3rd Annual Ox of the West ‘2025

Name: 3rd Annual Ox of the West ‘2025
Start: 2025-10-18T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-19T23:45:00-04:00
Location: Peninsula Billiards

Schedule

Sat, 18 Oct, 2025 at 09:00 am to Sun, 19 Oct, 2025 at 11:45 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Peninsula Billiards | Newport News, VA

Registration open. Please comment in the post below to get a captain spot.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1713oWfqzy/
Welcome to the 3rd annual Ox of the West event!!!
This is a 3+1 event. (3 men and a lady OR 3 ladies and a man)
Entry Fee - $240 per team. 80% of the entry fee will go to the winners payout
Doors open at 9am
Calcutta start at 10am -Calcutta starts at $100 (100% goes to payout)
Matches will start as soon as Calcutta is over.
Max Fargo skill level per team will be set at 1900.
Players with an established (200 robustness) Fargo rating will use their Fargo non established Fargo rated players will need to convert their 9-ball APA SL using the rating system below. Any player that does not have an established Fargo or have an APA SL will play as a 525.
SL 1 - 225
SL 2 - 275
SL 3 - 325
SL 4 - 375
SL 5 - 425
SL 6 - 475
SL 7 - 525
SL 8 - 575
SL 9 - 625
Format for the tournament is as follows.
Singles/Scotch Double/Scotch triple/Scotch Quad
Types of game may include 9 ball, Fastoga, 8 ball Short Rack, 7 ball and 10ball
Blind put up
All 4 players MUST play at least one match per round and can only play a max of 2 matches per round
There will be a total of 3 matches + tie breaker to decide the winner. Scoring will be based on the 8 ball scoring system. Details will be provided on the day of the tournament.
True double elimination
A side - Race to 4
B side - Race to 3
Rule highlights. (Details will be posted later)
RYO
Alternate Break
3 foul rules in place
Min of 10 teams required for this tournament to happen.
Max of 32 teams will be accepted.
** All Fargo and SL will be pulled and updated about 2 weeks before the event as the FINAL SL. (Actual date will be announced and shared with all captains on a later date.)
*** SL cushion. if your team total SL is 1900 or under when the team is formed completely, there will be a 40 points cushion in effect for the team. If you change players, your total SL must be 1900.