LW Pool Club defeats Laguna Village Billiards Club 27-21
On Aug. 27, in Clubhouse 2, the long awaited pool tournament between Laguna Woods Village and Leisure World took place. After lunch, participants went over the rules of eight ball, so everyone would be on the same page.
All matches played were eight ball doubles, with partners alternating shots. The match consisted of 48 games of eight rounds on six tables, so each player played eight games. The schedule was arranged so that each player had a different partner every game.
Since members of the LW Pool Club had never played any of the players from Laguna Village, they had no expectation of how the match would go. Also, that was true for Laguna Village. Laguna Village listed its players on the score sheet under “V” for village and LW Pool Club listed “W” for world.
The first round ended in a three to three tie, but in round two Laguna Village won four games to lead seven games to five.
In round three, Leisure World won five games to lead 10 games to eight. After a tie in round five Leisure World took four games in round six to lead 21 games to 15. After the seventh round split three games apiece that meant Leisure World had won 24 games and only needed to win one of the six remaining games to win the match. The final score was Leisure World, 27, and Laguna Village, 21.
Most games were close and decided by great shots and occasionally blown opportunities. The two players for Leisure World who stood out were Ruffy Ramos and John Burns. They each won seven games and lost only one. Tom Zimmerman and Dave Silva won five and lost three for the home team. Tommy Flaviano had five wins and three losses.
This match, arranged by Eunis “Wildfire!” Christensen revived a rivalry that existed over 10 years ago, when LW residents would go to Laguna Village and the following year, they would come here.
“Everyone thought it went well, and we are looking forward to playing their team sometime later this year,” LW Pool Club President Dave Silva wrote.
“Everyone thought it went well and we are looking forward to playing their team sometime later this year.”
—Dave Silva
