Pool Club

Annual 3-6-9 tournament

The annual 3-6-9 Ball Doubles Tournament was held at 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 25 in Clubhouse 2. Twenty-four players formed 12 two-player teams. The 12 highest-rated players blindly chose a partner to form each team.

The match was seven rounds against a different opponent, with partners alternating shots. Making the three ball scores one point, the six is two points and the nine ball is three points. This means a team can score anywhere from zero to six points.

After two rounds, Dave Mackinder and Dave Silva led the field with a perfect score of 12 points. In the third round, Gary Monahan and John Burns scored three points to tie for the lead at 14.

In the fourth round, Gary and John made the 3-6-9 to take the lead. They never looked back from that point on, scoring six, six and five points in the last three rounds. They ended the day with a total of 36 points to easily take first place.

Dave Mackinder and Dave Silva finished with 29 points, but George Gordon and Dennis Bedford could tie if their team made the 3-6-9 in the seventh and final round.

George and Dennis made the 3 and 6, but Connie Terry set up her partner Tom Zimmerman by making the eight ball and leaving Tom an easy shot on the nine.

This tournament is a lot of fun and goes fast, for the simple fact that nine ball has six fewer balls than eight ball, which uses a full rack. Members look forward to playing 3-6-9 again next year.

Monday pool league

There were three close matches at the league on Feb. 27. In the Money increased its lead over the Rail Runners and PJJ’s to five games by beating the Cue Crew 8-5. The Rail Runners edged the Renegades 7-6.

The match was decided in the final eight ball game, in which all three players competed. Right on Cue won over PJJ’s 7-6. Right on Cue dominated the doubles play, but PJJ’s came on strong in the singles.

After five weeks of play, Kurt Bourhenne leads the “A” players with nine singles wins. Linda Patton and Ken Harpham both have seven wins in the “B” section. Among the “C” players, John Barth has nine singles wins and only one loss.

On Wednesday night, Milly’s Boys edged Triple Threat 7-6. The Ruffians won over Bank It 8-5 and hold a three-game lead over Triple Threat. Ruffy Ramos maintained his perfect singles record of ten wins and no losses.

The Favorites got out to a fast start to win over U3 by a 9-5 score. Dave Silva won six games for the Favorites and teammate Dave Mackinder won five.

—Dave Silva