Pool Club celebrates with 396 tournament
On Dec. 19 in Clubhouse 2, the Leisure World Pool Club held its 369 holiday Pool tournament. There was food, desserts and drinks for all 36 players.
What made this tournament unique was that Pool Club members could invite a friend from outside Leisure World to play—something the club only does once a year. The group had three-person teams instead of the usual two-person teams. Players were divided into twelve A, B and C player levels.
The A players made a blind draw for their two partners. Each team played six different opponents in a form of nine ball called 369. One point is scored for making the three ball, two points for the six and three points for the nine, so a team can receive zero to six points in a game.
At the end of six rounds, there were four teams tied for first place with 20 points. To break the tie, two team A players, on two different tables, lagged for which teams would play one game of nine ball for first place; the other two teams would play for third place. Lagging is routinely used in pool tournaments to decide which player gets to break first. It is much faster than playing an entire game. The two players shoot their cue ball at the same time to the end rail, and the one that comes the closest one to the back rail wins the lag.
Bob Barnum won the lag against Dave Ruiz and Jerry Wrenn won his lag against Tom Zimmerman. In the final game for first place, Connie Terry made a nice shot on the nine ball in a corner pocket to win for her teammates Bob Barnum and Ray Friedrichsen. Jerry Wrenn, Linda Patton and Brian Burch were second and Dave Ruiz, Gary Monahan and Millie Larson finished third.
This was the Leisure World Pool Club’s final event of the year.
The spring pool league will start on Monday, Jan. 23, and Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 6 p.m. in Clubhouse 2. Each division will have six teams that will play three rounds and finish the season on May 10.
—David Silva
