Pool Tournament Results
On July 2,0 the Leisure World Pool Club held its annual Mano-A-Mano pool tournament. This event is a doubleelimination eight ball tournament open to all residents. It was limited to 16 players with a $10 entry fee to pay the first four finishers. The matches in the winner’s bracket were two wins and the losers bracket was one-and-done elimination.
The tournament was started last year and was won by Bob Barnum,with Rufino Ramos finishing second and Dave Silva, third. This year, Barnum did not enter to claim the title of best pool player in Leisure World.
The final players in the winners bracket were Ramos and Silva. Ramos won two straight games, which sent Silva to play Ren Villenueva, the winner of the loser’s bracket. Silva won that match, which sent him to the finals against Ramos.
In all double elimination tournaments, the challenger has to win two games because the player in the winner’s bracket hasn’t lost a single game.
Silva won the first game, which sent it to one final game for the championship. Dave had stripes and ran the last five balls to win the tournament.
On Aug. 17, the LWPC will host an eight-ball Doubles Tournament in Clubhouse 2 at 6 p.m. It is open to all authorized LW residents; RSVPs are required.
The LWPC weekly Monday night Fall League will begin on Sept. 12. Players and substitute players must be members of the club to participate.
For more information or to RSVP a spot for the tournament or the LWPC Fall League, call or text club Secretary and Treasurer Eunis “WildFire!” Christensen, at (562) 879-1954.
–Dave Silva
Winners of the Leisure World Pool Club's (LWPC) second annual Mano-A-Mano Elimina - tion Tournament were John Burns, fourth place (l-r); Rufino "Ruffy" Ramos, second; Dave Silva, first; and Ren Villanueva, third place.
