Coastal Carolina APA - 8-ball & 9-ball pool leagues.
Come join the excitment of APA Pool Leagues
This is your portal to the best Amateur Recreational Billiards League in the Brunswick, Horry and New Hanover counties!
The APA is the World's Largest Amateur Pool League with more members than all other amateur leagues combined. Nationally, the APA currently boasts over 250,000 members (and growing). The APA Equalizer Handicapping system that lets all players compete on an equal level regardless of your playing ability and everyone has a shot at winning a trip to Vegas for the APA Championships!
The Coastal Carolina APA currently offers pool league formats in 8-Ball, 9-Ball, Ladies, and Masters Divisions.
For those of you that might be thinking: "I'm not good enough to play", consider this; 75% of APA members are beginner to intermediate players, meaning you don't have to be a Pool Pro to play. The only thing you really need, is the desire to have fun!
Announcing our newest APA League Format : 8-Ball Doubles!
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APA League Operators of the Year!
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We are so proud and excited to find out last night that we won the League Operators of the Year award! Thank you so much to all our Division Reps, our Host Locations, Team Captains and of course, all our players, for making this such a fun and great league!
Why I Love the APA Video Contest!
Why do you love APA? Tell us in a 30 second to 2 minute video and
you could win an all expenses paid trip to Las Vegas during the 2013
APA National Team Championships! It's that simple! Use your camera,
cell phone, video camera-whatever you've got-to film the video.
Feel free to be serious or funny, just as long as you tell us Why YOU Love APA!
Each approved entrant will receive an APA t-shirt. Two Runners-Up will receive an APA prize package valued at $300! You must be a current APA member, age 21 or older, to enter. The video must be appropriate for all ages and not contain any copyrighted material.
Submissions are accepted through May 24 at Noon (CST). Voting then takes place May 25-June 7. Winners will be announced by June 14. Visit Pool Players Contest for complete details and to enter!
- Maximum of 5 players allowed on roster.
- Teams may choose any 3 of the 5 team members to participate in each match.
- The total of the skill levels of the 3 players elded in any team match cannot exceed 1.
- Standard coaching rules apply.
- 8-Ball Format using a games must win chart.
- 3-Point Scoring System.
- Full team forfeits and Byes receive 4 points.
- Individual forfeits receive 2 points in the regular session and 3 points in playoffs.
There will be some exciting new changes for the 2013-2014 APA Ladies Division session. We will continue to run the APA Ladies Division as a once a month format with two matches played each month. However, as noted above, the format is changing from 5-8 person teams to 3-5 person teams with 3 matches played for each team match. The team Skill Level Limit for the 3 matches will be 13 (which is a half of a skill level increase from 19 when playing 5 matches). Instead of the matches being played simultaneously, the second match will be played following the completion of the first match. Team fees will be $30.00 per team per match. We will also be the first division to be converted to the 3-point system. The rest of the league will follow in the Fall. (This way we can teach the guys :)
Our local APA will still be qualifying teams for Las Vegas through Ladies Division League play. The slot count for the tournament that we are awarded is based on our team count - we are guaranteed to receive one slot for every 15 teams (!) This includes Wilmington and Myrtle Beach Divisions. Therefore our goal is to take the existing 12 Ladies teams that we have participating currently and make them into 30+ teams so that we are able to qualify at least 2 Ladies Teams, if not more, to the APA Ladies 8-Ball Championship for 2014!
The 2013-2014 APA Ladies Division will begin on July 21, 2013. Play will be at 1:30pm. More details to come, including the dates for the entire session. So start building your team for the NEW APA Ladies Division!
Discounted Hotel Rates for the APA 8-Ball/9-Ball LTC's!
Clarion
Myrtle Beach Hotel & Conference Center will be happy to offer
the following rates during the upcoming APA LTC 9-ball and 8-ball
events in Myrtle Beach:
- May 31 - June 2 : $92 per double or king room.
- June 14 - June 16 : $92 per double or king room.
- Please note that these rates are not inclusive of SC taxes.
- The rates do include a daily breakfast buffet for two persons.
Clarion Myrtle Beach Hotel & Conference Center
101 Fantasy Harbour Blvd
Myrtle Beach, SC 29579
800.847.2707 or 843.236.1000
For making reservations, call 800.847.2707 or 843.236.1000. It is very important to use 'APA Player' as the code when making reservations. Without this code, guests will not be able to get the special APA rate. At present, an official room block is not being held and all reservations will be on an availability basis.
2013 APA Membership - Update Your Address with APA
Starting the 2013 APA League Year, APA is changing the look of the APA membership card and the process with which you receive it. As seen to the left, the new APA membership card has been redesigned and it will be printed on a permanent card (hard and sturdy like your license). In addition, instead of the APA cards being sent to our league office for distribution to you through the Division Reps, your APA membership card will come directly to you in the mail with your APA membership packet! Each following year, you will receive a sticker in your membership packet to update the year on your membership card to show that your membership is still active. You will receive a new card every 5 years.
You MUST have a correct address on file with APA to receive your membership packet and your membership card for 2013. If you have an asterik (*) next to your name on the weekly scoresheet, if you have moved since joining APA, or if you are not currently receiving the "The American Poolplayer" magazine each session, it is highly likely you do not have an up-to-date mailing address on file with APA.
There are two ways to correct this:
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Fill
out an APA membership application and update all of your information.
This form can be turned in with your team's weekly scoresheets. - Go to the APA Online Member Services website where you see your team and individual stats. Log in to your account, or create an account if you haven't done so already, and click on your profile to check and update your mailing address and other personal information.
Please note: If our local APA office has to order a replacement card for you, there will be a $5 fee. So please make sure that your information is up-to-date before January! Don't forget that you can renew and pay your 2013 membership by credit card online NOW from your APA Online Member Services account!
ALL PLAYERS MUST PAY THEIR 2013 MEMBERSHIP FEE ON FIRST NIGHT OF PLAY!
It's a new year, and ALL memberships must be renewed!
Team captains will be held responsible for any membership fees not
paid by players. DO NOT ALLOW PLAYERS TO PLAY UNTIL THEY GIVE YOU
THEIR MEMBERSHIP FEE! We have to pay the $25 membership to St. Louis
for every player who plays even once and even if a team drops him
or her from their roster after 1 match. If you collect the money
before the match then you will not have to worry about paying for
it out of your own pocket.
Attention: All non-smoking APA locations!
In order to ensure the timeliness of APA league matches and a decent conclusion time for APA league nights for all players, guidelines must be put in place to address smoking during APA league play. Players should be ready to play as soon as they are put up in a match. Matches will not be held for a player to take a "smoke break" before beginning their match. "Smoke Breaks" are also prohibited while a player is playing an APA match. Players must complete their match in it's entirety before going outside to smoke.