LW Pool Club

The Leisure World Pool Club ran three separate tournaments to choose the 12 players that will compete against the Laguna Woods pool team. This renews the friendly rivalry that was a tradition over a dozen years ago.

On each team, there will be four “A” level players, four “B” level players and four “C” level players. The contest will be 48 games of eight ball partners. In every match each player will have a different partner.

The four “A” players, determined by a double elimination tournament on Aug. 3, are Rufino Ramos, Tom Zimmerman, Barry Brideau and Dave Silva.

In the “C” player tournament, held on Aug. 5, a roundrobin format of five games was used to select the four players on the team. To make the team, a player had to win three games. If a player lost three games, he or she was eliminated.

Eunis “Wildfire!” Christensen and Shery Wells both won their first three games. Connie Adkins made the team with three wins and only one loss. The fourth member of the team was John Burns, who beat Guta Basner in a playoff to get his third win.

The “B” tournament, held on Aug. 7, was a very exciting and close match. After four rounds, all eight players had won two games and lost two games. That meant in the fifth and final round, the four players who won their game would make the team. The winning players were Dave Mackinder, Tommy Flaviano, Steve Mitchell and Sal LaScala.

The match will be held at Clubhouse 2 on Saturday, Aug. 27, and will will be preceded by a lunch at 12:30 p.m. for the participants and those helping to run the tournament. The club hopes this will become an annual event and looks forward to playing at Laguna Woods next year. – Dave Silva