C-level player takes the win in LW Pool Club tournament

Shery Wells (l) and Glenn Evenson

On Jan. 29, the Leisure World Pool Club held a tournament for B- and C-level players in Clubhouse 2. In late 2021, the club held a tournament that included A-level players, but this one was meant to allow the average player to be more competitive.

There were 16 players in the double-elimination eight-ball contest, allowing every contestant to play at least two games. Glenn Everson and Shery Wells won their first three games to meet eachotherinthewinners’bracket.

Paul Snellenberger won over Dave Mackinder to be the last player in the losers’ bracket. Snellenberger lost to Everson, which put Everson in the finals against Wells.

Since Wells hadn’t lost a game, Everson had to win two games in a row to take first place. He won the first game when Wells accidentally made the eight ball with one of her solid balls left on the table. But in the last game, which came down to the eight ball for both players, Everson missed and scratched the cue ball, leaving Wells with ball in hand and an easy shot to the corner pocket.

Both Everson and Wells were C-level players, but, they said, competing in the league improved their games.

—Dave Silva