Woodbridge Township Senior Billiards Club

April 9, 2025, General Meeting Minutes

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

2nd VICE PRESIDENT – Pat Trombetta, TREASURER – Joseph Cafaro,

SECRETARY – Joseph Onuska

Steve Sharkey called the general meeting of the WTSBC to order at the Woodbridge Community Center at 1:30 PM, with an attendance of fifty active members, which is a quorum. Attendance sheet attached.

Pledge of Allegiance: - Lou Algaze Led the pledge to the flag.

A moment of silence in remembrance of our recently deceased members PC Deb and Stu Brandow.

Presentations:

Ø Citation – Mayor John McCormac Awarded proclamations to Moustafa Salama and Rozana Makaj the lifeguards that were integral in the saving of our member Lou Algaze’s life on February 16^th. Vito Cimilluca, Brian Molnar, and Ryan Vasquez also attended. Lou Algaze thanked the lifeguards for saving his life.

Ø The WTSBC was awarded a Citation for “Most Novel” for their participation in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade by Joe Sawyer from the American Irish Association. Harry Witt Thanked Joe Sawyer for the citation and his committee for all their work they did preparing for the parade.

Ø Nolan Tournament Awards Presentation – Pat Trombetta described how the Nolan tournament took shape and talked about when the club played their playoff game at Jim Nolan’s house on his 100-year-old table. Pat handed out plaques to the top three winners in each of our tiers from the Nolan tournament. Wayne congratulated the winners of the tournament and the members of the tournament committee and Joe Cafaro and Joe Onuska for all they do for the club.

Ø Pin Awards – Nina Blackwell: - Joe Keber handed out five 9-on the break pins to members who have recently made a 9-on the break during season 11 9-ball league. Report Attached.

Officer Roll Call: Joseph Onuska - All Officers are present.

Secretary’s Report: Joe O.: Steve Sharkey made a request for a motion to dispense with the reading of the March minutes. A motion made by Andy Mudrak, seconded by Bill Vaughn, was approved unanimously.

Treasurer's Report: - Joe Cafaro reported there is $2,839.21 in the account. Report Attached

President's Report: Steve welcomed the members and announced the Birthday and Anniversary lists for April. We currently have ninety active members. Room attendance for April averaged thirty on weekdays and fifteen on weekends. Two members resigned from the club last month, Diane Walker for health reasons and John Neves for personal reasons. Steve thanked the members that took the time to attend the funeral of passed member PC Deb. The club was very dear to him, and it was reflected by the members of his family. Bill Vaughn brought flowers to the funeral continuing the tradition that PC had done for other club members over the years. Stu Brandow’s wake will be held on April 16^th at the Costello/Grainer Funeral Home from 4:00pm till 8:00pm. Steve announced that Jerry Granato Jr. has stepped up to sponsor a major tournament. The Jerry Granato Sr. Memorial Tournament will replace the Zirpolo tournament this June.

Tournaments/Events: 

Tournament Committee Update – Wayne Collins: The new Jerry Granato Sr. Memorial Tournament will be held from June 9^th to the 25^th. This will replace the Zirpolo tournament this year.

Season 11 Nine Ball League – March 25^th to June 11^th - Joe K. announced the current standings of the teams at this point and reported that everything is going well. There were five 9-on-the -breaks so far this season.

Triple Play – May 21^st  – Joe O. reported that he has the sign-up sheet is on the

table here today and it will be located on the club table after the meeting.

Ladies Day Tournament – April 5th – was cancelled due to lack of interest. Steve S. thanked Judy Kazimir for her work on the tournament.

Members/Relative Tournament– April 12^th at 9:30am – Joe O. said there are thirteen teams signed up. Please come early the sheets will be made out in the morning with the teams that show up on time.

Doubles Tournament – August 20^th at 9:30am– Joe O. Signup sheets will go out in July. This is an in-house tournament “two tier-ones cannot be on the same team together.” If you do not have a team, one will be provided for you. After this tournament Joe Keber plans to find out from the players if there is a demand for an in-house doubles league. If there is a demand, there will be a league next year.

League matches. Lou Algaze/Evelyn Mercado – Lou reported that there was a three-way tie for first and after a playoff the Warriors ended up in second place. Next season we will have two teams in the league. There will be an exhibition game between the Contenders and Union on May 15^th at home and they will be playing the South Brunswick team tomorrow at South Brunswick.

Committee Updates:

Membership/Orientation - Joe Keber stated that there are four applicants on the waiting list, two of which we will interview later this month, and two next month. The club welcomed three new members, Ernesto Casal, Sam Serrano  and Edward McSherry. Ed thanked the club for accepting him into the club and said he participates in the tooling around town project. He invited the members to get involved and help restore houses for people in need in the township.

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: No Report. Bob Cedrone told the membership to be careful when reaching into the pockets. Some of the nails that secure the pockets in place are coming loose and can cut your hand. Bob also mentioned that there are new locks in the equipment cabinets, and you need to close the lock to remove the key.

Water/Soda - Angel Rodrigues thanked the unknown person who donated $40.00 toward the soda/water fund.

Hospitality – Christina Malangone/Ed Vasquez: Steve Thanked Christina for setting up the snacks. Ed is retired till the elevator is back in order. The coffee for this meeting was donated by the Community Center for the inconvenience of no working elevator.

Audit – Ellen Wortman: Phil Degliomini. No Report.

Club Apparel – Rob Jenkins, Johanna Calamusa, Pat Murphy: No Report. A catalog is upstairs if anyone needs to order any clothing.

Hats J. Keber stated that we have one extra hat if anyone wants to buy one.

Bylaws – Wayne Collins: No Report.

Ethics – Wayne Collins:   No Report.

Captains – Ron Blackwell: No Report.

Website – Ron Blackwell: No Report.

Floor Open/Q&A Bob Cedrone asked when the CPR class will be available. Wayne Collins told him that the next class will be in October. There are currently twenty-two members certified.

Barbara Clark stated that she thinks the major tournaments are too long.

A Motion to Adjourn was made by Bob Kazimir and seconded by John Borkowski at 2:46 p.m. and approved unanimously.

Next meeting: May 14, 2025.

Respectfully submitted, Joseph Onuska, Secretary of

"THE BEST CLUB IN TOWN"