Pool League
The Pool Club from Laguna Woods will play the 48-game match with the LW Pool Club on Saturday, April 29 at 1 p.m. The club’s board selected its best pefoming players to be on the team. Eight level B players participated in a round robin tournament on April 8, determining the final four to join the team against Laguna Woods. The players had to win four games or more, out of seven rounds, to make the cut. Earick Ward, Dave Mackinder and Bruce Pettys all won five games to make the team. George Gordon and Gary Snow were the two players with four wins and three losses. They had a one game playoff for the final spot on the team. Gordon established an early lead, but wasn't able to get a makeable shot on the eight. The game finally got down to both players shooting the eight. Gordon missed a cut shot he would normally make and Snow pocketed the routine shot on the eight in the same corner.
The Monday night league tightened up as Right On Cue beat the league leaders In the Money 7-6. Ward and Paul Shellenberger each won four games for Right On Cue. The Cue Crew took the Renegades 8-5 with Shery Wells winning five games, including both of her singles matches. The Rail Runners edged PJJ 7-6. Rusty Aquino won five games and both of his singles matches for the Rail Runners. John Burns won five games for PJJ. In the Money still leads the Monday league with 72 wins and 63 losses, but they are only two games ahead of PJJ, and just seven games ahead of the fifth place team. With five weeks to go the league winning team is very much in doubt.
At the Wednesday night league, all three winning teams went eight and five. It is usually a close match with 8-5 where a couple of games could have gone either way. The league leading Ruffians won over U3. All three players on the Ruffians, Ruffy Ramos, George Gordon and Glenn Everson, each won five games and lost two.
The second place Favorites kept pace with the Ruffians winning 8-5 over Triple Threat. Connie Adkins and Dave Silva each won five games and took both of their singles games for the Favorites. Bank It won over Milly's Boys with Ward winning five of them. Earick won both singles games and the final eight ball game with a tough bank shot on the eight.
—Dave Silva
