Pool League ends season with sweepstakes

POOL CLUB

On May 22, the Spring Pool League ended its spring season with the sweepstakes event by starting an hour early with a dinner of pizza, salad and dessert. The club also decided to have its Monday team, the American, and Wednesday league, the National, each play the six teams in the other league, since they don’t play each other in thE regular season.

All three players on each team played eight ball and rotated shots. After all six games there were two teams tied with five wins and only one loss. The Favorites, from the National league, lost their only game to the Cue Crew, from the American, but the Cue Crew lost game five to force a one-game playoff. Dave Ruiz of the Favorites had a ball-in-hand with two striped balls and the eight remaining on the table. He made one ball on the corner and gave Connie Adkins a shot on the last striped ball in front of the side pocket. Adkins made the ball and left Dave Silva a straight in shot on the eight to take first place. The Cue Crew, with Shery Wells, Gary Monahan and Bruce Pettys, finished second. The Ruffians of the National Division beat In the Money, from the American, to take third place. The League’s most valuable player award went to John Barth, who had the most singles wins during the season. All that extra practice worked for Barth, as he won 80% of his singles matches. The next event on the pool schedule is something the club started last year, the Poolathon, which will be a real test of the players’ all-around ability. Twelve players will play eight ball, nine ball, one pocket and straight pool.

—Dave Silva

John Barth is most valuable player.