Econ's Fuengirola pool leagues are organised by 'Econ pool tables'.

It is important to understand the players and bars taking part in an ECON league should consider that league to be their league that ECON organises for them. Leagues run without favouritism to any bar or company while being open to any pool table operator, any bar or any person that is interested in a respectful, fair and well organised league... as any sporting/leisure event should be. The league can evolve as the people who take part want it to evolve, so do not be afraid to offer your input or suggestions. It should also be made clear that any person who is barred from a participating bar and that bar is a matter solely between the individual and the bar!

ECON Thursday EPA league - Currently this league can have one or two divisions that plays to old EPA Rules. Teams can take part from the Fuengirola, Las Lagunas, Los Boliches and Torreblanca areas.
There may be competitions run along with the league, those competitions may be run using Blackball rules, whichever rules used they will be clearly stated.

The costs for running this league including prizes generally comes to approximately 2000€, plus there is the time involved in organising and running the league. Currently there are no subs charged to players for taking part in the Thursday EPA league if the table is an 'ECON table', all monies are covered by team entrance fee and Econ Pool.

Most questions can be answered in the Econ League Guidelines, the following are a few points about the league that may or may not be covered in those guidelines:

Divisions: If the league has divisions then: Division 1 will consist of the top teams from last seasons league plus any teams moved up from Division 2. Division 2 will be made up from teams with less points from last seasons Div 2 league and new teams entering this season. There will be trophies for both divisions. There will also be a CUP consisting of all teams, this will be either a knockout or a single round robin relative to the number of weeks.
IMPORTANT! Any team changing it's name or moving to another bar will be considered a new team!

Matches: Matches consist of 6 singles and 3 doubles, teams should consist of at least 6 players, although we recommend having more in case some players are not available on match night. There should be a snack break during the frames, this would generally be between the singles and doubles frames. You should turn up and play even if you have 4 players with 4 players you can still play all the games, the players names must be drawn from a glass and point penalties will be incurred for using 4 or 5 players (1pt penalty for 5 players, 2pt for 4 or less).

Results: Score sheets should be sent to the league Admin or group by Whattsapp from the home team right after each game and at the latest by 12 midday of the day following a league game, if results need to be chased up after this then a 1 point penalty may be incurred! Results will be posted on the fuengirolapoolleague.com web site as soon as possible after ALL results have been submitted.

Team entry and subs: This league is open to any bar who wants to enter a team in our league, even if the pool table is not an ECON table, although their table operator will be expected to pay a fee towards the costs of the league.

There will be a maximum of 2 teams from any one bar although if team numbers, tables in bar and weeks available for the duration of the league permit, then this limit may be extended.

A per team entry fee to the league will be 50€ along with subs of 125€, there will also be a 'Returnable' deposit payment of 80€ per team, this deposit payment will be returned in full if all fixtures have been completed or the remainder of the deposit less any late cancellation deductions if made. If the pool table in your bar is an ECON pool table then ECON will pay 125€ towards the team entry fee. leaving 50€ for the bar to pay (plus the 80€ returnable deposit). The reason we pay 125€ towards the entry fee for teams using our tables is to give something back to the people who use our product, a small way of returning our appreciation for using an ECON table.
For example for 1 bar:
1 Team:50€ team entry + 125€ subs = 175€ less 125€ paid by ECON = 50€ + 80€ returnable deposit = 130€ - 80€ deposit = 50€ cost for 1 team.
2 Teams: (2x50) 100€ team entry + (2x125) 250€ subs = 350€ less (2x125) 250€ paid by ECON = 100€ + (2x80) 160€ returnable deposit = 260€ - (2x80) 160€ deposit = 100/2 = 50€ per team.

Basically the cost to be in the league for a team playing from an ECON table is 50€ per team, other than the price of the game.

The above is for teams that are playing from an ECON table, if the team is playing from a table that is not owned by ECON then ECON do not subsidise the teams subs and there will be an additional operators bar and team entry fees (See below).

Operator bar entry - BE and Operator team entry - TE (Only applies to teams not using an ECON table): If the pool table in your bar is not an ECON pool table then your pool table company will be expected to contribute to the costs of the league. Your pool table operator will be expected to pay an additional 50€ 'one off' bar entry fee 'BE' plus a 50€ per team entering fee 'TE', plus 125 per team subs, this is apart from the actual team entry fee and returnable deposit paid by the bar/team.
For example, operator pays the following:
1 team: 50BE+50TE=100€)
3 teams (50BE+50TE+50TE+50TE=300€)
4 teams (50BE+50 TE+50TE+50TE+50TE=350€) etc.

Why is there an operator entry fee? ECON does not charge any subs for players, the league costs are 95% covered by 'ECON pool tables', so the total cost of the league in prizes, 1€ per point, trophies, payment to the winning bar towards the presentation etc. all come to about 2,500€ and that does not include the time and organisation the league involves. So it only seems reasonable to have another operator who owns a table that will generate * them * money because of this league to contribute to our league, the entry fee for them is small and less than the proportion of their teams cost in the league. We cover our customers teams subs because, as we have already stated: This league is about giving a little back to the pool players who use our tables and not about pool table operators making money!

Prizes Thursday League: There will be: Trophies for LEAGUE 1st (+100€), 2nd (+75€) and 3rd (+50€) places, individual player trophies and key rings for team players. This may be different if there are two divisions because of team numbers but will include a 1st, 2nd and 3rd trophy and prize. Trophies for CUP 1st (+60€) and 2nd (+40€) places. Singles tournament run during league. Doubles tournament run during league. Trophies for players who get 8 ball clearances. A two piece snooker cue and case with a value of between 200 to 300€ for the player(s) that wins the highest ranking points competition made up of the top 8 ranked players in the league games only. A trophy for the player with the highest ranking points. 1€ per point for players with 5 or more points on singles games (Player must turn up at presentation to collect this, no show no €'s). A raffle for various prizes at the presentation.

Season players with ranking points of 5 or above will receive 1€ for each point. To receive this winnings the player must show at the presentation, these '€ per point' winnings cannot be picked up by anyone else. Any monies not picked up will be donated to the 'Cudeca' charity.