Woodbridge Township Senior Billiards Club

February 12, 2025, General Meeting Minutes

PRESIDENT – Steve Sharkey, 1st VICE PRESIDENT – Joseph Keber,

(2nd VICE PRESIDENT – Pat Trombetta excused), TREASURER – Joseph `

SECRETARY – Joseph Onuska

 

 Steve Sharkey called the general meeting of the WTSBC to order at the Woodbridge Community Center at 1:36 PM, with an attendance of 44 active members which is a quorum. Attendance sheet attached.

Pledge of Allegiance: - Lou Algaze Led the pledge to the flag and asked for A moment of silence in remembrance of all our deceased members.

 Secretary’s Report: Joe O.: Steve Sharkey made a request for a motion to dispense with the reading of the minutes. A motion made by Rob Jenkins, seconded by John Borkowski and approved unanimously.

Pin Awards – Nina Blackwell: Nina handed out awards Report attached.

Season 10  -- 9 Ball League Awards – Joe K. handed out awards for the season 10 9-ball awards.

Treasurer's Report: - Joe Cafaro reported there is $4,623.36 in  the account. Report Attached. Steve reported that the club received a check from the community center for $3,500.00 in appreciation for our good work for the town.

President's Report: Steve welcomed the members and announced the Birthday and Anniversary lists for February. We currently have 90 active members. Room attendance for January averaged 30 on weekdays and 15 on weekends. Judy and Bob Kazimir will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary on February 13th. We terminated Shantha Athalage in January for non-participation.

Have-A-Heart: Wayne Collins – we have raised $854.00 so far and you have until February 24th to donate. Lou Algaze also asked for volunteers for the food bank.

St. Patrick’s Day Parade: Harry Witt – The parade will be on March 9th there is a signup sheet here today and it will be on the club table upstairs. You can march from the high school or from the Rio Diner or sit on the float. There will candy to throw or eat, a motorcycle with monkey, and a car with Pat Trombetta.

 

 

Committee Updates:

Membership/Orientation - Joe Keber stated that there are five applicants on the waiting list, two of which we will interview in March. The club welcomed a new member, Irene Wojcik. We have applications in the six senior centers and the WC lobby.

Fellowship – John Borkowski read a list of members that the committee has sent cards to or spoken to and those that are in the hospital. Report Attached.

Maintenance/Supplies – Steve Jimenez & Lou Algaze: Steve asked the members to clean up their water and soda bottles when you are done with them and reminded the members not to sit on the  tables.

Tournament Committee: Wayne Collins reported that the committee had a meeting this morning to discuss the movement of players that will occur after the Founding Fathers tournament at the end of the year.

Water/Soda - Angel Rodriguez No Report.

Tournaments/Fundraisers: 

9-Ball Joe Keber Season 11 9-ball will start on March 25th and the signup sheet is on the club table. The captain’s committee will meet on March 21st to go over the rules and draft the teams for the upcoming season.

Triple play: Joe K. reported that the next triple play scheduled for May 21st and the signup sheets will be available on April 11-15th.

League matches. Lou Algaze: the team currently tied for second place and if they win their next two games they can be tied for first place. Our club is sponsoring a second team in the Central Jersey Billiards League that starts in September. Evelyn Marcado will be captaining the contenders who will join the Warriors not only in the league, but they will also have an exhibition game against the Warriors on February 27th at 10:00am.

Nolan Tournament: Joe O. reported the tournament will be from March 10th through the 26th. The signup sheets are on the club table.

Member/Relative tournament: Joe O. reported that the first tournament will be on April 12th and the second will be on October 25th. The score sheets will not be pre-filled, if you sign up and show-up by nine-fifteen on the day of the tournament we will add your team to the score sheets. There was too much confusion last year with teams that did not show up and it is difficult to change the pre-filled sheets.

Ladies Day Tournament: Judy Kazimir reported that the tournament is scheduled for April 16th starting at 10:00am. The sign-up sheets will be available on March 10th.

Doubles tournament: Joe O. reported that the annual Doubles tournament will be on August 29th with signup sheets available on July 19th.

Doubles Leage: Joe K. We are proposing the addition of a doubles League to start on June 24th and run through September 2nd Signup sheets will be available on May 12th. Teams are encouraged to sign up together. Singles will be paired before the games. There will be a handicap system used for scoring.

Hospitality – Diane Walker/Christina Malangone/Ed Vasquez: Lou Algaze made the coffee, and we purchased snacks from the cafeteria.

Audit – Ellen Wortman: No Report.

Bylaws – Wayne Collins: No Report.

Ethics – Wayne Collins: There is a need for the members to watch their language. There have been reports of cursing by our members in our club and in the building. If the WCC wants they can close the room, and we would have NO CLUB.

Captains – Ron Blackwell: No Report.

Website – Ron Blackwell: Ron will be taking a course on WORD PRESS, and we are looking to put a new website in place.

Club Apparel – Rob Jenkins/Pat Murphy: All orders were filled. A catalog is upstairs if anyone needs to order any clothing. Joe K. reported that new club hats have been ordered and will be here for the April meeting.

New Business – Steve: The PA system is being investigated and the WCC is on its third vendor looking into a remedy. We were told that it will be repaired shortly.

Floor Open/Q&A There was a question about what happened to the in-house 8-ball league. The league was canceled when the second 8-ball team was added to the league. There was another question about what happened to the Straight pool league. There were disagreements during the trial games, and they would need to be addressed before we could continue with the league.

 

Motion to Adjourn made by Nina Blackwell and seconded by Andy Mudrak at 2:43 p.m. and approved unanimously.

Next meeting: March 12, 2025.

Respectfully submitted, Joseph Onuska, Secretary of

"THE BEST CLUB IN TOWN"