Spring 2011 Schedule
Our regular spring location will be Ginny’s Little Longhorn. 5434 Burnet Road Austin, TX 78756 at 7:30 p.m.

Note that we added in a practice week before the season starts and an extra bye week before playoffs. Starting Monday, January 17, 2011, Ginny's will be open on Mondays from 5pm until 11 or 12 pm.