LW Pool Club’s John Burns wins tournament for team; new 2024 board elected

The Leisure World Pool Club held its annual Holiday 9 Ball Tournament in Clubhouse 2 on Dec. 18. The entry fee was $7, which included food, drinks and desserts.

This is the one tournament each year where club members could bring a friend from outside to play. It’s also the only tournament with 12 three-person teams. Players were divided into A, B and C skill levels, and each A player made a blind draw to pick a B and C partner.

Players alternated shots and scored one point for the three ball, two points for the six ball and three points for pocketing the nine ball. Each team played seven rounds.

At the end of the seventh round Rusty Aquino, George Gordon and Shery Wells were tied with Steve Edrich, John Burns and Brian Tivnan for first place. Frank Albillar, Gary Monahan and Brian Burke were tied with Edger Miguel, Dan Anderson and Millie Larsen for third place.

Two playoff games were needed to break the ties. Albillar, Monahan and Burke made the nine ball to take third place.

In the first place playoff, the game came down to the nine ball. Burns made a long cut shot to win the tournament for his partners Edrich and Tivnan.

The club also elected a new boardfor2024.Leavingtheboard were Eunis “WildFire!” Christensen and Connie Adkins. Both ladies contributed greatly to the success of the club and will be missed. As a going away gift both received a large bouquet of flowers from the club.

The returning members of the board are Steve Edrich, president; Dave Silva, vice president; and Barry Brideau, member-at-large. New to the board is Elizabeth Butterfield, treasurer, who also keeps the scoreboard for tournaments. Connie Terry will take over much of the organization of the tournaments. John Barth and Linda Patton will also be members-at-large and be active in planning events and tournaments.

The club looks forward to some great pool events in 2024. There will be a snooker league, a straight pool league, and a monthly tournament. The spring pool league will start on Jan. 29 and will run for ten weeks, plus sweepstakes and playoffs. There will be two meetings with the Laguna Woods team. Leisure World presently holds the tournament trophy, which is on display in the Clubhouse 2 pool room.

For more information, call Steve Edrich at 714-980-3665. — Dave Silva

Tournament winners John Burns (l-r), Steve Edrich and Brian Tivnan.