November 3, 2006 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

keepingscore

Weekly pool league is going strong in its fourth year

TIMOTHY WRIGHT

Cocktails pool shooter Dave Reum lines up a shot while teammates Dave Wolf and Jamie Vaccaro, right, watch during their October 23 game at the Grid. Club Argos captain Ben Zastawnik is playing on the table in the background.

round out the top five teams.

So far, there are 20 new players in the league competing for "Top Rookie" trophy to be awarded at the season-ending banquet. As of now, Ken from Apex and Mike from Grid-Basement are battling for that. Another trophy is awarded to "Most Improved" player and Kenn from Grid-Basement is leading that contest. The top five

shooters in the league are Tony and Aaron from Grid-Basement, Duane and Ken from Apex, and Coleen from Grid-Orbit.

For more information about Shooters Pool League, contact league commissioner Dave Wolf at 440-871-4699 or Buteohawk1@comcast.net.

These are the league's standings after the October 30 games:

Upcoming matches

Monday, November 6, 7:30 pm Edge at Leather Stallion

Longevity at Cocktails

Grid-Orbit at Hamilton's Tool Shed at Grid-Basement

Matches

Games

Team Grid-Basement

Won Lost Percent

Won

Lost Percent

70%

68%

70%

54%

60%

Grid-Orbit

55%

53%

Tool Shed

50%

54%

Apex at Union Station

Union Station

50%

48%

Cocktails

45%

44%

Club Argos

45%

42%

Leather Stallion Hamilton's

30%

34%

25%

36%

Monday, November 13, 7:30 pm

Stallion at Union Station Hamilton's at Cocktails Grid-Orbit at Longevity Grid-Basement at Edge •Tool Shed at Apex

by Dave Wolf

Cleveland-Shooters Pool League, the city's only LGBT pool league and possibly Ohio's largest-is in its fourth year and going strong. The league picked up three new teams this season. The Edge, Hamilton's and Apex join returning teams from the Grid, Cocktails, the Leather Stallion, Union Station, the Tool Shed, and Club Argos (the former Longevity). Ten teams of seven players each make the

league 70 strong, including all levels of pool ability.

Matches are played every Monday from October through March with playoffs in April. Players have found it to be a fun but still competitive way to spend Monday evenings in the fall, winter, and spring.

Five weeks into this season, last year's champions Grid-Basement (as opposed to the Grid-Orbit team) are again strong, tied for first place with one of the newcomers, the Edge. Apex, Grid-Orbit and Tool Shed

Volleyball standings

Cleveland-These are the scores and standings of North Coast Athletics Volleyball after the October 29 games.

The league is the Cleveland and Akron governing body for LGBT volleyball. It is a social group with over 100 players ranging from recreational to competitive, with divisions for each skill level.

Games are played on Sundays from 11 am to 5 pm at Cudell Recreation Center, 1910 West Blvd. in Cleveland.

see

For more information, www.NorthCoastAthletics.org or contact league commissioner Todd Saporito at 216905-8005 or vice-commissioner Doug Anderson at 216-440-7411.

Competitive Division

Team

1. North Coast Twist

2. Chase Bank

3. Union Station

4. Itsy Bitsy Spikers

Total Won Lost

Points Percent

268

89%

15 13

-43

54%

10 18

-69

36%

6 22

-156

21%

Intermediate Division 1

1. Grid Boomerangs

2. Twisted Out

3. Apex Night Club

4. Spiked Heels

5. Bounce Bumpin Uglies

3302

36836

12278

Intermediate Division 2

1. Fighting Cocks

2. North Coast Rookies

3. Twisted Results

22229

4. Crossover Crossdressers 20

5. All Beef Patties

162

85%

63%

60%

-64

35%

-62

33%

2925

21852

287

92%

55%

-53

40%

15 -118

14 -162

25% 13%

Friday bowling standings

Cleveland-These are the standings of the North Coast Bowling Association's Friday night bowling league at the end of play October 27.

The Friday night league is a fun social league with plenty of openings. No experience is necessary. Bowling begins at 7 pm Fridays at Ambassador Superior Lanes, 1500 Superior Ave. in downtown Cleveland, and finishes by 9:30 pm.

For more information, contact the league at 216-631-9811 or 216-481-4417.

Team

1. Mine's in the Gutter

2. Mikey's Misfits

3. Bottoms Up

4. The Leather Stallions

5. Beyond a Mess

6. Gutter Hos

7. Zen-Tini

1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Won

Lost

8. Married With Children

9. Teabagging Cocktails

10. The Argonauts

11. Strikes Spares & Misses

12. Wicked Twistas

13. Mustangs

14. Oh Spare Me

15. My 3 Men

16. Alley Katz

17. Spare Me the Details

18. The Gutterballs

19. Alternative Pins

20. Grid "Locked"

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