LW Pool Club

On May 27, 12 players competed in the second annual pool-athon at 1 p.m. in Clubhouse 2. Players drew numbers to determine their opponents.

The contest consisted of two rounds of four different pool games. The first game was eight ball, the second was nine ball, call shot to fifteen points and one pocket. In one pocket, the goal is to make majority of the balls all in one down table corner pocket. The opponent must make the balls in the other down table corner pocket. To make the game shorter, only nine balls were used instead of traditional 15.

After the first round of four games there were five players tied at three wins and one loss. Going into the final game of the second round, Tom Zimmerman needed to win his one pocket match to score seven wins and take first place, but he lost it. Ruffy Ramos won his final game of one pocket to tie Zimmerman at six wins and two losses, and beat Zimmerman in the eight ball playoff match and took the first place.

For third place money there was a four-way tie between Bruce Pettys, Rusty Aquino, Russell Black and Dave Silva at five wins each. Pettys beat Silva, and Black beat Aquino to set up an eight ball match between Pettys and Aquino. Black made a nice shot on the eight ball and took third place.

The tournament lasted almost four hours, but the players enjoyed the level of competition and playing four different games.

—Dave Silva